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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 about St Chad’s, visit our website at www.stchads.org or call the church office on 0114 274 5086. Here’s where to find us: Abbey Lane Linden Avenue St Chad's Church & Church Office Church House Camping Lane Chesterfield Road Abbey Lane School G. & M. LUNT LTD Independent family Funeral Directors A A personal family service at at all all times We We will visit you in in your own home to to make all all neccessary arrangements Pre-paid funeral plans available 0114 274 5508 gmluntltd@btconnect.com 36 36 Abbey Lane, Sheffield, S8 S8 0GB “Thank you so much for the work you did in totally renewing my bathroom, I am so very pleased with the overall result. You were 100% professional, it was a pleasure to have you working in the house. I have no hesitation of recommending you to my friends and neighbours.” Stella Stacey, S8 t: 0114 220 3299 or 07908 898 827 e: chrisshephardplumbing@virginmedia.com www.chrisshephardplumbing.co.uk St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Church Office: Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA Tel: (0114) 274 5086 Page 2 email: office@stchads.org website: www.stchads.org
It is a remarkable fact that Roman ruins are still as numerous and visible as they are. We have far more evidence of Roman buildings from 2,000 years ago than we do of Anglo-Saxon buildings from 1,000 years ago, and it is quite possible that the Roman remains will long outlast whatever buildings that we erect now. One of the reasons for the durability of Roman construction lies in concrete. Perhaps you thought that concrete is the blight of the 20th century and that previous civilizations were more elegant in their construction projects, but the Romans were masters of making concrete. What’s more, the Romans made better concrete than we do, and to date we still don’t quite know how they did it. Modern concrete is practical but is not very durable. It suffers from “concrete cancer” and corrodes quickly when in contact with salt water. In contrast Roman concrete was designed to be laid under water and in fact was made stronger by it. Roman harbours, far from being destroyed by the storms raging against them were strengthened by the salt water lashing against them, creating crystals in the cracks that bound the concrete together even more strongly. Roman concrete has sometimes been called the most durable man-made substance ever used, and despite our technology we have not yet been able to imitate it. We are, thankfully, moving away from a view that strength is all about muscles, mental resilience and a ‘stiff upper lip’. Strength is something that comes much deeper from within us and can sometimes emerge unexpectedly in the hardest of situations. In my role as a vicar I often come across people buffeted and battered by the most terrible storms of life. So often I find that they have within them a quiet strength that has emerged out of their difficult experiences – a strength that they were perhaps unaware of before. Like Roman concrete, the lashing waves have somehow strengthened them and given them the resilience to go on. St Paul spent much of his life in Mediterranean ports so he may well have known something of the powers of Roman concrete. He certainly knew a lot about storms – both sea storms and the storms of life – and knew that God’s power was made perfect in his weakness, “For when I am weak, then I am strong.” As a Christian I know that I need God’s power in my cracks so that I become stronger in adversity, not through my own strength but through his love. Rev Toby Hole, Vicar, St Chad’s, Woodseats August/September 2018 WOODSEATS • SHEFFIELD Strength in the Storm St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Church Offi ce: Linden Avenue, Sheffi eld S8 0GA Tel: (0114) 274 5086 Page 3 email: offi ce@stchads.org website: www.stchads.org
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