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When I was young I used to enjoy playing
the game othello. You may have played
it yourself. It was a little bit like a cross
between draughts and noughts and crosses in that
you had a board made up of squares and counters
and you had to convert the other players counters
from black to white (or vice versa) by placing one
of your tiles either side of your opponent’s. The
winner is the one who, by the time the last space
is filled, has turned most of the board to his colour.
As I’ve grown older I’ve realised that too often
we treat the world in a similar light. The world is
made up of black and white and our task is to turn
the majority of the world to the same colour as
ourselves. This is often true of religious people,
although by no means confined to them. Political,
sporting and ethical views can also treat the world like this. In recent
years the very public arguments between religious and atheist viewpoints
have often seemed like a tedious game of othello, and one in which
despite the sound and fury, hardly anyone seems to have changed their
point of view in the slightest. For a non-religious example, think of the
strong views held over human-influenced climate change.
In my experience a change from one viewpoint to another is rarely
a sudden flash of insight that flips our counter over. Sometimes it can
happen like that – we “see the light”, as St Paul did on his famous trip to
Damascus. However, I think that it is more usual to change our thoughts
and our views over a longer period of time, perhaps most of a lifetime. We
find it difficult to adjust to change, and a change in our worldview is one
that takes a great deal of acclimatizing to. It also takes a great deal of
humility.
Christians, perhaps more than most, have had to face a world that
has changed almost beyond recognition in the past twenty years. The
religious, political and social landscape has changed dramatically. Some
Christians have embraced these changes enthusiastically, others have
resisted with equal passion. These tensions are often very public and
rarely do the church any credit. Some of us still seem to playing othello.
My prayer is that at this time of great change and
uncertainty people from across the religious and nonreligious
divide will be able to hear voices other than their
own, and entertain other notions and opinions – even at
the risk of their own views being challenged and their
prejudices being changed.
Arguments are very rarely won by shouting, but even
sharp differences can be understood by listening to
one another respectfully.
Rev Toby Hole,
Vicar,
St Chad’s Church, Woodseats
August/September 2013
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Not always black and white
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What did
the tie say
to the hat?
You go on
ahead and
I’ll hang
around!
Animal rights campaigners
set up camp outside a
Premier League football
ground after it was
revealed that one
of the players had
injured a calf!
A man arrested for
armed robbery at
a trifle factory has
been remanded in
custardy!
Why
did the
man take a
pencil to bed with
him?
To draw the
curtains!
Hang on a minute, I don’t like
change!
A man took his car to
a garage. “Every time
it rains it makes an
awful hissing noise,”
he told the mechanic.
“It’s ok,” the mechanic
said, “It will just
be the windscreen
vipers!”
Why did the burglar
take a shower?
So he could make a
clean get-away!
There was a fight at
the bakery – police
described it as
unsavoury
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What’s On
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St Chad‟s Church Offices, 15 Camping Lane, Sheffield S8 0GB.
Wing, Lowedges Junior School.
Call 0114 203 9337.
Health Walks
lMondays - 10am: Graves Park.
National Council for Divorced,
Meet at the Animal Farm car park;
Single
lTuesdays
and Widowed
- 10.30am: Ecclesall
Tuesdays Woods. Meet 8-11pm at Abbeydale
Norton Industrial Country Hamlet; Club
Club lThursdays offering friendship - 10.30am: and Lowedges. social
activities. Meet at the Community Wing,
Lowedges Call Magdalen Junior on School. 0114
2394326. & Call 0114 203 9337.
January
August
30
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- February 5
Summer Saturdays
AEGON British Tennis Tour
Sheffield City Centre
Graves
Sheffield’s
Tennis
seaside
and Leisure
takes place
Centre
in
World the Peace ranked Gardens players and compete there will
alongside be fun and local entertainment Sheffield players. on ‘The
Pier’ Call between 0114 283 1-5pm 9900. on the Moor.
Music and entertainment will also
February take place 5 on the City Hall steps.
Book Sale
36 August Crawshaw 10 Grove, Beauchief
10am-12pm Summer Saturdays
Sheffield City Centre
Good quality second-hand books
As part of Summer Saturdays with
for
the
sale
seaside
in aid
in
of
the
the
Peace
Alzheimer‟s
Gardens
Society. and the Donations Devonshire of Market paperback in
novels Division or biographies Street plus street in good shows,
condition music, dance are welcome and family (but fun not on The
larger Moor books and a due buskers to space fetival in the
limitations). city centre.
February August 17 5
Free Summer Environmental Saturdays Activities
Sheffield City Centre
Millhouses Park
Spectacular performances from
10.30am-12.30pm
the Greentop Circus in the WInter
Obstacle Gardens. course and stream
dipping activities for 8 - 13 year
olds.
Call 0114 263 4335.
February 12
Free August Environmental 24 Activities
Millhouses Summer Saturdays Park
1.30-3.30pm
Sheffield City Centre
Nature Sheffield quiz Aquarium trail, stream with a dipping vibrant
“inland bug aquarium” hunting activities experience for on 8 - 13
year Fargate olds. and the Moor.
Call 0114 263 4335.
