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Minister of Social Services and Urban Development the Hon. Frankie A. Campbell told hundreds of employees attending the ministrys annual church service that even greater focused attention in 2020 should be placed on the twin pillars of social assistance and social development.The Church Service was held Monday at New Covenant Baptist Church Independence Highway.We are about social assistance but we are also about social development and it is pointless for us to focus on the one and not the other Minister Campbell said. It is my fervent belief that except for the Ministry of Finance the Ministry of Social Services and Urban Development touches every single individual in this country in one way form or fashion. And so if we accept that we must accept how awesome our responsibility is.Minister Campbell referred the audience - which consisted of staff employees from the Ministry of Social Services and Urban Development in addition to the various Departments Divisions and Units that fall under the ministrys remit - to Psalms 82 and Galatians Chapter 6 which he said both provide guidance to the kind of focused attention the Ministry and its Departments and Divisions should bring to the job.Psalms 82 writes that we have a duty to be kind to the poor and the afflicted Minister Campbell said. As a result we must be mindful that but for an incident or an accident we could move from the side of the table where we are providing the service andor assistance to the side that is in need of the service andor assistance. We have a duty to make the service that we give not about personality not about who we are but about what we are Public Servants with the emphasis on service.Minister Campbell said Galatians 69 on the other hand says And let us not grow weary of doing good for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.That would suggest to me that the heart is at the centre of doing good that the heart is at the centre of the service you ought to give. I want us to ensure that our hearts see the needs of the people that we are called to serve Minister Campbell added.Minister Campbell applauded staff for their efforts during 2019 and asked that they make an even greater commitment to providing the greatest service possible to clients during the year 2020 and beyond.We have a one in a million chance of a lifetime to get somebody to say Thank You Lord. Do you know what kind of celebration they have in heaven when somebody says Thank you Lord So imagine if you were the one causing that celebration in heaven.I know the burden you face daily. I spent 29 years as a Police Officer and so I have seen all of the social ills. I have seen the poverty. I have seen the dilapidation that people live in. I have witnessed persons whom even when they have been given good service report you for having given poor service.I invite you as the Psalmist invites you in Psalm 23 by the Still Water. The thing about the Still Water is that you can look down in it and see your reflection. I invite you to join me by the Still Water and look at your reflection. Be satisfied that you are doing the best that you can. Thats all I will ever ask of you. That is all the Government of The Bahamas will ever ask of you Minister Campbell added.
