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WOODSEATS • SHEFFIELD 

October/November 2019

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 fi nd 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 fi nd us: 

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On September 8, after 13 years of faithful 

ministry, the rector of St James’ Church 

in Norton, Fr Geoffrey White, retired. 

Due to the restructuring of the Diocese of 

Sheffield there is no full-time replacement 

available for St James and so I will be taking on 

the role as priest-in-charge (effectively acting 

vicar) for the foreseeable future. This will be in 

addition to my present role as vicar of St Chad’s. 

As many of Impact’s readers are likely to know, 

fitting two jobs into one working week defi es 

mathematics and so my own role at St Chad’s will 

need to be reconfi gured as I move from full time 

to effectively half time. Two Sundays a month will now be spent at St 

James’, with the remainder at St Chad’s. Many midweek commitments 

will now have to be scaled down or delegated to others. Thankfully St 

Chad’s is a church with a long history of congregational involvement and 

there are many able and willing members who can take on roles that 

would previously have been thought of as the vicar’s job. 

I have spent some of the past couple of months learning about 

leadership in non-church environments - the commercial, government 

and charity sectors and vastly different though some of these 

organisations may seem, it is clear that no working environment is free 

from radical change, restructuring and re-organisation. Usually this 

means fewer people being expected to do more work, or to work in 

supposedly more efficient and economic ways. I don’t know whether to 

take comfort that the church is not alone in our struggles, or to despair 

that all areas of work seem to be under increasing pressure and stress to 

meet targets, to up our performance and justify our existence. 

Despite all of this, one thing that I am convinced of is that work is a 

good thing. Yes, I know that working on zero-hours contracts, working 

excessively long hours or doing repetitive and seemingly value-less jobs 

is demoralising and stressful. I am not saying that every expression of 

work is good, but that work itself is a good thing. At its best work gives 

us a place in society, a sense of worth and dignity and comradeship with 

others. Most people I know, including Fr Geoffrey, who are approaching 

retirement do so with some regret at the working life they are leaving 

behind. 

I have always been a fi rm believer that work has a divine purpose. 

This is no more true for me now as a vicar than it was when I was a 

solicitor or (even!) a banker. The book of Genesis puts work at 

the heart of God’s purposes for humanity and when I have 

felt grumpy about what I do I remind myself I do not work 

solely for my own benefi t but for the broader community in 

which I live. For everyone who fi nds Monday mornings a 

struggle, or their working hours too long, I pray that you 

too may fi nd a deeper purpose in what you do and take 

comfort from that. 

Rev Toby Hole, 

Vicar, St Chad’s, Woodseats 



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Eve was displaying the latest line in 

autumn fashions. 

Why did the carrot 

get an award? 

Because he was out 

standing in his fi eld 

Why did Humpty 

Dumpty love 

autumn? 

Because he had 

a great fall! 

Why was the 

man fi red from 

the orange juice 

factory? 

He couldn’t 

concentrate! 

Why did the 

orange go to the 

doctor? 

It wasn’t peeling 

well. 

What do you get 

if you rub two 

oranges together? 

Pulp friction! 

A man ordered carrot soup in a restaurant. It 

was brought to him but the man just sat there. 

“I can’t eat this,” the man told the waiter. 

“Is it too hot?” the waiter asked, “too cold? ... 

too spicy? ... or too salty?” “No,” 

the man replied to each question. 

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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 by the Rose Garden Cafe; 

•Tuesdays - 10.30am: Ecclesall 

Woods. Meet at Abbeydale Industrial 

Hamlet Visitors Centre; 

•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. 

•Fridays - 10.30am: Graves Park. 

Meet in the main entrance, Graves 

Leisure Centre. 

Call 07505 639524 or visit www. 

healthwalksinsheffield.btck.co.uk for 

more details about any of the walks. 

October 4 

Singin’ in the Rain 

Greenhill Library 

7.30pm 

Evening cinema showing of Singin’ 

in the Rain. Suggested £5 donation 

includes refreshments and raffle ticket. 

October 5 

Music for Kids 


11am-4pm 

Tales of Little Red Riding Hood and 

The Three Little Pigs, set to music 

and performed by Margaret Davis, 

Lucy Phillips and Jonny Ingall. 

October 5 

Gala Concert 

All Saints Church, Ecclesall 

7pm 

Dore Male Voice Choir in concert. 

Call in for a Cuppa 

at Church House, 56 Abbey Lane 

10am to 11.45am 

on the last Saturday of each month 

Bring & Buy (new items) 

Handicrafts and Home Baking 

October 12 

Brave 


2pm 

Children’s cinema showing of Brave 

at Greenhill Library. Suggested 

donation £3 adults, £2 children. Ice 

creams and refreshments available. 

October 12 

Lucy and Jonny with Black Velvet 

Clarinet Quartet 

7.30pm 

St Andrew’s, Psalter Lane 

Lucy Phillips on violin and Jonny 

Ingall on cello with the Black Velvet 

Clarinet Quartet. 

October 13 

Abbeydale Miniature Railway 

Abbeydale Road South 

1-5pm 

The regular open day at Abbeydale 

Miniature Railway. 

October 18 

‘Where the bodies are buried’, with 

Stephen Booth 


7.30pm 

Crime novelist Stephen Booth talks 

about his best-selling Cooper and Fry 

series. Tickets £5. 