August 31
Summer Saturdays
February 12
Sheffield City Centre
Free
1-7pm
Environmental Activities
Ecclesall The city centre Woods will Sawmill be transformed
10.30am-12.30pm
into the Sheffield Street Magic
Nature Festival quiz plus trail, open stream air cinema dipping in the
and Peace bug Gardens. hunting activities for 8 - 13
year olds.
September Call 01147235 6348.
Summer Saturdays – Light Night
February
Sheffield City
20
Centre
The city centre will be animated,
Why Not Try A Bike
lit up and celebrated through
Greenhil
Sheffield’s
Park
artists and performers for
10am-2pm one night only to invite you to see
Rediscover Sheffield in a your different cycling light. skills in
Greenhill Park. The rangers will
provide September a bike, 11 helmet and
instruction. Heritage Open Meet Day at the Bowls
Pavilion, Abbeydale Greenhill Industrial Park. Hamlet
Booking 11am-4.45pm is essential.
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details see the Abbey notice
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Telephone: 0114 274 9101
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Bill Anderson
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Sheffield S8 0GW
the Countess Judith. He has checked by another. There are
himself there two carucates and
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thirty three villeins hold twelve
Booking is required in advance. You supporting can be found Weston present Park Hospital. day maps,
caracutes and a half. There are
can also take a tour of the site with though many of their names have
living
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September 13
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Heritage Open Day
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the Domesday Book, the
tours
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10am-4pm
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What’s On
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The changing face of
Woodseats
Welcome
to Beauchief Abbey
Woodseats has seen a lot
of change over the past
100 years and more.
We’ve been having a look back
at some old photos of the area
and comparing them to how our
community looks today...
Archive pictures used courtesy of Sheffield Newspapers
www.beauchiefabbey.org.uk
email info@beauchiefabbey.org.uk
Weekly Services are held at Beauchief Abbey
All welcome
st
1 2
nd th
& 4 Sundays each month
Holy Communion: 11.00am
rd
3 Sunday Evensong: 3.00pm
th
5 Sunday Mattins 11.00am
Our church services are based on the
Book of Common Prayer
and refreshments are served after the service.
Events: Heritage Open Days:
Thursday 12thSeptember 2013 10am-4pm
Sunday 15th September 2013
10.00am-3pm followed by Evensong
Sees our website for more information about
the Abbey and special events.
Chesterfield Road and Abbey Lane in 1980
The Big Tree – once called the Masons
Arms – in 1912 and more recently
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Church Office: 9 Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA
Tel: (0114) 274 5086
St Chad’s Church
email: office@stchads.org
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Changing Faces – Changing Lives
by R. J. Palacio,
tells the story of a tenyear-old
American boy ‘Wonder’,
who feels “ordinary inside”, as he
says, despite having been born with
a terrible facial abnormality. “My
name is August. I won’t describe
what I look like. Whatever you’re
thinking, it’s probably worse”.
He longs to be accepted, but
has to suffer children running away
from him screaming, people staring
at him, others making hurtful
comments ..... and worse.
Not exactly a ‘feel good’
read, you might think -
and yet it’s incredibly
thought-provoking,
moving and, in
places, funny.
Recently I’ve
discovered that
over 400,000 children
and adults in the UK
have significant facial
disfigurement. That’s a staggering
statistic!
Today’s appearance-obsessed
society breeds a far from tolerant
attitude towards those whose
looks don’t fit the norm, but a
charity called ‘Changing Faces’
is successfully challenging this
situation. Formed in 1992, it has
two specific aims - one being to
support the sufferer, and their
family, by equipping them with
techniques to help them cope
with people’s reactions to their
disfigurement.
They can put their clients in touch
with similarly affected people and
so enable them to find comfort and
strength in shared experience.
Changing Faces encourages them
to build self esteem which helps
them to tackle the challenges they
will meet - they cannot change their
face but Changing Faces hopes to
give them a better life.
The other aim is to change minds.
Changing Faces works hard to
combat prejudice and discrimination
and campaigns for ‘face equality’
to ensure that those with facial
disfigurement are accepted socially
and in the workplace, instead of
being ostracised.
Some people suffer disfigurement
as a result of illness, accidents
and injuries caused by war or
violence of some kind or another.
Simon Weston is one such high
profile person. He suffered
severe burns during the
Falklands War when
his ship exploded - his
face was virtually
unrecognisable. He
has undergone
more than 70
operations and
shown incredible courage,
but he gives his mother
the credit for his survival. Now
he works tirelessly for charities
which support people living with
disfigurement.
Our young friend August
eventually wins through and is
accepted for who he is. He, like
Simon and countless others, most
of whom have never made headline
news, have found the strength
to overcome their disfigurement.
They couldn’t have done it without
the love and support of family and
friends, or the help of wonderful
charities. They are incredibly brave
people.
So the next time you
see someone with a facial
disfigurement, please don’t turn
away - or even worse, stare at
them. All Changing Faces asks
you to do is to smile, look them in
the eye, and maybe engage them
in casual conversation, just as you
would do anyone.
Chris Laude
For the past 26 years I have
worked as a registered
childminder and during that
time the adult to child ratio in any
childcare setting has remained the
same.
A few months ago the
Government proposed abolishing
these ratios, citing that the
changes would make childcare
cheaper for parents. Many of
us in the childcare sector were
horrified at these proposals, our
main concern being the safety and
welfare of the children. We also
failed to see how or why the costs
would be reduced. We were asked
to sign an online petition provided
by Change.org.
