2011-10
October/
November 2011
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WELCOME to Impact – the magazine of St Chad’s Church,
Woodseats. Impact is published every two months and distributed
to over 5,000 homes in S8.
St Chad’s Church is committed to serving you – the people
of Woodseats, Beauchief and Chancet Wood. To find out more
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School
• Cover image: the Luminarium at Sheffield Cathedral by Tim
Dennell.
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As I write this introduction to Impact, many cities in
England are in disarray as rioters and looters burn
buildings and smash shops. No-one understands why
they are doing this, and it would seem that many of the
looters themselves don’t really understand what they are
doing. Some are not even stealing but are simply taking
televisions and smashing them up.
A common refrain from those being interviewed seems
to be “it’s a laugh” or “it seems funny.” These don’t
seem to be riots about race or even deprivation (though I
suspect that these always lurk in the background). They
appear to have at their heart human greed and a thrill of
being caught up in the experience.
We live in a culture that prizes experience above
everything else. Wealth is no longer prized just for the possessions that
it can buy us but for the experiences that it can bring us. Every product
now seems to be marketed not simply for what it can do but for the way it
can make us feel or the experience that it promises us.
There is of course nothing wrong with experience. Our enjoyment of
our surroundings, our senses and the pleasures of our world are part
of what it is to be human but there is the danger of jumping from one
experience to another without reflecting on what that experience tells us.
There is also the danger, as we’ve seen in the recent riots, of experience
and thrill simply being the end in themselves. The human consequences
of looting and criminal damage simply don’t matter to those engaged in
them.
The poet T.S. Eliot once wrote that we have had the experience but
missed the meaning. Our experiences, whether they are good or bad,
should be a way of putting us in contact with the rest of our world and
our society, not a way of retreating from it or ignoring it. I don’t want to
live in a world of virtual reality where the only experience that counts
is something that happens inside my head. I want my experiences to
be shared with others and to be full of meaning. Above all I want my
experiences to be part of a building-up of society and community and not
a means of pulling them down.
I believe that in these strange and troubling times that our world is
going through, the Christian faith offers us a way of understanding and
interpreting the experiences that we encounter. God himself chose
to become part of our world, to undergo the experiences common to
humanity and to redeem them. It is in him that I am trusting at this time.
Rev Toby Hole,
Vicar,
St Chad’s Church,
Woodseats
Experiences
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M
ass production has its
advantages.
Why don’t traffic lights Paperback ever go books are
swimming? cheap to make and
Because cheap they to take buy. too But long let‟s face it, they
changing! really don‟t last very long.
I have kept all my old children‟s
Why did books, the robber fondly take imagining a that I would
bath before pass them stole onto from my children and their
the bank? children. Yet, in one reading by my
He eldest son, Charlie and the Chocolate
wanted Factory has moulted several chunks
a clean of yellowed pages – leaving me
getaway! feeling that I must be really rather old.
It‟s understandable, then, that
A man people went into are a attracted pet to the craft of
shop and bookbinding walked up – to taking the time and effort
counter. to create a book that‟s meant to be
“I’d like treasured a wasp, please”, and handed down. A quick
said the web man. search uncovers tutorials on
“I’m sorry making sir we a don’t „painted sell leather journal with
wasps medieval in here,” said sewing‟; the „how to sew the
assistant. secret Belgian binding‟; and „how to
“Well, there’s
make the
one
folded
in the
fan origami book‟ –
window ...” he replied!
not to mention copious equipment for
sale, such as cold gluing machines,
brass finishing tools, and manuals on
how to test for grain direction.
A little bit beyond me at the
moment, I fear. So, following the
principle that it‟s best to start
somewhere, I have test-driven for
Impact readers a guide to making
your own – very simple – book
(drawn from Teach Yourself
Calligraphy by Patricia Lovett,
available from Woodseats library).
A man was walking
down the street and
he met a small boy.
The man asked what
was his name.
The boy replied, ‘six
and seven-eighths.’
The man asked him
why his parents had
given him such a
strange name, and
he replied, ‘they just
picked it out of a hat.’
You will need:
• Paper
• How String do sailors ribbon get their
• clothes A drawing clean? pin or something else
with They a throw sharp them point
• overboard A needle and then they
are washed ashore
Start with a few sheets of
rectangular What did one paper, all the same size.
Fold candle each say in half. Then lay one inside
another like to this: the
other
candle?
Would
you like
to go out
tonight?
You can choose how many sheets
you use. Why Four did sheets, the folded as
shown, will cow give cross you the 16 pages
including road? the back and front cover.
But it may To become get to the too bulky to close
properly “udder” if you use side! any more than
eight folded sheets. (If you wish,
make the cover page of thicker paper
or card, and slightly larger all the way
round than the inner pages.)
To bind the book, mark the
midpoint along the spine with a
pencil. Then pencil in two more points
on the spine, one each side of the
midpoint. (If you‟ve got room you
could add two more points, making
five altogether, evenly spaced down
the spine.)
