Impact June/July 2017
June/July 2017
WOODSEATS • SHEFFIELD
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I
read a rather astonishing statistic recently.
Apparently British people now live on average
100 miles away from their birthplace, whereas
25 years ago they only lived, on average, fi ve
miles away. I would like to get to the bottom
of those numbers – do they for instance include the
quite considerable number of people born thousands
of miles away but who have now made Britain their
home? And if so that tells us rather more about
international, rather than internal, migration.
But even so, I presently live 160 miles away from
my birthplace and my wife lives over 400 miles from
where she was born, so I suppose that makes us
fairly typical. But not, I think, typical of people living
in Sheffi eld. I am always struck when meeting
people here how geographically-centred family life
in Sheffi eld is. This says something about the deep
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WOODSEATS • SHEFFIELD
affection that residents feel for the steel city (Sheffi eld has highest
graduate-retention of any university city outside of London) but also, I
think, something about the strong bonds of family life here that keeps
people close to their parents and siblings.
Living in close proximity to family brings with it great blessings as well
as challenges to overcome. A nearby source of convenient babysitting
is a huge advantage to struggling parents, but do the grandparents
sometimes feel taken advantage of? Problems of loneliness amongst
the elderly must be lower when family live so nearby, but do tensions
also increase when parents and children see each other so often? One
of the questions that I pose couples seeking marriage is how they will
carve out their own life together as well as honour their existing families
who may struggle to adjust to the new situation.
Whatever challenges might be faced by living so close to our
nearest and dearest, I suspect that most of us feel happier being in
the neighbourhood than far away and for those who are far away from
children and grandchildren, or who have no close relatives, life can feel
very lonely at times.
At St Chad’s we recognise all the joys and tensions that family – and
no family – brings. Weddings baptisms and thanksgivings
are celebrated for the gifts of God that marriage and
children brings, whilst at the same time we recognise
that for many people the church community provides
an alternative family. In this we follow the example
of Jesus who controversially declared that his
disciples were his true family. This wider defi nition
of family provides its own challenges as we stretch
our love to include people to whom we might not have
a natural affi nity, but it also helps remind us that in
baptism, water is in fact thicker than blood.
Rev Toby Hole, Vicar,
St Chad’s Church, Woodseats
Family Ties
St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats
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prison violent and dangerous men
observed Yun‟s faith and obedience
to God. They realised that he was not
a criminal, just a committed Christian
and came themselves into a deep and
loving relationship with Jesus.
Miraculous and loving interventions
helped Yun for example jumping over
a ten foot wall; walking through the
open doors of a high security prison
unobserved and walking after his legs
were so severely broken (he was told
he would be crippled for life after this
punishment).
Whatever Yun experienced, God
repeatedly demonstrated his
faithfulness never leaving him or his
family to cope alone. We will
probably never experience this kind of
persecution but this book is testimony
to the incredible power of God and his
Holy Spirit.
Sian Mann
February 27
Wild Designs: Pyrography
Ecclesall Woods Sawmill
11am-2pm
Learn how to create designs in
wood using a pyrograph (heated
needle). Booking is essential.
Call 0114 283 9195.
March 6
Junk Boat Race
Millhouses Park
11am
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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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What do you call a
man whose car has
been stolen?
Carlos!
What do you call
a woman juggling
three pints of beer?
Beatrix!
What do you call
a woman juggling
three pints of
beer while playing
snooker?
Beatrix Potter!
Alfi e was listening to his
sister practice her singing.
“Sis,” he said, “I wish
you’d sing Christmas
carols.” “That’s nice of
you, Alfi e,” she replied,
“but why?”
“Because then I’d only
have to hear your voice
once a year!” said Alfi e.
What type of sandals do
frogs wear? Open-toad!
“I pronounce you husband and wife –
you may now update your Facebook
status.”
Why
couldn’t
the leopard
play hide
and seek?
Because
he was
always
spotted.
Why are hairdressers
never late for work?
Because they know the short cuts!
Six-year-old Susie
complained to her
mum, “I’ve got a
stomach ache.” “That’s
because it’s empty,”
she replied. “You’d
feel better if you had
something in it.”
That afternoon, her
dad came home
complaining he had
a headache all day.
Susie perked up,
“That’s because it’s
empty,” she said.
“You’d feel better if
you had something
in it.”
Fun and Laughs
Anderson Tree Services
Bill Anderson
131 Holmhirst Road
Sheffield S8 0GW
Telephone: 0114 274 9101
Email: thujopsis@aol.com 274 5061
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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.
June 4
Pentecost Street Party
Sheffield Cathedral
3-5pm
Local choirs and bands, circus
performers and lots of activities
for all the family as Sheffield
Cathedral celebrates Pentecost
2017.