Change.org is the world’s largest
petition platform, empowering
people everywhere to create the
change they want to see. There
are more than 35 million users
in 196 countries and every day
thousands of petitions win and
communities are transformed.
Incidentally, the Government
has now dropped these proposals
as there is no evidence that costs
would be reduced. Success! If
only we had been asked in the first
place.
A few weeks after my initial
contact with Change.org I was
listening to an interview on the
radio with a mother whose 17 year
old son had been arrested.
As a 17 year old he was in law
treated as an adult and so his
parents were not informed of his
arrest. He was so traumatised
by the situation that he actually
committed suicide. His mother
wants the law to change, reflecting
the fact that in many other areas
her son would have been treated
as a child. She urged listeners to
go to Change.org and sign her
petition which I duly did.
Since then Change.org has
emailed me on a regular basis
when there is a petition they think
would interest me. An example is
the one to legislate that the use
of kill cords in powerboats be
obligatory. A father and daughter
were recently killed in Cornwall.
Many of us will have watched
in horror as the news footage
unfolded and we saw their boat
circling the accident scene, totally
out of control. A mother whose son
was killed in 2000 in very similar
circumstances and who sees
history repeating itself has started
this latest petition.
We live in an amazing time
when the opportunity to change
situations is greater than ever
before.
Is there something you feel
passionate about?
Visit Change.org and make a
difference.
Alison Manning
Sign up to make a difference
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How I was Surprised by Change...
Sometimes you think that you have
life all planned out and sorted, and
you know exactly where you want
to go and how you’re going to get there.
Then something completely unexpected
happens and your life changes direction
for ever. For me, this happened one
summer’s evening when I was nearly
13 years old. My life has never been the
same since.
In the early 1980s as a young teen I
was dead-keen on all things electronic,
my dad being an electrician, and I
enjoyed nothing better than going to the
local electronics store to spend all my
pocket money on electronic components
and circuit boards to build my latest
projects. The acrid smell of flux when
soldering, the satisfaction when circuits
actually worked, the pleasure of having
my own toolbox – this was the centre of
my world. I wanted to be like my dad, to
know everything about electronics, yet I
wanted to go further and study electronics
at university and then go onto an
illustrious career in engineering. This was
my goal. This was my ambition. This was
my dream, my purpose, and nothing else
was so important!
It was almost the end of the school
year when my parents announced to my
younger brother and me that we were all
going out that evening to a meeting in a
large marquee just outside town. My mum
and I had recently started going to a local
church because we thought it would be a
nice thing to do, and we were surprised
(I don’t know why we were so surprised!)
at how lovely everyone was at this church
– they sang uplifting songs, the seats
were comfortable, and everyone seemed
happy to be there! One particular man
befriended us, and it was he who invited
us to this meeting in the large marquee.
But it was a lovely hot summer evening
and my brother and I wanted to go out
and play! Tough luck – we had no choice
and we had to go, me, my brother and our
parents. So there we were seated in rows
in this hot humid giant tent, singing hymns
from a booklet and listening to a man at
the front talking about Jesus.
And then it happened. I can’t even
remember exactly what the man at the
front was saying, but it was something
to do with the problem of sin, and us
needing Jesus, who died on the Cross
in place of us, in order to deal with this
problem of sin. I’d heard all of this before
in church, and I think that I believed it
already. But then we were asked to stand
and sing a hymn: “Just as I am, without
one plea, But that Thy blood was shed
for me, And that Thou bidst me come to
Thee, O Lamb of God, I come, I come.”
The man at the front invited anyone who
wanted to accept Jesus into their
lives as their Saviour and Lord to
come forward as a response.
miracles, near death experiences,
torture and escaping from impossible
situations.
Brother Yun experienced all these,
after following God‟s calling since the
age of 16. Through illegal house
churches he helped spread
Christianity through China, whilst
My heart was evading pounding the Chinese and I couldn’t authorities who
understand saw this him desperate as a dangerous need deep criminal.
inside me to After respond his conversion, to this invitation. Yun fasted for
I felt so strongly 100 days that on Jesus just a was bowl inviting of rice,
me, Daren, nearly 13 years praying old, for to a accept chance to
Jesus’ free offer of forgiveness, glance at and a Bible; so his
I stepped out and went family forward. were To concerned my
surprise both of my parents for his stepped sanity. out To be
at exactly the same moment, found with and a all Bible three would
of us somehow got to the have front. meant That serious night
we accepted Jesus Christ consequences as our Saviour and
and Lord.
punishment. God
Sometimes you think honoured that you have this fast life and
all planned out and sorted, prayer and sending you know Yun a
exactly where you want Bible. to go He and immediately how
you’re going to get there. read Then and something memorised
completely unexpected chapters happens from and the your Bible.
life changes direction for With ever. few For resources me,
this was the night when I first met Jesus
Christ, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Living
God, Creator of the Universe, Friend of
Sinners. I did get to University in the end
and read electronic engineering, but this
was no longer my goal, my ambition,
my dream or my purpose. These all now
belong to Jesus Christ, and I am glad.
