Though I have no involvement whatsoever with it, I am told that Horseracing is in crisis. A crisis because of a series of reasons, with the public having found other ways of betting, because horseracing is seen as a 'toffs' sport, a decline in television coverage, and because many of the races apparently are run at unusual unpopular times of the day and have no story or profile to recommend them. The strategy being considered by the horseracing industry is known as /PREMIERISATION/. By this they mean to popularise and give first rate publicity to their main stories. Premierisation in the same way that football has created a super league of excellence-well at least that is the theory. For many the church is seen to be in crisis to--for some it has lost its story, for some the churches and chapels are far from the best examples they would look to see for many and varied reasons, and for some it is an activity for others, if not a 'toffs' occupation, at least not for them. Others comment upon inappropriate service times! The 8,30 race at Wincanton being as unpopular as the 8.00 service at Owston Ferry! Easter is the opportunity to underline the PREMIERISATION of what we believe, for this is God's story, and subsequently our story, Jesus betrayed, tortured and dying on a cross, but to rise again. This not for a few but for all people in all places and all times, and though our worship often falls short of what we might hope it would be, it should always be the very best we can offer. PREMIERISATION is not altogether a pleasing word, a contemporary word creation to define an idea. But in our understanding of faith Christians locally and across the world will be seeking to make Good Friday and Easter the first, the best and the most told story of their faith.
Rev David Leese
Wesley Manse Epworth.
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