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I
wonder whether you are a fan of a good
murder-mystery book. There certainly is
a big enough market for crime thrillers,
with new authors appearing all the time
and the well established classics - Agatha
Christie, Ruth Rendell, P.D. James and the
like - never going out of print. On television
programmes such as Midsomer Murders, Lewis
and Grantchester have been supplemented
by a whole new genre of Nordic Noir, with its
convoluted and fascinating plots constantly
leading the transfi xed viewers into blind alleys
and dead ends.
i have an untested theory that our fascination with
the mysterious has increased with our knowledge of the
world around us. Our ancestors found the mysterious
worrying with the unknown needing to be placated by
religion or superstition. Lightning was warded off by
the ringing of church bells, the interiors of woodland or
moorland were places haunted by faeries and goblins
where foul deeds were performed and the normal rules
of the world temporarily suspended.
The development of cities, gas lighting and empirical science pushed many
of these fantasies to the margins of life - not extinguished, but no longer part
of everyday folklore. Fearful fireside stories were supplanted by the crime and
detective fi ction that flourished in the Nineteenth Century with Wilkie Collins and
Arthur Conan Doyle, followed by the paranormal fiction writing of M.R. James.
Things which were once terrifying could now be safely regarded through the pages
of a book in your well-lit living room. Mystery had become domesticated. We enjoy
our murder mysteries, because the mystery almost always gets solved.
And yet i wonder whether we humans need a certain amount of mystery in our
lives. To the child, mystery is everywhere. Only as they grow up are they taught to
suspect the truth of anything that cannot be measured, bottled or formulated. There
are no desert islands filled with strange creatures left to discover; imagination is
cherished in the child yet discarded by the adult.
The writer of the book of the Biblical book of Proverbs, writing in a pre-scientific
age, said that there were four things that were too amazing for them to understand:
the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on
the sea and the way of a man with a young woman. This was someone who was
still enchanted by the unfathomableness of the world in which he lived -
a world in which eagles soared high, snakes basked in the sun, ships
braved the treacherous ocean and in which men and women fell in
love. Do we feel the same thrill?
Sometimes mystery isn’t just a puzzle to be solved, it’s a marvel
to be wondered at. We understand so much more about our
world than our ancestors did, but perhaps we’ve lost a little bit of
the wonder as well. We need to be re-enchanted by the wonder of
life and by God who is at the heart of the mystery.
Rev Toby Hole, Vicar,
St Chad’s Church, Woodseats
February/March 2015
Mysterious Ways
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Why was the boy
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puzzle in only nine
weeks?
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Where
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‘Have you bought a new outfit?’ Adam asked Eve
Two hedgehogs
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What’s On
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Health Walks
•Mondays - 10am: Graves Park.
Meet at the Animal Farm car park;
•Tuesdays - 10.30am: Ecclesall
Woods. Meet at Abbeydale
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•Thursdays - 10.30am:
Lowedges. Meet at the
Community Wing, Lowedges
Junior School.
Call 0114 203 9337 for more
details.
February 6 and 20
Story Time
Greenhill Library
10-10.45am
Stories and craft for pre-schoolers.
Children must be accompanied
by a parent or carer. Suggested
donation £1.
February 9
Fun Time
Greenhill Library
10-11.30am
A time for 0-4 year olds to play
and sing, and an opportunity
for parents and carers to meet.
Suggested donation £1.
February 21
Book Sale
36 Crawshaw Grove, Beauchief
10am-12pm
Good quality second-hand books
for sale in aid of the Alzheimer’s
Society. Donations of good
condition paperback novels or
biographies are welcome (but not
larger books due to space).
February 17 to 21
Gaslight
Ecclesall Parish Halls
7.30pm
Ecclesall Theatre Company
presents Gaslight by Patrick
Hamilton.
February 19
February Farm Fun
Whirlow Hall Farm
11am-3pm
Meet All Critters Great and Small
and exotic animals including
snakes, skunks, meerkats, a giant
rabbit and hairless rats. Free craft
activities for children throughout
the day and the chance to meet
new-born lambs.
Admission: Children £3 (under
twos free), adults £2.50; family
(two adults and two children) £10.
March 6 and 20
Story Time
Greenhill Library
10-10.45am
Stories and craft for pre-schoolers.