Daren Craddock
During this fast Yun was repeatedly
tortured, humiliated and beaten by
Prison Guards and fellow prisoners. In
prison violent and dangerous men
observed Yun‟s faith and obedience
to God. They realised that he was not
a criminal, just a committed Christian
and came themselves into a deep and
loving relationship with Jesus.
Miraculous and loving interventions
helped Yun for example jumping over
a ten foot wall; walking through the
open doors of a high security prison
unobserved and walking after his legs
were so severely broken (he was told
he would be crippled for life after this
punishment).
Whatever Yun experienced, God
repeatedly demonstrated his
faithfulness never leaving him or his
family to cope alone. We will
probably never experience this kind of
persecution but this book is testimony
to the incredible power of God and his
Holy Spirit.
Sian Mann
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‘It’s a miracle!’
We were returning home after
spending Christmas week in
North Wales. It had been a
good week and we were feeling fine.
We stopped for a picnic lunch
about 1.15pm somewhere west
of Rhyl. Jeremy got out of the car
to get some fresh air and started
talking to a man walking his dog. As
it was blowing a gale, Ann preferred
to stay inside. After about five
minutes she started to have difficulty
breathing. She hooted Jeremy, who
just waved and carried on talking,
thinking she was being impatient to
leave because she knew he wanted
to be home before dark. She hooted
again. Same response. The third
time he came over. She was pale,
fighting for breath and could only just
gasp the words “999”… and “pray”.
At that moment the man he
was with saw the dilemma and
approached a couple who ‘just
happened’ to be there in an almost
completely deserted car park. They
had a mobile, were locals and
called the ambulance. Jeremy had
no idea where we were. In under
ten minutes the ambulance arrived
but the oxygen mask provided by
the team made no difference and,
with blue lights flashing, she was
rushed to Glan Clwyd hospital,
which amazingly was only about
three miles away – only one of
three hospitals in North Wales
with the necessary intensive care
unit. The last thing Ann was
conscious of was having her
clothes cut. Not realising
the seriousness of
the situation,
Jeremy got to
the hospital,
supplied the
administrative
details and
waited. A
nurse explained that Ann’s situation
was critical and hinted that he
needed to be prepared for the worst.
By this time it was nearly 3pm. In a
state of shock, he prayed for clarity
to do the right things and phoned
Christian friends in Sheffield, our
daughter in Brasil and our son in
Hong Kong, who got their contacts
praying. Facing the possibility of
returning to Sheffield alone, he found
Bible verses coming into his mind
that brought a sense of peace amidst
the turmoil. He released Ann into
God’s hands to restore or to take her.
Eventually, a doctor in the ICU
explained that she had been
sedated, was on a ventilator, her own
breathing had stopped and breathing
rarely recovers when the ventilator
is removed. It was a life and death
situation. He recommended that any
relatives should come straightaway,
as he did not think Ann would survive
very long. Jeremy went to see her
briefly. She looked deathly pale – a
dying woman. He phoned Ann’s
brother, but he was out.
About 6.45pm Jeremy asked to
see the doctor again. He said, “I
have good news for you. About
three minutes ago Ann suddenly
started breathing on her own and
the ventilator has been switched off;
at the same moment the monitors
switched to normal. We don’t
understand it!” “Do you believe in
prayer?” Jeremy asked him. “There
are people in different parts of the
world praying for her.” The change
was startling: she had colour in her
cheeks, was awake, able to speak,
her airways were completely clear
and she just felt sleepy.
On Tuesday January 3 she was
discharged with the words, “It’s a
miracle.” The discharge letter said
‘life-threatening asthma’. Since
returning home she has continued in
good health, without any ill effects.
What an amazing God we have!
Ann & Jeremy Thornton
Count Lev Nikolayevich
Tolstoy, probably the most
famous Russian author, was
born in 1828 but it wasn’t until he
was in his 40s, and after much
study and self-examination, that
he became a Christian.
At that time, and already
an established writer, he had
a moral awakening. As a
privileged member of the Russian
aristocracy, he began to espouse
views of self-denial and living a life
of poverty.
He studied Hinduism and
Buddhism but his literal
interpretation of the ethical
teachings of Jesus, centering on
the Sermon of the Mount, caused
him to become a fervent Christian
anarchist and pacifist. His ideas
on non-violence were to have a
profound impact on Gandhi and
Martin Luther King.
In 1884 Tolstoy wrote “What
I believe” in which he openly
confessed his Christian beliefs.
His belief in “turning the other
cheek” meant that being a
Christian required him to be a
pacifist and his opposition to the
waging of war by government led
him to be labelled a philosophical
anarchist.
Later, various versions of
“Tolstoy’s Bible” would be
published, indicating the passages
Tolstoy most relied on, specifically,
the reported words of Jesus
himself. Tolstoy believed that a
true Christian could find lasting
happiness by striving for inner selfperfection,
“loving thy neighbour
as thyself”, loving God, and not
looking to the Church or state for
guidance.
He believed that the aristocracy
were a burden on the poor, he
opposed private property and the
institution of marriage, valuing the
ideals of chastity.
Tolstoy had a profound influence
on the development of Christian
anarchist thought. The Tolstoyans
were a small Christian anarchist
group formed to spread his
teachings. Tolstoy expressed
“great joy” that groups of people
in various parts of Europe, not just
Russia, agreed with his views but
he warned them to listen to their
consciences and not to follow him
blindly. The movement carried on
beyond his death in 1910. Before
his death, Tolstoy had become
a harsh critic of governments’
part in war, especially criticising
Tsar Nicholas II and Wilhelm II of
Germany.
