2005-10

October/November 2005 

Reaching 12,000 people in the 

Woodseats and Beauchief area

St Chads Church, 9 Linden Avenue, Woodseats 

email: office@stchads.org 

Tel: (0114) 274 5086 Page 2 web site: stchads.org

Light and Dark 

Have you noticed the nights beginning to draw in? 

This is the time of year when we notice the days 

getting shorter, and we become all too aware of the 

decreasing quality of light and increasing darkness 

around us. 

Halloween & All Saints 

Historically, this has been a time of year when both good and evil, symbolised 

in light and darkness, have been remembered. Halloween (on 31st October) 

highlighted darkness, evil and terror. The following day, All Saints 

Day celebrated lives well lived and people who stood for light, truth and all 

that was good. 

Light and dark therefore seemed like an excellent theme as we began 

preparing for this edition of Impact - the community magazine of St Chad’s 

Church. 

Inside 

Inside you will find all sorts of information about light & darkness: from light 

hearted jokes to more serious articles and book reviews to recipes. We 

hope there is something that will encourage and interest you. 

Impact also includes a number of advertisements that many in the community 

find helpful. Many thanks to Nigel Belcher and Chris Laude for all their 

work with this. We know many of you turn to Impact first when you need 

someone for a particular job, and we at St Chad’s are very pleased to provide 

this service to the community (and, of course, the adverts helpfully pay 

the bulk of the cost of the magazine production). 

Circulation 

Impact continues to be well received in the locality and reaches around 

12,000 people in the Woodseats, Beauchief and Chancet Wood area. Do 

pass it on to anyone who might find it useful. It is designed to be a community 

resource and we are pleased to offer it to the people of this locality. 

Matthew Porter – Vicar of St Chad’s 




Friend or foe? 

area. Moving cars set me off, pedestrians 

of course, and even cats and dogs. 

My name is E-1079855. I was created 

in a small factory in South Wales. I 

cost about £1 to make but they sell me 

at about twenty times that amount - this 

is called "business". A young lady 

actually created me in about 10 minutes. 

I am a security lamp and am 

positioned at the front of a small house 

in Sheffield. 

My day starts about 5.15 am at this 

time of year, when I stop working. In my 

short life I have worked out that, when 

the sun comes up, I am not needed 

anymore. So at about 5.15 I have a bit 

of a rest and for the rest of the long 

day, I can watch people go by, take it 

easy, listen to the birds and "switch off". 

However, sometimes I get caught 

unawares! The other day it went very 

black just before a thunderstorm. Just 

when I was enjoying the excitement of 

the lightning heading our way, my light 

suddenly came on. What a shock! It 

was only 3 in the afternoon. Anyway, 

on a normal day, at this time of year I 

can bide my time until about 8.30 pm 

and then I get ready for action. 

I am a very sensitive piece of 

apparatus, this is my very reason for 

being. So, if anything moves within a 

few yards, I shine my very strong 

beams at them and anything else in the 

I have to rely on my human "minder" to 

make sure I am activated but then, after 

this, it is all down to me. So, all night I 

am there, doing my job. Of course, my 

beam shining is an involuntary action. I 

can't make any decisions for myself. I 

would love to decide who gets a flash 

and who doesn't but I can't. I know my 

place. This is my lot in life. I am an 

automatic lamp with a sensor and I am 

used for safety and security reasons. 

So I shine on everyone, vistors, 

burglars and innocent passers-by alike. 

It is very interesting to watch the 

reaction of people illuminated in my 

strong beams. Those who are visiting 

my house for genuine reasons often 

smile and look up as if to say ‘thank 

you’. 

But those who are 

approaching for less 

friendly reasons, often 

look up and curse me 

(not very nice). There 

was even one occasion 

when someone turned 

tail and ran when I lit-up the path. 

There are those, of course, who take 

me for granted, that don’t even notice 

that I have shined my light to show 

them a safe route. 

Well, the night goes quickly, because I 

am flashing on and off all the time, and, 

before you know it, it is 5 o'clock again 

and I can stand at ease! And look forward 

again to the hours of darkness 

when I again come into my own. 




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What’s on 

Beauchief Baptist 

• Christmas fayre – Saturday 

26 th November – 2 to 4pm – 

all proceedes to a nominated 

charity 

Meersbrook Park 

Apple Day – 9 th October 2005 from 

1.00pm – A day for all things apple 

related including apple pies,Apple 

jelly and apple juice and childrens 

games. 