Children must be accompanied
by a parent or carer. Suggested
donation £1.
March 7
Abbeydale Singers Charity
Concert
St Andrew’s, Psalter Lane
7.30pm
The Abbeydale Singers present
a concert in aid of Bluebell Wood
Children’s Hospice.
March 8 and 22
Abbeydale Miniature Railway
Abbeydale Road South
1-5pm
The regular open days start for
2015.
March 9
Fun Time
Greenhill Library
10-11.30am
A time for 0-4 year olds to play
and sing, and an opportunity
for parents and carers to meet.
Suggested donation £1.
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Gardens
9.30am
Friends of Whinfell Quarry Gardens
February
working day
5
– general maintenance
Book
and gardening
Sale
work. Volunteers
36 meet Crawshaw at the main Grove, gates Beauchief to the
10am-12pm gardens, 9.30am.
Good quality second-hand books
for March sale in 14aid of the Alzheimer‟s
Society. Escafeld Donations Chorale of in paperback Concert
novels Holy Trinity or biographies Church, Millhouses in good
condition 7.30pm are welcome (but not
larger A programme books due of to music space by Haydn,
limitations). including his Nelson Mass, Insane,
Abendlied zu Gott and part of Seven
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Free Environmental Activities
Millhouses March 21Park
10.30am-12.30pm
Beethoven, Beethoven,
Obstacle Beethoven! course and stream
dipping
Ecclesall
activities
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Church
8 - 13 year
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7.30pm
Call 0114 263 4335.
10.30am-12.30pm
Nature quiz trail, stream dipping
and Hallam bug Sinfonia hunting activities presents for 8 - 13
year Beethoven’s olds. Egmont Overture,
Piano Call Concerto 0114 235 no.4 6348. (G Major)
and Symphony no.7 (A Major) with
February pianist Tim 20 Horton.
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10am-2pm Book Sale
Rediscover 36 Crawshaw your Grove, cycling Beauchief skills in
Greenhill 10am-12pm Park. The rangers will
provide Good quality a bike, second-hand helmet books
instruction. for sale aid Meet of the at the Alzheimer’s Bowls
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‘Solving’ the World’s
Mysteries
The dictionary describes a
mystery as “something which
is diffi cult or impossible
to understand or explain”.
Advances in technology and
science have meant that now a great
many hitherto unexplained things can no
longer be considered mysterious.
For instance, take the case of the
Marie Celeste. In December 1872, this
“ghost” ship was found sailing in the
Atlantic, mysteriously abandoned. There
have been countless attempts to explain
why. However, one man has spent
years researching. The ship left New
York with barrels of grain alcohol, bound
for Italy. It encountered severe gales
as they approached the Azores. The
captain decided to take shelter close to
an island so that the crew could eat and
rest, after which he gave orders
to set sail again. Then a
seaquake occurred with
terrifying consequences
– the barrels split
open, embers from
the cooking stove
shot into the air and
the crew, fearing
explosions, hastily
launched their small
“lifeboat”. However, in
their fear and panic, they
forgot to tie the line to the
ship. They could only watch as
it sailed away. The crew never caught
up with it and, several months later, fi ve
decomposed bodies were found off the
Spanish shore. Mystery solved? ….. or
just another theory?
The Bermuda Triangle – now that’s
another mystery. Or is it? This area
between Florida, Puerto Rico and
the Bahamas has
seen the unexplained
disappearance of
hundreds of ships and
planes. Now more is
known about marine
geography. Large
deposits of methane gas
in the sea bed can suddenly
erupt causing ships to sink like
stones in a pond, and planes to burn
and disintegrate; electronic “fog” can
suddenly appear, causing instruments
to malfunction; violent storms can
suddenly materialize without warning,
and waterspouts can literally swallow up
ships; the Gulf Stream’s powerful currents
can destroy vessels, leaving no trace of
them. Mystery solved again? ….. or not?
Prof Brian Cox recently stated that
the chance of finding life, as we know it,
elsewhere in space, is infi nitesimally small.