A film “The Last Station” gives
an insight into the Tolstoyans.
It was made in 2009 and stars
Christopher Plummer as Tolstoy
and is set in the year of his death.
It features the struggle between
Tolstoy’s wife and family and his
disciples over the ownership of his
works. The disciples
persuade the old
man to sign a new
will bequeathing
his works to the
state. Apparently
they were handed
back to his family
five years later.
David Manning
The Conversion of Tolstoy
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Sunday Services
The 9am Service
● Traditional in style
● Includes Holy Communion, a sermon & hymns
● Includes refreshments afterwards
● Taken from Common Worship: Holy Communion
the Lifted, 10.30am 11am Service
● Informal and relaxed in style
● An emphasis on families
● Includes music, led by a band
● Includes Refreshments refreshments served from before 10.15-10.45am
the service
Weekday Services
Morning Prayers
• Monday to Thursday at 9am
Evening Prayers
• Monday to Thursday at 5pm
The Thursday 10am Service
• Traditional in style
• Taken from Common Worship: Holy Communion
• Includes Holy Communion, a sermon & hymns
• Held in the Lady Chapel at the back of church
Other Services
Prayer and Praise
A Time to be Still
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place Junction dry. It won is unusual the Ellery in Queen that it good paper news. as quickly as possible –
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instantly
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partygoers realised I didn‟t to have actually a good need time. anyone‟s to be down
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the making.
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as possible. Some evenings I struggle
were invited to a wedding in a us. He brings his eternity into our
everything on, otherwise I flounder. I
to get down 300 words or so, but I
village called Cana. At some lives so that we are changed and
was 18 months into my one serious
never have difficulty in removing that
point during the wedding, to the ready
attempt at a non-genre novel, and had
many.
to meet with him and enter
great embarrassment and dismay into his
written something like 100,000 words,
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pursuit. And Rev an Toby anti-social Hole one.
of the host, the wine runs out.
before realising that I didn‟t know what
Jesus’ mother twists his arm to do
it was about. The crime/thriller genre
My first thought on receiving any kind of
something about it and, after a little invitation tends to be: That‟ll cost me an
provides a focus I lacked on that
persuading, Jesus turns the water evening‟s work. Which is not a
attempt; and it works as scaffolding, not
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what interested it not only me to most be wine, was that but it
the involved best of a wines. cast of characters It’s as if having who were Which other authors do you like?
served all, in the one guests way or another, with some failures,
It might be simpler to list the books
supermarket looking for redemption. 3-for-2 plonk, In this, the as in I‟ve most enjoyed this year – Nicola
bridegroom much else, now I‟ve been brings encouraged out the by Barker, Burley Cross Postbox Theft;
Chateau the work Petrus. of writers like Reginald Hill, Paul Murray, Skippy Dies; Jonathan
Apart who show from what‟s suggesting possible that within the Coe, The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell
Jesus confines was of probably genre. a very
Sim; Barbara Trapido, Sex and
good person to invite to a party
Stravinsky; Scarlett Thomas, Our Tragic
How do you start writing a novel? Universe. Seamus Heaney‟s latest
(and
By
thus
putting
helpfully
the moment
correcting
off for as long collection, Human Chain, is among his
a popular as possible. image I have of Jesus a vague as idea a for the best. And the books I‟m looking forward
rather book simpering after the one do-gooder I‟m writing – now – so to are the new novels by Kate Atkinson
an won‟t image be too ready often to work confirmed
for another and John le Carré, and Philip Larkin‟s
by year some at least of his – followers), but have pushed this it to the Letters to Monica.
From Water to Wine
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Changing
the World
Tearfund has joined other aid
agencies along with Christians
across the UK to speak out
against one of the biggest injustices of
our time: Hunger.
The IF campaign focuses on some of
the root causes of hunger, recognising
that aid is only a vital first step in
tackling global poverty, and that we
should go beyond it to the deeper
causes of poverty and hunger, like
climate change and tax dodging.
During the year there will be various
campaigns calling on governments
and multinational companies to make
a change.
As part of the campaign Tearfund
has been inviting people to try out a
few recipes from around the world.
Why not give one a go – and join the
campaign to make a change?
Find out more about the IF
Campaign at www.tearfund.org
Borscht (beetroot soup)
Serves 6-8
Ingredients
4 medium to large cooked beetroot
2 medium onions
2 medium carrots
600ml beef stock
30ml lemon juice
90ml dry sherry (optional)
Salt and pepper to taste
1 tbsp soured cream per serving
2 tbsp chopped chives to garnish
Dabo kolo (crunchy
spice bites)
KYRGYZSTAN
Method
Grate beetroot and carrot coarsely and
finely chop onions. Place in a large
pan with the stock and bring to the boil.
Cover and simmer for 50 minutes until
cooked, adding extra water if needed.
Add the lemon juice and sherry (if used).
Add salt and pepper to taste.
Serve either chilled or piping hot with
a swirl of soured cream and a pinch of
chives.