Open the book out and rest it,
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to hold your
meeting or party?
St Chad’s church has two
rooms available for hire at
56 Abbey Lane.
Call 0114 274 5086 for details
Fun and laughs
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What’s On
Send details of your event to impact@stchads.org or
Impact, 15 Camping Lane, Sheffield S8 0GB.
Health Walks
lMondays – 10am: Graves Park.
Meet at the Animal Farm car park;
lTuesdays – 10.30am: Ecclesall
Woods. Meet at Abbeydale Industrial
Hamlet;
lThursdays – 10.30am: Lowedges.
Meet at the Community Wing,
Lowedges Junior School.
&Call 0114 203 9337.
October 1 and 29
Beer & Bangers Comedy Night
Whirlow Hall Farm Trust
7pm - 12am
An evening of comedy, real ales and
a barbecue. The ticket price includes
a pint of ale and a Whirlow Sausage
from the barbecue. This is a ticket
only event and for over 18s only.
Contact the Whirlow Hall Farm
events team to book on 0114 235
2678 or email eventenquiries@
whirlowhallfarm.org
October 1
Dore Male Voice Choir Gala
Concert
All Saints Church, Ecclesall
7pm
October 1
Conservation Morning
Whinfell Quarry
9.30am-12.30pm
Join the Friends of Whinfell Quarry
Garden for a conservation morning.
&Call 0114 268 6196
Pyjama Drama!
A new children’s drama group is starting
in Woodseats – based at Church House
on Abbey Lane.
Pyjama Drama classes will take place
on Tuesday afternoons from September
20 with Dewdrops (6-8months) 1pm
(30 mins), Raindrops (18-30months)
1.40pm (35 mins) and Rainbows (2.5-
5years) 2.20pm (40 mins).
Gemma Windle, who is running
October 14
How to Create an Animated Show
with Curtis Jobling
Ecclesall Library
11am
Curtis Jobling, writer, illustrator and
animator and creator of Bob the
Builder gives tips on how to design
and create an animated show.
& Places must be booked on 0114
203 7222.
October 19
Writing Historical Fiction with
Elizabeth Chadwick
Woodseats Library
10.30am
Award-winning historical fiction writer
Elizabeth Chadwick talks about her
work. Her books include To Defy a
King and the Eleanor of Aquitaine
trilogy. Free entry
& Places must be booked on 0114
293 0411.
October 22
Charity Christmas Card Sale
St Chad’s Church House,
Abbey Lane
10am-2pm
Christmas card sale combined with
tea and cake sale in aid of PACT
(Parents Association of Children with
Tumours & Leukaemia).
November 12
Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra
All Saints Church, Ecclesall
7.30pm
the classes, said: “Our unique drama
classes are packed full of drama games
and activities, original songs and
music, movement and of course lots of
pretending and role play that encourage
young children to use their imaginations,
and to develop social skills such
as concentration, co-operation and
confidence.”
The cost is £5 per class with the
first session free. Email gemma@
pyjamadrama.com or call 0844 272
9625 or 07787111053.
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Nature quiz trail, stream dipping
and bug hunting activities for 8 - 13
year olds.
Call 0114 235 6348.
...@ St Chad’s
Some of the events and services
coming up at St Chad’s include:
October 8: Harvest Supper and
Barn Dance (adults £7, children
£5). & Call 0114 274 5086.
October 9: Combined 10am
service to celebrate Harvest.
November 6: Annual Memorial
Service at 3pm for those who have
lost a loved one in the past year.
If you would like a name read out
during the service call the church
office on 0114 274 5086.
February 20
Why Not Try A Bike
Greenhil Park
10am-2pm
Rediscover your cycling skills in
Greenhill Park. The rangers will
provide a bike, helmet and
instruction. Meet at the Bowls
Pavilion, Greenhill Park.
Booking is essential.
Call 0114 283 9195.
Beauchief Abbey holds a variety
of
of
services
services
and
and
anyone
anyone
is
is
welcome
to attend. For more details see the
Abbey
welcome
notice
to attend.
board.
For more
details see the Abbey notice
board.
T
his is a translation of part of
Memories In the Song Domesday Book, the
great land survey of 1086
At Woodseats Methodist Church some
of us remember the days commissioned when we by William the
had a strong Conqueror. choir, now long He gone. wanted In to assess the
the autumn extent of 2009 of some the land of us were and resources
reminiscing being over harvest owned festivals in England of old at that time,
and decided
so
to
that
get together
he could
for
determine
an hour
how much
one afternoon just to sing of harvest.
