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On the Christmas Streets<br />
As Christmas comes<br />
around again, the Street<br />
Pastors are ready for<br />
anything on the streets of<br />
Sheffield city centre.<br />
Who knows what we will meet<br />
around the next corner? Often<br />
people out for a work Christmas<br />
party. Usually these are great fun<br />
but sometimes people end up very<br />
drunk or taking some drugs.<br />
Street Pastors are there to<br />
‘Care, Listen and Help’. We<br />
care for their immediate needs,<br />
giving water or fl ip fl ops (needed<br />
if they came out in high-heeled<br />
shoes). We listen to their stories<br />
– sometimes very sad stories of<br />
abuse, break up or just some bad<br />
decisions on one night! We help<br />
them to get home in a taxi or with<br />
a friend or family member or we<br />
reunite them to their friends who<br />
they have lost.<br />
We care for the homeless by<br />
giving them space blankets<br />
to protect them from<br />
the cold. We care<br />
for the club and<br />
pub promoters<br />
working late<br />
into the night<br />
by giving<br />
them hand<br />
warmers and<br />
a listening ear<br />
and a lolly.<br />
We help the doormen and<br />
women by responding to their<br />
calls to come and assist in another<br />
lone girl/drunk man/lost and lonely<br />
person. It could be your son/<br />
daughter/grandchild/niece/friend.<br />
Christmas can be a great time<br />
but it can also be a very lonely<br />
time for some. Street Pastors are<br />
there to show the love of Christ.<br />
We are there to represent the<br />
incarnation of God to man through<br />
Jesus. We are His hands and feet<br />
on the streets over the Christmas<br />
period and all year round.<br />
Some people think it is a<br />
sacrifi ce walking the streets from<br />
10.30pm to 4am. And it is, but we<br />
receive far more back as we work<br />
as a team and see God turn up in<br />
different situations. We have great<br />
fun with banter, hugs all round and<br />
selfi es.<br />
Do you want to make a<br />
difference for God in this city? You<br />
can join us! You can pray! You can<br />
give! See Joy Winks or Ann<br />
Lomax at St Chad’s for<br />
more information or<br />
contact sheffield@<br />
streetpastors.org.<br />
uk<br />
Tricia Watts,<br />
Coordinator of<br />
Sheffield Street<br />
Pastors<br />
Beauchief<br />
Handyman<br />
Services<br />
57 Dalewood Ave<br />
Beauchief<br />
Sheffield<br />
S8 0EG<br />
• Painting and decorating<br />
• Tiling - floors & walls<br />
• Fencing, decking, walls<br />
& patios<br />
• Joinery, including<br />
conservatories, UPVC<br />
windows, fascias & guttering<br />
• General maintenance<br />
0114 453 4716<br />
Phone: 0114 236 1050<br />
Mobile: 07906 146307<br />
Email: philipcrowtherbhs@gmail.com<br />
St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats<br />
Church Office: Linden Avenue, Sheffi eld S8 0GA<br />
Tel: (0114) 274 5086<br />
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email: office@stchads.org<br />
website: www.stchads.org
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