A planet would have to have the same, or
similar, components as ours, its own similar
sized moon as ours, and a whole host of
other conditions. It must be disappointing
for those who believe that they have been
visited, or even abducted, by little green
men with funny voices, but research so
far has proved that aliens only exist in
the imagination. Sadly the same is true
for those who have “seen” the Loch Ness
Monster and the Yeti. We all question
why certain things are as they are, but
just remember the Johnny Cash lyrics,
“There are more questions than answers”.
Doubtless, it will always be that way!
Chris Laude
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Have you heard the
expression: ‘hire a
teenager while they
still know everything’?
i can remember
being a teenager myself when
everything seemed black-andwhite
and all adults were stupid
– such arrogance I had! Now
approaching my mid-40s this
arrogance has been gradually
replaced by a growing
realisation of how
little I actually know
and understand.
Having studied at
the School of Hard
knocks and being an
undergraduate of the
University of Life, i
have discovered that
there are many things
in life that really are
mysteries – such as:
why is the hair on my
head rapidly receding
and thinning, and yet there is an
abundance growing out of my
ears and nose? (Sorry for that
unpleasant image!)
The Magic Circle is a British
organisation founded in London
in 1905, dedicated to promoting
and advancing the art of magic.
Its motto is the Latin: indocilis
privata loqui, which roughly
translates as ‘not apt to disclose
secrets’; members give their word
not to wilfully disclose their magic
secrets. However, our English
word mystery is derived from the
ancient Greek word mysterion,
which means: a secret, something
hidden that will be revealed. This
same word occurs 27 times in the
New Testament of the Holy Bible.
The meaning of mysterion
gives me some hope – that
something hidden will be
revealed, and not kept from me.
One of the mysteries of God
is the Trinity – God the Father,
God the Son (Jesus Christ), and
God the Holy Spirit. Some have
misunderstood this to mean that
Christians have three Gods.
Others have mistaken this to
mean that Christians have one
God, but who appears at different
times in different modes, or
personas, in the same
‘One of the
mysteries
of God is the
Trinity – God
the Father,
God the
Son (Jesus
Christ), and
God the Holy
Spirit’
way that an actor may
put on different masks.
‘But the Trinity is not in
the Bible!’ some may
argue. True – the word
‘trinity’ is not in the
Bible, but neither is the
word ‘potato’, and we
all know that potatoes
exist! So what are
we to make of this
mystery that Christians
proclaim that God
is three-in-one, One
God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit?
The approach of St Augustine of
Hippo was: ‘si comprehendus non
est Deum’ (which means: if you
can get your mind around it, it’s
not God). As much as I like this
approach, I like this even more:
in his book “A Year at St Yorick’s”
Adrian Plass writes: “Frank lit his
pipe and said ‘You know, there
are four things I like about the
Trinity. First, I love having a father
in God. Second, I love having
a friend and brother in Jesus.
Third, I love having a comforter
and guide in the Holy Spirit. And
fourth, I love the fact that it’s a
mystery. God in three Persons.
Three Persons – One God. It’s a
mystery and I love it. Why would
I want to spoil things by trying to
explain it?’”
Daren Craddock
Mysteries of God
St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats
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Mystery plays (from the
Latin misterium meaning
occupation) and miracle
plays (sometimes
distinguished as two different
forms, although the terms are often used
interchangeably) are among the earliest
formally developed plays in medieval
Europe.
Medieval mystery plays focused on the
representation of Bible stories in churches
as tableaux. They reached the height of
their popularity in the 15th century before
being rendered obsolete by the rise of
professional theatre.
The name derives from ‘mystery’ used in
its sense of ‘miracle’, but an occasionally
quoted derivation is from ministerium,
meaning craft, and so the ‘mysteries’ or
plays were performed by the craft guilds.
As early as the fi fth century living
tableaux were introduced into sacred
services.
As these liturgical dramas increased
A scene from the 2013 Chester Mystery Play
in popularity, vernacular forms
emerged, as travelling companies
of actors and theatrical productions
organised by local communities
became more common in the later
Middle Ages.
There are four complete or
nearly complete extant English
Biblical collections of plays. The
most complete is the York Cycle of
48 pageants. The Chester cycle
of 24 pageants, are now generally
agreed to be an Elizabethan
reconstruction of older medieval
traditions. Others survive in this
country and several cyclical
plays survive from continental
Europe.
