April/May 2017
WOODSEATS • SHEFFIELD
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am writing this on March 1 – Ash
Wednesday, St David’s Day and the
fi rst day of spring (meteorologically
speaking – astronomically, the fi rst
day of spring is March 20, which
feels more realistic to me!). Appropriately
enough, along with the snowdrops that
surround the church I have seen my fi rst
daffodil of the year also.
April/May 2017
When Ash Wednesday falls on the fi rst
day of spring (the last occasion was 2006)
it seems particularly appropriate. Shrove
Tuesday – pancake day – will then fall on
the last day of winter with Ash Wednesday,
the day when Christians remember their
humanity and mortality coming on the day
when we also look towards new growth and new hope.
WOODSEATS • SHEFFIELD
For many people Ash Wednesday sums up all that is gloomy about
religion. It is a day of sackcloth and ashes, beating ourselves up and
remembering that we are all going to die – “remember you are dust,
and to dust you will return”. Surely such morbid thoughts belong to
winter and not spring!
I don’t think that I am a particularly gloomy person, yet Ash
Wednesday is one of my favourite days of the year. It is a day on
which I am reminded that my life span is fi nite and that my ambitions,
passions, frustrations and expectations are insignifi cant in the light
of eternity. But I am also reminded that it is precisely because of the
limitations placed on me through my mortality that the power of Easter,
which Lent leads us up to, is so spectacular and unexpected. The
hope of Easter and of our eternal future with God is made stronger by
the knowledge of our own physical and moral frailties.
The First Day of Spring
Spring is a time of new growth after the sleep of winter. The daffodils,
snowdrops and crocuses, bursting as they often do from
the still icy soil remind us of the power of new life. St
Chad’s is also experiencing a new season and new
growth as we have now returned to our new building
after a long time (two winters as it turned out) away.
To observe Ash Wednesday in our new church this
morning was a special occasion but I hope nothing
to match the joy of our Easter celebration here on
Sunday April 16. I hope that you will be able to join
us.
Rev Toby Hole, Vicar,
St Chad’s Church,
Woodseats
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Why are
robots never
afraid?
Because they
have nerves of steel!
What’s small, red
and whispers?
A hoarse radish!
How do you call a
prisoner?
Use a cell phone!
What’s black and
white and eats like a
horse?
A zebra!
A man joined a monastery and
took a vow of silence. He was
allowed to say two words every
seven years.
After the fi rst seven years, the
abbot asked for his two words.
“Cold fl oors,” he said.
Seven more years passed and
the abbot asked again. “Bad
food,” he said.
After another seven years he was
brought to the abbot for his two
words. “I quit,” he said.
“I’m not surprised,” the abbot
said. “You’ve done nothing but
complain since you got here!”
“Would it be possible to turn the wine
back into water?”
What kind of athlete is warmest
in the winter? A long jumper!
Why did the
music teacher
need a ladder?
To reach the
high notes!
What
happened to
the cat who
swallowed a
ball of
wool?
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What’s On
If you have an event you would like
to see included in our What’s On
section, email impact@stchads.org
Health Walks
•Mondays - 10am: Graves Park.
Meet outside the Rose Garden
Cafe;
•Tuesdays - 10.30am: Ecclesall
Woods. Meet at the Visitors
Centre at Abbeydale Industrial
Hamlet;
•Thursdays - 10.30am:
Lowedges. Meet at the Gresley
Road Meeting Rooms, Gresley
Road, Lowedges;
•Thursdays - 10.30am: Ecclesall
Woods. Meet at the JG Graves
Discovery Centre off Abbey Lane.
) Call 0114 203 9337 for details
regarding any of the walks.
April 1
St Matthew Passion
Ecclesall Parish Church
6.30pm
Sheffield Oratorio Chorus presents
Bach’s St Matthew Passion with
accompaniment from the Northern
Chamber Orchestra.
April 1
A Night at the Opera
Holy Trinity Church, Millhouses
7.30pm
The Sheffield Chorale presents
A Night at the Opera featuring
a selection of favourite opera
choruses and songs from the shows.
Tickets are £10, £8 concessions, £6
students and free for under 16s.
April 2
Farmers’ and Artisan Market
Greenhill Library
10am-4pm
April 2, 16, 17 and 30
Abbeydale Miniature Railway
Abbeydale Road South
1-5pm
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April 5-8
Perfect Pitch
Dronfield Civic Hall
Dronfield Players present Perfect
Pitch, a comedy by John Godber.
