2007-10

October/November 2007 

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Maturing Year 

As the year moves into its final quarter so we begin to 

look to the end of another year. We cannot change the 

past - what has been, has been. But we can change 

the present and the future. And so if for you, this year 

has not been a particularly good one, why don’t you 

work and pray for this final part of the year to be the 

best part — that the year would mature well for you? 

This raises the question of maturity and maturing, which is partly addressed in this 

edition of Impact. What do we mean when we use those words? 

Maturity 

When Impact’s editorial team brain-stormed about this edition and the idea of 

‘maturity’ seemed to be emerging, it raised all sorts of issues. Is maturing just about 

something being old and worn out - like a mature dandelion that, once its seeds are 

blown away, is pretty much useless and just taking up space? But then what about 

a mature wine, or cheese? This is when something is at its best ... its peak … its 

most palatable. We use the word of animals too, don’t we? A mature stag - strong, 

majestic, virile. Then there are mature fruit or crops, ready for harvesting, and 

mature investments, ready to cash in. 

Mature People 

What about mature people? We sometimes use the word as a way of being polite 

about the elderly, and that may well be a right and proper use of the word. But 

when we talked it through, we all came to the conclusion that a mature person is not 

necessarily old. In fact we decided that it didn’t necessarily have anything to do with 

age. It was more about attitude, disposition, and learning from life experience. It 

was more to do with wisdom than anything else. 

Wise Role Models 

Mature people. Wise people. Where are they? Who are they? We need those 

people. In the bible they are sometimes called ’the fathers’ or ‘the elders’ although, 

as we recognised, this has little or nothing to do with age. Recognising our need for 

role-models, the bible tells us to respect and learn from these mature people, for we 

need their wisdom. The bible also tells us that there may be times when there are 

not so many of them, and that we need to seek them out and spend time with them. 

What wise advise. 

Impact 

This edition of Impact looks at maturity and we hope you find it informative and food 

for thought. We value your comments on the magazine and on any aspect of St 

Chad’s Church, as we aim to serve the community effectively. 

Matthew Porter 

(Vicar - St Chad’s Church, Sheffield) 




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The secret of 

life is not to do 

what you like, 

but to like what 

you do. 

The Best Way To Pray 

A priest, a minister and a charismatic sat discussing 

the best positions for prayer, while a telephone 

repairman worked nearby. 

"Kneeling is definitely the best way to pray," the 

priest said. 

"No," said the minister. "I get the best results 

standing with my hands outstretched to Heaven." 

"You're both wrong," the charismatic said. "The most 

effective prayer position is lying down on the floor." 

The repairman could contain himself no longer. 

"Hey, fellas," he interrupted. "The best praying I 

ever did was when I was hanging upside down from 

a telegraph pole." 

Rev’d Brown answers the 

phone: 

"Hello, is that Rev’d Brown?" 

"It is" 

This is the Inland Revenue. 

Can you help us?" 

"I can" 

"Do you know a Ted Oliver?" 

"I do" 

"Is he a member of your 

congregation?" 

"He is" 

"Did he donate £5,000 to 

the church?" 

"He will". 

A vicar and his 

curate from the 

local church are 

standing by the 

road knocking a 

sign into the 

ground, that 

reads: 

The End is Near! 

Turn Yourself Around 

Before it's Too Late! 

A car speeds past them, and the occupants 

yell obscenities at the pair. From the curb 

they hear screeching tyres and a big splash. 

The vicar turns to the curate and asks, "Do 

you think the sign should just say 'Bridge 

Out'?" 

Adverts that did not stand the test of translation 

• General Motors Chevrolet Nova flopped in Spain because “no va” means “won’t go.” 

• In Italy, a campaign for Schweppes Tonic Water was translated as Schweppes Toilet 

Water 

• When Braniff airlines translated a slogan extolling its seating: “Fly in leather” came out 

in Spanish as “Fly naked” 

• When Parker Pens marketed a ball-point pens in Mexico, the slogan “It won’t leak in 

your pocket and embarrass you” was translated as “It won’t leak in your pocket and 

make you pregnant.” 

• When Coors translated its beer slogan “Turn it loose” into Spanish, it came out as 

“Suffer from diarrhoea.” 

• Pepsi’s “Come alive with the Pepsi generation” was translated into Chinese as “Pepsi 

brings your ancestors back from the grave.” 




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Are you organising a local event and 

would like to advertise this FREE in 

Impact? If so email impact@stchads.org 

or write to: Impact, St Chad’s Church 

Offices, 15 Camping Lane, Sheffield S8 

0GB. 

Health Walks 

• Mondays – 10am: Graves Park 

Meet at the Animal Farm car park; 

• Tuesdays – 10.30am: Ecclesall 

Woods 

Meet at Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet; 

• Thursdays – 10.30am: Lowedges 

Meet at the Community Wing, 

Lowedges Junior School. 

Call 0114 203 9337. 

South Yorkshire Forest Annual 

Woodfair 

October 6 - 11am-5pm 

Endcliffe Park 

This event will include woodland crafts, 

activities and machinery. There may be 

a small charge to cover the cost of 

materials. 

Meet at the Endcliffe Park café. 

Call 0114 268 6196. 

The Canals of Britain - An Enduring 

Legacy 

Saturday October 13 - 7.30pm 

St. Peter's Parish Centre, Reney 

Avenue, S8. 

An illustrated talk by Peter Wild 

organised by Beauchief Environment 

Group. 

Admission is £2 including refreshments. 

Apple Day 

October 14 – 2-5pm 

Meersbrook Park Walled Garden 

Bring your own apples for this event with 

Meersbrook Park Users Trust. 

Call 0114 281 0423. 

Wind in the Willows 

November 8 to November 11 

Abbeydale Picture House 

The Picture House Youth Theatre 

presents Wind in the Willows. 

Tickets on the Thursday are £10 and 

concessions £8; tickets on Friday and 

Saturday are all full price at £10. 

Call the box office on 07775 966106. 

Organic Gardening and the Roles 

Insects Play 

Saturday November 10 - 7.30pm 

St. Peter's Parish Centre, Reney 

Avenue, S8. 

An illustrated talk by Paul Mabbutt 

organised by Beauchief Environment 

Group. 

Admission is £2 including 

refreshments. 

Bulb Planting 

November 11 

Meersbrook Park Walled Garden. 

A day of bulb planting with with 

Meersbrook Park Users Trust. 

Call 0114 281 0423. 