The Chester Mystery Plays
were originally performed inside the
churches and, from the 14th century,
they were produced by Crafts Guilds and
performed in the open streets and market
places on pageant carts. The mounting
of the plays in the nave of
Chester Cathedral in 2013
was the first time in hundreds
of years that they had been
performed inside a church,
and it was the first time they
had ever been produced
inside the cathedral nave
itself. Performed by local
people, both scripts and
performances changed each
year to remain current and
have popular appeal.
The production of the
plays, so important to
the local community, was
suppressed during the
Reformation and the last
recorded performance
Chester Mystery Plays tapestry quilt
prior to the 20th century revival was in
1575. The Chester plays were revived
in 1951, as part of the Festival of Britain
celebrations. A full scale production has
been produced more or less every five
years since, the last one being in 2013.
Individual companies of Chester Guilds
adopted the individual plays. For example,
the Grocers, Bakers and Millers performed
The Last Supper, and the Ironmongers
undertook The Crucifixion while The
Tanners undertook The Fall of Lucifer.
Twenty-three of these ancient company
guilds survive in Chester today.
Nowadays a large committee organises
the festival of plays in Chester, performed
by the people of Chester. The next full
production is arranged for 27 June - 14
July 2018 at Chester Cathedral. If you
click onto www.chestermysteryplays.com
you can find out how to book for 2018.
David Manning
St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats
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Exploring our Country’s
Mysteries in Stone
Stonehenge is arguably the
most mysterious prehistoric
monument in Britain. Even after
centuries of research no-one
really knows when, how or why
it was built or what its purpose was.
Built in several stages, its construction
began around 3000BC and work
continued until about 1600BC.
There are many theories as to its
purpose but the answer remains
shrouded in mystery. Some believe it
was a temple for worship, others that it
was a place for ritual sacrifi ce and yet
others that it was a site where healing
took place.
Certainly it is an extremely accurate
calendar marking the winter and summer
solstices and recent research has
revealed prehistoric pits that seem to
line up with the constellations. Whatever
the purpose, Stonehenge was an
outstanding achievement and Stone Age
people were far more clever than we like
to admit today.
The massive sandstone slabs known
as Sarsens weigh between 25 and
45 tonnes and must have been rolled
on logs from the Marlborough Downs.
More remarkable is the fact that the
stones called Bluestones were somehow
transported from the Prescelly Hills in
Wales. The stones were shaped on
arrival and fi tted together with tongue
and groove joints measured so precisely
they are still standing after 5,000 years.
Around ten miles away stands another
outstanding achievement in stone,
Salisbury Cathedral, which soars 404ft
above the ground on foundations just
four feet deep. Consecrated in 1258, it
was never intended to have a spire and
had a stumpy little tower like Winchester.
The famous spire was added sometime
in the 14th century.
The building is surely a sermon in
stone. It bears an ‘impossible’ weight it
was never designed for; so much so that
some of the pillars have been splayed
apart and special arches have been
constructed to strengthen the tower. It
has somehow survived the reformation,
the Civil War and being ripped apart
by three major lightning strikes. It also
Salisbury Cathedral
escaped Victorian ‘Beautifi cation’ and
World War Two bombs and yet it bears
its burdens lightly as it stands today as it
did 700 years ago, serene and ethereal.
Though the stonework bears evidence
of the passing centuries and reveals
the scars of aging and battling with the
elements, it has developed a living colour
created by lichens and mosses which
changes from green, through honeygold
to grey with the seasons and the
changing light.
Like Stonehenge, Salisbury Cathedral
stands as a landmark, a beacon, drawing
tourists and pilgrims from far and wide.
Many have been encaptured by the
cathedral and many have participated
in an unbroken round of worship since
1225; many have worked to build it
and many more to maintain it for future
generations.
In 1909 a traveller wrote about the
effect the cathedral had on him:
“One marvels at a building so vast in
size which yet produces the effect of
a palace in fairyland, or of a cathedral
not built with hands but brought into
existence by a miracle. I begin to think it
is not safe to stay in that place too long,
lest it should compel me to stay there
always, or cause me to feel dissatisfi ed
and homesick when away.”