October 19 

Busy Hands Coffee Morning in aid 

of Andy’s Man Club 

St Chad’s Church 

10am - 12.30pm 

Hand-crafted gifts, raffle, cakes 

with proceeds to Andy’s Man Club. 



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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. 

October 19 

Book Sale 

36 Crawshaw Grove, Beauchief 

10am-12pm 

Good quality second-hand books 

for sale in aid of the Alzheimer’s 

Society. Donations of good 

condition paperback novels or 

biographies are welcome. 

Health Walks 

October Mondays 26 – 10am: Graves Park. 

Call in Meet for at a Cuppa the Animal Farm car park; 

Church Tuesdays House, 56 – Abbey 10.30am: Lane Ecclesall 

10 - 11.45am 

Woods. Meet at Abbeydale 

Tea, coffee, 

Industrial 

biscuits 

Hamlet; 

and various 

Thursdays – 10.30am: 

stalls. Proceeds to Andy’s Man Club. 

Lowedges. Meet at the Community 

October Wing, 31Lowedges Junior School. 

Light Party Call 0114 203 9337. 

6-7.30pm 

National Council for Divorced, 

A fun-filled evening for primary school 

Single and Widowed 

children. Tickets and forms will be 

Tuesdays 8-11pm 

available from uniformed group 

Norton Country Club 

leaders or from the church office. 

Club offering friendship and social 

Email office@stchads.org. 

activities. 

November 

Call 

8 

Magdalen on 0114 

Rocketman 

2394326. 


January 30 - February 5 

7.30pm 

AEGON British Tennis Tour 

Evening cinema showing 

Graves Tennis and Leisure Centre 

Rocketman at Greenhill Library. 

World ranked players compete 

Suggested donation of £5, including 

alongside local Sheffield players. 

refreshments and a raffle ticket. 

Call 0114 283 9900. 

November 9 

Toy Story 

February 

4 

5 

Book Sale 


36 Crawshaw Grove, Beauchief 

2pm 

10am-12pm 

Children’s cinema showing of Toy 

Good quality second-hand books 

Story 4. 

for sale in aid of the Alzheimer‟s 

Suggested donation £3 adults, 

Society. Donations of paperback 

£2 children. Ice creams and 

novels or biographies in good 

refreshments 

condition 

available. 

are welcome (but not 

larger books due to space 

November 13-16 

limitations). 

Murdered to Death 

Dronfield Civic Hall 

February 5 

7.30pm 

Free Environmental Activities 

Dronfield Players present a murder 

Millhouses Park 

mystery comedy by Peter Gordon. 

10.30am-12.30pm 

For tickets, 

Obstacle 

call 

course 

01246 

and 

417850 

stream 

or 

07596 

dipping 

275496. 

activities for 8 - 13 year 

olds. 


Church Office: 

Call 

Linden 

0114 

Avenue, 

263 

Sheffield 

4335. 

S8 0GA 

Tel: (0114) 274 5086 

November 16 

Big Quiz Night 


Doors open 7pm 

Join groups across the country for a 

quiz night in aid of Tearfund. Go to 

stchads.org for more details. 

November 23 

Sheffield Flute Choir Winter 

February 8-12 

Concert 

Jamaica Inn 

2.30pm 

Ecclesall All Saints Church Hall 

Mount View Methodist Church, 

7.30pm 

Derbyshire 

A play presented 

Lane 

by Ecclesall 

Music 

Theatre 

for 

Company. 

flutes in aid 

Tickets: 

of Sheffield 

£5. 

Samaritans. 

Call 0114 

Tickets 

230 8842. 

£6.50. 

November 23 

February 12 

Book Free Environmental Sale Activities 

36 Millhouses Crawshaw Park Grove, Beauchief 

10am-12pm 

1.30-3.30pm 

Second-hand Nature quiz trail, books stream for dipping sale in aid 

of and the bug Alzheimer’s hunting activities Society. for 8 - 13 

year olds. 

November Call 011424263 4335. 

Farmers’ Market 

Greenhill February Library 12 

10am-4pm Free Environmental Activities 

Food Ecclesall and crafts Woods from Sawmill local producers. 

10.30am-12.30pm 

November Nature quiz 28-December trail, stream dipping 1 

Woodseats and bug hunting MTC activities at Christmas for 8 - 13 

Lees year Hall olds. Golf Club 

7.30pm Call 0114 Thursday-Saturday, 235 6348. plus 

2.30pm Saturday and Sunday 

Music February and song 20 from Woodseats 

Musical Why Not Theatre Try A Bike Company. Optional 

supper, Greenhil plus Park Afternoon Tea at the 

Saturday 10am-2pm matinee. Call 0114 264 4803. 

Rediscover your cycling skills in 

November Greenhill Park. 30 The rangers will 

Call provide in for a bike, a Cuppa helmet and 

Church instruction. House, Meet 56 at Abbey the Bowls Lane 

10 Pavilion, - 11.45am Greenhill Park. 

Tea, Booking coffee, is essential. biscuits and various 

stalls. Call In 0114 aid of 283 Sara’s 9195. Refuge. 