October 7: Evensong at 3pm 

October 14: Holy Communion at 11am 

October 21: Evensong at 3pm 

October 28: Holy Communion at 11am 

November 4: Evensong at 3pm 

November 11: Remembrance Day Holy 

Communion at 10.45am 

November 18: Evensong at 3pm 

November 25: Holy Communion at 11am 




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Light Metal Exhibition 

November 14 to December 9 

Sheffield Cathedral 

An exhibition of contemporary metal 

work by Sheffield's most reputed makers 

takes place within the Cathedral's new 

1554 Gallery. Works by Alex Brogden, 

Alison Counsell, Chris Knight, Cameron 

Maxfield, Corin and David Mellor, Brett 

Payne, Chris Perry, Hiroshi Suzuki and 

Keith Tyssen will be on display. 

Guided Tours of the Cutlers Hall 

November 20 - 10.30am to 12pm and 

2pm to 3.30pm 

Cutlers Hall, Sheffield 

Take a guided tour of the Grade II listed 

Cutlers' and discover more about the 

Cutlers' Company's importance over the 

last 400 years. 

The hall was built in 1832 and is 

significant architecturally, as well as for 

its silver and paintings. 

Email info@galvanizefestival.com 

Whinfell Working Day 

November 24 

Working Day In Whinfell Quarry 

Gardens, Whirlow, with the Friends of 

Whinfell Quarry. 

Volunteers from the Friends group work 

in the Quarry Garden about six times in 

the year under Sheffield City Council 

Ranger supervision. 

No expertise in gardening is necessary 

and tools are provided. 

Work includes path clearing, pruning 

and general tidying. 

See website for more details: 

www.friendsofwhinfell.org.uk 

Learn through Play at 

Holmhirst 

Pre-School 

• We are OFSTED Inspected and approved. 

• We accept Nursery Grant Funding for 

eligible 3 & 4yr olds. 

• We offer a balanced Curriculum in line with 

the Early Learning Goals set out by the 

DFEE. 

• We take Children from 2 ½ years old to 

School age. 

We are based at: 

Woodseats Methodist Church 

Holmhirst Rd, Sheffield 8 

We are open weekdays during Term Time: 

09:10 am to 11:40 am & 

12.20 pm to 2:50 pm 

For more information, please contact the 

Manager on Tel: 2747725 

'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 

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One of the best things about 

gardening is that there is always 

something to do. It would be really 

boring if things went in the ground in the 

first week in May and then were all 

finished a month later. What ever would 

we do for the next 11 months. 

Of course nature has taken care of 

that because each plant has a different 

germination, growth and maturity rate. If 

we did put them in all at the same time 

they would mature at different times. 

This is so that different plants get the 

right conditions and mature and die 

before a different crop needs the space 

or light. For instance radishes germinate 

and grow to an edible state in about two 

weeks; on the other hand purple 

sprouting broccoli takes almost a year to 

mature and become edible – if the 

pigeons don’t get to it first! 

Some plants can cope with any type 

of soil, others need a high lime content 

whilst others need a low lime content. 

Some need full sun, some need shade. 

This year fruit has had a bumper year. 

Apples, raspberries and loganberries 

have all been fruiting at a record rate. 

On the other hand the sweetcorn and 

courgettes have been sitting and sulking 

for ages and by the end of August were 

only just looking like doing something. 

The parsnips were sown at the right time 

but have never put in an appearance. I 

used to think that farmers were odd 

because they always complained that 

the weather was never right. This year I 

know what they mean - the first half of 

the year was too dry and we could not 

keep up with the watering, then it rained 

for weeks and weeks just when we 

needed some. 

People are the same - girls mature 

before boys (If I am typical then maybe 

boys never mature at all). Some families 

have a genetic disposition towards 

longevity, others don’t One of the 

fascinating things in the last few years 

has been watching my grandchildren 

growing up - Thomas is five, Jamie is 

nearly three and Jack is just two years of 

age. It is amazing to watch them learn to 

sit up, crawl, stand up, and eventually 

walk. Speech development is fascinating 

as well (in my time I have been gangad, 

grandgrad, gandous and gandouse, not 

to mention other versions of Grandad). 

So, just like plants people grow and 

mature at different rates but eventually 

with the right conditions we each grow, 

mature and become fruitful. We each 

have a mixture of sunshine and rain in 

our lives and each experience makes us 

better, stronger and hopefully more 

mature. I could continue the analogy a 

bit further but that would mean talking 

about weeds and also manure heaps, 

so, I’d better leave it there before I start 

talking myself into trouble! 

Steve Winks 




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When thinking of harvest time, many 

people associate a field of ripening corn 

with the scarlet poppy. But feelings 

about the lore and meaning of plants 

can run deep in many cases, not least 

with regard to the symbolism of the 

poppy. 

In recent years this ‘flower of the field’ 

has suffered a rather bad press, 

being associated with the 

glorification of war and with, 

mistakenly, the opium 

poppy. Yet the scarlet 

poppy's association 

with death and new 

life, and with corn and 

harvest, is as old as 

agriculture and maybe 

as civilisation itself. It 

is one of the world's 

most successful ‘weeds’ 

and has followed and 

exploited the spread of 

farming across the globe so well 

that no-one is sure of its native 

home. It is a plant which belongs to 

a way of life - to the tilling and 

disturbance of soil and to the building, 

and razing of communities. It is 

therefore as happy growing on the 

battlefield as in the cornfield. 

Corn poppies probably reached 

Britain mixed up with the seed corn of 

the Neolithic settlers and, even then, 

were soon regarded as ambivalent 

symbols of fertility and death - the 

blood-red petals cut down with the corn, 

only to spring up again in numberless 

quantities the following summer. Thus, 

out of the obscene sea of mud and 

broken bodies that stretched around 

Ypres and the Somme in the First World 

War, arose the sea of poppies, 

seemingly coloured by blood but also 

healing the land, that inspired the poem 

"In Flanders Fields". 

In Georgia, U.S.A. Moira Michael, a 

worker with the Y.M.C.A., was so moved 

by the poem, she vowed to wear a 

poppy evermore and, in 1921, when the 

British Legion was formed, she 

approached them with 

samples of artificial poppies 

made by a friend. The 

idea of a Poppy Day, 

marking the 

anniversary of the 

Armistice, took off 

immediately. That 

year, on November 

11, the British 

Legion raised more 

than £10,000 from 

the sale of poppies. 

Next time you go into St. 