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Sylvia Bennett
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Weekday
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Morning Prayers
Morning Prayers
Prayers
• Monday to Thursday at 9am
•• A To Monday to Thursday at 9am
Monday half-hour be held
to service on Monday
Thursday of prayer June
at 9am and 20 and Bible Monday readings July
18, 7.15-8pm
• Every Monday to Thursday at 9am
• A contemplative and meditative form of worship
• Held in the Lady Chapel at the back of church
• with Monday the theme to Thursday Seeking at 5pm Stillness with Jesus .
Monday to Thursday at 5pm
Monday to Thursday at 5pm
Evening Prayers
Evening
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Prayer
Contemplative Night Prayer
and Praise
- February 24 and March 24
Prayer Sunday, and February Praise 13 at 7.30pm
Prayer
Sunday, 18, 7.15-8pm
and Praise
February 13 at 7.30pm
Sunday, February 13 at 7.30pm
Ash • A Wednesday contemplative and Service meditative form of worship
Ash Wednesday - February 18
Ash Wednesday, with the theme March Seeking Service 9 at Stillness 7.30pm with Jesus .
Ash Service
• To be held on Monday June 20 and Monday July
• An evening service of prayer and contemplation at 8pm
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Wednesday, March at 7.30pm
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When Todd Alexander is not
cutting his wife in half, he
likes to make celebrities
disappear or vicars fl oat
across the room. Since
he was fi ve years old, Todd has been
entertaining everyone from classmates
to TV audiences with his amazing
illusions. Whether he’s walking on
broken glass, predicting newspaper
headlines two weeks in advance or
escaping from police handcuffs, Todd,
always leaves his audience amazed.
But while this young illusionist (he
never calls himself a magician) from
Sheffi eld, performs his incredible feats,
the aim is not simply to entertain. “I
believe God has given me a message
to deliver” he says, “I want people to
experience great night of illusion but
I also want people to consider what’s
real.”
As well as performing across the Uk
and at venues such as The London
Palladium, it was a BBC appearance
on Songs on Praise that helped make
Todd more widely known.
“I was interviewed by Aled Jones
for the Songs of Praise programme
about my Christian faith and whether
Christians should perform illusions”.
All went fi ne apart until a request
was made to saw Aled in half! Todd
explains “I remember only having a
short amount of time to prepare the
illusion and when we performed it for
the cameras, the saw (which was real!)
ended up being a little too close for
comfort to Aled – it very nearly gave
a whole new meaning to the director
shouting ‘cut!’.
“Another time, I levitated a vicar
much to the delight of his congregation.
My wife sometimes helps me out by
letting me push a sword through her
head. Despite that, we have a happy
and blessed marriage.”
Todd knows magicians are often
associated with the supernatural and
charms. However, he is quick to explain
his illusions are achieved by entirely
natural means without camera tricks,
or spells of any kind. He says: “The
dictionary gives two meanings to the
word magic. The fi rst defi nition is ‘The
pretended art of producing effects or
controlling events by charms, spells,
and rituals supposed to govern certain
natural or supernatural forces, sorcery
and witchcraft. These practices are
all condemned by God in the Bible.
Whether these practices are claimed
to be used for good or not makes no
difference, they are still condemned as
an abomination to God.
“The second defi nition in the
dictionary is for theatrical magic: ‘The
art of producing baffl ing effects or
illusions by sleight of hand, concealed
apparatus and so on. This defi nition
describes what an illusionist like myself
does. All of the effects are produced
by entirely natural means and this is
completely different to what the Bible
is referring to when it speaks of
‘magic’.
Todd loves performing in
churches and at youth groups and
schools with his fl agship outreach
event called Reality Check.
“I believe God has given me a
gift to present the Christian
message in a relevant and
exciting way, to people who
would otherwise be unlikely
to hear it. When I perform a
show, churches will invite local people
to come along. Reality Check features
a combination of apparent mind
reading, metal bending and many other
seemingly impossible illusions.
“From the outset the show explores
the theme of what’s real and what’s
illusion. I encourage the audience to
consider the claims that people make,
particularly relating to the supernatural
realm and whether those people
and their claims can be trusted. This
naturally leads to talking about being
a Christian Illusionist and whether the
Christian claims are true.
“I don’t see any harm in spreading the
Gospel in an entertaining and creative
way.”