April 11
Greenhill Village History Society –
One Year On
Greenhill Library
7pm
Extracts from the archives including
Then & Now – a slideshow of
images from the local area. Tickets
priced £4 should be booked in
advance from the library.
April 16
Handcrafted Easter Egg Hunt
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet
Handcrafted Easter eggs made by
members of the Abbeydale Industrial
Hamlet community will be hidden as
part of an Easter trail. Entry is adults
£4, concessions £3, under 16s free.
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Welcome to the Reshaped S
We are delighted
that after a
year-long
building project,
St Chad’s has
finally re-opened its doors
again.
And reopened is definitely
the right word as the new
West doors to the church
have now reopened as
the main entrance for the
first time in over 80 years.
As you will see from the
photographs, the inside of
the church is lighter and more
spacious. We now have a
dedicated place for the war
memorial and our font has
been beautifully re-sited
and surrounded by coloured
glasswork. A new kitchen will
allow us to serve hot meals
whilst our new parish office
will ensure that the building
can be open for much longer
periods in the day.
The inside of St Chad’s may
look very different but it has
lost none of its tranquility and
peace that so many people
comment upon when they
enter. We hope that many
people from our parish will
find time to be quiet and pray
in the church and in doing so
may find God’s peace.
The new church will be
formally re-opened in the
presence of the Bishop of
Doncaster and Louise Haigh
MP on April 2 at 10am. All
are welcome.
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Easter in Six Words
Legend has it that the
American writer Ernest
Hemingway bet ten dollars
that he could write a
complete story in just six
words, and won the bet. As a
newspaperman he was no doubt
adept at getting across a lot of
information in as few words as
possible. Many have since tried
to write their own six-word stories;
some interesting examples
include: “Red. Black.Red.Red.
Black.Millionaire”, and “Married.
Till fatness do us part” and “I went
travelling, found my home”.
Could you write your own sixword
story? It’s not as easy as
you might think. What if you were
asked to write the greatest story
ever told? One writer has tried to
tell the story of the Holy Bible, but
in 50 words instead of six:“God
made, Adam bit, Noah arked,
Abraham split, Joseph ruled,
Jacob fooled, bush talked, Moses
balked, Pharaoh plagued, people
walked, sea divided, tablets
guided, promise landed, Saul
freaked, David peeked, prophets
warned, Jesus born, God walked,
love talked, anger crucified, hope
died, Love rose, Spirit flamed,
Word spread, God remained.”
If we take just six of these
50 words we
might be able
to describe
Christmas,
the time we
celebrate the
birth of Jesus
Christ: “Jesus
born, God
walked, love
talked”. I wonder
if the next six
words help to
describe the
Easter events: “Anger crucified,
hope died, Love rose”.
These last six words seem to
contain some deep emotions and
feelings: firstly anger – is this
something that you have been
feeling recently? Perhaps anger
at an injustice, or at some of the
tragic recent events in the Middle
East, or even just a feeling that
life has been unfair to you. Next
is dying hope; perhaps the future
seems bleak; you may have lost a
job recently or suffered loss, and if
so then no-one would blame you
for feeling this way. But the last
two words are perhaps the most
important of all: Love rose.
Throughout the coming
Easter season Christians in
S8 and throughout the world
will be remembering the first
Easter events, culminating with
celebrations on Easter Sunday
when we give thanks that Love
did indeed rise and gives us
hope and the opportunity for a
fresh start with God, a new life,
a new beginning. Perhaps this
Easter you might like to join one
of the many services in your local
church? Perhaps this spring might
be the time for you to write a
whole new story …
Daren Craddock
St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats
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Sadly the time has come
for me to write my fi nal
article for Impact. I’ve
been appointed the
Associate Vicar at St
Andrew’s Church in Leyland up
in Lancashire, so we’re leaving
St Chad’s at Easter time.
We’re really sad to be leaving
the St Chad’s church family and
Woodseats, and will take with
us many friendships and fond
memories of our time here.
So what’s been our highlight
of the last three years? I think
we have to say it’s all the
different people whom we’ve
met. We’ve loved getting to
know so many different folk
here in Woodseats.
Perhaps you’re a regular at St
Chad’s. Thank you so much for
welcoming us into
your homes and
sharing your lives.