Beauchief Abbey holds a a variety 

of services. and For anyone details is see p26. 

welcome to attend. For more 

details see the Abbey notice 

board. Page 7 

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What’s On 


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Sharing God’s Love at 

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As a Christian I have always 

found Halloween a diffi cult 

subject, and so my attitude 

towards it over the years 

has varied. Initially, I 

thought it was highly suspect and 

that I should have nothing to do 

with it, then I was challenged 

and thought, ‘let’s just go with 

it and join in’, but this didn’t fi t 

comfortably either. It’s impossible 

to sit in the dark and pretend 

you’re not in whilst the doorbell 

is constantly ringing, so we tried 

going out for the evening, but both of 

these options felt like cop outs. 

Finally, one year, I sat down and 

decided to do a bit of research…. 

Halloween as we know it has its 

origins over 1900 years ago in a 

pagan Celtic festival called Samhain, 

which marked the end of the harvest 

season and the beginning of winter. It 

was when the souls of the dead could 

supposedly mingle with the living. 

Spirits were appeased with offerings of 

food and drink, in the hope that family 

and livestock would survive the winter. 

People would dress as demons and 

spirits in order to disguise themselves 

and escape possible persecution 

from these lost souls. With the arrival 

of St Patrick and other Christian 

missionaries, it lost its popularity, as 

the population began to convert to 

Christianity. Instead of eradicating 

Samhain or “Halloween”, the church 

took such holidays, and, with a 

Christian twist, made an effort to bring 

paganism and Christianity together, 

making it easier for people to convert to 

the state religion. 

This was all very interesting and I 

could more easily understand how 

Halloween had developed into what it is 

today, but what was God saying to me 

about it now? 

Philippians 4:8 in the Bible says, 

“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever 

is true, whatever is noble, whatever 

is right, whatever is pure, whatever 

is lovely, whatever is admirable – if 

anything is excellent or praiseworthy – 

think about such things.” 

I considered what Halloween was 

celebrating….was it uplifting, pure and 

lovely, or did it bring to mind fear and 

darkness? How could I, at this time of 

year, authentically meet with and bless 

my neighbours, whilst reaching out with 

the good news of the light and hope 

that Christ brings to our dark world? 

It was then that I came across UCB’s 

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Halloween 

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with a full colour Bible-based booklet, 

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and room enough for a few sweets 

with which to bless the recipients. 

As well as distributing these, I have 

had some great conversations, with 

children and adults alike, about my 

pumpkin carvings. My fi rst year I 

did ‘Hope’, but last year I actually 

managed ‘Jesus’! 

American pastor Phil Wyman 

believes that, “Halloween is a unique 

time when doors are thrown open, 

people welcome strangers and there 

is a willingness to talk about spiritual 

things like good and evil, heaven 

and hell, angels and demons, and 

embark on conversations of meaning 

that can be tied to the gospel.” Now, 

rather than dreading the day, I can 

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When giving dietary 

advice to my 

patients, I have never 

suggested eating 

more orange foods, 

but it wouldn’t be bad guidance if I 

did. Orange foods include peaches, 

carrots, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, 

oranges, apricots, mangoes, 

prawns, salmon and many others. In 

cooking, orange colour and aroma is 

provided by spices such as paprika, 

saffron and turmeric. 

The humble carrot originated 

in Asia in the region around Iran 

1000 years ago, and their modern 

descendants are purple or yellow 

in colour, with branched roots. The 

‘western’ carrot came to prominence 

in the Netherlands in the 17th 

century, with some theories that the 

orange colour was bred to celebrate 

the House of Orange. The colour 

itself derives from high levels of 

beta-carotene, which is converted to 

vitamin A in the body. Only a small 

amount is absorbable from eating 

raw carrots – so cooking carrots 

improves their nutritional value. 

Can carrots help you see in the 

dark? Only if you are deficient in 

vitamin A (which is rare). This myth 

was created by the British military 

in WWII as a reason for fighter pilot 

successes against the Luftwaffe, 

and as a way of encouraging carrot 

production during the Dig for Victory 

campaign. It worked though – a 

huge surplus of carrots was grown 

as part of the war effort. 

But orange isn’t the only colour, 

and we should aim to ‘eat the 

rainbow’: fresh red tomatoes, orange 

carrots, yellow peppers, green 

broccoli, blueberries and purple 

aubergines. However, I do advise 

avoiding grapefruit if you are taking 

medication to lower cholesterol or 

thin the blood – grapefruit can affect 

how these drugs work in the body. 

Also, fruit is best eaten solid – avoid 

pure orange juice as this has very 

high levels of sugar and none of the 

fibre benefits of a whole orange. 

There is increasing evidence 

that such a varied intake of fruit 

and veg really helps the balance 

of bacteria in the bowel (known as 

the Microbiome). Gut health is now 

linked to health problems including 

depression, obesity, diabetes and 

irritable bowel syndrome. See 

https://cleverguts.com for more 

about this fascinating area. 

Are there any food colours we 

shouldn’t eat? Well, beige and 

white are often associated with 

processed, high sugar foods which 

are not so gut friendly – we should 

really be reducing the amounts of 

pasta, potatoes, bread, cakes, buns 

and pastries we consume. So do 

yourself a favour, try a different 

orange food each day and eat the 

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lead people to think about Jesus. 

When he asked God what to do next, he 

was given a vision for a wall to be built 

of one million bricks, each linked to an 

answered prayer. Having prayed over that 

for another ten years, he fi nally felt the 

nudge to start acting on it. 

