St Chads Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats email: office@stchads.org Church Offices: 15 Camping Lane, Sheffield S8 0GB Page 2 website: www.stchads.org Tel: (0114) 274 5086
B S This latest edition of St Chad’s free magazine - Impact - should arrive through your letter-box just after Easter. We hope you enjoy it! Summer’s Coming For many, Easter marks the end of winter, as they begin to look to the warmer summer weather anticipated in the coming months. I quite like winter, but I am really a summer person. I love to feel the warmth of the sun on my face; to smell cut grass in the air; to hear the birds sing and see people enjoying being outside. Summer plants and flowers fill our gardens and parks - and one I like best is the sunflower. It’s a favourite of many a child - as they watch it grow into a tall elegant plant with its beautiful golden petals and its middle which becomes full of seeds. The sunflower sums up what so many of us wish for during summer. Sunflowers in the Community When someone at St Chad’s had the idea that it would be great to fill the local community with sunflowers, and that we could actually do it, I leapt at the opportunity. And so in the middle of the magazine you will find an envelope with ten sunflower seeds inside it, ready for you to plant. You will also find directions of how to plant, and the best time. Why sunflowers? The sunflower speaks of sunshine and happiness. We at St Chad’s want to help bring sunshine to Woodseats and Beauchief, and want to affirm and encourage all those who are seeking to do the same. So we are very pleased to bear the cost of the seeds and distribution - and hope that you, along with the local schools, preschools and other community groups might join with us in this simple but delightful project. It’s simply about planting some seeds, and enjoying what comes up! Competition We’d also like to see who can grow the tallest plant, who can have the biggest sunflower head, and who can draw/paint the best sunflower. To help us, we will be having a competition for both adults and children, which will be judged on September 13 and 14. During that weekend St Chad’s will be spearheading a Weekend of Thanksgiving, during which we want to celebrate the many good things that we see in this locality. Mark the date in your diary, and join us as we say thank you to many local people and organisations for all they give to the life of this part of Sheffield. So, please plant your sunflower seeds - and let’s fill Woodseats and Beauchief with sunshine, as we celebrate the sunny things in life this summer. Matthew Porter (Vicar - St Chad’s Church, Sheffield) St Chads Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats email: office@stchads.org Church Offices: 15 Camping Lane, Sheffield S8 0GB Page 3 website: www.stchads.org Tel: (0114) 274 5086