It’s been a real
delight to worship
God together, to
preach God’s Word
and to celebrate
Holy Communion
with you all.
Perhaps you’re
not a regular at St
Chad’s, but you’ve
been exploring
what you believe
and have come
on one of our
Christianity
Explored or
Life Explored
courses. I’ve
loved our
discussions
and refl ections
as we’ve explored together
who Jesus was, why he came
and what it means to follow
him. These courses are set to
continue at St Chad’s after I’ve
gone, so if you’ve seen them
and been interested but never
come along, do get in touch with
the church offi ce to hear about
the next course.
Perhaps we’ve met through a
baptism, a wedding or a funeral.
It’s been a delight to be involved
with your families as you’ve
marked signifi cant life events in
this way.
Or perhaps on a school visit
– I’ve loved my time interacting
with the children!
Or perhaps you’ve only read
a couple of my articles here in
Impact. Hope you’ve enjoyed
them!
Rev Duncan Bell
Duncan with his wife Rebecca
and sons Caleb and Elijah
My Last Article
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Growing Food Can Take
Im
The glory of gardening: hands in
the dirt, head in the sun, heart
with nature. To nurture a garden
is to feed not just on the body,
but the soul – Alfred Austin.
One of the attributes that humans
have more than any other species is
our ability to plan ahead. We are good
at looking back and considering the
present and then extrapolating that into
the future. We know what happened
last year and can make a good guess at
what will happen this year. I say ‘make
a guess’ because there will be variables
in the weather and the amount of time
we have at each critical point in the
season which will affect the outcome,
but generally we can predict what will
happen
As I write this it is the middle of
February, temperatures are hovering
around freezing and the days are
either sunny and dry or cold and damp
depending on which weather front is
influencing us at the moment. However
in order to write this article I have to be
able to remember past
years and
imagine what my allotment will look like
in five or six months time.
Currently a lot of the seeds which will
be cabbages, French beans and leeks,
forming part of a future Sunday
dinner are still sitting on the
display stand at whatever
garden centre I am going to
favour this year.
Because we have
marestail – a very
pernicious weed, which
can only be controlled
organically by digging – we
don’t have any permanent
vegetable beds but recreate
them each year. I can imagine
what the allotment will look like in
a few months time but at the moment it
is lying fallow, covered in manure, ready
for the new season.
Fast forward a few weeks and as you
read this the ground will be laid out in
beds with paths in between, but most
will have very little in them. At this time
of year most plants, if they exist at
all, are just seedlings in the
greenhouse waiting
for that burst of
sunshine and
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Imagination
higher temperatures which spur them on
to vigorous growth.
It is great to plan for the good times
but also in the allotment not everything
is ‘rosy’ - we aren’t the only
consumer of our vegetables.
There is always something
that will try and eat our
crop or use them as a
‘host’. Most brassicas
need covering with nets to
protect them from pigeons,
mice and other things with
a penchant for the leafy
vegetables. On top of that
there are other insects such
as butterflies which use them
as hosts to provide nourishment for
their young when they hatch. The latest
suspect is an insect called Allium Leaf
Miner which attacks vegetables of the
allium family such as leeks, onions and
the like. The insect lays its eggs near
the plant and then when they hatch they
wriggle to the plant and eat their way
into it. They then lie there until it’s time to
emerge and then the process begins all
over again. It seems the insect is here to
stay because there is no treatment at the
moment so the only solution is to cover
the plants with very fine nets.
In order to enjoy gardening we need
to be able to plan for the problems and
issues which will arise whilst holding in
mind the memory of the fresh vegetables
that we eat all year. The highlights will
be the roast parsnips and sprouts which
grace our Christmas dinner as well as
the jams and chutneys which will be
sitting on the cellar head ready to be
used throughout the year or shared with
family and friends.
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Memories of Springtime T
The origin of most springtime
traditions are lost in the mists
of time. No-one knows for
certain when or where the
practice of well dressing
began, or why, with a few exceptions,
it is local to the Peak District. Wells
and springs have been regarded as
sacred since mankind first walked the
earth and worship of their deities is far
older than Christianity. Water deities
were female and local people would
probably have brought spring flowers
as an offering of thanks for pure, clean
water. The goddess of many wells was
called Danu or Annu and, in Christian
times, her name became Ann or Anna;
so the goddess became St. Ann –
mother of the Virgin Mary – which is
why so many wells are dedicated to St.