In April 2016, through a crowdfunding 

campaign, 772 donors raised £45,000 for 

a website for the Wall of Answered Prayer 

and an international competition to design 

it run by the Royal Institute of British 

Architects. 

Two months later, the website was 

completed and ready to capture one 

million answered prayers. By the end 

of that year, 133 entries to the RIBA 

competition – from 23 different countries 

– had been narrowed down to four 

fi nalists by the expert panel of judges plus 

one public vote winner. Their concept 

designs were unveiled in February 2017 

at a parliamentary reception in London 

hosted by the Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP, 

a member of the judging panel. 

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of Answered Prayer 

acres (4.05 hectares) in a prime location 

near the M6/M42 junction, below the 

flight path serving Birmingham Airport. 

Following the unveiling in London, 

the RIBA competition continued, with 

the final five architects adapting their 

designs to the specifi c landscape. 

In May this year, the winner was 

announced – Snug Architects of 

Southampton. 

Their concept, inspired during a 

time of prayer, is a Möbius strip, a 

surface having only one side and one 

edge, formed by twisting one end of 

a rectangular strip – in this case one 

million bricks – through 180 degrees 

and joining it to the other end. Thus, it 

is a surface without beginning or end, 

which speaks of God’s eternal and 

triune nature and ensures that the wall’s 

message of his goodness unifi es and 

inhabits the whole structure. 

Visitors to the wall will be able to 

interact with the answered prayers in 

one of three ways. A mobile phone app 

will either bring up the written story of a 

specific prayer or its video, or the prayer 

will be experienced through a Virtual 

Reality reenactment with an onsite VR 

headset. 

Also on site will be a 

24/7 Prayer Room, a 

park area for prayer 

and refl ection, 

trained chaplains 

providing support, 

a café and a Christian bookstore. 

The overall budget for the Wall is £10 

million – all from private investment, 

since the project will not take any money 

from the public purse. Some will come 

from major donors and some from 

crowdfunding, which those involved in 

the project believe ‘is at the heart of 

the wall, as there is something special 

about building a national landmark 

that is funded by tens of thousands of 

people.’ 

Entry will be free and all profi ts raised 

from its ongoing operation, including the 

bookstore and car park, will fund one 

million bricks for social housing – 75 per 

cent in the UK and 25 per cent abroad. 

In August this year, the planning 

process began, at an estimated cost of 

£384,000. However, with various people 

donating their relevant skills, this has 

now been reduced to £210,000. 

While around 13,000 answered 

prayers have already been gathered in, 

and a further 137,000 are anticipated by 

the time the Wall is completed in 2022, 

the remaining 850,000 will be added in 

the years that follow. Of these, 75,000 

will be stories of answered prayer from 

throughout the UK’s history – from St 

Augustine of Canterbury in the sixth 

century to World War Two in the 20th. 

For more information on the project – 

which has twice been featured on Songs 

of Praise – visit www.thewall.org.uk 

Stephen Dowson 



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The Services Colours at of St Autumn Chad’s 

Autumn is one of my 

favourite seasons. It’s 

nature’s last blaze of 

glory before the long 

winter sleep. It never 

disappoints! The myriad colours 

blaze as the sun’s golden hue 

bringing depth to the autumn 

landscape. 

These are mellow days, the 

vigorous growth of spring has 

passed and summer’s glory is 

gone. It’s time to relax, enjoy warm 

cosy evenings inside and dig out 

the warm, snuggly clothes. As 

the nights draw in we can always 

hope that the television improves. 

At least there’s The Great British 

Bake Off to keep us entertained 

for a while. 

Then there’s the autumn foods! 

Apple crumble, with beautiful fresh 

Bramley apples, and hot creamy 

custard; blackberry pie, ripe juicy 

plums and endless varieties of 

apples and pears; and of course 

all those exciting new flavours of 

hot creamy drinks that appear in 

cafes everywhere (I do have a 

sweet tooth I’m afraid). Let’s not 

forget the harvest supper – pie, 

mushy peas and gravy with, of 

course, Henderson’s Relish, it’s a 

tradition! Then follows the Harvest 

service when we are joined by our 

uniformed groups. It always warms 

my heart to see the amazing 

amount of gifts that will hopefully 

help those in need through the 

coming winter. 

In November the spectacle of 

Bonfire Night is on the agenda. 

More colours burst upon our 

vision, this time tearing the night 

sky with accompanying bangs, 

screeches and fizzles. Sparklers 

in gloved hands pop and glitter as 

they make patterns in the night 

air. Who tries to write their name 

before it goes out? And the smells! 

The smokey bonfire, the chemical 

tang of the fireworks and the 

food. More food! Baked potatoes 

with butter and cheese, hot dogs, 

parkin and sticky sweet bonfire 

toffee - a dentist’s nightmare! 

But finally autumn draws to a 

close, the trees give up their glory, 

creatures hibernate and migrate, 

and the sun gives out a paler light. 

Winter draws on. 

I often think our lives are like 

the seasons. We spend time 

growing and reaching out to the 

world around us, blossoming 

and revealing our true colours, 

mellowing and slowing down as 

we bath in the late sunlight, and at 

last resting in the shelter of times 

past. 

