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Thanksgivings November 11 Edie Lois TOWERS ELLIOTT Ruben Ernest TOWERS ELLIOTT Kaden Paige PRESCOTT Weddings November 6 Matthew David EVERATT and Helen Louise EDMONDSON Funerals November 8 Shirley ROBINSON (58) 10 Dorothy PRAGNELL (82) 25 Annie LEACH (75) December 23 Joyce NEWSAM (88) If you have recently had a new baby and would like to celebrate that baby’s birth with a service in church then please come to our thanksgiving and baptism morning at St Chad ’s on Saturday 5 th February. For Weddings & Funerals Y ou don’t have to be a churchgoer to have a wedding in church, nor do you have to be ‘religious’ to have a dignified and meaningful funeral service at St Chad’s. If you live in the Woodseats or Beauchief area, St Chad’s would be delighted to help you, whether it is planning the Big Day or saying goodbye to a loved one. For weddings please contact St Chad’s church office. For funerals please tell your funeral director that you would like to have a church service. The morning will explain the difference between the two services and give parents an opportunity to ask any questions they might have. Please call the church office on 0114 274 5086 if you are interested in attending. St Chads Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats email: office@stchads.org Church Offices: 15 Camping Lane, Sheffield S8 0GB Page 24 website: www.stchads.org Tel: (0114) 274 5086
W hat is the most dangerous thing that you own? I imagine you could put together a list of things fairly quickly. Cars give us a false sense of security and even with all the safety features are quite a dangerous thing to own. Stairs are something we use everyday but occasionally catch us out. Loose carpets, knives, walking into doors, wet tiles, and compacted snow – the list is endless. However if some authorities are to be believed the most dangerous things that you own are books. Here is a list of books which have been banned at one time or another or in various countries across the globe: There are some obvious ones such as 1984, Animal Farm and Doctor Zhivago - all banned in Soviet Russia because of their perceived criticism of the state and their political system. How about All Quiet On The Western Front, An American Tragedy and The Call Of The Wild which were all banned in Nazi Germany, again because of their criticism of the regime. There are some less obvious ones – Black Beauty (South Africa), James and the Giant Peach (USA), Catch 22 (USA), Tom Sawyer (USA), Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (China), all the Harry Potter books because of their witchcraft element and my favourite one of all is Fahrenheit 451, the temperature at which paper spontaneously combusts, because ironically it is a story about censorship. Why are books so dangerous – because knowledge is power? It is the same reason that one of the most popular television programmes in our house is University Challenge. We find it fascinating. On a good evening we can get maybe three or four questions right between us and sometime before the contestants answer them. But, what throws us is often the question not the answer. It is not that we don’t know the answers, which we invariably don’t, we just don’t understand the questions. Not only do we not understand the question but we often did not know that there was anything to be known, that the subject even existed. As Donald Rumsfeld once famously said “ but there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know”. Books are dangerous in the same way. People are naturally inquisitive and once their interest is aroused they wish to know more, especially if someone is telling them not to. I would like to bet that the book which has been banned in the most countries, even the UK at one time, is the Bible. There are many countries in the world now which have made owning a Bible an offence but that does not stop people seeking after the truth and many Bibles are still smuggled into those countries because people are passionate about, and hungry for the truth. Even now the biggest source of inspiration for many people is the humble book because books like University Challenge expand our horizons. Go on, live life dangerously – read a book. Steve Winks St Chads Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats email: office@stchads.org Church Offices: 15 Camping Lane, Sheffield S8 0GB Page 25 website: www.stchads.org Tel: (0114) 274 5086
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