For more information contact 

Meersbrook Park on 0114 2584730 

Bishops House 

27 th and 28 th October – 11am 

Super Science Challenges – Drive 

back in time to discover more about 

some super strange science. Join 

in with the creative activities and 

find out how the Tudors used the 

stars to navigate and how the Stuarts 

tried to fight the great plague. 

Suitable for children 3 to 10 years 

old. 


Bishops house on 0114 2782655 

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet 

Family Sunday – 2 nd October 2005 

from 11.30am 

Free activities for children plus 

guided tours and living history demonstrations. 

For more information 

contact the Abbeydale Industrial 

Hamlet on 0114 2367731 

Beauchief Gardens 

12 th November 2005 at 10.00am 

Please help us to tidy these lovely 

public gardens with the friends of 

Millhouses Park, tools provided. 


0114 2960550 

St Lukes Hospice 

Plant Sale 

2 nd October 2005 – 11.00am 

A sale of plants and gardening 

books – refreshements will be available. 

For more details contact 0114 

2369911 

Beauchief Environment Group 

We are starting our new season of Saturday 

evening talks on local environmental 

matters. 

The details of the Autumn talks are: 

8th October - Maggie Marsh "Haddon 

Hall - an insider's view". Maggie is a 

guide at the Hall. 

12th November - Allan Parker "At home 

with the birds". An look at the birds to 

be seen in local gardens. 

All talks start at 7.30 p.m at St. Peter's 

Parish Centre, Reney Avenue, Sheffield 

8 

(53 bus along Low Edges Road). There 

will be a £2 charge which includes refreshments. 




What’s on 

Open Day on 16 th October. 

Norton Lees Lodge and Norton Lees 

Hall, 156 Warminster Road, Norton 

Lees, Sheffield, S8 8PQ. 

There are still some rooms available at 

two new purpose-built Care Homes opening 

in October: 

Norton Lees Hall is a Residential Home 

for people who want to maintain their independence 

but within a caring environment, 

with staff available 24 hours a 

day. Every resident has a newly decorated 

bedroom, with telephone, television 

and ensuite bathroom. There’s a 

varied programme of social activities and 

outings and visitors are encouraged to 

drop in any time. 

Norton Lees Lodge provides extra care 

for people with dementia and Alzheimer’s 

disease. The Home is specially 

designed to provide the highest standards 

of comfort and safety for residents, 

so they can lead a fulfilling and happy life. 

Call 0113 3900520 or 07733266341 for 

more information or to come to the Open 

Day. 

'CALL IN FOR 

A CUPPA' 

At Church House 

(56 Abbey Lane) 

10am to 12 noon 

On the last Saturday of each month. 

Bring & Buy (new items) 

Handicrafts Home Baking 

Please do drop in and join us. It is a good 

opportunity to meet and chat. Why not bring 

a neighbour? 

Forthcoming Meetings 

Meetings held at 7.30pm at 

Woodseats Evangelical Church 

Marshall Road. 

Oct 11th Mrs M Swithenbank 

Underwater Photography 

Nov 8th 

Mrs J Newton 

Romanian Self-help 

Holy Communion at 11.00am 

October 9th and 23rd 

November 13th and 27th 

Evensong at 3.00pm 

October 2nd, 16th and 30th 

November 6th and 20th 

Looking for a room 

to hold your meeting 

or party? 

St Chads church has two 

rooms available for hire at 

56 Abbey Lane. 

Front Room - a ground floor room for 

approx. 35 people and suitable for a variety 

of uses including childrens parties. Tables 

and chairs are available. Cost is £13.00 

per hour (min 2 hours) 

Green Room - a first floor room suitable 

for small groups or seated meetings of 

approximately 20 people. Kitchen facilities 

are available on the ground floor. Cost 

£8.00 per hour. 

Contact the Church Office (274 5086) for 

further details. 




Lighthouses - showing the way to safety 

You don't see many lighthouses around 

Sheffield, do you? Not surprising of 

course, but as the popular TV "Coast" 

programme reminds us at the end of 

each episode, “...in the UK we are 

never more than 72 miles from the 

sea", so most of us will have seen a 

lighthouse sometime in our lives. 

Contrary to what we might think, lighthouses 

are not a modern phenomena. 

The first known one was one of the 

Seven Wonders of the World - the Colossus 

of Rhodes, which took 12 years 

to build and was finished in 280 B.C. 

but only stood for 56 years after which 

it was destroyed by an earthquake. 