We enjoyed tax it he so could much that raise. we The survey also
agreed to continue served meeting as a gauge once of a the country's
month to sing economic for pleasure and on social different state.
themes. Thus The was born name the „Domesday Singing Book‟ was
Fellowship.
not
Over
adopted
two years
until
the
the late 12th century
attendance has grown and includes
people from - various the huge, churches. comprehensive We scale on
now sing many which popular the survey songs as took well place, and the
as hymns. Some irreversible are folk nature songs we of the information
remember from collected, schooldays, led the others people we to compare
remember hearing in shows and films
or on the radio.
it to the Last Judgement, or
We meet „Doomsday‟ at Woodseats described Methodist in the Bible,
Church, Mitchell when Road people's entrance, deeds, written in the
from 2-3pm Book on the of first Life, Tuesday were of to be placed
the month and before all are God welcome. for judgement! For Royal
contact details visit our website at
woodseatsmethodistchurch.com
commissioners were sent out to
collect and Pamela record Grayson information from
thousands of settlements around
England. That information was
What’s On
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Blasting off into
Could you ever imagine what it would be
like to watch your daughter blast off into
space in a rocket? No, I can’t either –
but that’s the experience Lyndis Sharman
had 20 years ago when Helen became the
first British astronaut!
I asked Lyndis: Did you have an inkling as
Helen grew up that she would do something
like this?
No, not at all – Helen was an ordinary
girl living in an ordinary family. She was a
bright child, not a rebel but she had a bit of
an adventurous streak. She was interested
in science (Lyndis laughs as she remembers
Helen making her version of the Saturn V
rocket out of milk bottle tops when she was
at Greenhill Juniors!) and after Jordanthorpe
went on to Sheffield University where she got
an Honours Degree in Chemistry. After that
she worked for GEC doing research, then
went on to study part-time for a PhD. whilst
she was working for Mars Confectionery
as a research technologist (here Lyndis
laughs again – Helen was part of the team
who managed to make chocolate adhere
to ice-cream, thereby producing the first
Mars Bar ices!) One evening in June 1989,
whilst driving home from work, Helen heard
an announcement on her radio - “Astronaut
wanted – no experience necessary”. The
only requirements were: a Briton between 21
and 40, a formal scientific training, a proven
ability to learn a foreign language and a high
standard of medical fitness. She rang to tell
me she had applied.
What did you say? I asked Lyndis.
Go for it, I said. I’m a great believer in
letting your children follow their dreams.
Over 13,000 British people applied and for
three or four months they took part in rigorous
tests – physical, mental and psychological.
The selection process gradually whittled the
numbers down to 4 and eventually Helen
was chosen.
How did you feel?
Thrilled for her. She’d worked so hard
– not jut physically, but with learning the
language, too. She was now fluent in
Russian, which was no mean feat! Then,
in November 1989 she went to live in Star
City in Russia, a purpose-built town of about
4,000 – it was a cross between a university
campus and a military training camp, but
closed to foreigners. She lived there for 18
months and I was lucky enough to go and
stay with her for a short “holiday”. I found
it quite a culture shock – things were outdated
by our standards and inefficient, but I
suppose it’s rather different now. The people
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space
were lovely and so kind.
Did you know when the launch would be?
Were you given an exact date?
Yes, May 19, 1991 – though you can’t
be 100% sure as various things could
happen to postpone it. The family travelled
to Kazakhstan for the launch – it was
very exciting. We were treated with great
courtesy, but we didn’t have much private
time with Helen – there were so many
people there. I said my farewell to Helen,
we had a quick hug and then she went
off with the other two astronauts to where
decontamination took place. The last time I
saw her was through the window of the bus
taking her to the launch pad.
I know it’s 20 years ago, but can you
remember how you felt at that point?
Just fascinated and excited by it all, I think.
I remember the tremendous flash of light,
followed by a terrific vibration which made the
ground shake. It got more and more powerful
- I felt it in my chest. I recall a momentary
thought - “I may not see Helen again” - but
this was quickly over-shadowed by my feeling
that it was an amazing thing she was doing.
How did you cope whilst Helen was up in
space? - she was there for eight days wasn’t
she?
Yes - well, life goes on, doesn’t it? I was
doing my job (Lyndis was nursing at St Luke’s
Hospice) and Helen was doing hers. You
can’t let yourself think about what might
happen. But I had a wonderful surprise one
day. A huge bouquet was delivered and all
the flowers had a cosmic connection (stargazer
lilies, blue moon roses, etc.) Helen
had ordered them from space! Then days
later she phoned to say she was back and
coming home soon. After her debriefing she
set out on a whirlwind programme of public
speaking. She became a great ambassador
for science, encouraging school children to
follow their dreams - saying that she was
an ordinary person and if she could do it, so
could they. Now Helen works for the National
Physical Laboratory and has her own family,
but she would love to have continued her job
as an astronaut.
Has the experience changed her? - or you?
I look back with intense pride, but it was
Helen’s achievement, not mine. She has a
greater understanding of the world now and
has met, and worked with, many famous
people – notably Princess Anne, for whom
she has much admiration. But Helen is still
Helen – she has no airs or graces, she is as
sensitive and caring as she always was.