Chad's Church, look at the 

middle window on the south 

side. It depicts the Last Supper on one 

side and, on the other, First World War 

soldiers receiving Holy Communion on 

the battlefield. As you contemplate the 

window, remember the words written on 

a grave in a foreign land - "When you go 

home, tell them of us and say, for your 

tomorrow, we gave out today". 

Remember also the words of St. John 

(ch.15. v.13) - "Greater love hath no 

man than this, that he lay down his life 

for his friends". 

And, on Armistice Day, wear your 

scarlet poppy with pride in 

remembrance of those who lay down 

their lives for their friends … because 

isn't that what Jesus did? 

Sylvia Bennett 




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Vicki Harris is a retired primary school teacher, still supply teaching 

in a local school. Here she tells us a little of her experience... 

The way children learn skills, acquire 

knowledge and become responsible 

citizens has always fascinated me — I 

suppose that’s why I enjoy being a 

teacher. 

One minute they are coming into 

school, some only four years old, with a 

brand new uniform, book bag and P.E. 

kit, and within a very few years they 

become literate, numerate, join 

orchestras, gain sporting prowess and 

have an enviable grasp of all aspects of 

technology. 

If you ask any very young children 

what they have done at school, they will 

probably say, either, ‘I can’t remember’ or 

‘I played all day’. Well, it’s probably true! 

Children in reception classes learn best 

through imaginative and manipulative 

play. Teachers use water, sand, pebbles, 

bubbles, fabrics, etc so that children learn 

through sensory experience. Concepts 

like shape, empty and full, light and 

heavy, large and small, thick and thin can 

all be assimilated. Will it float or sink? 

How can we make this move? 

Children draw and paint, mixing 

colours and experimenting with pattern 

and texture. They make models with 

boxes, tubes and plastic containers. 

They learn how to fasten things together 

and how to use tools safely. With all 

these activities comes the resultant 

language as children present their 

paintings or models and describe how 

they were made in ‘show and tell’ 

sessions. While all this is taking place 

other children are encouraged to listen in 

an atmosphere of mutual respect. 

Children’s attitudes are influenced by 

feedback from others, whether from 

adults or their peers. If a child learns to 

be positive about their work, then they 

are always eager to give more. As the 

poem says: ‘If a child lives with 

encouragement, he learns selfconfidence’. 

There is always a ‘home corner’, 

where through role play children learn to 

interact with others. This might be a 

kitchen, or a travel agents, a flower shop 

or a doctor’s surgery. Children are 

encouraged to handle money and give 

change, write flower orders or 

prescriptions and it is here that children, 

learning through experience and 

repetition, become part of the wider 

community. As language develops and 

the skills of reading and writing are 

established, children mature towards 

being independent. They soon learn 

what tasks they must accomplish each 

short session and develop a good work 



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ethic. They learn the skill of taking turns; 

some learn how to speak up and some 

learn when to be quiet! Those who came 

into school unable to dress and undress 

themselves soon learn independence by 

imitating their friends and, of course, there 

is nothing like the reward of a special 

sticker badge to encourage the slow 

mover. 

Children soon learn a sense of social 

justice and moral responsibility. As they 

progress through school they take part in 

‘Circle Time’ where they discuss world 

issues such as poverty, famine and 

homelessness. They use ideas and 

information learned at home and in school 

to share with each other how to care for 

animals, how to make healthy choices of 

food, how to keep themselves safe and 

whom they can trust to help them. They 

learn respect and appreciation for different 

faiths and cultures and often we adults 

can learn from the truthful and refreshing 

ideas which children contribute. 

In today’s primary schools we have 

School Councils where each class elects 

representatives to put forward their views 

on school life. Children are encouraged to 

play an active part in some of the 

decisions which will affect them. 

Our children are growing up in an 

increasingly technological age; they are 

immersed in it right from birth and use it 

far more easily than many adults. How 

many of you could manipulate text, 

change font, size, and colour when you 

were only four years old? Well most of 

today’s children can! They access the 

internet, find information and print it 

without batting an eyelid. Children use 

interactive whiteboards, videos and cds to 

enable learning, but in all this there is still 

always time for the stories which are read 

to them every day in school. 

Teaching over the years has changed 

in many ways, but the way children learn 

and grow is still the same miracle. We all 

learn in many ways, either by watching, 

listening or doing. We will all learn at 

different speeds because we are 

individuals. It is a fascinating process. 

They say you know you are getting 

older when the policemen look younger! – 

Well the children I taught years ago are 

now the policemen and women, and the 

people who serve me in the local shops, 

the hairdressers, the doctors and the 

nurses, the plumbers, painters and 

mechanics. The little girl who danced the 

‘Sugar Plum Fairy’ now drives her own 

car, the boy who loved playing with cars 

now works in the pits at formula one 

races, ‘Aladdin’ is off to university to study 

the world of international finance and 

management. My Olympic hopeful will 

now not run like the wind for Britain but 

will instead study psychology and 

criminology, and the children who just 

made me laugh and laugh will continue to 

be a joy and inspiration to me. 

It has been, and I hope will continue to 

be, a privilege to teach these children and 

to watch them grow into maturity. It has 

been a God given gift to be a small part of 

their lives. 




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"Age is something that doesn't matter - unless you're a cheese" 

Billie Burke, actress, 1885 -1970 

Did you know that people were making 

cheese as long ago as 3,000 years before 

the birth of Christ? Fragments of 

decorative pictures found in the remains of 

a Mesopotamian temple in present day 

Iraq, show details of the method of 

production. Perhaps it all started by 

accident when people realised that milk 

curdled if left too long in the heat of the 

sun, and then they began to experiment. 

Early man was a hunter, then he 

became a herdsman looking after, and 

rearing, goats in the beginning. Later on 

he had flocks of sheep and eventually 

herds of cows, so milk was available in 

larger quantities. Each of the three 

different milks have their own distinctive 

flavour and each type of animal produces 

very different quantities. 

Sheep produce between 0.5 and one 

litre of milk per day, goats between two 

and five litres, whilst cows can give up to 

30 litres each day - so it's understandable 

that cheese made from sheep and goats' 

milk is much more expensive that cows' 

milk cheese. 