Ingredients
300g plain flour
½ tsp salt
2 tbs sugar
½ tsp cayenne pepper
70ml oil
Water, as needed (about 6 tbsp)
ETHIOPIA
Method
Mix all ingredients together. Knead,
adding water one tablespoon at a time,
until a stiff dough is formed. Knead for
a further five minutes. Tear the dough
into pieces the size of a peanut and roll
in your hands to form peanut shapes.
Heat a large heavy sauté pan, but do
not oil. Working in batches, put pieces
of dough in pan and cook over medium
heat until golden brown, turning
regularly. Cool on a wire rack and store
in an airtight container.
Pique macho (spicy
Bolivian beef)
Serves 6
Ingredients
1kg braising steak
2 large onions
1 tomato, chopped
1 large chilli pepper
250g salchichas (Spanish sausages,
or other thin sausages will do)
2 medium-sized potatoes
Salt
8 tbsp of oil
Spices
½ tsp ground black pepper
½ tsp ground cumin
4 cloves crushed garlic
1 tsp cumin seeds
Method
Cut the steak into cubes then marinate
it with the spices for at least two hours.
Meanwhile, wash and slice the onions
and the chilli. Sauté in a saucepan with
two tablespoons of oil until the onion
is transparent. Stir in the tomato and
a pinch of salt. Transfer to another
container.
Fry the salchichas and set aside to cool.
In the same saucepan, fry the meat
with the remaining oil. Cover the pan
for a few moments, then pour off the
juice into a separate container. Repeat
this procedure until the meat is cooked
without adding any more oil.
Slice the salchichas thickly. Stir the
tomato mixture and salchichas into the
meat.
Separately, peel the potatoes, slice into
thin chips and fry in plenty of hot oil.
When the chips are ready, stir them
in with the meat and add the retained
juices from the meat. Place on a high
heat for a few minutes.
The pique macho should not be too
dry, and the meat is tastier if allowed
to marinate for as long as possible,
preferably overnight.
BOLIVIA
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The problem – and the solution!
Do you want to know what is really
wrong with the world? – Its you!
Now before you pick up your pen
and fire off a letter to the editor under the
pen name of ‘disgusted of S8’ let me tell
you that it is ME as well!
Why do I say that many of the world’s
problems are down to us? Well it seems
to me that it is getting harder and harder
to feel that we can make much difference
and yet if the world is to change it will be
people like you and me who change it for
the better.
The world is a complex place and the
problems are huge – take for instance
the financial crisis, war, poverty, disease,
fear of asylum-seekers, unemployment
and many, many more. On the flip side
we are becoming increasingly busier with
little time for changing the world. It seems
to make sense that if the problems
are huge then what we need is a huge
solution. It feels as if we can only tackle
it with a very grand plan. What we need
is an organisation such as a government
or the World Health Organisation or
someone similar. We can give them
lots of money – our money – and lots of
power in order for them to sort out the
problems of the world on our behalf.
Don’t misunderstand me, there is a place
for large organisations but the problem is
that they don’t really sort out the root of
the problem, ie YOU and ME.
A friend of mine has a mantra which is
that if we wish to transform society then it
can only be done ‘one person at a time’.
What he means is that if a solution is to
make a long term quantifiable difference
then is has to affect us personally. It is
easy to let a large organisation tackle
our problems but much better if we are
part of the solution. As Ghandi said, “We
must be the change that we want to see
in the world”. Or, as Barack Obama said
more recently, “Change will not come if
we wait for some other person or some
other time. We are the ones we’ve been
waiting for.”
Let me give you an example. A couple
of years ago my wife was in town late
at night with friends in one of Sheffield
busiest night clubs. She was appalled
by the alcohol-fuelled self-destructive
behaviour of a lot of the young people
who were out
that night. As
she watched
she said to herself
‘someone ought to
do something about
this’. Over the next few
months it dawned on her
that maybe she was the
‘someone’ she was hoping
for. To cut a long story
short we both became
Street Pastors and
you can often find us
on Carver Street at
3am helping people
who need help to get home after a ‘good’
night out.
It was a similar story when we first
went to work in Romania more than 20
years ago. We went thinking we would
have something to offer but instead
received far more than we gave. What
we realised was that in both cases the
people who were changed the most were
us. I am sure we did help a few people
along the way but in the main it was our
hearts that were changed.
If we are to become part of the solution
then it will very likely cost us personally.
We will need to think through how and
where we spend our money for instance
– maybe by buying Fairtrade coffee or
buying our energy from a green energy
supplier or changing banks to one which
has a good ethical policy. Maybe we will
get slightly more personal and sponsor
a child with Compassion through which
we will receive regular updates from the
child that we are sponsoring. However
even that is really delegating the
solution to someone else.
There is a saying which is ‘if you
want to walk on water then you have
to get out of the boat’. The world will
change in proportion to the extent that
we are willing to
become part of
the solution. This
is not a quick fix
process but a lifetime of
personal transformation.
Here is a start – When you
are in town and notice someone
begging, do you just pass them by
because they are someone else’s
problem? Next time why not offer
to buy them a cup of coffee or
a sandwich and then sit down
on the pavement and listen to
their story. You may find they are
just like you and me. That way you
may begin to understand why all those
big issues are really about us and our
hearts. We cannot delegate, we need
to get involved and then our hearts will
be changed and so will the problems of
society – ‘one person at a time’.