Chris Laude
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The year 1912 - it seems so
long ago. What was it like in
inside Woodseats down, on and a board Beauchief or piece then? of
What old cardboard. were people Push talking a drawing about? pin
through Well, there each would marked have point, been all fewer the
houses, way through though your many pages, in the leaving area you
already with three existed (or five) - as holes. a glance at the
date Then stones sew on it up, many using house-fronts your string
will or ribbon, show. People in the following would have sequence been
talking (for three-holed about the spines): good news of the
explorer Robert Falcon Scott and
his team reaching the South Pole,
followed later by the tragic news that
they had perished in that Antarctic
wasteland. Another subject of interest
and horror would have been the loss
of the luxy liner Titanic - previously
thought Or, to for be unsinkable.
five holes:
But in Woodseats - or Norton
Woodseats as it was then known -
the local population would have been
talking about something much more
celebratory.
On July 25 their new church,
dedicated to St Chad, was
consecrated by the Bishop of
Southwell. The construction had
taken less than a year from laying
the foundation stone to finishing. The
lovely new building would have been
well received by the local population
in this fast-growing suburb, saving
them a long walk on Sunday to either
St James’, Norton, or St Paul’s,
Norton Lees. Church services had
also been conducted in a small
school building at the bottom of
Cobnar Road, but this could not have
been very satisfactory.
With the arrival in December
Tie the ends into a knot or bow.
1912 of the first vicar, the Rev Kydd
Cuthbert - who incidentally had
no There vicarage you to have live in it – for a a little further book.
two
Now
years
comes
- the
the
parishioners
fun part – filling
had
the
somewhere
pages! You could
of their
insert
own
photographs
to get
married, baptise their infants and
or copy a poem into it to make a
commemorate the lives of their loved
present for a family member or
ones. The fact that this has continued
friend. Or give it, blank, to a child, so
unabated for a century is something
worth
they can
celebrating.
write and
And
illustrate
we, their
their very
successors,
own story. It‟s
intend
a great
to do
way
just
to
that.
encourage
Our centenary
a reluctant
year will
hand-writer.
see
events And – you taking never place know from – January it could be to
December. just the start Those of a flourishing already planned literary
include career. a Flower and Art Festival,
Band Concert, Marriage Celebration Amy Hole
Service (for anyone who was
married at St Chad’s), a theatrical
production, Big Day Out picnic,
Living Advent Calendar, local cleanup
event, Scarecrow Festival and
even a specially-brewed beer to aid
celebrations! If any of these events
interest or intrigue you, please watch
out for publicity giving further details,
dates, times and locations.
Let’s make the first centenary really
something to remember!
Ann Firth
St Chad’s centenary
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
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Sensory experience
We live in a very visual world,
we are bombarded with
environmental print and
encouraged to watch and learn by
the media; 80% of all we learn is
though vision.
Vision is a vital sense and those of
us who are blessed with good vision
should be very grateful, we can
see the world in all its glory but to
experience it we need to engage with
all our senses.
Every sense can stir something
deep within us. The sudden catching
of a fragrance or smell can instantly
transport us to another time or place
or can bring to mind some one we
once knew. A whiff of Brut aftershave
or Aqua Manda perfume immediately
transports us back to our teenage
years! (Oops, showing our age
there).
To savour our food we smell it first
and our sense of smell and taste
work together for our enjoyment,
or otherwise! For the chocoholics
amongst us one of the greatest
pleasures in life is a mouthful of
your favourite chocolate. For us this
comes in the form of a Twirl. Sharing
food with family and friends was a
major part of Jesus’ ministry and
is something we all do to mark an
occasion or just enjoy each other’s
company.
Our world is full of noise - some
of it good, some not so good. We
hear but we don’t always take time to
listen. Music can calm the soul and
lift the spirit. The sound of laughter is
infectious and laughter is said to be
the best medicine!
Listening isn’t just about noise
its about stillness, focusing on the
sounds of tranquillity like a babbling
stream, the rhythm of breathing
in and out or the wind as it sighs
through the trees.
One of our first experiences as
we enter the world is through touch
and it continues to be an important
aspect of our lives. The arm around
the shoulder, the consoling hug, the
welcoming kiss all connects us to
each other.
We need to touch and be touched
as part of our human experience.
Who doesn’t appreciate the feel of
clean bed linen, the coolness of a silk
shirt, the comfort of a snugly jumper
or slippers as we finish our daily
tasks? Hasn’t it been suggested that
gently stroking a cat or dog can lower
the blood pressure?
Vision is the unifying sense for
all other senses it confirms what
we are eating, it helps us to hear, it
reinforces our tactile sense, it alerts
us to smell.
We need it to make sense of our
world. We enjoy our world through
our senses so in order to experience
it as fully as possible we need to
make sure our senses are as finely
tuned as they can be.