But life, like the weather of the 

seasons, is unpredictable and so 

we face storms and darkness, 

as well as warmth and light. But 

whatever life sends your way may 

all life’s passing seasons contain 

some glorious, colourful, light. 

Jane Jones 



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As a child I remember 

annually sitting at a table 

with my school friends 

with an interesting 

collection of materials 

in front of us. Oranges, cocktail 

sticks, red ribbons, candles, and a 

variety of dolly mixture and raisins 

were scattered on the table. Our 

task was twofold. First, to create 

a ‘Christingle.’ Second, to try 

not to eat too many sweets so 

that some remained to go on the 

cocktail sticks. 

In 1747 a Bishop in a 

Protestant church in Germany 

was considering a simple way for 

children to think about Jesus. He 

came up with a candle and a red 

ribbon. This is the origin of the 

Christingle. Some 220 years later 

John Pensom (who later became 

known as ‘Mr. Christingle’) 

introduced the Christingle Service 

to the Church of England at 

Lincoln Cathedral. 

The orange itself represents 

the world. Into the orange are 

inserted four cocktail sticks, 

which can be thought of as the 

four seasons, or as North, East, 

South and West. The sweets or 

dried fruit placed on these sticks 

represent all of God’s creation 

and the fruits that come from it. 

The ribbon around the orange is 

a symbol of God’s love wrapped 

around the world. Furthermore, it 

is red to represent Jesus’ blood 

on the cross: the great symbol of 

God’s love for the world is that he 

sent Jesus to us (John 3:16). The 

candle inserted into the orange 

represents Jesus as the light of 

the world, bringing hope to people 

living in darkness. 

In the Bible, Jesus describes 

himself as the Light of the World 

(eg, John 8:12). Many will be 

familiar with a reading from 

the start of John’s Gospel from 

Christmas services. It talks of 

Jesus as the true light coming into 

the world (John 1:1-14). 

This explains why Christingle 

services happen in the lead up to 

Christmas, because Christingles 

are all about Jesus coming into 

the world and the difference that 

he makes. Christmas is the great 

annual celebration that focusses 

on the arrival of Jesus in the 

world, and the joy that it initially 

brought to so many: Mary and 

Joseph, angels, shepherds and 

wise men. But Christmas is also 

a time of great joy for us today, as 

we celebrate all that Jesus has 

done, continues to do, and will do. 

People are always welcome 

to come to St Chad’s to fi nd out 

more about Jesus. Stay tuned 

for the next Impact edition for all 

the details of Christmas services, 

including the Christingle one, 

where we will explore more about 

Jesus and the Christmas story. 

Rev James Norris 

The Orange of Christingle 



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Services at St Chad’s 

Sunday Services 

Sunday 

Sunday 

Services 

Services 

Sunday Services 

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Weekday 

Weekday 

Services 

Services 

Weekday Services 

Weekday Services 

Morning Prayers 



Morning Prayer 

Evening Prayers 



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 

• Monday Friday at to 9am Thursday - up to at an 5pm hour of prayer, blessing 

for Monday the community to Thursday and at prayer 5pm ministry if requested 

The Thursday 10am Service 

The Thursday 10am Service 

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Other Services 

Other Services 

Prayer and Praise 

Prayer Prayer and and Praise 

Sunday, February 13 at 7.30pm 

Sunday, 

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7.30pm 

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Ash Wednesday Service 

Wednesday, March 9 at 7.30pm 

Wednesday, March 9 at at 7.30pm 

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During my travels I have 

seen peach trees in 

Georgia, lemon trees 

in Italy and even fig 

trees near Meadowhall. 

However, I can’t recall ever seeing 

orange trees and the associated 

famous orange blossom. 

The orange blossom is the 

fragrant flower of the Citrus 

Sinensis (orange tree). It is used 

in the making of perfume and is 

the state flower of Florida. 

It is traditionally associated with 

good fortune and is often 

used in bridal bouquets 

at weddings. Its 

petals can be 

made into 

orange flower 

water, an 

alternative to 

rose water, 

a common 

part of both 

French 

and Middle 

Eastern cuisine 

used in desserts 

and baked goods. 

It’s also used in the 

United States where 

Orange Blossom scones and 

marshmallows are made. 

Highly-prized Orange Blossom 

honey – or citrus honey – is 

produced by putting beehives in 

the citrus groves during blooming 

period and tastes much like the 

fruit. 

The touristic nickname for the 

Castellon seaboard in Spain is 

the Costa del Azahar (Orange 

Blossom Coast). In Spain, fallen 

blossoms are dried and then used 

to make tea. 

Orange trees were introduced 

into Florida from Spain and the 

state flower is orange blossom. 

Florida produces the majority 

of citrus fruit grown in the USA 

with most of the oranges being 

processed into orange juice, the 

official state beverage. 

The Orange Blossom Special 

was a deluxe passenger train 

that connected railroads between 

Miami and New York City. It ran 

during the winter season only. 

It started operating in 1925 and 

was designed to lure influential 

business leaders to the Sunshine 

state and its huge potential for 

development. The train 

was renowned for its 

speed and luxury 

and fine dining. 

Fresh fish and 

other food 

was taken 

on board at 

every stop. 

The service 

last ran 

in 1953. A 

country song 

was composed 

about this 

famous train and 

Johnny Cash also 

named his 1965 album 

The Orange Blossom Special. 