The production of all kinds of cheese 

begins in the same way - it is only in the 

later stages that differences occur. To 

make a traditional English hard cheese, 

the milk is heated in vats in order to 

destroy any unwanted bacteria, then 

special cultures are added to aid the 

ripening of the milk. Rennet is introduced 

to thicken the milk which is then left to set 

in a warm place. Once curds are starting 

to form, the mixture is heated again to 

begin the process of releasing the liquid 

whey. When the curds start to sink in the 

vats, the whey is poured off and the curds 

are salted then put into moulds lined with 

cheesecloth. The process of pressing 

then begins, when the curds are 

compacted and any remaining whey 

released - the higher the pressure, the 

more solid the cheese will be. The cheese 

is then ready for drying - this takes place 

in a cool, airy environment with the cheese 

being rotated every day so that it dries out 

evenly. Some cheeses are wrapped in 

cheesecloth "bandages" for two to three 

weeks, the cloth being replaced daily until 

all the moisture has been extracted, whilst 

others are sealed in a wax rind. Now 

begins the last and perhaps the allimportant 

stage in the whole production - 

the maturing. A cheese which is tasteless 

and bland when freshly made, becomes 

full of flavour and body after a proper 

ripening period - and this can take many 

months. 

So, whether you prefer your cheese 

included in a cordon bleue recipe, or as an 

accompaniment to a glass of port, or with 

some pickle in a humble sandwich, pause 

for a while and consider the journey the 

cheese has made ... and then just enjoy 

it! 




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John Mitchell runs Mitchell’s Wines in Meadowhead. Here he tells us about 

his road to maturity as well as that of the business and a little about wine... 

I can still remember my first day at 

Abbey Lane School back in September 

1955 hanging onto the railing for grim 

death, tears rolling down my cheeks as my 

mum tried to persuade me to go through 

the school gates to start my education 

programme. It took the head mistress – a 

rather firm Miss Barton – to save the day 

by promptly grabbing my hand and leading 

me through rather swiftly. 

Why did, or why should I go to school? 

My mum and dad had a butcher’s shop at 

the top of Meadowhead and I had spent 

many happy hours there meeting and 

greeting the good folk of Norton and 

Meadowhead who were buying their 

sausages, pies and pork chops. So what 

had school got to offer me – not a lot! Six 

years later I promptly failed my 11-plus 

and headed up the road to Jordanthorpe 

Secondary Modern, an all boys school 

which, sadly, is being pulled down as I 

write this. 

I had now matured at age 11 with long 

trousers and a Beatle hair cut – 

Jordanthorpe was a school where you 

grew up quick, not for the faint hearted, 

with fair but firm teachers it was to be five 

very enjoyable happy years for me. But as 

the leaving date grew closer I had to make 

a decision was it going to be the big wide 

world or join my dad behind the butcher’s 

counter which had just had an off-licence/ 

beer off added on in place of our old living 

room – by this time we had moved house 

to around the corner on Greenhill main 

road. Indecision led me into the family 

business. 

I joined a wine trade which was the very 

old fashioned, traditional, sherry and port, 

whiskey and gin; wine was only table wine 

for the weekend and only drunk by a few. 

Most people didn’t drink at home but went 

down the pub every night, but then the 

retail price maintenance was lifted and we 

saw the first cut prices – discounts galore! 

‘Stack it up high - Sell it cheap’ trade 

was on the up and Mitchells were 

maturing, now well known as the ‘Beer & 

Beef Shop’ 

Enough of my history lesson but I like to 

think 40 years later that we are likened to 

a good vintage port ready for drinking. 

Port is a big hearted generous wine that 

should be enjoyed in the same spirit and 

falls into one of two groups, Wood Aged 

Ports and Bottled Aged Ports. 

Wood Aged Ports are generally young 

wines bottled after three to five years 

ageing in oak casks. Once bottled they 

are ready for drinking and do not improve 

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decanted, they’re usually fitted with a 

‘stopper cork’ 

Bottled Aged Ports mature in cask for a 

shorter period of time and complete their 

development once bottled, unfiltered. 

These should be stored horizontally, 

usually require decanting and need 

drinking within days rather than weeks. 

They are fitted with long ‘driven’ corks i.e. 

require a corkscrew to extract. The longer 

and slower development in the bottle gives 

them more intense, complex and 

interesting flavours. 

Port is a fortified wine strengthened by 

the addition of brandy during fermentation 

from the Upper Douro Valley in Northern 

Portugal. It takes its name from the town 

of Oporto at the mouth of the Douro and 

its nickname ‘The Englishman’s Drink’ 

derives from the fact that Portugal is our 

oldest trading ally. 

We currently have some Sandeman’s 

1994 vintage port which is drinking now 

but will keep on maturing just like me! This 

has been given 10/10 by Decanters wine 

magazine. 

Just one question to end with — Can 

anyone remember the vicar of St. Chad’s 

who’s son John worked for us for about 

three years about 20 years ago? 




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WEEKLY SERVICES 

The 9am Service will… 

● 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 

Lifted, 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 

S S C’ 

The Evensong Service will .... 

● take place on the 2nd Sunday of each month at 4pm 

● be a quiet reflective service taken from the 1662 

Book of Common Prayer. 

● include organ led hymns, a psalm and a short 

sermon and prayers 




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We like to compartmentalise life. 

So we have a part of ourselves that 

is about work; another about 

relationships and family life; then bits 

to do with finances; sport; health; 

holidays; maybe a God or spirituality 

section; etc; etc, etc.. 

But to live like that is not satisfying - 

there is no joined-up thinking, and in 

reality all these areas overlap as they 

blend into one and make you and me 

whole people. The question is, is there 

one thing that unites them all - that 

brings a coherence and unity? The 

follower of Jesus sees their faith/ 

spirituality as that which brings shape 

and unity to the whole. 

So a mature spirituality is about faith 

positively influencing every area of life. 

We are given a very helpful and 

practical example of this in the bible. St 

Paul, in Ephesians 4:11-16 writes to 

new Christians about his desire for them 

to ‘become mature’ (v.13). He then 

gives six examples of what this would 

look like, and these six things still ring 

true today: 

1. STABILITY - the spiritually mature 

are ‘not blown here and there by 

every wave’ (v.14) of the latest fads, 

philosophies or novelties; instead 

they are stable in life and faith. 

2. SPEECH - the mature are those who 

‘speak the truth’ (v.15), that is, they 

are not afraid to speak up for what is 

right and wrong; they have clear 

values which are not just personal 

but are to be shared. 

3. ACTIONS - as they speak the truth 

they do so ‘in love’ (v.15). All their 

actions have love as the root and the 

S 

aim, and so even if they speak 

critically, it is kind, compassionate 

and caring, demonstrated in actions 

of love. 