Ann.
Some historians believe the practice
of blessing and making religious
pictures with flower petals and
greenery began with the outbreak
of the plague, and this is probably
true of Eyam, known as the Plague
Village. The increase in popularity
of the ceremony in the 19th century
may have been due to outbreaks of
cholera or, as in the case of Malvern
in Worcestershire, to the popularity
of the ‘Water Cure’. Originally the
ceremony took place on Ascension
Day but nowadays it is usually Spring
Bank Holiday, which brings welcome
revenue from the tourist trade.
Another springtime custom with lost
origins is maypole dancing. This was
probably a pagan ceremony, paying
tribute to special trees and tying
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ribbons around the trunks. Maypole
dancing must have been common
before the Civil War because Oliver
Cromwell tried his best to wipe out
every trace of it, calling it wicked and
idolatrous. He did not succeed but it
reappeared with a vengeance after
the Restoration, remaining common
on village greens and in primary
schools until around the 1970s.
Many of us still remember the tunes
and steps of the dances after many
decades. It was great fun but the pole
was quite unstable and used to rock
alarmingly. This may be one reason
why the tradition has almost died out.
Apparently, at one Sheffield school, the
naughty boys had to sit on the base to
stabilise it, while the good children did
the dancing.
Crowning the Queen of the May
is another ancient tradition which
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Traditions
has been Christianised, mainly
by the Non-Conformist churches,
particularly Methodists. The
ceremony used to take place on
Whit Monday but the queen was
usually crowned on Sunday in
church. The Whit Monday ceremony
lasted all day with some churches
gathering at 6am so that they could
sing at the local hospital before
processing to the park for the ‘Whit
Sing’. This festival seems to have
been local to the Sheffi eld area and
probably owed its popularity to Henry
Coward (1849-1944) a Sheffi eld
choral conductor. The queen and
her attendants led the procession
behind the banner with its silken
ropes and tassels, followed by the
band and then everyone else. As
they marched, other Sunday schools
joined the line until the procession
seemed to stretch for miles.
After the queens were presented
in the park, the singing began –
several thousand voices all praising
God together. The ‘Sing’ was usually
followed by sports on the fi eld – egg
and spoon and sack races, etc. Then
came the Sunday school tea with
ham sandwiches, jelly and Carnation
Milk, after which everyone went
home, tired but happy.
Sadly, most spring traditions (apart
from well dressings) have now died
out, yet they live on in the memories
of Sheffi elders over a certain age
and still, in our hearts, we sing the
old, well-loved hymns and, no doubt,
will do so to the end of our days.
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Services at St Chad’s
Sunday Services
Sunday Services
Sunday Services
The The 9am 9am Service service
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style
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Holy
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sermon
sermon &
hymns
hymns
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• Includes refreshments afterwards afterwards
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Worship: Worship: a sermon
Holy
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& Communion
hymns
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Lifted,
Lifted the
– the 11am
11am Service
service
Lifted, ●
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and
and 11am relaxed
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served
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from from
10.15-10.45am
10.15-10.45am
to 10.45
● Includes music, led by a band
● Refreshments served from 10.15-10.45am
Weekday Services
Weekday Services
Weekday Services
Morning Prayers
Morning Prayers
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayers
Evening Prayers
Monday
Monday
to
to
Thursday
Thursday
at
at
9am
9am
Monday to Thursday at 9am
• A half-hour service of prayer and Bible readings
• Every Monday to Thursday at 9am
Monday
Monday
to
to
Thursday
Thursday
at
at
5pm
5pm
• Held in church
Monday to Thursday at 5pm
The Thursday 10am Service
The Traditional Thursday in style 10am Service service
Traditional in style
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from in Common
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Worship:
Worship:
Holy
Holy
Communion
Communion
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Communion,
Communion, worship Worship: a
sermon
sermon Holy Communion
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hymns
hymns
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in
in
the
the Holy Lady
Lady Communion, Chapel
Chapel
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at
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the a sermon back
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church
church hymns hymns
• Held in the Lady chancel Chapel at the at front the back of church of church
Other Services
Other Services
Prayer and Praise
Prayer and Praise
Sunday,
Sunday,
February
February
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at
7.30pm
7.30pm
Sunday, February 13 at 7.30pm
Ash Wednesday Service
Ash Wednesday Service
Wednesday,
Wednesday,
March
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7.30pm
Wednesday, March 9 at 7.30pm
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PALM SUNDAY
9am Traditional Communion Service
11am
Lifted Family Service
Thursday April 13
MAUNDY THURSDAY
10am
Our weekly service of Holy
Communion
Friday April 14
GOOD FRIDAY
10am
1-3pm
Good Friday Family Service
(especially for children)
Meditations Around the Cross
Sunday April 16
EASTER SUNDAY
9am
11am
Easter Celebration with
Holy Communion
Family Service with
Holy Communion
Come and celebrate the risen Jesus!