June 4
Thy Kingdom Come Beacon
Event
Sheffield Cathedral
5.30-7pm
Churches, families, friends and
neighbours from across Sheffield
will be gathering together to
worship and to pray. The Beacon
Event is one of ten happening in
cathedrals across the UK and is
part of the wider Thy Kingdom
Come global prayer movement,
inviting Christians around the
world to pray between Ascension
and Pentecost.
June 10
Music For a Summer Evening
St Mark’s Church, Broomhill
A concert performed by Sheffield
Bach Choir.
June 11 and 25
Abbeydale Miniature Railway
Abbeydale Road South
1-5pm
The regular open days at Abbeydale
Miniature Railway.
June 12
Mary Queen of Scots
Bishops House
7.30pm
An illustrated talk by David
Templeman on Mary Queen of Scots
– from Sheffield to Fotheringhay –
the Final Journey 1584-7.
June 17
Violin Concertos By Candlelight
Sheffield Cathedral
7.30pm
The London Concertante will
perform Violin Concertos by
Candlelight.
0114 453 4716
St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats
Church Office: Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA
Tel: (0114) 274 5086
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Send details of your event to impact@stchads.org or write to: Impact,
St Chad‟s Church Offices, 15 Camping Lane, Sheffield S8 0GB.
Lowedges. Meet at the Community
Wing, Lowedges Junior School.
Call 0114 203 9337.
National CROWN Council GREEN for BOWLING: Divorced,
Single Now and is the Widowed time to try this
Tuesdays fascinating 8-11pm game. The De La
Norton Salle Country club is looking Club for new
members and is offering fwo
Club offering friendship and social
free sessions. You can borrow
activities.
the bowls. Just turn up,with
Call flat shoes, Magdalen at 6.30pm on 0114 any
2394326. Monday evening or 10.30am
any Thursday. You will be very
January welcome.The 30 - February club is located 5 next
AEGON door to British Beauchief Tennis Hall, Tour off Abbey
Graves Lane.For Tennis more and information Leisure Centre phone
World Alan ranked Haigh on players 0114 230 compete 3474
alongside local Sheffield players.
June Call 18 0114 283 9900.
Nether Edge Farmers’ Market
February Stalls, entertainment 5 and various
Book activities Sale held in the streets around
36 the Crawshaw old Nether Grove, Edge Market Beauchief Place.
10am-12pm
Good June quality 24 second-hand books
for
Book
sale
Sale
in aid of the Alzheimer‟s
Society.
36 Crawshaw
Donations
Grove,
of paperback
Beauchief
10am-12pm
novels or biographies in good
Second-hand books for sale in
condition are welcome (but not
aid of the Alzheimer’s Society.
larger
Donations
books
of
due
good
to space
condition
limitations). paperback novels or biographies
are welcome.
February 5
Free July Environmental 1
Activities
Millhouses Music Makers Park and Dreamers of
10.30am-12.30pm
Dreams
Obstacle St Andrew’s, course Psalter and Lane, stream
dipping 7.30pmactivities for 8 - 13 year
olds.
Call 0114 263 4335.
Call 0114 230 8842.
February 12
Free Environmental Activities
Millhouses Escafeld Chorale Park presents a concert
1.30-3.30pm
of music by Elgar and Vaughan
Nature Williams quiz with trail, Keren stream Hadas dipping
and (soprano) bug hunting and George activities Parsons for 8 - 13
year
(keyboard).
olds.
Call 0114 263 4335.
July 5
Castles in Yorkshire
February Bishops House 12
Free 7.30pm Environmental Activities
Ecclesall A talk by John Woods Pilkington Sawmill on Castles
10.30am-12.30pm
in Yorkshire, Defending God’s Own
Nature County quiz since trail, 1066. stream dipping
and bug hunting activities for 8 - 13
year
July
olds.
9 and 23
Abbeydale Miniature Railway
Call 0114 235 6348.
Abbeydale Road South
1-5pm
February The regular 20 open days at Abbeydale
Why Miniature Not Railway Try A Bike including, on July
Greenhil 9, visiting Park locos and a free exhibition.
10am-2pm
Rediscover July 12-15 your cycling skills in
Greenhill All Shook Park. Up The The Musical rangers will
provide Montgomery a bike, Theatre helmet and
7.30pm and Sat matinee at 2.30pm
instruction. Meet at the Bowls
Woodseats Musical Theatre
Pavilion,
Company
Greenhill
presents All
Park.
Shook Up The
Booking Musical. is essential.
Call 0114 283 9195.
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of variety services of services. and anyone For is more
welcome information to attend. see page For 9. more
details see the Abbey notice
board.