For more information on Todd’s
ministry, go to: www.illusion2reality.
org and for illusion news go to: www.
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started to take the good news of
Jesus to the people of China via
illegal house churches. This gentle
true man brought many people into a
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windows
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around
wall; walking through the
11am to celebrate their skills at our
ce to Woodseats
open doors
were
of a high security prison
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your engineering
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skills, some
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knitters – and helped to raise
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over £1,700 towards our
organisations repeatedly demonstrated his
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lit up faithfulness their never leaving him or his
Organiser Yvonne Smith
and windows family to cope alone. We will
fantastic
said: “I was so thrilled with
n a
through probably Advent never experience this kind displays of – some
the event’s success and how
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Thanks go to all those
go to the visiting crafters and
s commented on the who Sian took Mann part.
everyone who helped make it
so brilliant!”
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
Scouts, February Cubs 21 and Beavers
Half-term from St Environmental
Chad’s braved the
Activities elements and helped families
Meersbrook say farewell Park Walled to their Garden
10.30am-12.30pm
Christmas trees.
Despite strong winds
Make bird feeders, bird boxes and
and rain, the annual
bird ID. Activities
event, on
for
January
8-13 year
10,
olds.
Call 0114 saw 263 a huge 4335. number of
trees shredded outside
February Abbey 27 Lane Primary
Wild Designs: School. Pyrography
Ecclesall Woods People Sawmill brought their
11am-2pm trees from a wide area
Learn how and to helped create boost designs St in
wood using Chad’s a pyrograph Scouts’ funds. (heated
needle). Booking is essential.
Call 0114 283 9195.
glue and a bag of junk, build a
boat and race it on Millhouses
lake. Meet at Millhouses Park
Cafe. Booking is essential.
Call 0114 283 9195.
March 20
Step Out from Greenhill Park
Greenhill Park
10am
Join the rangers on an
exploration of the footpaths from
the park into the countryside.
Meet at the Bowls Pavilion.
Call 0114 283 9195.
March 27
Grass Sledging
Meersbrook Park
11am-1pm
Sledge the slopes of Meersbrook
Park with the rangers.
Call 0114 283 9195.
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it was a pleasure to have you working in the house. I have no hesitation of
recommending you to my friends and neighbours.” Stella Stacey, S8
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Unlocking the Mystery of Fingerprints
fingerprint
found on
‘Killer’s
knife’ screams
the headline. But
to many of us, the matching
of fingerprints remains a
mystery.
So how can a criminal be
caught from the pattern of
ridges on your fingers?
After a crime, a Scenes of
Crime Officer will come to
look for fingerprints. While
many different techniques
are now available to show
hidden (‘latent’) fingerprints,
the common and traditional way is to
dust with fine powder.
Fingerprints are left behind when
someone touches a surface by the
grease, oil and sweat that is always on
our skin.
Fingerprints are recorded and scanned
before being matched by a computer
system. Matches that the computer
Duncan’s fingerprints
Fingerprints are left on everything we touch
system suggests are always checked
by experts. Of course, a criminal can
only be caught if their fingerprints have
already been taken for something else,
but most people who commit crimes
have been in trouble with the police
before.
Fingerprints are matched by looking
at the pattern of the ridges, and seeing
where the ridges join up, or
where ridges stop. These
features are known as minutiae,
and it is these marks which
provide the unique signature of
a fingerprint. There are many
different patterns of fingerprints,
but the main groups are ‘whorls’,
where the ridges go all the
way around in a circle, ‘loops’
which loop all the way back on
themselves, but don’t go around
in a full circle, and ‘arches’ which
simply have a small bump in the
pattern of the fingerprint.
How do we know that everyone
has different fingerprints? The
surprising answer to this question is that
we don’t! No-one has ever proven the
individuality of fingerprints, but no-one
has ever discovered two people with
the same fingerprints. Even identical
twins have slightly different fingerprints
– different positions that the babies lie
in the womb affects how the fingerprints
develop.
Crime scenes rarely provide complete
fingerprints. Often just a fragment of a
fingerprint can be seen, and the question
remains a debated one in courts and in
academia of how much of a fingerprint
must we see in order to be confident that
we can say that it is a match.
Why do fingerprints still catch people?