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Did You Know?
1
Spring can actually begin at
different times! Meteorologists
say it begins on March 1
and ends on May 31, whilst the
astronomical calendar has the
fi rst day of spring marked as
March 20.
2
Birds are born
with the ability
to sing, but
it takes them up
to two months to
learn the specifi c
song of their own
species.
3
Our sense of
smell is more
acute in the spring, due to
there being more moisture in the
air.
4
Children grow faster in the
spring that at any other time
of the year.
5
Springtime is the most
popular time to sell or buy a
house, and they are generally
bought and sold quicker then than
during any other season – and for
a higher price, too.
6
Honeybees are more
likely to swarm in the
spring.
7
People can experience
‘spring fever’ – it
may not be an
actual medical term but
both psychological and
physiological changes in
the body lead to feelings of
restlessness and daydreaming.
Scientists believe the increased
light, rise in air temperature and
the fact that we feel the need to
exercise and discard our winter
woolies, all help to infl uence our
hormone levels.
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What pieces of
music are on your
personal playlist for
springtime? What
are the emotions
that music for spring needs to
evoke?
Is it that sudden feeling of joy -
‘The Spring, clad all in gladness,
doth laugh at winter’s sadness’,
as one of Thomas Morley’s
madrigals puts it? Just stepping
out on a spring morning can
have you eager to ‘Come, see,
where golden hearted spring
rides, crowned, like a care free
king’ – a number from Handel’s
opera ‘Berenice’, which arranged
for choir, many of us must have
sung at school. And singing these
songs, whether out loud or in our
head, makes us feel more part of
the spring scene, more aware of
the beauty of the world around us
at this time of year. We too may
want to don bright robes like the
spring flowers, ‘for joy to greet the
sun’.
There are songs too that help
us to celebrate the sense spring
gives us of new beginnings, and
of romance in the air – who can
resist the heady triumph of rhyme
over grammar in ‘You make me
feel so young, You make me feel
so Spring has Sprung’? Going
back to Morley, ‘It was a Lover and
his Lass’, proclaims confidently
that ‘Sweet lovers love the spring’.
But a third song changes the
simple mood somewhat – ‘April is
in my mistress’ face....but in her
heart a cold December’.
So what music would we
choose to listen to when the
immediate euphoria of ‘hey ding
a ding’ and ‘picking up lots of
forget-me-nots’ has worn off a bit?
Maybe, as the light fades on a
spring evening, you could relax to
Nina Simone asking, through the
Rodgers and Hart song – ‘Spring
is here, Why doesn’t my heart
go dancing? Why isn’t the waltz
entrancing?’ Or Ella Fitzgerald
feeling ‘So gay in a melancholy
way, that it might as well be
spring’.
A folksong that has been
compared to a sunny day that
clouds over is ‘In the Springtime of
the Year’. We meet a young sailor
and his lover singing together in
the ‘lovely spring’, but then learn
that the youth has to go to war
amid the ‘blund’ring cannons’
roar’. So we are reminded how
fragile young lives and young love
can be, just like the delicate spring
blossom. ‘Fading and fleeting’,
as another folksong, Bohemian
in origin, taken to Silesia by
refugees, puts it. But this song
(Fairest Lord Jesus) also points to
the hope that can be found in him
who can ‘make the saddest heart
to sing’.
Emily Fowler
Music for Springtime
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Enjoy a
Natter!
Introducing our ‘natter
cafe’ for over 50s seeking
friendship...
St Chad’s reshaping is now
complete and we’re looking
forward to welcoming you
to our drop in café with a
difference which will start on
April 25.
Not only will we serve tea, coffee,
cakes and biscuits but we will
have some friendly people looking
forward to sharing a chat with you
and maybe introducing you to other
visitors.
We won’t ask you to join a quiz
or play a table game, just to meet
friends people waiting to greet you.
