Student Profile

My Top 3 Spiritual Gifts:

1. Serving

2. Administration

3. Evangelism

Discovered using: https://gifts.churchgrowth.org/spiritual-gifts-survey

Learn about the 9 Gifts and see expanded Gifts descriptions online.

CliftonStrengths:

Below are my CliftonStrengths Signature Themes. They're my five most dominant themes of talent, ranked in the order revealed by my responses to the CliftonStrengths assessment.

1. Relator - Relator describes your attitude toward your relationships. In simple terms, the Relator theme pulls you toward people you already know. You do not necessarily shy away from meeting new people — in fact, you may have other themes that cause you to enjoy the thrill of turning strangers into friends — but you do derive a great deal of pleasure and strength from being around your close friends. You are comfortable with intimacy. Once the initial connection has been made, you deliberately encourage a deepening of the relationship. You want to understand their feelings, their goals, their fears, and their dreams; and you want them to understand yours. You know that this kind of closeness implies a certain amount of risk — you might be taken advantage of — but you are willing to accept that risk. For you a relationship has value only if it is genuine. And the only way to know that is to entrust yourself to the other person. The more you share with each other, the more you risk together. The more you risk together, the more each of you proves your caring is genuine. These are your steps toward real friendship, and you take them willingly.

2. Consistency - Balance is important to you. You are keenly aware of the need to treat people the same, no matter what their station in life, so you do not want to see the scales tipped too far in any one person’s favor. In your view this leads to selfishness and individualism. It leads to a world where some people gain an unfair advantage because of their connections or their background or their greasing of the wheels. This is truly offensive to you. You see yourself as a guardian against it. In direct contrast to this world of special favors, you believe that people function best in a consistent environment where the rules are clear and are applied to everyone equally. This is an environment where people know what is expected. It is predictable and evenhanded. It is fair. Here each person has an even chance to show his or her worth.

3. Restorative - You love to solve problems. Whereas some are dismayed when they encounter yet another breakdown, you can be energized by it. You enjoy the challenge of analyzing the symptoms, identifying what is wrong, and finding the solution. You may prefer practical problems or conceptual ones or personal ones. You may seek out specific kinds of problems that you have met many times before and that you are confident you can fix. Or you may feel the greatest push when faced with complex and unfamiliar problems. Your exact preferences are determined by your other themes and experiences. But what is certain is that you enjoy bringing things back to life. It is a wonderful feeling to identify the undermining factor(s), eradicate them, and restore something to its true glory. Intuitively, you know that without your intervention, this thing — this machine, this technique, this person, this company — might have ceased to function. You fixed it, resuscitated it, rekindled its vitality. Phrasing it the way you might, you saved it.

4. Competition - Competition is rooted in comparison. When you look at the world, you are instinctively aware of other people’s performance. Their performance is the ultimate yardstick. No matter how hard you tried, no matter how worthy your intentions, if you reached your goal but did not outperform your peers, the achievement feels hollow. Like all competitors, you need other people. You need to compare. If you can compare, you can compete, and if you can compete, you can win. And when you win, there is no feeling quite like it. You like measurement because it facilitates comparisons. You like other competitors because they invigorate you. You like contests because they must produce a winner. You particularly like contests where you know you have the inside track to be the winner. Although you are gracious to your fellow competitors and even stoic in defeat, you don’t compete for the fun of competing. You compete to win. Over time you will come to avoid contests where winning seems unlikely.

5. Focus - “Where am I headed?” you ask yourself. You ask this question every day. Guided by this theme of Focus, you need a clear destination. Lacking one, your life and your work can quickly become frustrating. And so each year, each month, and even each week you set goals. These goals then serve as your compass, helping you determine priorities and make the necessary corrections to get back on course. Your Focus is powerful because it forces you to filter; you instinctively evaluate whether or not a particular action will help you move toward your goal. Those that don’t are ignored. In the end, then, your Focus forces you to be efficient. Naturally, the flip side of this is that it causes you to become impatient with delays, obstacles, and even tangents, no matter how intriguing they appear to be. This makes you an extremely valuable team member. When others start to wander down other avenues, you bring them back to the main road. Your Focus reminds everyone that if something is not helping you move toward your destination, then it is not important. And if it is not important, then it is not worth your time. You keep everyone on point.

General Info & Interests:

Why I chose DLC: Kyle Veach.

What you want to do after DLC: Work within the church or be a firefighter.

Favorite Bible Verse: Philippians 4:13 - This was the Bible verse that got me really into church. It helped me to remind myself that through whatever challenges I go through in life that god gives me the strength to get through it!

Favorite Color: Blue.

Favorite things to do (hobby, fun, etc.): Working out is number 1, hiking, going to the beach or lake, video games.

Favorite food(s): Chicken, steak, any desserts.

Favorite place to go out to eat and/or for dessert: Chick-fil-A, Chipotle.

Favorite music (artist, style, etc.): Country.

Something most people don't know about you: I’ve gone through 2 fire academies.

Family facts (parents' marital status, number of family members, siblings, etc.): My parents are awesome! Super supportive, my best friends! I have one older brother.

What do you feel are your strengths and gifts?: I’d say is My work ethic! I work really hard at any task I have in front of me! I’m also super reliable and always show up.

Your idea of a perfect day: Wake up around 7 or 8am, eat breakfast and go to the gym, come back from the gym, and just go spend the afternoon on a lake and relax/swim. Then, come home and have a good dinner and chill.

Are you an introvert or extrovert?: Somewhere in between.