Jane Jones and Jill Cox
St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats
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Services at St Chad’s
Sunday Services
The 9am Service
● Traditional in style
● Includes Holy Communion, a sermon & hymns
● Includes refreshments afterwards
● Taken from Common Worship: Holy Communion
the Lifted, 10.30am 11am Service
● Informal and relaxed in style
● An emphasis on families
● Includes music, led by a band
● Includes Refreshments refreshments served from before 10.15-10.45am
the service
Weekday Services
Morning Prayers
• Monday to Thursday at 9am
Evening Prayers
• Monday to Thursday at 5pm
The Thursday 10am Service
• Traditional in style
• Taken from Common Worship: Holy Communion
• Includes Holy Communion, a sermon & hymns
• Held in the Lady Chapel at the back of church
Other Services
Prayer and Praise
• To Sunday, be held February on October Monday 13 at 17 June 7.30pm and 20 November and Monday 21, July at
7.15pm 18, 7.15-8pm for about an hour.
• ‘Advent A contemplative Reflections and by meditative Candlelight’ form on of November worship
28 with Wednesday, and the December theme March Seeking 5, 912 at Stillness and 7.30pm 19 at with 7pm. Jesus .
Ash Wednesday Service
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Anyone in or around
Sheffield Cathedral in
the last week of July
could not have missed the
strange tent-like structure that
sat on the forecourt looking
for all the world like a bloated
caterpillar seated on cabbage
leaves.
The inquisitive and
adventurous who went further
soon discovered that the
tent was not a cast off from
Glastonbury nor an overflow
for the Cathedral’s nave, but
a Luminarium constructed
by the installation artists
“Architects of Air”.
The Luminarium, which has been
constructed in various forms in
cities throughout the world, consists
of a series of chambers constructed
of resilient pvc just millimetres
thick. This strong but thin plastic
allows natural sunlight to illuminate
the inside as though you were in
a canvas tent. This means that
the interior changes depending on
whether you enter it on a day of
bright sunlight or overcast cloud.
I went in with my two eldest
children who were excited at
thought of going into something that
appeared to be a cross between a
tent and a bouncy castle. In fact on
entering the Luminarium we were
given a gentle reminder that it was
not a bouncy castle and shouldn’t
be treated as such.
Once inside it was as though time
were suspended. I had no idea
how long we were inside for, nor
how many times I walked through
the various chambers. At times my
two boys would run off, engaged
in their own game (based it would
seem on Star Wars) but then we
would meet again in a different
zone. Some people simply lay
down, leaning against the pvc
covering; others walked around
in a seemingly mystical pattern.
In the background some gentle,
rather ethereal music, increased
the perception that there was
something rather monastic about
the whole experience.
As it happens the overwhelming
sense that I got from the
Luminarium was of a welter of
stained glass but without any formal
structure or form. Perhaps this is
what cathedrals look like on other
worlds, or what they will look like in
centuries to come.
I suspect that many people
entering the Luminarium, whether
or not they would describe
themselves as religious, would
have sensed something “spiritual”
or transcendent. Perhaps that was
why the cathedral forecourt was
chosen for its location (it has also
appeared in the shadow of Lincoln
Cathedral and Dunedin Cathedral in
New Zealand). Good art, whether
it is a painting, a sculpture or a
bouncy castle-cum-tent, should
be able to lift our eyes beyond
our immediate concerns and
surroundings to something beyond
us that we might dare to call God.
Rev Toby Hole
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Lieutenant Colonel John
McCrae, a Canadian doctor
serving in the First World War,
wrote a simple, but profound, poem.
It is a lasting legacy of the terrible
battle of Ypres, which took place in
the spring of 1915, and it remains
one of the most memorable war
poems ever written. “In Flanders
fields the poppies grow between
the crosses, row on row …” McCrae
saw these fragile, blood-red flowers
springing up in the barren earth
wherever men were buried near the
battlefields.
Apparently, poppy seeds can lie
dormant in the ground for a long
time but, once the ground had been
disturbed by the bombardment and
the fighting, the seeds germinated
quickly in the warm spring and
summer months of 1915-18, and the
flowers bloomed in profusion.
After the end of the First World
War, the poppy became the symbol
of Remembrance. How strange, and
poignant, that Helmand province in
Afghanistan, which has seen the
deaths of so many serving British
servicemen and women since 2001,
should also be home to that country’s
largest area of poppy production for
the manufacture of heroin, which can
also kill.
People tend to think of
Remembrance as belonging only
to the First and Second World
Wars and imagine old men re-living
experiences of past battles whilst, at
the same time, remembering fallen
comrades. However, Remembrance
belongs very much to today.
Hundreds of British servicemen and
women have lost their lives as a
result of action in Northern Ireland,
the Falklands and the two Gulf Wars,
and they continue to lose their lives
in Afghanistan. Countless numbers
of their comrades are now living
with severe disabilities following
horrendous injuries sustained on
these modern battlefields. As they
remember their close friends and
comrades who have died, Laurence
Binyon’s famous words will be as
painfully relevant to them as they are
to older generations:
“They shall not grow old, as we
that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, not the
years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in
the morning
We will remember them”.
If you would like to find out
more about two wonderful
organisations which help
and support the wounded,
visit these websites: www.
st-dunstans.org.uk and www.
helpforheroes.org.uk and be
prepared to be humbled by the
sheer courage and bravery of
these amazing young people!