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Tracing My Family Tree
I
can’t tell you exactly when I
started looking at my family
history but I can warn you
that it is very hard to stop once
you have started.
Sadly, most of my grandparents
and older relatives had died by the
time that I began to think it might
be a good idea to find out more
about my ancestors, so I had to find
information out from other sources.
Happily, my uncle had kept my
grandma’s birthday book as well as
the family bible so that gave me a
starting place.
I’ve found out information from
various sources: I’ve used the
ancestry website which is free at
local libraries; looked at microfiche
records at Sheffield archives; visited
tiny churches to look at photocopies
of their parish records; looked at
lots of sources online and used that
time-old idea of actually talking to
people about what they know! I am
still finding out new information all
the time as more resources become
available or I find a different route to
take to get an answer.
Taking out a subscription to the
British Media Archive was really
helpful in building up a picture of
what my ancestors were like which
is just as important to me as being
able to go back another generation
just by finding out names. I found
out that my great grandad had been
a bell ringer at his local church, and
that a great uncle was a rather good
cricketer, maybe that is where I get
my love of the game from?
One of the best things that
happened to me whilst hunting
was being sent a photo of my
great great grandfather in his army
uniform. It is the only photo of him
that we know of. I was very kindly
sent it by the curator of the Army
Physical Training Corps museum.
I had found out from the 1891
census that he was a second class
instructor of gymnastics in the army
and had contacted the museum to
see if they had his army records.
They told me that his records would
have been held by the unit that he
had transferred over from and so
I thought this line of enquiry was
at an end. However, I received an
email a couple of days later from
the curator who had gone through
the records and mementos that they
had to search for any information
he could find, and was emailing to
tell me that he had actually found
a photo of my ancestor. It was in
an album that had originally been
presented to the Assistant Instructor
of Gymnasia at Aldershot on
July 31, 1888 and had later been
gifted back to go on display at the
museum. He made a copy for me
so now I know not just what my
great great grandfather did but also
what he looked like.
Tracing my family history has
been very rewarding. Why don’t you
give it a go? But be warned, once
you started you might not be able
to stop!
Kath Dowson
St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats
Church Offi ce: Linden Avenue, Sheffi eld S8 0GA
Tel: (0114) 274 5086
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Do you remember
the family
gathering round
the piano for
a sing-song at
Christmas or birthdays?
Those days may be
long gone but we try to
recapture something of
that atmosphere at the Singing
Fellowship held at Woodseats
Methodist Church on the first
Tuesday of every month except
August, from 2pm to 3pm.
This is not a choir, just a
friendly group of folk who enjoy
singing with others. Like those
family get-togethers, we sing a
mixture of folk songs, songs from
the shows, other popular songs,
and also some well-loved hymns.
We usually have a theme,
and the theme for June will be
Friends and Family. Among the
songs we shall sing on Tuesday
June 6 will be ‘Consider yourself
at home’, while the hymns will
include ‘Dear Lord and Father of
mankind’. The theme when we
meet on Tuesday July 4 will be
Travel.
There is no commitment to
regular attendance – just drop
in when you feel like a sing.
It will raise your spirits! Bring
your friends – all are welcome.
We hope to see you there and
welcome you to our singing
family.
Pamela Grayson
Family Songs
email info@beauchiefabbey.org.uk
June & July 2017
(Sunday Services are based on the
book of common prayer and
refreshments are served afterwards).
Holy Communion Services at 11am
4th June (Whit Sunday)
11th & 25th June 2017
2nd, 9th,23rd July 2017
30th July Mattins with Holy Communion
Evensong Services at 3pm :
18th June & 16th July 2017
View of Beauchief Abbey Chapel
Beauchief Abbey Lane, S8 7BD
On Saturday
3rd June 2017
2 - 4pm
The Abbey
will be open
for Quiet
Prayer &
reflection
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A relaxed and friendly place for a chat
Coffee morning for anyone over 50
Tuesdays 10.15 Tuesdays -11.15am, 10.15 starting -11.15am
25th April 2017
St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats
No table games, no speakers,
just a good cuppa and a natter!
WOODSEATS • SHEFFIELD
For more information, contact the church office on 274 5086
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The next Bishop of
Sheffield, the Very Rev
Dr Pete Wilcox, has said
he is thrilled to be coming
to the city.
Dr Wilcox, 55, is currently the
Dean of Liverpool Cathedral, a
role he has held since 2012.
He has been ordained for over
25 years and trained at Ridley
Hall in Cambridge after studying
modern history at Durham
University.
Dr Wilcox has served in
Teesside, Gateshead and Walsall
and was Canon Chancellor
at Lichfield Cathedral, a post
which involved oversight of the
cathedral’s work in education and
outreach.
