October

Our aim is total customer satisfaction, so says one of our high street stores. You can get a better deal anywhere, declares another. We’ll beat any price! And if you see the same product at a lower price in the same locality we will double the difference! These are some of the aims of the leading stores. Their purpose is to convince us, the paying public that their store is the only store we can trust for the best deal. The question is do they live up to it?

About five months ago Lorraine (my wife) wanted to buy a Kenwood mixer. We went around a number of shops to see who had the cheapest (remember I am Scottish!!). I discovered a shop which sold it twenty pounds cheaper than one of the big claims shops. I was delighted and so called in to claim my forty-pounds the manager assured me that he would only reduce the mixer by twenty pounds to match the other shop’s price. I explained to him that was not his extra large posters said. He agreed but added that is what they meant! Needless to say I went else where to buy Lorraine her mixer. 

Aims are easy to make but sometimes they are impossible to reach. As a church we surely have aims and goals. Here are only five of our aims in Markethill: 

1. We believe we should give genuine devotion to Christ and his cause, this is normal for all believers. 

2. We believe that our church should be relevant to all, while remaining true to the Scriptures.

3. We believe that loving and caring relationships should be evident in every aspect of our Church life. 

4. We believe that we must always do our best as that is the only way to honour God. 

5. We believe that our Church should work as a body realizing that every member is vital to the overall work of the Church. 

These surely should be some of the aims we have as a Church. how do we live up to them as a Church or as individuals. Lets not be like some of our high street shops who are great at making claims but not so good at keeping them. 

Daniel Rankin