4. CHRIST - the mature ‘grow up into 

Christ’ (v.15) which means that Jesus 

Christ is the no.1 role-model and 

there is a sense of being almost 

subsumed by him and his cause. 

This is a life-time progress of 

growing. To think one has ‘made it’ 

displays an immature attitude. 

5. UNITY - the mature recognise that 

they are part of a ‘body, joined and 

held together’ (v.16), which is a 

picture of belonging to others and not 

living just for ourselves. It reminds us 

that we are better together than 

apart, and that corporate groups like 

family, church, community and 

society are important. 

6. INDIVIDUAL - whilst recognising our 

need for corporate identity, we all 

have our own part to play in life. God 

calls and equips each one, as we 

trust him, so we can ‘each do our 

work’ 

The bible is full of helpful and wise 

insight for life. This idea of joined-up 

spiritual maturity is important if we are to 

live life to the full. 

Why not get out a bible, and have a 

look at these verses in Ephesians 4. 

They offer wisdom for a mature life. 


(Vicar - St Chad’s Church 

Sheffield) 




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Maturity - n. 1. Fully developed or 

grown up 2. Ripe, seasoned. 

The dictionary definition of "maturity" is 

quite specific - it prompts us to consider a 

mature wine with its fine full-bodied flavour, 

or to conjure up the image of a 

mature tree resplendent in its 

autumn glory. 

We think of a mature 

cheese whose flavour and 

texture has reached its 

peak, or a mature garden 

displaying beauty and 

harmony, the result of 

sensitive planting and 

much loving care. 

All of these are to 

enjoyed and celebrated, 

but do we apply this sense 

of admiration and celebration when it 

comes to people? 

The path to maturity is very much shaped 

by experiences, events and the acquisition 

of knowledge. The vibrant energy of youth 

and their unshakeable confidence that 

they can, and will, change the world is 

not maturity - it is the passing of the 

years with all the responsibilities, 

decision-making, errors of judgement, 

and acknowledgement that we are not 

the "Be All and End All" which matures 

us. A mature person knows when to 

offer advice and when to stay silent and 

be a good listener. 

There may be mature people living 

quite close to us whose life experiences 

have given them a wealth of knowledge, 

who have many a story to tell, but who 

feel trapped in their homes and would 

welcome a friendly chat to enrich their 

day. 

They may be unable to travel very far 

but might enjoy a gentle stroll or a 

welcome ride to a nearby activity which 

might provide an opportunity for shared 

memories and some laughter. Perhaps 

family members have moved away and 

friends find it difficult to visit, but a younger, 

more able-bodied person with a caring 

heart could be a breath of fresh air. 

Our mature friends and neighbours are 

as much an essential part of our 

community as are our cared-for 

parks and woodlands and our 

well-stocked shops, but we 

have to make, and take, 

time for them so that they 

continue to thrive and feel 

valued. Can we in 

Woodseats and Beauchief 

take action and lead the 

way? 

There is a group of caring 

people in St. Chad's 

Church who are giving 

time, energy and love through its 3rd Age 

ministry. You too can reach out by caring 

for those near you or by encouraging others 

to enquire if we can help continue to value 

and nurture their passing years. 

For more details, call 0114 274 5086. 

Find out more about a new Friendship 

Club to be held at St Chad’s Church 

House every second and fourth 

Thursday afternoon from 2-4pm. 

The club is open to all over 50 years. 

There is disabled access and all 

facilities are on the ground floor. 

Activities offered are varied and 

designed to encourage friendships, 

stimulate conversation, produce laughter 

and create interest in new ideas. 

Please contact the church offices on 

0114 274 5086 for more details or leave 

a message and telephone number for 

Yvonne Smith to contact you. 

Tell your neighbours and friends and 

encourage them to give it a try! 




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During this autumn St Chad’s Church 

has been running a series of services at 

our morning congregations through 

September which continue into October 

on the theme Harvest Matters. Come 

along to our 9am service or Lifted at 

10.30am to find out more and discover 

what harvest means in the 21st century. 

On October 7 we will be holding out 

Harvest Thanksgiving with a whole-church 

service at 10am on the theme, Good 

Harvest. Come and join with us as we 

celebrate a God who provides and thank 

him for the harvest. 

During September and October our 

Foundation service at 7.30pm on Sundays 

will be focusing on the biblical theme of 

The Armour of God and then looking at a 

series on the theme Remember. 

Call 0114 274 5086 to find out more. 




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A relaxing bistro style restaurant, 

specialising in contemporary cuisine. 

Emphasis on fresh, quality 

locally produced ingredients. 

Open Wed-Sat 6.30pm -10.00pm 

2 Hutcliffe Wood Road, Beauchief 

Tel: 0114 2491055 Web: www.ranulphs.co.uk 

Maths and English 

After-School Programmes 

Every parent wants their child to 

realise their full potential. At Kumon 

we can help your child to excel in their 

Maths and English, and boost their 

confidence too. 

With centres across the UK, it’s so 

convenient. Give your child the 

opportunity they deserve. 

Beauchief 

study centre 

Mrs K. Storey 

01433 651 331 

Every child can shine 

Kumon.co.uk 

Beauchief Handyman Services 

Beauchief 

Handyman 

Services 

57 Dalewood Ave 

Beauchief 

Sheffield 

S8 0EG 

Phone: 236 1050 

Mob: 07906146307 

Email: philip@crowther1.plus.com 

• Painting & Decorating. 

• Tiling - floors and walls. 

• General Gardening, walls, patios, 

fencing & decking. 

• Joinery, incl conservatories & 

UPVC windows. 

• General Maintenance. 

NIGEL WATSON 

Carpenter & Joiner 

Doors, locks, floors, architraves, skirting 

boards, stairs, stud walling, boxing –off 


For a reliable, quality service 

Tel: 0114 236 4778 

Mobile: 07971 528149 

Free 

Initial 

Interview 

Small Business Specialist 

A personal service backed by 

more than 20 years experience 

plus flexible appointment times 

and competitive fees 

Office 

0114 283 9930 

• Accountancy 

• VAT 

• Fixed Fee Service 

for Personal Tax 

Return 

Complete Accountancy 

service for individuals 

and small traders. 

STUART WILSON & CO 

24-hour Tel/Fax 

0114 237 2430 

212A Bocking Lane, Greenhill, Sheffield S8 7BP 

THE BEAUCHIEF SCHOOL OF 

SPEECH TRAINING 

Pupils trained in the art of perfect 

speech and prepared for examination 

and stage work 

BARBARA E. MILLS, L.G.S.M.,A.N.E.A. 

