The opening week of 2025’s Major League Baseball season caused some excitement about the “new” torpedo bat. In the season’s opening game, the New York Yankees scored 20 runs with nine home runs! That was a record of some kind for sure. This “new” bat’s larger barrel increased the bat’s “sweet” spot to add more strength to more of the bat. The teaching time in the services this month will emphasize how we can experience more power, impact, and influence in our relationships at home, work, and at SCC as we know and understand our own “sweet spot. We will use the acronym “SWEET” as we talk about: S – Spiritual Gifts W - What we do well E – What we get enjoyment from doing E – What our experiences have prepared us for T – Temperaments and Personalities are God’s design Marriages are strengthened when we know and understand each other’s wiring and gifting. We can have better relationships with our kids when we know and understand other’s “Sweet” spots. At work, we can approach and reply to others better when we know and understand their spiritual gifts and temperaments. I trust that God will allow us to experience some Biblical and practical insights into having better relationships and significant impact with others. Hope to see you at 9:00 or 11:00 AM. You could be much better prepared to gain insights into the subject of SPIRITUAL GIFTS tomorrow by taking a couple of on-line spiritual gift surveys this afternoon or evening. They are “gifttest.org” and the other is “giftstest.com”. The “.com” address has the plural “gifts.” They’re both free. Find the button that says, “take or fill-out” and see what you might discover.