The Bishop of Doncaster,
the Rt Rev Peter Burrows,
commented: “I know that Pete
has a real sense of calling to
the diocese and brings with him
strong leadership and a range of
skills that will help us continue
in our outreach to the wider
communities of South Yorkshire
and East Riding. I look forward
to working with Pete and
welcoming him to the diocese in
due course.”
Dr Wilcox is married to novelist
Catherine Fox and they have two
adult sons.
Speaking about his
appointment, he said: “I feel
called by God to this role and am
therefore thrilled to be coming to
the Diocese of Sheffield. There
will be much for me to learn, but I
am excited about the work which
is already underway to share the
good news about Jesus, and to
work for the justice and peace
which the kingdom of God will
bring.”
The Archbishop of York, Dr
John Sentamu, commented:“The
nomination of The Very Rev Dr
Pete Wilcox, Dean of Liverpool,
as the eighth Bishop of Sheffield
will take the diocese forward
in its evangelistic and mission
opportunities for the peoples
of the diocese of Sheffield. He
is a gifted and renowned Bible
teacher, pastor and enthusiastic
evangelist. He will lead the
Diocese of Sheffield in the way of
Christ with insight and oversight
with a readiness to change,
challenge and be challenged.
His love of Jesus and His
Gospel, His Church, the
Body of Christ and the
diverse peoples of God’s
world will make him a
Bishop who will work in
partnership with all.
Dr Wilcox will be
consecrated in York
Minster on June 22.
Sheffield’s New Bishop
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Church Office: Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA
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Old-Fashioned Family H
My earliest memories of
seaside holidays are of
Bridlington in the 1940s
when I was about
seven years old.
I remember building sand
castles – or rather, my dad doing
the building and me fi lling the moat
from a red tin bucket. I had a blue
nylon elasticated bathing costume
which, when you went into the sea,
used to fi ll with water so you felt like
a wobbly jelly when you came out
and had to pull the leg away to let
the water out.
I remember three steam boats
– Yorkshireman, Bridlington
Queen, which was my favourite,
and Yorkshire Belle, on which I
remember being stuck for four hours
on a sand bank and almost everybody
being sea sick.
My most vivid memory is of the
landlady of the boarding house. She
was called Miss Perkins and had grey
hair in steel curlers under a grey hairnet.
She wore a wrap-round overall and
black lace-up shoes. And she was very
strict. In those days, food was rationed
so ration books had to be taken on
holiday and handed to the guest house
proprietor. Miss Perkins took your ration
book off you before you were allowed
over the threshold, let alone your room.
No wet or sandy shoes were allowed
upstairs and there was no running
water in the bedroom – you left a big
jug outside your door at night and
somebody fi lled it with hot water about
7.30am. Breakfast was at 8.30am sharp
and consisted of a skinny sausage
about half an inch thick, a teaspoonful
of “scrambled egg” (eggs were rationed
PHOTO: HISTORIC IMAGES - LANCASHIRE
to one per person per week) which had
probably been mixed with potato, half
a slice of fried bread cut very thin and
a tiny piece of crozzled bacon, so thin
it must have been see-through before
it was fried. Tea was also rationed so it
was what my dad called “fortnight tea”
– too weak. Rooms had to be vacated
by 10am each morning and you weren’t
allowed back until tea-time. Tea was two
slices of bread with butter put on and
then scraped back off again with the
back of a knife, and a teaspoon of jam
on a dish to be shared by everyone at
the table. There was no ice-cream, rock
or candy fl oss as all the ingredients were
rationed. And yet, in spite of all this, I
remember holidays as being very happy
times and we always went back to the
same boarding house – perhaps it was a
case of better the devil you know …..!
I also remember spending a weekend
in Blackpool around 1951, or 52, to see
the illuminations. This is something I will
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Holidays
never forget. All my favourite
story-book characters –
Snow White, Cinderella
and Bambi – came to life
and danced before my very
eyes. They went on for miles
and you could travel the
whole length of them on an
illuminated tramcar and the
lights looked even better
in the rain, the trams were
great galleons of light sailing
down a street of refl ected
colour. Yes, Blackpool was
truly unforgettable.
People nowadays think
of the 1950s as sad, dark
and dreary but they were
quite the opposite. Gardens
were bright with fl owers, women and girls
wore pretty fl owered dresses or circular
skirts with puff-sleeved blouses, while
men and boys wore Fairisle pullovers
and everyone wore a hat and ladies
wore gloves. Everywhere there seemed
to be renewal, happiness and, most of
all, a sense of peace after the long war.
Families were together again and able to
enjoy the simple pleasures of life again.
And this is just what we did.