Another lighthouse, also 

numbered amongst the 

Seven Wonders, was on 

the isle of Pharos at 

Alexandria in Egypt - this 

was so famous that it has 

given its name to 

Pharology, the science of 

lighthouse building. These 

early structures were 

designed with spiritual 

associations in mind, not just 

navigation. 

Some very early lighthouses were built 

over tombs, so that the light would help 

to guide the spirit away from the body 

into heaven. Naturally, the idea of a 

tower of light reaching up into the heavens 

had religious connotations and interestingly, 

the word "minaret" is derived 

from an old Arabic word "minara", 

meaning a place where fire burns. 

Wood, the only fuel then available, was 

used to light the fires, which were 

chiefly tended by priests. 

The Lighthouse of Alexandria 

The Romans were the first people to 

make widespread use of lighthouses - 

they built them around the coast of 

every country they conquered. It is 

difficult for us, in this modern age, to 

appreciate the difficulties faced by early 

sailors - they had fairly primitive boats 

and had no way of knowing where they 

were. Not surprisingly they kept within 

sight of land wherever possible in 

daylight and could spot dangers, such 

as the swirling waters associated with 

hidden rocks. They used easily 

recognised features on the land as 

daymarks. Sometimes beacons were 

specially built for the purpose - a 

beacon doesn't necessarily 

have to have a light 

or fire, it is purely a very 

visible feature. However, 

at night the sailors kept 

more to the open sea, far 

away from the dangers of 

the coastline and used 

the stars as navigational 

aids. Their families 

would place lanterns, lit 

by candles, in their 

windows in the hope that they would 

guide their loved ones safely home - 

but soon people realised that lights 

placed higher up would be more visible 

and easier to distinguish. The towers 

of churches near the coast were often 

used as lighthouses, the most famous 

of these now remaining being the 

"Boston Stump" in Lincolnshire. 

Unfortunately, after the Dissolution, 

when Henry V111 destroyed churches 

and monasteries, very few beacons 

were left around the English coast. It 




was then that people realised that a 

good living could be made from ships 

wrecked because of the lack of warning 

lights, and they stole all the valuable 

cargo that was washed ashore. The 

business of "wrecking" became so 

lucrative that they began to erect false 

beacons in an effort to mislead sailors 

and ensure a shipwreck. At that time, 

anyone could build a lighthouse and 

collect fees at the nearest port, but 

because of both the cost and the 

difficulty involved in building such a 

structure, very few were built. There 

were only 34 in existence as late as 

1818. The earliest lighthouses had an 

open fire of wood and later, coal was 

burned. Then clusters of candles were 

used inside a glass lantern, but the light 

wasn't strong enough to be seen at a 

very great distance. 

In 1782 there was a 

new invention - the 

first circular oil-wick 

burner which was 

later improved by 

placing several wicks 

around the other. 

Next mirrors were 

used to intensify the 

power of the light 

and in 1822 a device 

was created using 

prisms which made even greater use of 

the available light. This idea was 

improved upon using a cage of prisms 

with the result that no light at all was 

wasted - these glass prism cages are 

called optics and are still used in most 

lighthouses today. 

Strangely enough, all these improvements 

made for the protection of ships 

at sea, actually introduced a new 

danger - for as soon as it was possible 

to see the beam of a lighthouse from 

many miles away, the possibility of 

mistaking one lighthouse for another 

became very real. This problem was 

solved by the invention of the group 

flashing system - the optic is made to 

revolve and give one, two or three 

flashes per revolution, thereby enabling 

each lighthouse to have its own code 

and so be identified beyond all doubt. 

Automation has now taken over and the 

first all-electric lighthouse operated by 

push-button has been built in the 

Phillipines. In England in 1836, an Act 

of Parliament was passed compelling 

all lighthouses to be bought from 

private owners by the Government, and 

the task of building and looking after all 

lighthouses was entrusted to Trinity 

House. Trinity House has been in 

existence since the Middle Ages as the 

Guild of Mariners, which was formed to 

help anyone connected with the sea. It 

looks after aged seamen and their 

widows, and issues all Thames pilot 

licenses, as well as maintaining all 

lightships, lightbuoys and lighthouses. 

It's interesting to note that many 

Christian groups include the term 

"beacon" or "lighthouse" in their name. 

Jesus, the Light of the World, brings 

hope and light into the lives of all who 

live in darkness and have literally lost 

their way, and he asks his followers to 

be shining examples of His Word. 

