doesn’t compare well with someone else. It is harder, but much more rewarding, to identify strengths where God has hidden them. The simplest form of this in our church arises in the need for a leader to replace himself or herself with one of his or her apprentice leaders when he or she moves on to start a new group. But sponsorship goes further than that. It may come in the form of helping raise funds for a group member to participate in an overseas mission. Or it may be something closer to home like