We are the fi rst ‘natter’ drop in café
in this area.
It will be open every Tuesday
10.15 to 11.15 am at St Chad’s
Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats.
Please phone the church offi ce for
more details on 0114 2745086.
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Have A Go Growing, Making
& Baking Show 2017
September 16,
St Chad’s Church
Could you grow the
heaviest vegetable,
sew or knit something,
bake a Victoria
sponge, make jam,
arrange flowers or even make a
veggie animal?
Now is the time to buy some
seeds, search out the knitting
needles or put your pinny on
in the kitchen and ‘Have A Go’
ready for our Growing, Making
and Baking Show on September
16. You don’t need to have done
it before, it’s great fun!
We’re telling you now so
you’ve plenty of time to prepare.
The schedule will be available on
our website stchads.org so you can
choose which categories you will
enter. Go on....Have A Go!
All information is on the schedule
and will be published in next Impact
too.
Have A Go!
April & May 2017
(Services are based on the Book of
Common Prayer & Refreshments are
served after the service - All Welcome)
Sunday Holy Communion Services:
April: 2nd, 9th(Palm Sun.),
16th(Easter Sun.) 23rd,
30th(Includes Matins).
May: 7th, 14th, 28th
Evensong 21st May 3pm
Wed 5th April Lent Lecture No 5
Prof. John Rogerson
13th April Maunday Thurs. 7pm
14th April Good Friday 2pm (Ante-
Communion)
25th May Thurs 7pm(Ascension Day)
View of Beauchief Abbey Chapel
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My Baking
Pastry chef and chocolatier, Will
Torrent is an Ambassador for
Christian international relief and
development agency, Tearfund.
Here he shares one of his
very fi rst food memories and baking
inspiration: his Nan’s chocolate fudge
cake.
For the cake
50 g cocoa
200 g unsalted butter, softened, plus
extra for greasing tins
150 g caster sugar
125 g soft light brown sugar
4 medium eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
250 g plain fl our
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
A pinch of salt
4 tablespoons milk
Frosting
100 g dark chocolate, chopped
200 g unsalted butter, softened
225 g icing sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa, sifted
2 tablespoons golden syrup
2 tablespoons full-cream milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 x 20 cm round cake tins, buttered and
base-lined with baking parchment
Method
1 Preheat the oven to 180C (350F)
Gas 4. In a small bowl combine the
cocoa with 5 tablespoons boiling
water and mix until smooth. Cream the
softened butter with both sugars in a
free-standing mixer for 3-4 minutes until
pale and light. Scrape down the bowl
with a rubber spatula, add the eggs one
at a time, mixing well between each
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Inspiration from Nan
addition. Add the vanilla extract and mix
again until combined.
2 Sift the flour, baking powder,
bicarbonate of soda and a pinch of salt
into the bowl. Add the cocoa paste and
milk and beat again until smooth and
thoroughly combined. Divide the mixture
evenly between the prepared tins and
spread level with either a palette knife
or back of a spoon. Bake on the middle
shelf of the preheated oven for about
25 minutes or until a wooden skewer
inserted into the cakes comes out clean.
3 Cool the cakes in the tins sitting on a
wire rack for 5 minutes and then turn out
of the tins, peel off the baking paper and
leave until completely cold.
4 When the cakes are cold prepare
the buttercream. Melt the chocolate in
a heat-proof bowl over a pan of barely
simmering water, stir until smooth,
remove from the heat and cool slightly.
Beat the butter until pale, light and
creamy and then gradually add the icing
sugar one tablespoon at a time, scraping
down the sides of the bowl occasionally.
Add the cocoa, golden syrup, milk and
vanilla and mix until smooth. Add the
cooled, melted chocolate and mix again
until smooth.
5 Place one cake on a serving
plate and cover the top with half of
buttercream spreading it smoothly with a
palette knife. Top with the second cake
layer, gently pressing the two cakes
together. Cover the top of the cake with
the remaining buttercream and scatter
the top with chocolate shavings, cocoa
or sprinkles as you like.
Recipe from “Chocolate at Home” by Will
Torrent (Ryland Peters and Small, £19.99)
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Spring on the Farm
Experience the wonders of
spring on the farm! For
the seventh year running
Whirlow Hall Farm will be
opening for the popular
Easter Lambing event on April
19 and 20. The whole family can
enjoy meeting newborn lambs
and learning all about them from
the farmer.