Perhaps it's not surprising that groups 

should choose such symbols for their 

names. Beacons were often lit, not 

just as signals to warn of danger but in 

times of celebration, too - indeed in 

recent times we have seen beacons lit 

to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee. So 

Christians want to celebrate and share 

the Good News, showing others the 

way to Jesus Christ. 

Chris Laude 




Sabbatical - 20th June — 8th july 

“Only when the heart is not thumping can the still, small voice of God be heard” 

Herbert von Zellur OSB. 

“Don’t teachers get enough holidays?” We hear that said often enough so I can 

imagine the response to a 3 week Sabbatical, during term time, an experience 

offered to headteachers of at least 5 years working in Catholic schools in the 4 

North Eastern Dioceses of England. 

The 14 Heads in my cohort spent 2 days in a residential centre, visited a Beacon 

school, visited a place of religious interest and spent 2 days at home studying a 

chosen area of focus each week for 3 three weeks. 

Professionally, we had input on Emotional Intelligence, PSHCE, the new Inspection 

Framework and the Contemplative movement of “The Quiet Garden”. I visited a 

primary school in Nottinghamshire LEA, a secondary school in N. Yorks. LEA and a 

residential home attached to a Special School in Doncaster LEA – all with a focus 

on pupils with Special Educational Needs. It was a privilege to be granted time to 

talk with other professionals and to observe and appreciate the varying ways we all 

try to achieve success for all our pupils. 

We were fortunate enough to visit the Holocaust Centre, Beth Shalom, in Nottinghamshire 

and hear a survivor speak of her experiences during the second World 

War. She had an audience of Y9 pupils from a school in Leeds in silence for an hour 

and a half, hanging on her words, while she exhorted them to consider the implications 

in today’s world of not accepting those who are, for whatever reason, 

“different”. 

We have celebrated Mass with the Benedictine monks at Ampleforth, visited Fountains 

Abbey, Jervaulx Abbey, Ripon Cathedral and Holy Island and spent quiet, reflective 

time as a group. This has been a time for spiritual renewal and personal 

growth. 

“Be silent before God and let Him mould you. 

Keep still and He will mould you into the right shape.” Martin Luther 

The visits to several monasteries and the insight we have been given into the contemplative 

way of life have, hopefully, rubbed off on us. We hope that we will be 

able to take back with us, on our return to our respective schools, some of the tranquillity 

and inner peace we have gained. It is politically correct now to speak of work/ 

life balance. In our modern world with its ever changing, ever busy pace we were 

fortunate to be given time to withdraw, restore and renew our intellectual, emotional 

and spiritual balance. 

I would like to thank the school community for giving me this opportunity to learn, to 

share good practice and to network with colleagues and for their recognition that 

this would benefit not only myself but also the school. 

Mrs Anne Brighton 

(Head-teacher of St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School) 



Tel: (0114) 274 5086 Page 10 web site: stchads.org

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WEEKLY SERVICES 

The 9am Service will… 

Services at St Chad’s 

● be the first service of the day 

● be traditional in style 

● include Holy Communion, a sermon & organ-led hymns 

● include refreshments afterwards 

● be taken from Common Worship: Holy Communion 

The 10.30am Service will ..... 

● be informal and relaxed in style 

● have an emphasis on families 

● include music, led by a band 

● include refreshments before the service 

FOUNDATION will ..... 

● be an informal service with the emphasis on 

contemporary worship, challenging bible teaching 

and prayer. 

● be on Sunday evenings at 7.30pm at St Chad's. 

The Thursday 10am Service will …. 

• be traditional in style 

• be taken from Common Worship: Holy Communion 

• Include Holy Communion, a sermon & hymns 

• Be held in the Lady Chapel at the back of church 

MONTHLY SERVICES 

The Evensong Service will .... 

● take place on the 2nd Sunday of each month at 6pm 

● is a quiet reflective service taken from the 1662 

Book of Common Prayer. 

● include organ led hymns, a psalm and a short 

sermon and prayers 




Light & Darkness - choosing wisely at halloween 

There is a great scene towards the end of 

Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade, where 

the villain and hero are in a room filled with 

a vast array of goblets and have to find the 

cup that Christ used in the last supper. 

The villain goes chooses the most beautiful 

cup. ‘This is the cup of the King of kings’, 

he says. He dips it into a vat of wine and 

drinks deeply. Within seconds he is dead. 

Dr Jones, the hero then has to choose. He 

surveys the cups and chooses the simplest 

looking of all. ‘This is the cup of a 

carpenter’ says the doctor, and tastes the 

wine. ‘He chose wisely’. 