It surprises people that so many
criminals are still caught by fingerprint
data. One might think that criminals
would all wear gloves, and many do.
However, many crimes are still crimes
of opportunity, and the criminals may
not have gloves with them. Furthermore,
crimes of passion are seldom properly
prepared for.
Many of us are aware of DNA
testing, and the advances that that has
brought. Why, therefore, is traditional
fingerprinting still so important to the
police? The simple answer is that
developing DNA evidence is complex
and expensive, and people often leave
fingerprint evidence behind when they
leave very little DNA evidence. There is
very much still a place for both.
Have a look at your fingerprints, and
see if you can identify what types you
have.
“You created every part of me; you
put me together in my mother’s womb.”
Psalm 139:13
Duncan Bell
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With few resources
Sian Mann
Views of an Undercover Worshipper
You may have recently read of the
holiday couple who stayed at the
Broadway Hotel in Blackpool and
posted a rather damning review
on Trip Advisor of “a rotten,
stinking hovel”. The hotel initially fi ned
them £100 for the insult until a wave of
public protest and the realisation that the
fi ne was legally unenforceable, resulted
in them apologising and refunding the
money.
These days we can review almost
anything online from restaurants, to
books, to movies, to university courses.
A waiter is now rude to her customers at
her peril. It could be on the internet within
moments.
One of the very earliest websites
to conduct online reviews was www.
shipoffools.com. Since 1998 Ship of
Fools has been reviewing churches.
Taking their cue from the well known
mystery shopper technique, they asked
regular contributors to their website to
become a Mystery Worshipper. The
Mystery Worshippers travel incognito
around churches in both the UK and
worldwide and, having experienced a
usual Sunday service, will then go on to
post a review online.
These are occasionally derogatory,
usually very honest and almost always
entertaining. If you want to see the full
diversity of church life in Britain then
spend 30 minutes browsing some of the
reviews.
St Chad’s has not yet welcomed
a mystery worshipper, but plenty of
Sheffi eld churches have. A selection of
comments (anonymised!) are as follows:
One of the friendliest
churches that I have been in
Clapping broke out
fervently during most
choruses… the singing
was almost inaudible
The most blasé sermon
I have ever heard
The singers
voices fell
short of
angelic
I stood there
feeling
ignored
for several
minutes
I would
like to be
part of a
community
as caring
and busy
and
welcoming
as this
What is striking is how much
importance mystery worshippers put on
being welcomed. The sermon and the
music may be top rate, but if no-one
says hello to them after the service, the
church’s marks suffer accordingly. On
the other hand the preacher may be
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weak and the singing tuneless but if the
welcome was genuine and warm, so the
review will be mostly positive.
Often people think that it’s the vicar
who makes all the difference to a church
‘Mystery
Worshippers
travel
incognito
around
churches in
the UK and
worldwide
and then
post a review
on-line.
- a good preacher
or a good leader
will surely pull the
crowds in. But it
seems that, whilst
it’s certainly no bad
thing to perform well
in the pulpit, the real
proof of the pudding
lies in the warmth
of welcome that a
congregation gives
to the stranger.
And that is exactly
how it should be.
The church is no more and no less than
the people who worship there week in
and week out, and it is on all of us who
call ourselves Christians that the church
should be judged.
I suppose one day St Chad’s turn will
come to host the Mystery Worshipper. I
hope that when that happens they will
fi nd the worship, the preaching and
the welcome inspiring. But I hope that
is the same for everyone who comes
unannounced into the church on a
Sunday morning. Why not try it, and tell
me what you think! (And I promise that I
won’t fi ne anyone for bad reviews).
Toby Hole
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The Key
by Simon Toyne
The fate of Man lies in the hands of
one woman and she doesn’t know
….. or does she?
The story revolves around
American journalist Liv
Adamsen and a charity
worker called Gabriel
Mann who just happens,
of course, to be a very handsome
man.
The plot is very
complex and involves
three groups of people
- The Brotherhood,
a group of monks
living in the Citadel,
hidden in a mountain
in the ancient Turkish
city of Ruin; a man
known only as The
Ghost, a mercenary
operating out of the
Syrian desert; and
a group of powerful
priests in Vatican
City. Liv remembers
once being in the Citadel but
can remember nothing more,
only darkness. Somehow she
has managed to escape but is
haunted by a voice inside her
head which tells her she is “The
Key” - to what?