Chris Laude
Experiences of war
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Love in a box
For most of us our summer
holidays will have become
just memories now. The
new school term is well under
way and before we know it the
shops will begin the countdown
of shopping days to Christmas.
As you make your gift list
for family and friends perhaps
you will take time to remember
special Christmas moments
– maybe from your childhood
or that of your children – the
excitement of choosing and wrapping
presents; hiding them and then the joy
on the faces of those opening them.
For many children there are no
exciting presents to open and no
happy memories to re-live. But,
through the work of Operation
Christmas Child we can make it
special for some children.
Operation Christmas Child is
organised by the Charity Samaritan’s
Purse and for the past 21 years has
shown that there’s power in a simple
gift. It has grown to become the
largest Christmas shoebox appeal
in the UK demonstrating God’s
love in a tangible
way to millions of
children around the
world.
Samaritan’s Purse
works with local
churches and charities
overseas to distribute
the gifts to those who
most need them regardless
of their background or beliefs asking
for nothing in return. This may be in
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schools, hospitals, orphanages,
homeless shelters and impoverished
neighbourhoods. It is supported by
caring individuals, families, schools,
churches, businesses and other
organisations. Last year over a
million shoeboxes filled with toys and
goodies were sent from the UK alone
to children in parts of Africa, Eastern
Europe and Central Asia.
All you need to do is giftwrap a
shoebox, and fill it with simple gifts
- paper, pencils, crayons, a ball,
skipping rope, finger puppets, a soft
toy, trucks and cars for boys, dolls,
hair slides and accessories for girls,
soap, toothbrush, hairbrush/comb, hat,
gloves, scarf and sweets. Choosing
gifts can be fun for all the family. With
a little imagination, it doesn’t have
to cost a lost of money but will bring
lots of joy to a child who would not
otherwise receive a gift. Even the box
is important as it is often used for a
long time to house their “treasures”.
Remember YOU can make it
happen – why not support Operation
Christmas Child this year – create a
gift for a child who will remember for
many years to come.
Leaflets are available from St
Chad’s Church Office or in church
from October 1 and completed boxes
can be returned to the office or church
by the end of November.
If you have some time in November/
early December perhaps you would
be interested in helping to check
boxes before they are despatched.
For more details, please contact me
via the Church Office.
Carole Titman
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I
am not quite sure how this has
happened, but I have signed up
to jump 15,000ft from a plane in
an airfield in North Lincolnshire.
By the time you read this it will
have taken place – on Sunday
September 11, 2011.
The tandem freefall is being
organised by the Sheffield
Hospitals Charity (www.
sheffieldhospitalscharity.org.uk) and I
will be raising funds for the Sheffield
Cystic Fibrosis Appeal, to provide
a brand new 12-bed unit for young
adult (16+) Cystic Fibrosis patients
from across Sheffield and South
Yorkshire.
Until the launch of this fundraising
appeal no such unit existed and
patients had to undergo treatment in
general medical wards that were not
suited to their particular needs. Many
patients delayed important treatment
simply because they did not want
to have to stay in hospital and often
became very unwell as a result.
Cystic Fibrosis is one of the UK’s
most common life-threatening
inherited diseases affecting some
8,000 children, teenagers and young
adults. There is currently no cure for
this condition, which primarily affects
the lungs and the body’s ability to
digest food and absorb nutrients.
People with Cystic Fibrosis struggle
with nutrition, growth and maintaining
weight, and experience recurrent
chest infections, which damages
the lungs, making breathing difficult,
leading to lung failure requiring a
lung transplant or resulting in death.
Each week, five babies are born
with Cystic Fibrosis and three young
lives are lost to this debilitating
disease.
The Sheffield Cystic Fibrosis
Appeal has helped completely
transform both inpatient and
outpatient care for the increasing
number of young Cystic Fibrosis
patients at the Northern General
Hospital. This fantastic new unit is
designed around the needs of young
people with flat screen TVs, games
consoles and high speed internet
connection enabling young patients
to access their academic work and
keep in touch with their friends. The
appeal has provided the special
touches that would not have been
possible if only exchequer funding
was available.
In 2001, I battled against a
debilitating fatigue spectrum disorder
and during my own period of illness,
I made a commitment that when I
became well again, I would throw
myself into any positive experiences
in life and “drink it while it was fizzy.”
Ever since I had seen the film Point
Break with Keanu Reeves and
Patrick Swayze, I had always wanted
to experience the thrill of jumping
out of an aeroplane. I said to myself
that when I became well enough, I
would do just that. I am really looking
forward to the experience of being
in freefall for over one minute. My
wife Helen sometimes talks about
how wonderful it must be to be able
to fly on the wings of eagles. My
interpretation will be more like falling
with gravity, but I am looking forward
to the experience none
the less. If you would
like to support me
or the Sheffield
Cystic Fibrosis
Appeal you can
do so at the
web address
above, or at
www.justgiving.
com/David-
Reynolds999
David
Reynolds
Freefall experience
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On Friday 11 April 2003 my
husband and I went for a walk.