Life is full of choices. How do we choose 

wisely? 

Wisdom is an important theme in the Bible, 

and I have to admit that one of the things I 

find most helpful about following Christ is 

the wisdom found in the Bible. It touches 

all areas of life: from relationships to 

money, sex to the environment, prayer to 

poverty. It also has a lot to say about 

choosing wisely between light and darkness. 

In these days when the festival of 

Halloween has seen a revival, what should 

our attitude be? Is it a harmless childhood 

celebration with costumes, sweets and fun, 

or is it something to discourage? 

It is a well-known statistical fact that there 

are now more registered witches, wizards, 

shamens and mediums in the UK than 

Christian clergy. One of these modern day 

witches recently said, "Halloween is 

probably our most holy night. All witches 

will celebrate, and sing and chant to bring 

the god forth to thank him and to feast with 

our ancestors." So beyond the fun and 

superstition there is also a genuine adult 

dedication to the spiritual world to restore 

the powers of darkness, the same powers 

from which Jesus came to free us. 

Halloween goes back thousands of years 

to the days of the ancient Celts in Europe. 

For them October 31st was the start of 

winter and also the start of their New Year. 

It was thought to be the night when the 

Lord of the Dead, Samhain, called forth the 

spirits of the dead to seek the warmth and 

affection of the homes they once inhabited. 

They were attended by other darker, hideous 

creatures. This gave the villagers two 

problems: What if the spirits were bad tempered 

when they arrived? And what if they 

liked it in the village and wanted to stay? 

They resorted to appeasing and soothing 

the spirits with offerings and gifts to stop 

them making mischief and making life 

miserable—hence the origin of trick or 

treat—a sort of protection money to ghostly 

blackmailers! And to discourage the spirits 

from staying they would dress up in 

disguise as creatures and in a magical way 

take on their powers and drive them away. 

Halloween has its roots in the occult and, 

despite looking like ’just a bit of fun for the 

kids’ could be a way of allowing the 

demonic to get a foothold in contemporary 

life. 

How should we respond? Here are 6 options 

you might like to consider. 

1. Some choose not to get involved with 

Halloween at all. This may be the right 

approach for you and your family. 

2. Alternatively, you might want to take 

the opportunity to explain to children 

how there is genuine evil in the world, 

and that we need to choose wisely 

how we live. Christians genuinely believe 

Jesus defeated the powers of evil 

when he died on the cross, and he 

encourages us to avoid anything dark 

or occult-like as it is bad for our spiritual 

and emotional health. 

3. At the very least, we should not encourage 

children to take this festival 

seriously. In fact it may be best to 

have a good laugh at the whole thing. 

Martin Luther, the church reformer, 




always used to say that the devil hates 

it when we laugh at him! 

4. You might decide to do something 

creative with the day/evening. Many 

churches now have Light Parties on 

31st October, like St Chad’s is doing 

this year. Why not celebrate the light 

and the good rather than darkness and 

evil? You could light lots of candles in 

your home, and celebrate the God 

who lets light shine in darkness and 

through Christ shines light into our 

hearts. 

5. Knowing how to respond to Trick or 

Treating is difficult. Probably the best 

response is to be generous in treating 

- as it’s always good to be generous 

- and then on the back of that 

share a few words about celebrating 

good. 

6. Why not do something together as a 

family, or with another family? Have a 

special meal or party. This year 

Halloween falls on a Monday. Use the 

opportunity to choose wisely and celebrate 

the light! 

‘Let us walk in the light of God’ (Isaiah 2:5) 

Matthew Porter 

Light Party 

Monday 31st October 

5.30 pm - 7.00 pm 

At St Chad’s church 

Theme: Stars and Space 

Entry by ticket only 

Registers 2005 

Thanksgivings 

July 

17 Daniel Zargham Nejad 

Dylan John Bell 

Ruby Lowe 

Baptisms 

August 

28 Daniel Zargham Nejad 

Dylan John Bell 

Dedication 

August 

21 Laura Emily Bone 

Weddings 

July 

10 Andrew Foulkes & 

Michelle Jordan 

16 Lee Jonathan Hughes & 

Dawn Louise Wooffitt 

Funerals 

June 

15 Margery Clarry (74) 

27 John William Hill (94) 

July 

19 George Russell Quibell (90) 

Please ring St Chad’s church office 

for more details. 




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Season change 

As I write this, the sun is beating down and there isn't a cloud in the sky. 

