Discover your SHAPE and get CONNECTED

What’s your S.H.A.P.E. for ministry?

S.H.A.P.E. is an acronym that helps explain the five elements that determine what a person’s ministry should be. To a great extent, your SHAPE effects how you think, motivate, play, work, minister, interact with others and even how you live.

When we have some understanding about our SHAPE, we begin to see why some tasks, challenges, and even people are a natural fit for us and yet others are a struggle. We have a better idea of where and how we can serve God in our lives, our community, and at Trinity too.

Your SHAPE is made up of your:

SPIRITUAL GIFTS - your special ability, given by the Holy Spirit to every believer, to be used to minister to others and therefore build up the Body of Christ. Spiritual gifts reveal part of God’s will for your ministry, but not all of it. If you would like to know more about your Spiritual Gift, take the Spiritual Gift Analysis.

HEART (passions) – represents your desires, interests and inclinations. Your heart determines why you say the things you do (Matt. 12:34), why you feel the way you do (Psalm 34:7), and why you act the way you do (Proverbs 4:23). There are certain things you feel passionate about and others turn you off. God has a purpose in giving you your inborn interests; don’t ignore them! They will help you be fruitful in ministry.

ABILITIES - These are the natural talents, skills and abilities that you were born with and have acquired during your life. Exodus 31:3 tells us that God gives people “skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of crafts…” in order to accomplish His purposes.

PERSONALITY - We need all kinds of personalities to accomplish God’s will. Your personality will affect how and where you use your spiritual gifts and abilities. For instance, two people may have the same gift, but if one is introverted and the other is extroverted, that gift will be expressed in different ways. To learn more about your “personality type”, take the Personality I.D. Assessment.

EXPERIENCES - “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28). All experiences – good, bad, educational, work related, volunteer, church, secular – help make us who we are.

Discover your S.H.A.P.E. at Trinity

We offer three ways of identifying your S.H.A.P.E. for ministry at Trinity. We would love to help you identify yours and to get you connected to some ways of using your S.H.A.P.E. to make a difference in the world. Register for any of the following by filling out the form below.

6 week SHAPE class – Thursday Evenings, starting January 12
Connections Workshop -Sat. January 21st - from 9:00 – 11:30 am.
SHAPE UP Sundays – Guided direction taking the SHAPE Assessment. One 45 minute session on a computer at 10:30 a.m. on any of the Sundays in January in the Downtown Campus Youth Room.

Every believer is uniquely SHAPEd for a particular ministry. Knowing your SHAPE will help you determine what type of Ministry God wants you to serve in. No matter what your personal or professional “calling”, God has called you to develop your personal Mission, and, by His power, to walk out your Vision in today’s world. When you minister in a manner consistent with your heart, personality, gifts and abilities God gave you, you experience fulfillment, satisfaction and fruitfulness.

God deserves your best. He SHAPEd you for a purpose, and He expects you to make the most of what you have been given! Don’t let another day go by. Find out today what God intends for you to be and do!