Interestingly, the Japanese 

built their first jet aircraft late 

in World War Two and called it 

the Nakajima Kikka or Orange 

Blossom Special. The first 

prototype had only flown once 

before the end of the conflict. Its 

alternative name translates as 

Imperial Weapon Number Two. 

The Japanese Orange Blossom 

Tree is grown widely in Japan 

and China and was exported 

successfully to the USA. But as 

far as I can gather it does not 

produce oranges. 

David Manning 

Orange Blossom 



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in Florida and the number and 

size of orange farms was quite 

impressive. 

As we were driving through 

the orange groves I realised that I knew 

virtually nothing about oranges so I did a 

bit of research and thought I would share 

with you how interesting the orange is. 

It turns out the orange – or Sweet 

Orange as it is properly known – is quite 

a complex fruit with a long history and a 

fascinating story to tell. 

The orange as we know it is a cross 

between the Pomelo and the 

Mandarin and originated in 

China at least 1800 years 

ago. It is possible to take 

a seed from an orange 

bought at a supermarket 

and grow it on into a 

plant and eventually 

into a tree up to 30 

feet tall but it often 

produces uncertain fruit 

because it is most likely 

that the resulting fruit will 

not resemble the orange that 

you took the seed from. In fact it 

may not be an orange at all because 

oranges are a hybrid fruit so you may get 

a lemon (no pun intended). It gets even 

weirder because the plant can reproduce 

itself asexually by a process which would 

take too long to explain but in effect 

the female fl ower does not need pollen 

from a male fl ower to become fertile – it 

has the ability built into the seed to do it 

itself. If you want to look it up its called 

apomixis. 

Commercially, orange trees are not 

produced by sowing a seed and then 

seeing what grows. This would take 



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vices and Fascinating at St Chad’s Fruit 

several years to reach 

maturity and also given 

that the fruit that results 

may not be an orange at 

all farmers use a different 

method. The orange tree 

is produced by a process 

called grafting which 

involves putting a slit in the 

bark of the young rootstock 

tree and inserting a bud from a 

known orange tree and then binding 

it. The rootstock prevents the tree from 

growing too tall and the resulting fruit is 

guaranteed to be an orange. 

Oranges are handpicked and the 

only way to tell if they are ripe is by 

cutting one open and tasting it. You 

cannot tell by the colour of the skin 

because although you may feel that 

a green orange would be unripe and 

an orange-coloured orange would be 

ripe it just doesn’t work that way. The 

colour of the skin and the sweetness 

of the fruit depends on the night time 

temperatures of the location where the 

fruit was grown as well as the amount 

of sunlight it receives. An orange on the 

south-facing part of a tree will be more 

orange in colour and sweeter than one 

on the north-facing part of the tree. In 

fact, in some areas oranges are naturally 

green and remain green even when ripe. 

The top orange producing countries are 

Brazil, the USA, China and India and in 

total the 73,000,000 tonnes of oranges 

grown each year account for 70 per 

cent of citrus production throughout the 

world although oddly none are grown in 

‘Orange County’ in the USA! 

There are many pests and diseases 

which can destroy the orange crop 

and global warming is increasing the 

likelihood of even more pests and 

diseases becoming prevalent in the 

future. 

Next time you pick an orange out of 

the fruit bowl please remember what a 

complex and fascinating fruit it is. 

Steve Winks 



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Services The Fruit at of St the Chad’s Bible 

The Bible is jam-packed 

full of fruit. But, alas, 

no oranges make an 

appearance. Over the 

years there has been a 

fair amount of historical interest in 

plants (and what they produce) in 

the Bible, but it is complicated by 

issues of translation. 

Most of the Old Testament 

was originally written in Hebrew, 

and the New Testament written 

in Greek. The Bible has been 

translated into many languages 

in the world, so sometimes it is 

hard to discover exactly what the 

original fruit being referred 

to was. 

All this being 

said, figs, grapes, 

olives, dates, 

pomegranates 

and almonds 

(yes, almonds 

are technically a 

fruit!) are the most 

mentioned fruits in 

the Bible. 

Fruits are used in a 

variety of different ways in the 

Bible. They are used to name 

people or places. They are 

included in some Old Testament 

laws, such as not stripping an 

olive tree bare when harvesting 

it, but leaving some for those 

in need (Deuteronomy 24:20). 

Pomegranates are used for 

decoration on priestly clothing 

(Exodus 28:33-34). Fruits are 

used linguistically to communicate 

things, including wisdom (eg, 

Proverbs 27:18), love (eg, Song 

of Songs 7:8) and blessings (eg, 

Deuteronomy 8:8). 

More generally, ‘being fruitful’ is 

an idea that comes up regularly in 

the Bible. This might be to do with 

growth or producing in a number 

of different ways. It could be a 

people group growing in number, 

an abundance of crops or goods, 

or spiritual growth. 

Jesus talks about how people 

will be known by what kind of fruit 

they produce (Matthew 7:15-20) 

and that abiding with him means 

that his followers will produce fruit 

(John 15:1-17). Indeed, St Paul 

discusses how Jesus’ Spirit at 

work in someone’s life produces 

fruit of love, joy, peace, patience, 

kindness, generosity, faithfulness, 

gentleness, and self-control 

(Galatians 5:22-23). 