Each group needs Liv. The
Brotherhood, cursed by a dreadful
plague, are desperate for Liv to
return as only she can ensure
their survival. The Ghost is
desperate to capture Liv as only
she can help him unlock one of
history’s greatest secrets. The
priests are desperate to find
her because her very existence
threatens the success of their
plan to save the Catholic Church
from ruin. Liv and Gabriel join
forces in a race against time to
evade capture. It’s an
intriguing, fast-moving
story, full of twists and
turns, which certainly
keeps you on your
toes.
Concentration is
a must - so make a
drink of your choice,
get that piece of cake
which you’ve been
promising yourself,
settle down with The
Key and enjoy!
I don’t generally
read a book twice
but this one proved to be an
exception. Writing this short
review has whetted my appetite
and I intend to re-read The Key,
just in case I missed something
the first time.
Chris Carr
St Chad’s 3rd Age Book Group
Book Review
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Registers 2014
Baptisms
November
2 Caleb John Bell
16 Albert Henry Haydn Evans
Funerals
November
4 Melvyn Bilbey (63)
December
2 Joseph Henry Hawksworth (92)
For Weddings
and Funerals
You don’t have to be a churchgoer to
have a wedding in church or be
‘religious’ to have a dignifi ed 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 offi ce. For funerals please tell
your funeral director that you would like
to have a church service.
• If you have had a new baby and would
like to celebrate that baby’s birth with
a service in church then please come
to one of our thanksgiving and baptism
mornings at St Chad’s.
The morning will explain the difference
between the two services and give
parents an opportunity to ask any
questions. Please call the church offi ce
on 0114 274 5086 if you are interested in
attending.
DORE & TOTLEY
GOLF CLUB
where friendliness is par for the course
Special offers on Golf Membership
Club House lounge
available for hire for all occasions
with full catering facilities
Call the Secretary on
0114 236 9872
The Club House, Bradway Road
Sheffield S17 4QR
View of the Chapel & Tower in Spring
Beauchief Abbey, Beauchief Abbey Lane S8 7BD
Anderson Tree Services
Telephone: 0114 274 9101
Email: thujopsis@aol.com
Bill Anderson
131 Holmhirst Road
Sheffield S8 0GW
Services during February &
March 2015
Holy Communion:
Sun 1st Feb 11.00am
Sun 8th Feb 11.00am
Ash Wednesday 18th Feb 7.00pm
Sun 22nd Feb 11.00am
Sun 1st March11.00am
Sun 8th March 10.30 am
Sun 22nd March 11.00am
Palm Sunday 29th March 11.00am
Evensong ( third Sunday):
Sunday 15th February 3pm
Mothering Sunday 15th March 3pm
All Welcome
Our Services are based on the
Book of Common Prayer &
Refreshments
are served afterwards
*
email info@beauchiefabbey.org.uk
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Contacts @ St Chad’s
CHURCH OFFICE 9 Linden Avenue 274 5086
S8 0GA
Term time offi ce hours:
Mon - 10am-1pm; Tues - 9.30am-1pm;
Thurs - 9.30am-1pm; Fri - 9am-11am
Church Offi ce Administrator
Helen Reynolds
email: offi ce@stchads.org
Vicar Toby Hole (Vicarage) 274 9302
email: toby@stchads.org
Curate Duncan Bell 274 5086
email: duncan.j.bell@gmail.com
Assistant Minister for the elderly Yvonne Smith 274 5086
Youth Worker Nick Seaman 274 5086
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Besom in Sheffi eld
Steve Winks and
Darren Coggins 07875 950170
Impact magazine Tim Hopkinson 274 5086
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Church Wardens Jimmy Johnson 274 5086
Linda McCann 274 5086
Deputy Wardens Ann Firth 274 5086
Ann Lomax 274 5086
Buildings Manager Malcolm Smith 274 5086
Uniformed Groups
Group Scout Leader Ian Jackson 235 3044
Guide Leader Jemma Taylor 296 0555
CHURCH HOUSE 56 Abbey Lane 274 8289
Bookings Helen Reynolds 274 5086
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