Let me finish with a story – I apologise
if you have heard it before:
A man was walking along a deserted
beach at sunset. As he walked he could
see a young boy who kept bending
down, picking something up and throwing
it into the water. Time and again he kept
hurling things into the ocean.
As the man approached closer, he
saw that the boy was picking up one
of thousands of starfish that had been
washed up on the beach. One at a time
he was throwing them back into the
water.
The man asked the boy what he was
doing. He replied, “I’m throwing these
starfish back into the ocean, or else they
will die through lack of oxygen. “But”, said
the man, “You can’t possibly save them
all, there are thousands on this beach,
and this must be happening on hundreds
of beaches along the coast. You can’t
possibly make a difference.” The boy
looked down, frowning for a moment; then
bent down to pick up another starfish,
smiling as he threw it back into the sea.
He replied, “well I made a difference to
that one”.
‘We are the ones we’ve been waiting
for.’
Steve Winks
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Where’s that from..?
To ring the changes
Meaning - to vary the way in which some
task is usually performed in order to make
it more interesting
Derived from - the ancient art of bell
ringing where the pattern, or sequence,
of the order in which the bells are struck
is called a “change”. Each pattern has its
own order but, if variations are made and
the bells are struck in a different order, it
becomes known as “ringing the changes”.
The figurative use of this phrase was
already in evidence centuries ago. It
can be found Thomas Adams’ book, ‘The
divells banket described in sixe sermons’
published in 1614, when he wrote, “Some
ring the Changes of opinions”.
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am currently living in the
fourth house I’ve had in twenty
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seen many changes in home
décor. I couldn’t wait to stamp my
mark on my first home with my
husband. Although I played it safe
with magnolia paint throughout the
downstairs I stencilled ivy around
the arch in our lounge-diner, a
border of violets all through the
hall, and grapevines in the kitchen.
Around this time I also began my
love of Laura Ashley and all things
antique.
Around the mid-late 1990s and
a move to our second house,
everyone was getting much bolder.
Probably owing to all the TV shows
such as Changing Rooms, Home
Front, 30-minute Makeover, House
Doctor (for those struggling to sell
their properties), even Ground
Force for your garden. Yes – I
painted every wooden thing in my
garden ‘iris blue’, benches, trellis,
planters, even an old church pew.
Inside the house I went crazy.
I made a mood-board for each
room with before and after photos.
I’d moved on from stencilling to
painting murals on my children’s
walls. I had spotlights set into
a large circle on my daughter’s
bedroom ceiling, and painted a
flower around each light. It looked
great, but what a neck-ache!
During 2000 we moved to
Sheffield. Every house we
viewed was involved in the
awful bidding-war. We finally
had an offer accepted on a house
that we ended up going to sealedbids
for. Again, I created moodboards
for each room. This time, a
dramatic red dining room, ‘naturalstraw’
lounge, and ‘jasmine-white’
bathroom with many spotlights.
The electrician asked if I was trying
to make it look like the Crucible
Theatre! Another baby came along,
so did the loft-conversion. Then
after a major operation I spent the
summer making bunting for the
garden … yes, and the bedroom
and the lounge!
In January 2007 we moved to
our current house - the ‘Money Pit’,
in Woodseats. Even after twenty
years of decorating and revamping
houses I still did all my before and
after photos. This house had woodworm
galore, damp, a clapped-out
old boiler and dodgy plumbing to
say the least, but I love it!
I am not a lover of wallpaper
or feature-walls in particular, but
over many years of change I know
what I like. So I have another red
dining room (and probably always
will), my daughter has a mural on
her walls, and I still love making
bunting – even for my dolls house!
As we are all revisiting the ‘makedo-and-mend’
era, I have now
painted much of my old wooden
furniture, no ‘iris-blue’ this time, for
me it has to be ‘French-Grey’.
The only advice I would give to
someone wanting to redecorate or
do up a wreck is to please yourself!
At the end of the day, it is your
house. It’s supposed to reflect you
and the things you like. Fads come
and go so quickly – don’t ask too
many people for their opinions. If
you have a decorating disaster,
chin-up, and get out the
Magnolia paint!
Julia Craddock
Changing Rooms
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The Girl With a Pearl Earring
by Tracy Chevalier
ISBN 0007232160
This is a historical fiction book
is set in 17th century Holland
and is based around a
famous painting by Vermeer.
The main character is Griet
whose family lives in very poor
circumstances. Griet’s father
was a delph tile artist who is
blinded in an accident at work
and can no longer work, making
the family destitute. Fortunately
Griet is hired as a servant by the
Vermeer family. Griet has to work
very hard and her duties extend
to cleaning the artist’s studio and
eventually becoming an assistant
to Vermeer. Griet, herself,
appears to have an artistic
eye even venturing to make
adjustments to the setting of one
of the paintings. Unfortunately,
she catches the eye of Vermeer’s
patron who demands she
becomes the subject of his next
painting which will compromise
Griet’s reputation.
The relationship between Griet
and Vermeer is hard to define
hinting subtly at romance. I feel
Vermeer to be a weak man who
appears to have some feelings
for Griet but is reluctant to protect
her from the patron and from
other members of the family when
she is unjustly targeted by them.