We were on holiday on the Isle
of Skye, and thought we would try a
hike over the Cuillin mountain range,
an impressive horseshoe of rocky
crags which dominate Skye in clear
weather. We were following a walk
in our guidebook, which led us over
a low pass through the middle of the
range.
The Cuillins were a bit misty at
the top as we headed towards
them, but the pass we were
heading for appeared to be
clear. The way up to the ridge
was long and steep, and I
began to hyperventilate not far
from the top. It was a bit scary. Each
step became a big effort for me,
and I began to lose control and
strength in my legs. I felt
like I was taking really deep
breaths but they weren’t
having any effect. I felt
like crying; I was trying to
gulp in the air. Fortunately, I
remembered what a doctor had told
me about dealing with panic attacks – and
after I sat down and held my breath a
couple of times, my breathing regularised.
Toby kept me going with plenty of ‘it’s not
much longer’. But when we got to the top,
the other side of the ridge was completely
covered in mist. We couldn’t see a thing.
It was damp, windy and exposed. Having
got hot climbing, we cooled down rapidly,
so we had to keep going, although we
couldn’t see the way down the other side.
I was still in a state of shock from finding
myself hyperventilating. Toby found what
appeared to be a way down between two
rock buttresses, so we went down, hoping
that it wouldn’t be too far down before the
mist began to clear.
We found ourselves clambering down a
slippery rock face in the wet mist. It started
hailing. It was impossible to walk down – I
basically sat down and felt my way down
with my feet. Below us the ground fell
away, and there was nothing but swirling
Our near-
mist. I was quite glad in a way that I
couldn’t see how far down it was because
otherwise I would have been even more
scared. As it was I don’t think I have ever
been more scared that I might die – that we
both might die.
Some moments I can remember vividly.
At one point it was really steep and full
of scree, so we had to move sideways,
and hold onto the wet rock face which
sloped inwards above our heads. At
another point, we came to a vertical rock
face, but miraculously someone had left
a mountaineer’s rope round a rock, that
we could slide down. I burnt the skin off
my fingers a little. Then we had to edge
across a rock which curved outwards,
with our feet balanced on the smallest
of cracks – that was the worst bit for me,
because I felt it could be just one slip and
I would die. At the other side, the ledge we
were aiming for was too far away for me to
reach. Toby has longer arms and legs than
me so was able to reach it. I found myself
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death experience
praying, ‘please help me God’ and then I
just jumped and let myself fall forward onto
the ledge. It occurred to me then that when
I die, that is what it will be like – I’m just
going to have to let go and let myself fall.
After that ledge, there was another steep
rock face we couldn’t get down, and it
was too far to jump, but we were able to
use the bottom half of the rope which was
dangling down again, just long enough to
get us down. After Toby had swung down,
the rope became out of my reach, and I
had to stretch over for it while Toby swung
it my way. I took off my rucksack to make
this easier and threw it down. Unfortunately
it fell into a pool and my mobile phone
conked out, leaving us with no means of
communication. But I was able to swing
down. We passed a dead sheep which had
encountered the fate that we must have
escaped by a hair’s breadth.
These are the moments that stick in
my memory – I think it must have been
easier after that. It was a relief when we
got below the mist, especially when we
were on flatter ground, with some heather
and not just rocks. We didn’t completely
relax though until we found the path –
and then so much more so when the
whitewashed hotel at Sligachan came into
sight and we knew we had nearly made it.
It was a shocking ordeal – for some days
afterwards I kept thinking about moments
of terror.
That morning our Bible reading had been
Psalm 18. I had left my Bible in the glove
compartment of our car, and as we drove
back to our bed and breakfast in Portree,
I read it again, out loud. ‘The cords of
the grave coiled around me; the snares
of death confronted me. In my distress I
called to the Lord; I cried to my God for
help… He reached down from on high
and took hold of me; he drew me out of
deep waters… It is God who arms me with
strength and makes my way perfect. He
makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he
enables me to stand on the heights…You
broaden the path beneath me, so that my
ankles do not turn over… Praise be to my
Rock! Exalted be God my Saviour!’
What can I say? Those words became
so true for both of us that day. I felt like
for the first time I really understood what
was meant by God being my ‘rock’. Up
there, we were so close to death – there
was simply nothing I could trust in apart
from God. And so I felt that my trust in God
became completely solid. I’m not saying
that I knew for certain we would get down
safely – on the contrary it was a strong
possibility that we or one of us might die.
But I suppose it was because of that that
we found our strength in our trust in God. I
was extremely thankful to be alive.
This was a seminal moment for me. I
never want to forget the trust in God that it
taught me. And I never want to take my life
for granted again.
Amy Hole
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Romanian experiences
It isn’t often that we get to step
outside of our own world and
experience someone else’s but that
is what we were able to do by travelling
to Romania and sharing our lives with
some truly wonderful people. We started
going to Brasov in 1992 and have gone
almost every year since.