Here is an old-fashioned prayer from an
old-fashioned prayer book:
O God our Father
We would thank thee for all the bright
things of life,
Help us to see them, and to count them,
and to remember them,
That our lives may fl ow in ceaseless
praise
Amen
Rev John Henry Jowett (1846-1923)
Sylvia Bennett
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Poverty .... Could It Be
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It is a widely-held
view that families
who are living in
poverty can have their
circumstances changed
by supplying them with more
money. It is true that a lack
of resources contributes to
the pressures on family life
but sadly family poverty is a
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without recognising that all three will to
some extent have an impact on families
will make helping them much harder.
When working with the Besom
we often come across families who
demonstrate all three of these poverties.
Imagine a family where both parents
are struggling with mental illness and
so are unable to work. They are entitled
to the basic state benefi ts but are still
struggling in other ways. Imagine that
for whatever reason they have no
support from their family. This might be
because they received poor parenting
themselves and have no idea how to
maintain family relationships or maybe
a difference to families living in poverty
their parents rejected them because of
their illness, drug use or maybe they
were diffi cult as teenagers. Whatever
the reason they have no one to turn to
for help – no family and no friends to
support them in times of need. Imagine
that when they were younger, because of
peer pressure, a poor upbringing or their
mental health condition they had turned
to drugs to help them through the pain
of their situation. Imagine that because
of this they are labelled as ‘no hopers’
by society, perhaps they self-identify as
‘useless’ and a ‘drain on society’. This
family will have no basis whatsoever for
making good decisions about life and
their future. For this family receiving
more money will not transform their
situation. Sadly there are many, many
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families for whom this type of situation
is very much a reality and it takes many
Multi-Agency Support Teams working
together to make even a small difference
to their lives.
Imagine that you were brought up
by loving parents, because of this you
have strong family bonds and many
friends who will help you out when
necessary or offer you support in other
ways when it is needed, that you were
encouraged, but not pressured, to do
well at school and go to university and
consequently have a good job that
brings in a regular, adequate income
and that you were given a strong identity
by your parents – you are safe and
secure in the knowledge of who you
are, about where you came from and
have a good platform for making wellinformed
decisions about yours, and
your children’s future. For many people
living on the margins, through little fault
of their own, this is not their reality, quite
the opposite.
So what are we to do? If we are to
tackle this issue at all then we need
to begin by building relationships with
those in our community and city who
are struggling. By building relationships
we begin to put ourselves in someone
else’s shoes and see the issues from
their point of view. This is a journey that
we must take together. We may well fi nd
that in the process our needs are the
same as theirs and we are changed as
much as them.
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Sunday Services
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Morning Prayers
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Monday to Thursday at 9am
Monday to Thursday at 9am
Monday to Thursday at 9am
• Monday to Thursday at 9am - a half-hour service
of prayer and Bible readings in church
Monday to Thursday at 5pm
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There are 18.6 million
families in the UK. Some
of these families will be
in a season of great joy
and happiness – relishing
in the highs of life. But inevitably
there will be others who are in the
midst of great turmoil or sorrow
and desperately in need of comfort
and support.
Almost 30 years ago Rob
Parsons, OBE had the vision to
begin an organisation that would
not only help families in the hard
times, but also help them to put
down strong roots in the good
times – so that they could weather
the storms of life if and when
they come. And so in
1988 Care for the
Family was founded.
Working
throughout the UK,
Care for the Family
provides support
for families through
events, resources,
courses, training and
volunteer networks.
Here’s a little information
about their three main areas of
support for family life: parenting,
marriage and bereavement.
Parenting…
Every parent would agree that
raising children can be a physical
and emotional rollercoaster! And
that’s why mums and dads need
all the support they can get – not
only to help them through the
joys and challenges of being a
parent, but also to keep their
own relationship strong. Care
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and help for new parents, stepparents,
single parents, those
parenting children with additional
needs, those adopting or fostering
– and those facing the normal
challenges of ‘everyday’ parenting.
This support is available through
helpful articles, befrienders, family
activity holidays, books and DVD
courses for use at home or in the
community.
Marriage…
Care for the Family’s marriage
support covers the whole
spectrum of married life. Starting
right at the very beginning with
marriage preparation for engaged
couples, their vision is to continue
supporting couples through every
season – whether they’ve been
married for a few days
or many years. The
organisation’s most
recent resource, The
Marriage Sessions,
is a four-part DVD
based resource
that explores how
couples can build a
fantastic relationship,
and really enrich their
marriages.
Bereavement…
Coping with the pain and
heartache of a close bereavement
is always difficult – not least when
it’s accompanied by a sense of
loneliness and a feeling that no
one understands. Care for the
Family wants to help those who
are living with loss to discover
hope for the future, and the
strength to rebuild their lives
and the lives of their families. In
particular they offer support for
bereaved parents and those who
have been widowed young.