However, do not be deceived! The nights are pulling in and it is now dark in the 

morning when I have to catch an early bus. I think God has got it just right - four 

different seasons and constant change throughout the year. I know that "Global 

Warming" is making our weather more changeable and unpredictable, but I like 

variety and, the UK is the best place to witness it. 

The sun still affects our lives in many ways. As a grower, at this 

time of year, I can't just pop down the allotment after a heavy dinner 

and a nap anymore. Get there by 8 o'clock and it is getting 

dark already. This is a problem for someone like me who is still 

catching up on jobs to do and the growing season. I will soon be 

picking beans by torchlight. At least you can still enjoy a good bonfire 

when the sun goes down. I am still catching up, clearing the 

undergrowth and burning the long grass and other weeds. 

My courgettes have gone absolutely mad. They are growing like triffids and taking 

over about a third of the plot. Whether they produce any fruit remains to be seen. 

Talking of triffids, have you noticed a rather boring 

looking "shrub" gradually infiltrating our green areas. I 

am referring to the Japanese Knotweed. Those who do 

the Five Weirs Walk will have noticed, that in parts you 

can't see the river for this intrusive monster. And, Bad 

News! It has reached the allotments. It is now just outside 

the gate and, in time, will spread. It grows 4 inches 

a day and the Council won't touch it because of the 

cost of effective weedkiller. You have been warned! 

So, Autumn is heading our way - we are getting less Light and more Dark. Less 

daylight to get gardening jobs done, but more darkness to spend doing other 

things - I am of course referring to reading and other indoor pursuits. God gives us a 

balance. He gives us a wonderful spread of seasons, a mix of Light and Dark, 

warmth when needed, rainfall when needed and we can rejoice and thank Him. 

So when that old lady in the bus queue moans about the nights pulling in and the 

rain, just remind her how lucky she is. She is part of God's creation and should be 

shouting from the (wet) rooftops about it. If this doesn't work, tell her you'll introduce 

Japanese Knotweed in her back garden! 

Son of Soil 




This Present Darkness 

Author: Frank E Peretti 

Price £7.08 or less 

ISBN: 1581345283 

1st published in 1986 

Ashton is a small town. 

Book Review 

The residents of this sleepy college town, comfortable in their 

middle American lifestyle, had no idea that their community 

was about to play a significant role in the ages-old battle 

between the forces of good versus evil, heaven versus hell. 

Ashton is the earthly battleground. The plot involves murder, 

blackmail, deceit and corruption and it is intentionally difficult 

on occasions to tell which characters are committed to the 

good side, which are committed to the bad side and which 

are undecided. Events are seen through the characters 

human eyes but what they are not seeing is the battle that is 

also taking place above their town. 

Peretti does a great job of drawing the reader into the story with his use of imagery. 

He describes all the characters, including the demons and angels, with such detail 

that you get a picture in mind of what they look like. It takes some wild twists and 

turns and could be described as an ‘edge of your seat’ read. 

This is a powerful novel. The story focuses on something that so many do not ever 

think about … Spiritual Warfare. Everyday. This is probably because, like the 

characters in the book, we can’t see it. As a Christian, it certainly got me thinking 

more about the power and significance of prayer and whilst the book may not be 

100% theologically correct we see how it can happen, it becomes more real. 

Have you ever had something happen to you and you just knew that God had 

intervened on your behalf - I have, and I do believe in guardian Angels. 

Nigel Belcher 

Success 

• At age 4 success is...not peeing in 

your pants. 

• At age 12 success is…having friends. 

• At age 17 success is...having a drivers license. 

• At age 35 success is...having money. 

• At age 50 success is...having money. 

• At age 70 success is...having a drivers license. 

• At age 75 success is...having friends. 

• At age 85 success is...not peeing in your pants. 

Great Truths That Adults 

Have Learned 

• Raising teenagers is like 

nailing Jelly to a tree. 

• Wrinkles don't hurt. 

• Families are like fudge... 

mostly sweet, with a few nuts. 

• Laughing is good exercise. It's 

like jogging on the inside. 

• Middle age is when you 

choose your cereal for the 

fibre, not the toy. 




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Pall stories 

Among many people in today's society death is a taboo subject and the Funeral Director 

and his place of work is avoided whenever possible. As an established family 

funeral director of nearly 75 years standing we have seen many instances of people 

avoiding us, the following story that sticks in the mind is an amusing example of this. 