Although the story’s plot is
simple, it is expertly written with
imagination and researched
detail. Tracy Chevalier gives
descriptive references to the
social differences between the
rich and poor, the Catholics and
Protestants.
For me the author brought the
characters to life. I admired Griet
for her strong personality and
resilience against; the adversity
her family suffered; the spiteful
Vermeer family members; the
undesirable attentions of the
patron and the sad
situation of her life.
I really enjoyed
this book and
thanks to being
a member of the
Book Club it gave
me chance to try
a title I wouldn’t
perhaps have
chosen myself.
Margaret
Mosforth
St Chad’s
3rd Age
Book Club
Book Review
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Changing your Lifestyle
Did you know that nearly
two-thirds of adults and a
third of children in Britain
are overweight or obese?
Adult obesity rates have almost
quadrupled in the last 25 years
and experts have predicted that
by the year 2020 one third of
people in the UK could be obese.
One of the big ways we are
being urged to stop this problem
in our country and individual’s
lives is through the Government’s
Change4Life campaign.
Its aim is to tackle obesity in
children, families and adults by
making improvements to their diet,
fitness and alcohol consumption.
Under the slogan Eat Well, Move
More, Live Longer, Change4Life
was launched in 2009 and is
encouraging people to be more
healthy in six ways:
FIVE A DAY – encouraging
people to eat the recommended 5
portions of fruit and veg each day
WATCH THE SALT – reduce the
amount of salt eaten each day,
ideally to below 6g for adults
Top Tips for Healthy Eating...
CUT BACK FAT – providing
information about fat in foods and
ways to reduce it
SUGAR SWAPS – information
about sugar in foods and
suggestions for healthier
alternatives
CHOOSE LESS BOOZE – ways
for adults cut down on alcohol
consumption
GET GOING EVERY DAY – why
it’s important to lead an active
lifestyle and how to do it cheaply
and easily
To find out more about how you
or your family can make a change
go to www.nhs.uk/Change4Life
Love your labels ... Food labels can seem a bit boring, but they
are the best way of checking what you’re eating as they can tell you
what’s hidden inside the food. Once you know what how to use them,
you’ll soon be able to make healthier choices when you’re shopping.
Be calorie smart... Counting calories doesn’t have to mean
you’re on a diet! They are a really handy way of helping you choose
balanced meals each day, and not eating more than you need.
Share packaged foods... Many foods and drinks are packaged
for two adults sharing, so if you’re eating by yourself avoid temptation
and save some for later.
Eat a little slower... It takes time for our brains to register we’re
full, so try to eat more slowly.
Focus on your food Eating distractedly, such as in front of the TV,
means we eat more without noticing or even enjoying it.
For more tips see www.nhs.uk/Change4Life
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Registers 2013
Thanksgivings
May
12 Sophie Sally Harris-Watt
June
16 Joseph Graham Bailey
21 Harriet Rose Corker
Baptisms
May
12 Ava Grace Hawley
John Alexander Watt
June
16 Thomas Mark William
Stirton
Funerals
May
1 Lillian Conybeare (92)
22 Roy George Hodgson (91)
For Weddings and Funerals
You don’t have to be a churchgoer to
have a wedding in church or be
‘religious’ to have a dignified and
meaningful funeral service at St Chad’s.
If you live in the Woodseats or Beauchief
area, St Chad’s would be delighted to help
you, whether it is planning the Big Day or
saying goodbye to a loved one.
For weddings please contact St Chad’s
church office. For funerals please tell your
funeral director that you would like to have
a church service.
l If you have had a new baby and would
like to celebrate that baby’s birth with
a service in church then please come
to one of our thanksgiving and baptism
mornings at St Chad’s. The morning will
explain the difference between the two
services and give parents an opportunity
to ask any questions. Please call the
church office on 0114 274 5086 if you are
interested in attending.
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Fifty years as a priest
Rev Canon Peter Wright celebrated 50
years as a priest with a service at St
Chad’s in June. He thanked members of
the congregation and said: “For me it was
a very happy and moving occasion and a
time of spiritual renewal.”
Canon Wright, who was presented with
a gift voucher, added: ”Very many thanks
to you all for this very special expression of
support and affection. I am deeply moved.”
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Contacts @ St Chad’s
CHURCH OFFICE 9 Linden Avenue 274 5086
S8 0GA
Term time office hours:
Mon - 10am-1pm; Tues - 9.30am-1pm;
Thurs - 9.30am-1pm; Fri - 9am-11am
Church Office Administrator
Helen Reynolds
email: office@stchads.org
Vicar Toby Hole (Vicarage) 274 9302
email: toby@stchads.org
Reader/Assistant Minister Yvonne Smith 274 5086
for the elderly
Youth Worker Nick Seaman 274 5086
email: nick@stchads.org
Besom in Sheffield
Steve Winks and
Darren Coggins 07875 950170
Impact magazine Tim Hopkinson 274 5086
email: impact@stchads.org
Church Wardens Jimmy Johnson 274 5086
Linda McCann 274 5086
Deputy Warden Malcolm Smith 274 5086
Buildings Manager Malcolm Smith 274 5086
Uniformed Groups
Group Scout Leader Ian Jackson 235 3044
Guide Leader Jemma Taylor 296 0555
CHURCH HOUSE 56 Abbey Lane 274 8289
Bookings Helen Reynolds 274 5086
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