To find out more visit www.
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family life matters!
Care for the Family
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Could you grow the heaviest
vegetable, sew or knit
something, bake a Victoria
sponge, make jam, arrange
fl owers or even make a veggie
animal?
Now is the time to ‘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!
The aim of the “Have a Go” show is
to display the work and talents of
the local community. Everyone is
encouraged to enter even if this is
your first year of growing, making
and baking, especially if you have
never entered a show before.
Judging and awarding of certificates
are to add a bit of fun to the event
and reward efforts.
SCHEDULE
Vegetable Section
1 Three white potatoes
2 Three coloured potatoes
3 Three onions
4 Three carrots
5 Two leeks
6 Six tomatoes
7 Six runner beans
8 Three mixed veg – not
otherwise in schedule
9 Three bulbs garlic
10 Three beetroot globes
11 One green cabbage
12 Three courgettes (15-20cms in
length)
13 One cucumber
14 Heaviest Veg
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You Have A Go?
Have A Go Growing, Making
& Baking Show 2017
September 16, St Chad’s Church
Listed below is the schedule
which is also available on our
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Go on....Have A Go!
Fruit Section
15 Ten soft fruit on a plate (blackberries,
raspberries, blackcurrants,
gooseberries)
16 Five fruit on a plate – not otherwise
in schedule
Floral Art Section
17 Vase of three dahlias
18 One chrysanthemum - spray
19 Three gladioli – any variety
20 A single rose
21 Miniature fl oral arrangement (must
not exceed 15cm overall)
22 Floral arrangement (must not exceed
60cm overall)
23 One vase mixed garden fl owers
Preserves and Baking Section
24 1lb jar fruit jam
25 1lb jar lemon curd
26 1lb jar chutney
27 Victoria Sandwich 7 inch (6oz self
raising fl our; 6oz Caster sugar;
6oz butter; Vanilla Essence; 3 eggs;
raspberry jam; dusting of caster
sugar)
28 Four sweet biscuits/cookies one
variety
29 Four pieces of traybake
30 Three fruit scones
31 Six savoury biscuits or straws, one
variety
Handicrafts Section
32 Jewellery, one piece
33 One embroidery
34. One item knitted or crocheted
35 One item sewn
Art
36 Single photograph – theme
‘Outdoors’
37 Single hand produced picture
(pencil, pastel, oil, charcoal or water
colour)
Children’s Section (Age ranges: under
5, 6-8 years, 9-11 years)
38 Animal made out of fruit and/or
vegetables
39 Picture, paint or crayon.
40 Decorated gingerbread person (plain
biscuit may be purchased).
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Where’s
That From?
A skeleton in the cupboard
Meaning – something which a family, or
an individual, makes every effort to keep
secret because, to reveal it, could have farreaching
and disatrous results.
Derived from - 18th century writings such
as the Gothic novels of Edgar Allen Poe,
whose plots often used corpses hidden
in houses. William Makepeace Thackery,
another popular Victorian author, also
referred to “a skeleton in every house” as
evidence of fictional murder. In 1832, the
Anatomy Act declared the use of corpses
for medical research legal – prior to that
there was a theory that doctors, with
the help of ‘body snatchers’, carried out
research illegally and concealed corpses
in cupboards. Whether or not this was
fact or fiction is unclear, but certainly there
have been many instances of the grisly
discovery of the skeletons of criminals and
unwanted children walled up in houses in
the past. Americans use the word “closet”
instead of “cupboard” and an interesting
modern interpretation of the phrase came
into being in the 1960s. Gay people
talked of “coming out of the closet”, which
became shortened to “coming out”, when
they no longer decided to keep personal
information a closely guarded secret.
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The well-known story of the
Proigal Son would have
been deeply shocking to
the people Jesus told it to.
A young man asks
his father for his share of the
inheritance: in a society that paid
the utmost respect to fathers,
this was like saying - “Dad, I wish
you were dead; all I want is your
money”. Scandalous!
But astonishingly the father
hands over the cash, and the
young man sets off for the bright
lights, quickly running through his
money with wild living.
Soon he’s broke. Then the local
economy goes into recession, and
the only job he can get is looking
after pigs. For Jesus’ listeners,
pigs were unclean and to be
avoided – but there’s worse: he’s
so hungry, the pigs’ food starts to
look tasty.
This is rock bottom, and
suddenly the penny drops: back
home, his father’s hired hands
are far better off – so maybe he
can make a deal. He plans to go
home, cap in hand, and say, “Dad,
I know I’ve blown it as your son –
but could you maybe take me on
as a servant?”.