It was a cold crisp winters morning, the funeral cortege was in place outside the 

premises of G&M Lunt on Camping Lane waiting for Mr Lunt to walk the cortege out 

onto Abbey Lane. An elderly lady was crossing the end of the road when she 

slipped on the frosty surface and ended up sprawled in front of the surprised 

mourners, straight away the drivers of the limousines jumped out of their vehicles to 

offer assistance to the lady in distress. Upon seeing the approaching black clad 

drivers, the elderly lady, quick as a flash, jumped to her feet exclaiming " Oh dear 

Lunts men are coming for me!" and off she went scurrying down Abbey Lane only 

pausing to shout back at the astonished drivers " I'm not ready for you boys yet". 

Although a funeral director is seen as a solemn figure, many also have an excellent 

sense of humour and can be very quick witted. 

When a family requested an old fashioned hearse to convey their loved one on their 

final journey we went to great 

lengths to fulfill their wishes in 

providing a 1950's Vanden Plas 

Austin Sheerline hearse. The family 

of the deceased gentleman said he 

would have been proud to be 

travelling in such a vehicle as old 

cars were his passion. The local 

Baptist minister met the cortege on 

it's arrival at the chapel as is normal, 

upon seeing the old fashioned 

hearse pull up along side him he 

turned to one of the pall bearers exclaiming " That's too old to be one of Lunt's 

vehicles," to which the bearer replied in apparent innocence "It's not one of ours and 

to be honest I wouldn't be seen dead in it". The minister seeming to forget himself 

broke out in uncontrollable laughter at the bearers comment. It was a great feat and 

credit to his professionalism that he somehow managed to regain his composure 

and carry out the funeral service without further ado. 

A funeral director sometimes has to go to great lengths to make sure everything 

runs smoothly on the day of a funeral and on many occasions down the years the 

inclement weather has caused us unforeseen problems on the day of the service. 

After waking up one morning it became obvious to me that we were going to have 

problems. A heavy snowfall throughout the night had left a good couple of feet of 




snow on the ground, this would be a big enough worry for a service at Hutcliffe 

Wood crematorium but I knew we had a Roman Catholic Internment due to take 

place in St Michaels Cemetery . at Rivelin ( for those who don't know St Michaels 

cemetery, I can only say it is a place more suited to a mountain goat than four 

bearers carrying a coffin). 

After much thought and deliberation we came up with a novel method of conveying 

the coffin up the steep hill in the cemetery. So, there was the Priest tentatively 

making his way through the deep snow, trying his best not to fall over, the coffin 

followed, but not in the usual manner, not on this occasion, this coffin was being 

pulled up the hill on an old wooden sledge, the following mourners found it highly 

amusing, but were very grateful that the burial could take place as they had 

expected the funeral would have to be postponed. Once the coffin had been 

lowered into the grave the bearers left the graveside and, supposedly out of sight, a 

couple of them jumped onto the now unoccupied sledge and sped off back down the 

hill, the only witnesses to this unlikely scene were three elderly people who 

unbeknown to the bearers in question had remained in the limousines as they 

couldn't make the walk up the hill. On realising they had been seen the red faced 

bearers apologised profusely to the occupants of the limousine, but their apologies 

fell on deaf ears as the three old ladies were too busy trying to control their laughter 

after what they had just witnessed. 

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ecipe 

Light & Dark cookies 

Finding a recipe to fit in with the 

IMPACT theme this time took a little 

searching. However these cookies are 

very attractive and worth the effort. 

Have fun and I hope you enjoy the 

making and eating. 

INGREDIENTS: 

• 2 cups all-purpose flour 

• 1/2 cup sugar 

• Pinch of salt 

• 1 cup cold unsalted butter, in small pieces 

• 1 large egg + 1 large egg yolk 

• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 

• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder 

DIRECTIONS: 

1. Grease two baking sheets. 

2. Combine the flour, sugar, and salt, and then add the butter pieces in two 

additions (using a food processor or by hand). Add the egg yolk and the 

vanilla, and mix until the dough holds together. 

3. Divide the dough in half and knead the cocoa powder into one half until it's 

smooth and brown. 

4. Roll out both dough halves on a floured board into 3 x 9-inch rectangles, 1/2 to 

3/4 of an inch thick. Trim the edges to be even, and put on baking sheets, 

covering first with cling-film before refrigerating for 30 minutes. 

5. Beat the whole egg in a bowl. Take the dough out and cut each rectangle into 

4 3/4-inch strips. Arrange in a checkerboard pattern; put a white rectangle next 

to a black rectangle, paint the top and sides with egg, and then place a black 

rectangle on the white rectangle and a white rectangle on the black. Then 

repeat with the second half of the dough. 