Although we have been the ones at
the sharp end we have been supported
by many, individuals, churches and
organisations. We started by doing car
boot sales, which Steve hated and used
to give most of the ‘stuff’ away rather
than ask people to buy it! We work with
a Worksop-based charity called Poplars
Church – ‘Fundatia Poplars’ to give them
their Romanian name. For several years
we worked in orphanages, psychiatric
hospitals, hearing impaired school and
the children’s hospital in Brasov which is
Romania’s second city.
Although conditions were very grim in
the early days we were able to help in
many practical ways from giving special
toys to children in the orphanage, who
had learning difficulties, to providing
baby food when the hospital ran out!
We were also able to care and show
love for all the people we met. The
Romanian people were so generous and
even though they had nothing we would
be treated to cake and coffee on a home
visit with the hosts not eating or drinking
anything - the usual excuse was “we will
eat later”. It is very humbling to realise
that money had been spent on
special cakes for us which
meant the family most
certainly would not eat
at all that day!
In the mid/late 90s
we started to travel
to the same
place but
as part of
a surgical
team doing
plastic
surgery
on children.
The idea was
to pass on
our skills
and train
medical
and nursing staff in that speciality. Our
aim was to help wherever the greatest
need was. Practical help could be given
in many ways eg baby food to show
the carers how to feed babies with cleft
palates, pain killers to take home after
operations, pay for nurses to do extra
shifts to work with us – as they often
would not be paid for months on end –
and train fares home for mothers who
had travelled 100s of miles to see the
surgeon.
Physically it was hard work - Steve
worked in the operating theatre
preparing and cleaning instruments,
‘running’ for the scrubbed staff, making
drinks and almost anything else. Joy
nursed the children, along with the
Romanian nurses, following their
operations. Occasionally we would host
families in Sheffield when they came
to have complicated operations which
could not be performed in Romania.
Over the years we have made many
lifelong friends in Brasov, the families
that the team have helped are so
grateful – they would not have been
able to have the surgery without the
team being there. Many of the children
and young people have had lots of
operations over the years to reconstruct
malformations. We’re happy to say that
conditions are now vastly improved in
the hospital, surgeons have learnt from
our surgeons, nurses are trained to
European standards and lots of work
has been done to move children out
of orphanages. There is still work to
be done supporting families who have
children with learning disabilities - which
Poplars continues to this day.
The experiences we have had and
the friends we have made in Romania
have changed our lives. We really feel
that God sent us there to learn and
be humbled. It has given us a greater
understanding of the Gospels and much
more of a heart for vulnerable people.
Where in the past we might have said
‘they’ should do something about a
situation, we now realise that we are
the ‘they’ and that it is us who need to
be proactive. Jesus said “go and do
likewise” we would like to say thank you
to all who have helped us ‘Go’.
Joy and Steve Winks
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A Whispered Name
by William Brodrick
ISBN 978-0349121291
This novel is a
detective story
set in the present
day and taking the
reader back to the
First World War and
the Passchendaele
battlefields.
Father Anselm,
a Gillbertine monk,
takes on the role
of detective to
unravel the mystery
surrounding Father
Herbert Moore.
Father Moore was the
founding father of the priory who took
Father Anselm under his wing.
The story begins when Father
Anselm, at the graveside of Father
Moore, is approached by Kate
Seymour whilst her sobbing father
stands nearby. She makes an
allegation concerning Father Moore
and Father Anselm feels obliged
to clear the name of his highlyrespected
mentor. However, he
soon learns that Father Moore did
have secrets in his past he had kept
hidden all his life.
The story revolves around the court
martial and subsequent execution of
Joseph Flanagan, an Irish Volunteer
who apparently deserted. Father
Anselm discovers
that Father Moore
was one of the
officers presiding
over the court
martial. The reader
learns that Father
Moore had his own
deamons to contend
with resulting from
his experiences on
the front line.
William Brodrick
draws on his own
personal experience
as a barrister and
former Augustine friar
to produce this work.
He creates a very
thought-provoking
novel depicting the
horrors of the trenches and the
mental and physical damage suffered
by the soldiers. Although a fictional
storyline, in his notes, William
Brodrick, tells us the content was
drawn from documented real events.
From the comfort of my home
I found the book, in parts, deeply
moving, knowing such tragedies were
part of everyday life for front line
soldiers.
This was rge first book I have read
by William Brodrick and I found it a
very good read and will look for other
titles by him now.
Margaret Mosforth
A St Chad’s Book Group member
Book Review
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Sian Mann
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
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Registers
2011
Weddings
July 2 Stefan Peter Cubitt and
Holly Emma Smith
July 23 Simon David Pugh and
Lisa Kate Mosforth
Funerals
July 6 Pauline Cresswick (71)
July 15 Gladys Louise Harrod (80)
August 12 Anthony Spencer (55)
You 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.
l 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
November 5. The morning will explain the
difference between the two services and
give parents an opportunity to ask any
questions.
Please call the church office on
0114 274 5086 if you are interested in
attending.
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