Off he goes; but before he gets
anywhere near home, his father
sees him coming. Society then
would have said “Forget your son;
he’s dead to you now”. Instead,
he’s been watching and waiting
every day for some sign of his
son’s return. And now, throwing
dignity to the wind, he hikes up his
robes and runs to meet him with
a hug.
Another shock for Jesus’
hearers – Jewish dads didn’t
behave like that!
Paying no attention to his son’s
attempt to make a deal, the father
hustles him into the house, calling
for the best robe, a ring, and
sandals for his son.
The robe was a long garment,
often worn by kings and priests;
it demonstrates dignity and social
position – certainly not the clothes
of a hired servant!
The ring, probably a signet
ring, showed that the wearer was
someone important, part of the
family.
And sandals? When people of
Jesus’ society were taken captive
or sold into slavery, they went
barefoot; having his sandals back
told the son he was home free.
Now, says the father, let’s have
the mother of all parties!
Jesus told this story to say – this
is what God, my father, is like.
This is how he welcomes anyone
who turns back to him, no matter
how they’ve behaved.
Check out the story for yourself:
it’s in Luke’s gospel, chapter 15.
Ken Goodier
The Prodigal Son
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Hatching,
A
few weeks ago I met a vicar
from Pontefract. Whenever
vicars meet for the fi rst time
the conversation quickly turns
to how hard they work (think
of the Three Yorkshireman sketch,
only with dog collars) and how many
baptisms, weddings and funerals they
do each year. In this particular case I
was outmatched considerably. In 11
years of ministry I have taken just over
100 funerals – a mere nine each year.
This vicar had taken about 5,000 over 25
years – 200 a year! We didn’t get on to
compare baptisms and weddings.
There was a time when my new friend
from Pontefract’s experience would
have been typical. The average Church
of England parish priest would expect
to do a clutch of funerals each week,
baptise every baby born in his parish
and spend every Saturday between April
and October conducting weddings. In
some parts of the north of England this
remains true, but particularly in urban
areas and in the south east this is no
longer the case. My 11 years of ministry
have been spent in inner-city London
and Sheffi eld, hence a fewer number of
these services.
These services (jokingly referred to
as hatching, matching and dispatching)
have since time immemorial been the
public means of acknowledging the
signifi cant milestones in a human life.
For many they would perhaps be one
of the few occasions that they would
come to church, but nonetheless would
feel the need to mark the events of birth,
marriage and death in this way. I once
chatted with a policeman who told me
that he hated coming to church. “I’ve
only been twice. The fi rst time I got
M
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Matching & Dispatching
soaked with water and the second time
I made the mistake of getting married.”
I told him that the third occasion
wasn’t likely to be any happier.
So what has changed?
The reasons are too
complex to explain in
full. There has been
a significant change,
particularly amongst
the under 40s, in the
culture’s identification with
Christianity. This obviously
has a big impact on
baptisms and weddings, the
majority of which are youngerlife
events. At the same
time churches now face
competition as wedding
venues from a host of
other alternatives, most
of which are much more
expensive but are able
to provide an all-in-one
package (venue, reception
etc.) beyond your average
Norman church. Likewise, in
funerals, the parish priest is no
longer the automatic go-to
person to mark the death
of a loved one, with a
variety of secular funeral
celebrants now providing
a bespoke service.
So, the question might
be asked, if you are not a
regular church-goer, why
consider a church baptism,
wedding and funeral at all?
And will you be welcomed if you
do want one?
The answer, I think, lies in how
materialist your worldview is. If you hold
a view that human life and love really is
no more than a chance configuration of
chemical elements then it makes
no sense to hold a church
service. But if you believe,
or even sense, that the
birth of your baby, the love
you feel towards your
life-partner, or the grief
that you feel at the death
of a loved one reveals
something more spiritual,
more transcendent, then
the church is there to help
you navigate your way through
these new, and profound,
changes in your life. In
the case of the birth of a
baby this may not mean
baptism, with its strong
commitment to the
Christian faith – it may
be appropriate to hold a
thanksgiving service in
church where the baby is
prayed for and blessed.
As to the welcome you
would receive, as the parish
church of Woodseats and
Beauchief we take very
strongly our responsibility
to care, and pray for,
all who live in our
community. You may
never have been to
church in your life, but if
you feel that at this crucial
time of life you would like
to celebrate, or grieve, in
a place made special through
faith and prayer then do please let us
know.
Rev Toby Hole
St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats
Church Office: Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA
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“There is no
doubt that it
is around the
family and the
home that all the
greatest virtues
are created,
strengthened
and maintained”
Winston S
Churchill
“
You don’t
choose
your family.
They are
God’s gift
to you, as
you are to
them”
Desmond
Tutu
A dog reflects
the family life.
Whoever saw a
frisky dog in a
gloomy family,
or a sad dog in
a happy one?”