(Eloc) Gold Medal 

31 Cockshutt Avenue, Sheffield 8 

Phone: 274 7134 

G H B 

CARPENTRY 

City and Guilds trained Carpenter/Joiner 

General house maintenance & renovations. 

Purpose made joinery items made to measure. 

Complete Kitchen Design & Installations. 

Bedroom wardrobe installers. 

Shop Fitting. 

New doors supplied & fitted 

Tel: 0114 2365011 Mobile: 07843 614967 

George Bonar email: GHBCarpentry@aol.com 




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R 2007 

Thanksgivings 

August 

26 Phoebe Rose Sayers 

Baptisms 

July 

22 Shanakaye Shivon Lawrence 

Weddings 

August 

4 Naheem Kayani and 

Helen Claire Brown 

Marriage Blessings 

Funerals 

June 

21 Bessie Alice Ethel Levings (92) 

July 

12 Mary Swift (76) 

22 Edna Hayman (75) 

23 Gillian Mary Buck (71) 

August 

6 Valoria Frith (69) 

9 Cheryl Hemsley (42) 

20 Doreen Mable Shooter (80) 

20 Joan Eyre (81) 

21 Sheila Snowling (64) 

24 Margaret Shilitto (84) 

July 

14 Richard Holmes and 

Rebecca Gunn 

A personal family service at all times 

PRIVATE CHAPELS OF REST 

We will visit you in your own home 

To make all the arrangements 

1-13 Camping Lane 

Abbey Lane, Sheffield 

Telephone o114 2745508 anytime 

Limousines available for special occasions 




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If you buy a tree for your garden you want to make sure that it lasts through 

to maturity... 

Just a handful of simple tasks — that’s 

all it takes to give a recently planted tree 

a better start in life. 

And tree campaigning partnership The 

Tree Council is urging everyone who has 

planted trees in the last five years to revisit 

them in early next spring and give 

them some tender loving care. 

Each year thousands of young trees, 

planted with care, expense and enthusiasm, 

die from the lack of just a few minutes 

of aftercare — and time, money and 

effort are wasted. The ideal time for this 

vital care is March or April. 

The council urges anyone who is either 

planting trees during this winter’s season 

or has done so in recent years to go back 

and check on their young trees in the 

spring. 

The Tree Council has come up with 

some simple tips for TLC: 

• Tending, such as checking guards and 

carrying out careful pruning; 

• Loosening ties and checking stakes; 

• Clearing grass and weeds from around 

the tree’s base and applying mulches. 

“One of our goals at the Tree Council is 

to get better care for all trees of all ages 

and the early years of a tree’s life are 

particularly important,” said Tree Council 

director-general Pauline Buchanan Black. 

“In National Tree Week during November 

we encourage everyone to get out 

and plant trees. 

“But it’s not enough just to plant trees, 

however well it’s done. If we want young 

trees to survive and mature, we need to 

cherish the trees in ‘our’ ground in those 

important early years. 

"It’s vital to go back at least once a year 

for about the first five years to check on 

recently planted trees and carry out a few 

easy tasks that will help more trees to 

survive and enhance our neighbourhoods 

for many years to come.” 

The Tree Council’s Seed Gathering 

Season takes place until October 23 

when the organisation encourages people, 

particularly children and families, to 

gather seeds to grow the trees of the future 

or to enjoy fruit in jams and pies. 

People can go for a walk to collect 

seeds, nuts and fruits from parks and 

woods or take part in organised events. 

As part of project, on October 6, the 

South Yorkshire Forest Partnership is 

organising the South Yorkshire Wood 

Fair in Endcliffe Park. 

There will be the chance to see chainsaw 

artists and craftspeople in action, do 

a rope walk in the trees, build a willow 

labyrinth and enjoy fiery musical entertainment. 

For details call 0114 257 1199. 

National Tree Week takes place from 

November 21 to December 2 and is a 

long-established annual tree planting festival. 

It takes place at an ideal time to 

plant more trees of the right kind, and in 

the right places. As well as tree planting, 

National Tree Week activities include 

walks, talks, songs and story telling. 

• For more information visit The Tree 

Council website www.treecouncil.org.uk. 




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All internal 

Plastering and 

Dry Lining 

Please call Andrew Ellis 

Free Friendly Advice 

and Estimates 

Tel: 07955 093234 

0114 2648102 

Qualified by the Guild of Master Craftsmen 

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DipCAH HPD CH(USA) MNCH(Lic) 

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CLINICAL HYPNOTHERAPIST 

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including Smoking Cessation, Weight Loss, Depression, 

Anxiety, and Confidence 

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Tel: 0114 2812099 Mobile: 0774 987 9594 




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The Book: The Summer Book 

Author: Tove Jansson 

Publisher: Sort of Books (Penguin) 

ISBN: 0-9542217-1-0 

RRP: £6.99 

B R 

Tove Jansson (1914-2001) is a 

Finnish author known by many in 

the UK for her Moomin books, 

which many children have 

enjoyed. 

The Summer Book is an 

English translation of one of ten 

novels that she wrote for adults 

and is regarded in Scandinavia 

as a modern classic. This is an 

easy-to-read book about an 

elderly artist and her six-year-old 

granddaughter, and their 

experience of summer holidays 

on a tiny island in the gulf of 

Finland. 

The two of them, in different 

ways, learn and grow and mature 

through their time on the island. 

They learn to adjust to each 

others whims and fears, and 

come to appreciate more the 

beauty of the island, the climate, the 

weather and the seasons. There are 

some interesting reflections on life, 

love, faith, family life and nature. 

If you are looking for action, this is 

not the book for 

you. This is a 

gentle book—a 

collection of 

mini-stories and 

reflections on 

simple summer 

experiences. 

Jansson 

captures much 

of her own childhood in the book, and it 

is said that this was her favourite of the 

novels she wrote for adults. 

Esther Freud, reviewing the book 

describes it as ‘eccentric, funny, wise, 

full of joys and small adventures. This 

is a book for life’. I agree - so buy it for 

a one of those lazy weeks or weekends. 

Its 172 pages do not take long to read. 

You will enjoy it and feel that, by sharing 

in their stories, you have (just a little) 

grown and matured. 