6. You should end up with two long rectangular logs in little checkerboard 

patterns, which you should then wrap in cling-film again and put in the 

refrigerator for 30 more minutes. 

7. Preheat the oven to 350º F. Cut the logs into 3/4-inch slices, turning the log 

every time the slices start to move toward rectangular rather than square. 

Place the slices 1 1/2 inches apart on the sheets, and bake for about 15 

minutes, until firm. Cool on sheets for two minutes, then on a wire rack. 




80 Years Ago 

September 1925 

MY DEAR FRIENDS, 

I am writing this letter from 

Queensbury Vicarage, where 

we have been spending August. 

The village is 1250 ft 

above sea level and the air 

coming from the surrounding moors is 

invigorating. We have travelled extensively 

around the region and perhaps the most interesting 

location was Halifax Parish 

Church which dates from about 1120. Succeeding 

centuries have all left their mark 

until the church has become a veritable 

museum. 

The church at Queensbury is not an old 

building but is quite beautiful and has some 

fine features and our hosts have been very 

generous benefactors. 

Registers 1925 

Holy Baptisms 

July 

12 Deryck Gordon, son of Herbert & Kathleen Rathbone 

Anthony, son of Percival & Harriett Rodgers 

15 Hedley Gurney, son of Alfred & Nellie Watson 

29 William, son of William & Elizabeth Smith 

Leslie, son of Thomas & Eva Stapleton 

Emily, daughter of Thomas & Eva Stapleton 

Colin, son of Joseph & Winnie Blackwell 

August 

02 Harry Frederick, son of Harry & Florence Brakes 

05 Betty, daughter of William & Lydia Darwen 

12 Douglas, son of Harry & Ethel Brown 

16 Sybil, daughter of Harry & Sybil Browne 

George, son of Gerald & Lily Shaw 

23 Kathleen Margaret, daughter of Alfred & Elsie Bayliss 

October 1925 

MY DEAR FRIENDS, 

With October we enter upon the ‘Indoor’ 

part of the year, and ought to be able to concentrate 

more on ‘Things that Matter’. 

This month we celebrate our Harvest 

Thanksgiving and whatever is given we 

dedicate to the Diocesan Fund. 

On the 4th Sunday we link ourselves to the 

Missionary Wing of the church and recognise 

our duty to support Missionary effort 

throughout the world. 

At the Church Council meeting it was 

reported that there was a total balance of 

£40 from the Garden Party. Arrangements 

are being made for the Bazaar on 3-5 

December and many stalls are already in 

preparation. We urge everyone in the Parish 

to make this a memorable event. 

Marriages 

July 

06 George Surgery & Annie Taylor 

14 William Labrie & Flora Smith 

16 Tom Hockley & Eva Bland 

August 

01 L.H.Clarkson & L.Kitcheman 

03 Thomas Hough & Lucy Elston 

08 James Whittaker & Alice Love 

15 Frank Micklethwaite & 

Annie Fillingham 

Frank White & Winifred Crooks 

25 David Gilpin & Phyllis Saunderson 

27 John Mottershaw & 

Florence Elliott 

Burials 

July 

09 John Lister (75) 

13 Alice Harford (59) 

14 Herbert Briggs (60) 

17 Caroline Leake (42) 

18 Emily Emery (75) 

27 Jane Parkes (71) 

29 M.D.C. Layfield (11) 

30 Harry Pearson (35) 




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Useful Numbers 

CHURCH OFFICE 9 Linden Avenue 274 5086 

S8 0GA 

Church Office Administrator Liz Brunt 


Vicar Matthew Porter 274 5086 

Assistant Minister/Reader Yvonne Smith 274 5086 

Assistant Minister Darren Coggins 274 5086 

Assistant Minister David Middleton 274 5086 

(Special Needs) 

Youth Minister Andrew Foulkes 274 5086 

Community Development Steve Winks 274 5086 

Publishing and Communication Nigel Belcher 274 5086 or 

(incl IMPACT/Web Site) 281 1750 

Church Wardens Malcolm Smith 274 7159 

Alison Manning 281 8894 

Deputy Church Wardens Cindi Lewis 235 3032 

David Hulton 249 0525 

Uniformed Groups 

Group Scout Leader Ian Jackson 235 3044 

Guide Guider Christine Carr 281 7793 

CHURCH HOUSE 56 Abbey Lane 274 8289 

Church House Caretaker Norman Swift 274 9361 

Church House bookings Liz Brunt 274 5086 

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