The John Lewis way

With Waitrose on our doorstep, we probably know something of the John Lewis way. Staff members are also 'Partners', and receive their share of the company's successes. In the context of discussions about bankers' bonuses, the John Lewis way seems a much more acceptable way to reward good performance. Everybody (almost) in the organisation plays their part in it progress, and everybody is rewarded accordingly.
As many of us take part, at St. Andrew's, in the Everybody Welcome course, we are discovering, like John Lewis, that everybody is involved, in one way or another in providing a welcome, or not! We are all in this together, and have much to learn about doing our best, for the sake of those not yet our members.
This is what St. Paul taught his 'difficult' friends in Corinth, who were very happy to fall our with one another. 'If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honoured, all the parts are glad.  All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.' (1 Corinthians 12.26-27)
As we learn to be Christ's body, in practice as well as in spirit, we will discover that people are drawn to Him through us. And that is exactly what our Church slogan says. 'To know Jesus better, and so to make him better known.'
What a great privilege!
Best wishes,
Richard