Arthur Conan
Doyle
They said it...
““The way
you help
heal the
world is you
start with
your family”
Mother
Teresa
“ “ “
A happy
family
is but
an early
heaven”
George
Bernard
Shaw
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Are you in God’s Family?
Is God interested in families?
Well, actually he invented
them! In the Psalms we’re
told ‘God sets the solitary
in families’. After the world
went ‘pear-shaped’ God spoke to
a family. The husband who was a
wealthy man living in modern-day
Iraq was told to leave his country
and promised that ‘through him
all families on the earth would be
blessed’. That man was Abraham.
The rest of the Bible traces out
how from this one family God’s
blessing has impacted the world.
A little bit of history
first. From
Abraham came
Isaac and
Jacob who
had 12
sons.
These
became
12 tribes
and then
over
time the
nation of
Israel. The
famous King
David was
a descendant.
Move on 1,000
years; the line has not
died out. A teenager in Nazareth
gives birth to a boy. Do you
remember the carol? ‘To you in
David’s town this day, is born, of
David’s line, A Saviour, who is
Christ the Lord…’ The promised
Messiah, descended from
Abraham, brings an even greater
blessing.
God wanted from all eternity to
share the wonder of his kingdom
with people. At first he chose a
nation to be his special ‘family’
but with the coming of Jesus,
he extended the invitation to
everybody – the beautiful, the
unattractive, the influential, the
marginalised, the moral, the
immoral, people of all races,
religions and cultures. So how
do we become members of this
world-wide family? The New
Testament has one particular
illustration to help us understand
it: adoption.
The dictionary says, ‘Adoption
is the act of leaving one’s natural
family and entering into the
privileges and responsibilities
of another’. Some children
put up for adoption
today may come
from situations of
neglect, abuse or
are simply just
not wanted.
When a family
chooses to
adopt, they
are offering
unconditional
acceptance
and love to the
child and legally
that child has
all the rights and
privileges of its new
family.
Just so with God’s family. None
of us are born children of God,
but through Jesus’ death on the
cross, he invites us to become
a member of his royal family.
God unconditionally accepts us,
making us his own children by
promising to be our Heavenly
Father and never throwing us out.
Whatever our background, we
can become sons and daughters
of the living God. No one is ever
turned away. Now that’s a kind of
family worth belonging to!
Jeremy Thornton
St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats
Church Office: Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA
Tel: (0114) 274 5086
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Prayers for the Stolen
by Jennifer Clement
This book is about a
group of girls who are
friends, and their lives,
but predominantly about
Ladydi (more about the
name later). They live in Mexico
in the wild desert
mountain area. They
have little by today’s
standards and
have the threat of
scorpions, snakes
and ants. But most
terrifying is the
threat of the drug
traffi ckers and
cartel gangs.
The girls are
made to look like
boys with short
hair, dirty faces
and drab clothes
by their mothers.
Ladydi’s
mum named
her after Princess Diana whom
she idolised. The TV signal
aided by a satellite seems
to be fi ne but not for mobile
phones! So she watches a lot of
history documentories, nature
programmes and chat shows.
The heat is intense so most
homes have a fridge and when it
becomes unbareable they sit in
front of it with the door open!
Because of the threat of the
cartel gangs every family with
girls digs holes in the ground big
enough to hide them so they’re
safe; if not, when they reach a
ceratin age they are “stolen” by
the gang.
The book progresses steadily
following Ladydi
and her friends
through school but
it is short lived. The
men have to seek
jobs elsewhere
and seemingly
forget about their
families back on the
mountains.
The book is
compelling and, as
the author states, it
is a work of fi ction
based on fact.
There are some
truly lovely moments,
caring, tender and
compassionate amidst
tangled lives, alongside some
horrifi c parts. I would not take
this book on holiday, but I needed
to fi nish the story to see what
happened to the friends. It is a
book still worth reading.
Chris Carr St Chad’s 3rd Age
Book group
Book Review
PRAYER
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Registers 2016
Thanksgiving
April
30 Imogen Lily Homer
Baptisms
March
12 Elizabeth May Jordan
Jack Thomas Jordan
Isabella May Taylor
April
23 Louis Mattine Sabzevari
Lavender Mabel Craddock
30 Elizabeth Mary Dowson
Liam Owen Reynolds
Estere Dzelme
Natasha Grace Goodwin
Wedding
April
29 Gareth Peter Hawley &
Niamh Clare Lehane
Funerals
March
16 Barbara Hall (88)
29 Janet Marcon (70)
April
10 Andrea Dorothy Cummings (53)
12 Pauline Ashwood (79)
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.
St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats
Church Offi ce: Linden Avenue, Sheffi eld S8 0GA
Tel: (0114) 274 5086
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.
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