But probably the most 

well-known use of fruit 

in the Bible is in the 

narrative in Genesis. 

Here Adam and Eve 

eat the fruit (note 

that is not called an 

apple) of the one 

tree in the garden of 

Eden that God asked 

them not to eat from. 

Most of us will probably 

know that this results in 

the expulsion from the garden 

of Eden. Relationships in all 

directions are damaged: between 

humanity and God, across 

humanity, and between humanity 

and creation. 

The Bible shows these 

relationships restored in 

Revelation chapters 21 and 22, 

where a beautiful garden-city is 

described which contains a less 

well-known tree from the garden 

of Eden, the ‘tree of life’ which 

produces fruit. This all comes 

about through Jesus, in the new 

heaven and earth, but Jesus 

promises his followers a foretaste 

of this now, the first fruits of what 

is to come. 

Rev James Norris 



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A 

new project is set to 

launch in the Norton 

and Meadowhead 

area, organised by the 

Landscape Heritage 

Research Foundation (LHRF). 

From RFC Airfield to City 

Suburb – 100 Years of History at 

Meadowhead & Norton, Sheffield 

has been funded by the National 

Lottery Heritage Fund and follows 

on from the successful Norton’s 

Flying Legacy project of 2016/17. 

The project is running over the 

next year and will delve further 

into the history of the suburb from 

the First World War Aeroplane 

Repair Depot to today’s thriving 

suburb. 

One strand will follow the 

military theme from WW1, 

through WW2 and into the Cold 

War and set out to record any 

remaining artefacts of the built 

military environment and visit 

collections to see the type of 

aircraft that once flew from the 

area. 

At the same time, we will 

explore the wider development 

and growth of the suburb through 

visits to the local archives, local 

field visits and carrying out 

interviews to add important local 

first-hand experiences to the 

project. 

Our intention is to put together 

a 100-year history of a major 

city suburb and show how it has 

changed over that time. 

Any project such as this always 

needs help! LHRF chairman 

and project director, Sheffield 

Hallam University’s Professor 

Ian Rotherham, said: “Projects 

such as this rely very much 

on the input of volunteers and 

contributors of all ages making it 

truly inter-generational. 

“Capturing memories and 

stories from the past is so 

important when tracing the 

history of an area but equally 

important are those experiences 

of today’s generation, recording 

their stories and experiences 

for the future ensuring the story 

continues.” 

If anyone is interested in joining 

in as a volunteer – no matter how 

much or little time you can spare 

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like to share, please let us know 

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Celebrating Women’s Fiction 

The Orange Prize for Fiction 

was founded in 1996 to 

celebrate excellence in 

writing by women. Over 

two decades later, and 

now known as the Women’s Prize 

for Fiction, it is the UK’s most 

prestigious annual book award 

celebrating and honouring women’s 

writing. 

This year’s winner was Tayari 

Jones with her book An American 

Marriage. 

Professor Kate Williams,chair of 

judges, said: “This is an exquisitely 

intimate portrait of a marriage 

shattered by racial injustice. 

“It is a story of love, loss and 

loyalty, the resilience of the human 

spirit painted on a big political 

canvas – that shines a light on 

today’s America.” 

Over the years, many other 

authors have won the prize with 

their outstanding works of fiction. 

Here are just a few... 



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The Gift of Love in a Shoebox 

Operation Christmas Child 

is organised by the 

charity Samaritan’s Purse 

showing God’s love in a 

tangible way to millions of 

children around the world. 

The charity works with local 

churches overseas to distribute 

the gifts to those who need them 

the most regardless of their 

background or beliefs, asking 

nothing in return. This may be in 

schools, hospitals, orphanages, 

homeless shelters and 

impoverished neighbourhoods. 

It is supported by individuals, 

families, schools, churches, 

businesses and other 

organisations in the UK. 

Anyone can do it – just giftwrap 

a shoebox, decide if your gift is for 

a boy or girl and the age category 

then fill it with simple gifts such as 

• Hat, gloves, scarf, 

• School items – paper/book, 

pencils, crayons, rubber, ruler, 

• Something to play with - ball, 

skipping rope, finger puppets, soft 

toy, trucks and cars, doll, 

• Hygiene items – comb/ 

hairbrush, hair accessories, soap, 

flannel, toothbrush. 

Finally please include £5 

towards shipping costs. 

This year we have been asked 

NOT to include toothpaste, 

sweets, or chocolate 

Choosing gifts can be fun 

for all the family. With a little 

imagination, it doesn’t have to 

cost a lot 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’. 

Leaflets will be available at 

St Chad’s from October 1 and 

completed boxes can be left at 

the church office in Linden Avenue 

and at our 9am and 11am Sunday 

services up until November 25. 

Other drop-off points can be 

found on the website www. 

operationchristmaschild.org.uk 

I hope that many of you will 

support this appeal again this 

year – each shoebox will bring 

excitement and happiness to a 

child who has so little. 

Thank you. 

Carole Titman 



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Who cares? ... Do you? 

Who cares for the elderly 

mobility restricted people in 

our community, bereft of a 

local relative? We assume 

carers and the State will do 

it but that isn’t always possible. 