(Vicar - St Chad’s Church Sheffield) 




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M. GODDARD 

DECORATORS 

• Domestic 

• Commercial 

• No job too small 

• Reduced rates for senior citizens 

Martin Goddard 

56 Middle Hay View Telephone 254 4758 

Sheffield S14 1QL 

Beauchief Pre-School 

Where learning is fun 

Ofsted inspected & approved 

for ages 2 1 / 2 to school. Free places 

available for 3 & 4 year olds. 

A world of discovery, fun & friendships awaits your child 

Drop in to see us or for a brochure, more information or to 

enrol your child please contact Sarah 274 6930 

Beauchief Baptist Church 

Hutcliife Wood Road S8 

Keyboard 

tuition from 

the experts! 

Call: 0114 2359524 or 

Email: asheehan.musicschool@yahoo.co.uk 

Top Independent School in South Yorkshire 

Seamless education from 4-18 years old 

Give your daughter a flying start 

Senior Entrance Examination Sat 14th January 

Infant & Junior Open Morning Fri 17th March 

10, Rutland Park, Sheffield S10 2PE 

Tel: 0114 2660324 

Reg Charity No 306983 

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and electricity bills? 

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Good news! Earthmine can show you how. 

…We take the grief out of going green! 

We are a 1-stop-shop, based in S8, to help you 

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Contact Josephine to arrange a free consultation. 

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M. FURNISS PLASTERING 

& TILING SERVICES 

All Work Undertaken 

Interior & Exterior 

For a free “No Obligation” quotation 

0114 2500297 or 07970 678496 

57 Cartmell Road, Woodseats, Sheffield S8 

Phone: 0114 2749979 

Mobile: 07776 050679 

PR C 

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Curtains & Soft Furnishings 

Free Estimates 

No Obligation 

Jo Hart 

Proprietor 

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HOME IMPROVEMENT SERVICES LTD 

• Fitted Kitchens, Bathrooms & Wardrobes 

• Floor & Wall Tiles 

• Laminate & Hardwood Flooring 

• Decking, Fencing & Patios 

• Door & Window Fittings 

• General Joinery & Handyman Services 

50 Todwick Road For a free estimate contact Alan 

Sheffield S8 0NR 

Tel: 0114 2817022 Mobile: 0792 9188450 

Email: aj27@blueyonder.co.uk 




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SHEAF ELECTRICAL 

Part P qualified Domestic Installer 

• Rewires 

• Sockets 

• Lights 

• No callout fee for 

Senior Citizens 

All work undertaken 


Guaranteed & fully insured. Free Estimates 

Contact Russell on 07906 267016 or 

262 0414 (Answerphone/Fax) 

email: rjburton@tiscali.co.uk 

Bright Spark Electrical 

All types of electrical work 

Part P qualified 

Burglar alarms 

Telephone sockets 

Computer tuition, setup/ 

repair and upgrades. 

Malcolm Holmes 

77 Holmhirst Road 

Sheffield S8 0GW 

Tel: 0114 2490889 

Mob:07966 141780 

Email: msholmes1@yahoo.com 

PAMELA MARSHALL 

ARTIST/TEACHER 

(20 years teaching experience) 

• Are you interested in painting & drawing? 

• I run small friendly classes for beginners. 

• Separate classes for adults and children. 

• 1 to1 tuition if required. 

• Commissions welcome, pet portraits, 

flowers, favourite landscapes. 

• Original paintings, prints & cards for sale. 

Contact Pamela Marshall 274 8635 

THE PYRAMID LINOLEUM 

& CARPET COMPANY 

Crown House, 

709 Chesterfield Road, 

Sheffield S8 0SL 

Telephone: 0114 2555553 

FAX: 0114 2509330 

Email: pyramidcarpets@tiscali.co.uk 

Website: www.pyramidcarpets.co.uk 

Open 7 Days 

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 

Friday & Saturday: 8.30am - 5.30pm 

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Sunday: 10.00am - 4.00pm 

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Competitive Rates, 

Professional Reliable & Friendly Service 

Advice & Free Estimates available 

19 Cross London Street Chesterfield S43 2AG 

Tel: 01246 456817 0r 07967 296519 




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It is the perfect time of year to read (or re-read!) John Keats’ evocative poem ‘To 

Autumn’. Most of us only remember the first couple of lines: 

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness! 

Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun… 

A lovely reminder that there is lots of good stuff to look forward to, despite the return 

of shorter days. We thought you’d enjoy a recipe for a vegetable which will be 

reaching maturity in our fields! One of our favourites at this time of year is the 

versatile squash. It can be used in a hearty bean and chorizo stew or roasted to 

accompany your Sunday dinner – just a couple of ideas. Risotto is probably one of 

our favourite meals on evenings where we feel like making just a little more effort – 

although it requires some attention as the rice absorbs the stock, this is quite a good 

way to unwind after a busy day. The ingredients of this dish are pleasingly simple. 

Squash risotto 

Preparation time: 20 minutes 

Cooking time: 25 minutes 

Serves: 4 

Ingredients: 

For the squash: 

• 2kg squash (any type) 

• 6 cloves of garlic roughly chopped 

• olive oil 

• 1 tbsp of rosemary leaves roughly 

chopped 

For the risotto: 

• 5tbsp of olive oil 

• 325g of risotto rice 

• 175ml dry white wine 

• 250ml stock (veg or chicken) 

• 50g butter 

• 1 medium onion (finely chopped) 

• salt and black pepper to taste 

• parmesan to taste 

For more seasonal recipe ideas visit 

www.riverswale.co.uk 

Method 

For the squash: Cut into small cubes, 

combine with garlic and rosemary, 

drizzle with olive oil and roast in open 

tin until the squash is firm but cooked. 

For the risotto: 

1. Gently heat all the olive oil and half 

the butter and sweat the chopped onion 

until translucent. 

2. Add the rice to the onion and oil 

mixture and stir in well. 

3. Add the wine and allow the rice to 

absorb. 

4. Stir in the stock a little at a time until 

it is absorbed and the rice is cooked. 

5. When cooked or ‘al dente’, add the 

roasted squash, the rest of the butter 

and parmesan. Season to taste. Take 

off the heat and cover for a couple of 

minutes (this helps it go a lovely silky 

texture). 

6. Enjoy! 

Chris and Mary Watson 

River Swale Organic Vegboxes 

0114 274 9938 




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80 Years Ago 

September 1927 

MY DEAR FRIENDS, 

There are signs that the holiday 

season is drawing to an end. 