Also on the day the other areas
of the farm will be open to tour, so
visitors can enjoy seeing piglets,
small petting animals, horses,
chickens and goats. There will be
pony riding, face painting, free
craft activities for children, an
Easter Egg Hunt and even Punch
and Judy.
The event is very popular
and advanced tickets are now
available on the website at www.
whirlowhallfarm.org/eventscalendar
priced at £4 for adults,
£4.50 for children and family
tickets at £15, which includes two
adults and two children, don’t
forget to secure your ticket early.
Whirlow Hall Farm Trust is an
educational charity working with
children across Sheffi eld and
South Yorkshire, including school
children in the Woodseats area.
Whether it’s developing a healthy
relationship with food, seeing an
animal for the fi rst time or helping
to get their lives back on track by
taking the fi rst steps in a nurturing
environm ent, the trust helps
thousands of children and young
people to raise their aspirations
and improve their life chances.
The farm provides a range of
sessions to inspire children and
bring their studies to life, and
particularly encourages schools
and groups that experience
fi nancial and other disadvantages
or special needs; and those who
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or circumstances, deserves an
opportunity to learn and develop to
their full potential.
struggle within mainstream education.
Whirlow believes that every
child, whatever their background
The Easter Lambing event is just
one of a calendar of fundraising
events throughout the year, the profi ts
of which contribute to the £330,000
that must be raised each year to keep
the charity alive and able to offer
wonderful experiences to our children.
The charity also calls for people
to sign up to their annual ‘Whirlow
Week’, which gathers together
local fundraisers as they host small
community events all over the city,
from bake sales to bike rides, from
May 15 to 21.
If you feel able to support the
trust for Whirlow Week every effort
is appreciated, and the fundraising
team will be on hand with ideas
and support. Call the team on
0114 235 2678 today or email
eventsenquiries@whirlowhallfarm.org
to talk about this or any of the events
throughout the year.
See the full calendar of events on
the website at www.whirlowhallfarm.
org
Lisa Newton
Fundraiser and Event Organiser
Whirlow Hall Farm Trust
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We Are All Made of Glue by
Marina Lewycka
This is the third book
written by Marina
Lewycka who lives in
Sheffi eld, her fi rst novel a
Short History of Tractors
in Ukranian was short-listed and
won several literary
prizes.
The main
character of the
story is Georgie
Sinclair, a freelance
writer for adhesive
publications, hence
the title of the book.
Her husband,
Rip, has recently
walked out on
her and their
teenage son, and
she is trying to
get her life back
on track. She is
clearing out the
past, literally, by
fi lling a skip with
Rip’s belongings.
Along comes Mrs Naomi
Shapiro, an elderly, eccentric
Jewish lady, who delights in
bargains be it food on the reduced
aisle in Sainsburys or classical
Russian vinyls in Georgie’s skip.
A friendship begins and Georgie
is invited round to Mrs Shapiro’s
home, a large but cluttered, dirty
and dilapidated house shared
with numerous cats. Mrs Shapiro
takes it upon herself to offer
advice and practical assistance
to help Georgie fi nd a new man.
The two women are drawn closer
when Mrs Shapiro falls and is
taken to hospital naming Georgie
as her next of kin.
The story focuses on Georgie’s
attempts to help Mrs Shapiro
return home after being placed
in a care home. Brought into
the story are two social workers,
one with dubious motives; estate
agents attempting to swindle Mrs
Shapiro and a team of repairmen,
Mr Ali, a Palestinian and ‘the
Uselesses’. There are many Brian
Rix–type farcical moments as
the mix of cats,
handymen and
others come
together.
Alongside the
amusing there is
also the serious
as Ms Lewycka
touches on the
subject of the
Palestine/Israeli
issue, care
for the elderly
and teenage
problems. There
are other threads
running through
the novel, the
references to
adhesives, the
antics of the cats,
the secret past of Mrs Shapiro
and her husband and the vengeful
Georgie.
I found this a brilliant easy read,
very amusing and thoughtful
too. I particularly enjoyed the
character of Mrs Shapiro – an
elderly fl irty lady with high heels,
rouge and an amusing accent;
so well described I felt I knew
her (perhaps I’m mixing with
the wrong company). I would
defi nitely recommend reading
this book, in fact I’ve put it on my
re-read list.
Margaret Mosforth,
St Chad’s Third Age
Book Group
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