Often caring friendly help comes from 

neighbours. St Chad’s 3rd Age Ministry 

has already organised activities to 

help those mobile or lonely to find fun, 

friendship and a safe place to spend 

some time, perhaps a drink and chat 

in the Natter Café, playing snooker or 

games, chat in a friendship group or on 

a social short walk. Our Thursday 10am 

service invites worship and fellowship 

with refreshment. 

But what about those who lack energy, 

willpower or the ability to go out alone to 

seek friendship and interest? 

What about those housebound, lonely 

or have lost confidence? Who cares for 

them? St. Chad’s 3rd Age Befrienders 

Team does! 

Currently we befriend individuals 

living locally to Woodseats who have 

been referred to us by carers, medical 

practices, social workers, family friends 

or neighbours. We visit to ensure we 

can help and if so match them to a 

befriender, and now they are visited 

about once a month for an hour of 

friendship. 

Reasons for the first call to us are 

varied, maybe a debilitating illness, an 

accident, bereavement or another. 

We can only help if we know who 

needs it. If you want to find out more, call 

the Church Office 0114 274 5086 and 

ask for Yvonne Smith to contact you. 

Services are held every Sunday 

1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, Sundays Holy communion at 11.00am 

3rd Sunday - Evensong Service 3pm 

Special Services: 

Sunday 20th October at 3.00pm is our Harvest Festival service 

Donations of tinned food and toiletries welcome. These will be distributed to 

local food banks. 

Sunday 10th November 10.45am Remembrance Sunday service 

Sunday 17th November 3.00pm Evensong taken by Bishop Pete. 

All Welcome 

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The Husband’s Secret by 

Liane Moriarty 

Following on from reading 

Big Little Lies, St Chad’s 

Third Age Book Club read 

The Husband’s Secret by 

the same 

author. 

Here’s the 

question. In an 

old box in the attic 

you discover a 

letter written to you 

by your husband 

marked “For my 

wife - to be opened 

only in the event 

of my death”. Do 

you open it? You 

mention, in a 

phone call to him, 

that you have 

found the letter. 

He says “don’t 

open it”. Do you 

read it? Cecilia 

Fitzpatrick does. 

The content is life changing. She 

now has to make a decision. 

Cecilia’s life is as perfect as it can 

be, so will she let the content of 

the letter ruin it? 

The story is set in Sydney, 

Australia and there are two other 

main characters in the book, 

Rachel Crowley and Tess O’Leary. 

Rachel is secretary at the school 

Cecilia’s children attend. She 

is mother of a child murdered 

30 years ago and believes she 

knows the killer’s identity and has 

evidence to prove it. 

Tess O’Leary 

has recently 

returned with her 

son to Sydney, 

after her husband 

has told her he 

no longer loves 

her but wants 

to be with her 

best friend and 

cousin. Tess 

enrols her son at 

the school where 

Rachel works and 

discovers that one 

of the teachers is 

an ex-boyfriend. 

The threads of 

the lives in this 

story are cleverly 

entwined and the 

ending has a dramatic sting in 

the tail. I found the book a light 

but engrossing read which I really 

enjoyed. I will now be looking for 

other novels by this author. 

Margaret Mosforth 

Margaret is a member of St 

Chad’s Third Age Book Group 

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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 

office. For funerals 

please tell your 

funeral director 

that you would like 

to have a church 

service. 

• If you have had a new baby 

and would like to celebrate that 

baby’s birth with a service in 

church then please come to 

one of our thanksgiving and 

baptism mornings at St Chad’s. 

The morning will explain the 

difference between the two 

services and give parents an 

opportunity to ask 

any questions. 

Please call the 

church office 

on 0114 

274 5086 

if you are 

interested in 

attending. 



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to advertise in 

Adverts are priced 

at the following rates for 

one year (six editions): 

1/8 page: £110 

1/6 page: £155 

1/4 page: £225 

1/2 page: £445 

Full page: £915 

Call St Chad’s Church office on 

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or email 

impact@stchads.org 

for more information 



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Contacts 


CHURCH OFFICE 274 5086 

Linden Avenue, S8 0GA 

email: offi ce@stchads.org 

If you want to contact the church offi ce and there is no one available, please leave a 

message or send an email and we will get back to you as soon as possible. 

Vicar Toby Hole (Vicarage) 274 9302 

email: toby@stchads.org 

Curate James Norris 274 5086 

Readers 

Daren Craddock, Amy Hole, 

Pauline Johnson & Ro Willoughby 274 5086 

Youth Worker Nick Seaman 274 5086 

email: nick@stchads.org 

Besom in Sheffi eld Steve Winks 07875 950170 

email: steve@stchads.org 

Impact magazine Tim Hopkinson 274 5086 

email: impact@stchads.org 

Church Wardens Ann Firth 274 5086 

Ann Lomax 274 5086 

Uniformed Groups 

Group Scout Leader Ian Jackson 235 3044 

Guide Leader Jemma Taylor 296 0555 

CHURCH HOUSE 56 Abbey Lane 

Bookings Church Office 274 5086 

VISIT OUR WEBSITE: www.stchads.org 

PLEASE NOTE: The inclusion of advertisements in Impact in no way means the 

advertiser is endorsed or recommended by St Chad’s Church. 



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764 764 Chesterfield Road, Woodseats, Sheffield, S8 S8 0SE 0SE 

Email: sheffieldwoodseats@hunters.com 



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