Many who have encountered 

bad weather are glad to be at 

home. I must thank the congregation for their 

steady support of the services throughout 

August. 

A millionaire said to an interviewer the other 

day, "The greatest pleasure you can get from 

earning a great deal of money is giving it 

away." 

Is not that one of the chief secrets of the 

pleasure derived from a holiday? Most of the 

year we are busy working and saving, and 

then for a few brief days we take our ease, 

and let others serve us, and spend at a rate 

out of keeping with that of the greater part of 

the year. Anyhow the change of scene and 

even friends for a short time is good for us. 

Presently we shall be facing our Autumn 

Campaign, and I trust we shall do it all the 

more vigorously, as a result of our visits to 

the beautiful holiday haunts of our country. 

October 1927 

MY DEAR FRIENDS, 

I ask you for a most generous response to 

our appeal for liberal collections on Harvest 

Thanksgiving Sunday. 

We are supposed to raise £70 towards the 

Diocesan Fund, but unless a miracle 

happens, we cannot hope to reach that 

amount this year. Still, let us do our best. 

In October, we also celebrate our 

Missionary Festival, and year after year I 

have pled for an increased support for the 

oldest of our Church Societies which 

propagate the Gospel. 

The services are on Sunday, 23rd October, 

and I trust that there will be a rally of our 

people to the support of the Missionary work 

of the Church. 

A Prayer for Maturity 

Lord, thou knowest better 

than I know myself that I am 

growing older and will some 

day be old. 

Keep me from the fatal habit 

of thinking I must say something 

on every subject and on 

every occasion. 

Release me from craving to 

straighten out everybody's 

affairs. 

Make me thoughtful, but not 

moody - helpful, but not 

bossy. 

With my vast store of wisdom, 

it seems a pity not to 

use it all - but thou knowest, 

Lord, that I want a few 

friends at the end. 

Keep my mind free from the 

recital of endless details - 

give me the wings to get to 

the point. 

Seal my lips on my aches 

and pains - they are increasing, 

and the love of rehearsing 

them is becoming 

sweeter as the years go by. 

I dare not ask for grace 

enough to enjoy the tales of 

others' pains, but help me to 

endure them. 

I dare not ask for improved 

memory, but for a growing 

humility and a lessening 

cock-sureness when my 

memory seems to clash with 

the memory of others. 

Teach me the glorious lesson 

that, occasionally, I may be 

mistaken. 

Keep me reasonably sweet. I 

do not want to be a saint - 

some of them are so hard to 

live with - but a sour old 

person is one of the crowning 

works of the Devil. 

Give me the ability to see 

good things in unexpected 

places and people. 

And give me, O Lord, the 

grace to tell them so. 

Amen. 




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Registers 1927 

Holy Baptisms 

July 

3 May, daughter of Ben and Beatrice Bearley. 

6 Zena, daughter of Hugh and Mary Russell 

6 Dorothy, daughter of George T. and Alice 

Horspool 

10 Cyril, son of Alfred and Minnie Godbehere 

20 Peter Leonard, son of Leonard and Edna 

Blackwell 

20 Leonard Ernest, son of Ernest H. and 

Margaret L. Capon 

27 Leslie, son of Harry and Ethel Brown. 

27 Maurice, son of Lawrence A and Beatrice E 

Colton 

31 Elsie, daughter of James and Rhoda A 

Coggan 

31 David Ferguson, son of Harry and Esther E. 

Perrins 

August 

17 Douglas Rex, son of John and Ida Wragg 

17 Vera, daughter of Walter H. and Annie E. 

Carne 

17 Constance, daughter of Albert and Beatrice 

Hutchinson 

24 Henry George, son of Henry W. and Phyllis 

Levett. 

24 Enid, daughter of Alfred and Mary Ann 

Baggaley 

Marriages 

July 

30 Charles Hancock and Mary Mitchell 

August 

14 Lawrence Reaney and Marie Louise Nelson 

27 William Henry Hallas and Lily Seymour 

31 Cyril Grant and Elsie Wilson 

Burials 

July 

8 George Abson (79) 

12 Ann Miller (72) 

18 Joseph Frost Marsden (43) 

27 Douglas Gerard Pass (6 months) 

August 

4 Thomas Gillatt (75) 

30 Sarah Groves (6) 

AND SON 

Professional Joiner & Carpenter 

Established over 30 years 

Complete Building Services 

8 Charles Ashmore Road, Sheffield S8 8GJ 

Telephone 274 9671 Mobile 07946 752393 

WOODSEATS HEALING ROOMS 

A free service by local Christians 

COME AND RECEIVE 

In the upstairs room at the Big Tree 

Chesterfield Road Sheffield 

Wednesdays 10 to 12am & 7 to 9pm 

info@woodseatshealingrooms.org 

www.woodseatshealingrooms.org 




Tel: (0114) 274 5086

Useful Contacts 

CHURCH OFFICES 15 Camping Lane 274 5086 

S8 0GB 

Church Office Administrator Liz Brunt 


Vicar Matthew Porter 274 5086 

Reader/Assistant Minister Yvonne Smith 274 5086 

for the elderly 

Youth Minister Andrew Foulkes 274 5086 

Publishing and Communication Nigel Belcher 274 5086 

Impact magazine Tim Hopkinson 274 5086 

email:impact@stchads.org 

Church Wardens Malcolm Smith 274 7159 

Nigel Belcher 281 1750 

Deputy Church Wardens Jane Jones 274 6805 

Linda Jones 07930 936067 

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 

Web site: stchads.org 




Tel: (0114) 274 5086

Sherwood House, 152 Abbey Lane Sheffield S8 0BQ 

Tel/Fax: 0114 274 5244 

A Comprehensive and personal 

service to help with all your 

memorial requirements 

Colour brochure 

available on request 

0114 274 5244 

Sherwood House, 

152 Abbey Lane, 

Sheffield S8 0BQ 

Opening hours: Mon-Fri 9am - 5pm 

Sat: 9am - 12noon 

For all your uPVC door, window, porch, 

conservatory and roofline requirements, call 

SHEFFIELD WINDOW 

CENTRE 

Showrooms at:- 

216 Oakbrook Road 

(Nethergreen) (open 7 days) 

and 

7 Rockingham Street 

Sheffield 1 

(open 6 days) 

Free written quotations. No deposit. 

10 year guarantee, no follow up phone 

calls and NO pressure sales 

Tel: 0114 281 3333 




Tel: (0114) 274 5086




Tel: (0114) 274 5086

2007-10

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