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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
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