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good friend of mine was December 2015/January 2016 With Eyes of Wonder once approached by a street evangelist - the sect and religion WOODSEATS • SHEFFIELD escapes me - who, in the courseAof trying to engage him inconversation said “wouldn’t the world bewonderful if human beings didn’t exist.”My friend understood the point that hisinterlocutor was getting at - humanity hasso utterly devastated the planet that thebeauty of creation has, for a large part,been drained from it. But, before hehastily escaped, he made the point thatthe world could not be wonderful without oCfelCehbrriasttemtahsewwiothnduesr ChristmasYou are invited to...humans because there would be no-oneto wonder at the world. A clever chap, Details of all our services inside at St Chad’s AMACAwPAtCCnfrASrCaiiratSiHtmarnUdisdehhaUtebiireRtdlrnN-yrircvioNoSaItSiirsniDiccSoelgaDcsateernsiTAflvvwhthaArsteiYMlbiecistvoYstcnreheyafvDAeroiCrrtDigvsccroEopSliCeaollcEeemCdesoeNcEamCeifeitEarasHVi1SnEavopl0MtmolineEyMectdlacaye4fiBirmluoalwCvBCprlveEolihnyEctimlmRrhihtfiRiicomismyglor1tdeui6u3yrhnnnasoegaiiuntoclteanntasga1tnee4t0dsr1ppcr.61ehe3mca.ipli30ddariml0naleyngpmsf, owmritchhriledfrreenshments AFCCaHhmrRistiImlSyaTs WDMayAocSerlesDbhrAaiYtpionafotr 10am WOODSEATS • SHEFFIELD all ages St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats :: www.stchads.org :: 0114 274 5086my friend.My friend’s riposte often returns to mind. Wonder seems such a humanemotion. Perhaps it isn’t. Perhaps other creatures also marvel at theworld in which they are placed, but somehow I doubt it. I am sure thatmost of us, at some time or another, have had our breath taken away.I can remember as a teenager seeing Mont Blanc for the first time. Ihad never seen anything that big, that white, that magnificent. TheNiagara Falls, the Grand Canyon, a breaching humpback whale no doubtalso produce similar emotions. Seeing my first child born was also anunforgettable experience (probably more so for my wife!) as this tiny andyet complete human being, emerged from the birthing pool.I believe that the human capacity to wonder is a God-given gift, andthat in our wondering at the world we can catch a glimpse of the wonderof the creator God who fashioned us along with all creation. One of myfavourite poets, the Nineteenth-Century Catholic poet Gerard ManleyHopkins, put it like this: The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil crushed… He goes on to say that despite generations of humanity treading and despoiling creation, yet “nature is never spent” because God’s Holy Spirit remains brooding over the world he has created. Wonder is the next-of-kin to praise. To wonder at the world can lead us to celebrate the Creator and, hopefully, to strive to keep the world wonderful for succeeding generations. Rev Toby Hole, Vicar, St Chad’s Church, WoodseatsSt Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Page 3 email: [email protected] Office: 9 Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA website: www.stchads.orgTel: (0114) 274 5086

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What’s On Health Walks December 10, 11 & 12 lMondays - 10am: Graves Park. Dore Male Voice Choir ChristmasIf you have an event you would like Meet outside the Rose Garden Cafe; Concert to see included in our What’s On lTuesdays - 10.30am: Ecclesall Dore Parish Church section, email [email protected] Woods. Meet downstairs in Jack’s 7pm Bar at the Beauchief Hotel; lThursdays - 10.30am: Lowedges. December 11 Meet at the Gresley Road Meeting Every word you say… Rooms, Gresley Road, Lowedges. Greenhill Library ) Call 0114 203 9337 for details. 7pm From Jack the Ripper to Peter December 3, 10 and 17 Sutcliffe, what language can tell Alpha Lunch you about crime. With crime writer Beauchief Baptist Church Danuta Reah 12.30pm A light lunch followed by a short December 12 discussion on the real meaning of Book Sale Christmas 36 Crawshaw Grove, Beauchief 10am-12pm December 5 Good quality second-hand books Christmas Fair for sale in aid of the Alzheimer’s Church House, Abbey Lane Society. 10.30am-12.30pm St Chad’s Pre-School Christmas Fair December 13 with face painting, Santa’s Grotto, Messy Church Christingle crafts, refreshments and raffle. Entry Beauchief Baptist Church £1 for adults, children free. 3.30pm Come dressed as a shepherd, angel December 6 or king. Fun and games for all the Christingle Service family. St Chad’s Church 4pm December 13 Start the Christmas season with this Carols by Candlelight service especially for children. St Chad’s Church 6pm December 6 A traditional carol service with Nether Edge Farmers’ Market music and readings. Traders and craftspeople sell their wares in the streets around the old December 14 Nether Edge Market Place. Come and Sing Messiah! Dore Parish Church December 7 7.30pm Christmas M:eating Place Sheffield Bach Choir, conducted by Luncheon Club Mark McCombs with organist Simon Beauchief Baptist Church Lindley 12.45-2.15pm A Christmas meal with carols. Cost December 14 £3.50 - everyone welcome. Fun Time Drop-in Session Greenhill Library December 8 10-11.30am Escafeld Chorale Christmas A time for 0-4 year olds to play and Concert sing, and an opportunity for parents All Saints’ Church, Ecclesall and carers to meet. 7.30pm Music, readings and refreshmentsSt Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Page 6 email: [email protected] Office: 9 Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA website: www.stchads.orgTel: (0114) 274 5086

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Seven Wonders of theIf you are of a certain age you will Pictured are Christ the Redeemer; Taj Mahal1; probably be able to recall at least Chichén Itzá1; and the Colosseum1. four of the seven Wonders of the Ancient World; the Great Pyramids opinion, of three of the most significant at Giza, the Hanging Gardens of wonders of our beautiful world. TheBabylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, seven are Christ the Redeemer, RioThe Colossus of Rhodes and so on… de Janeiro, Brazil; Great Wall of China; Machu Picchu, Peru; Petra, Jordan; The number seven is a very significant Pyramid at Chichén Itzá, Yucatannumber in the world order; seven days of Peninsula, Mexico; Roman Colosseum,creation, seven days of the week, seven Rome; and the Taj Mahal, Agra, India.sacraments, seven deadly sins, sevenvirtues, seven voyages of Sinbad and so In all, the number seven is usedmany more. in the Bible more than 700 times. Of course, not every instance of the number From biblical times the number seven is seven carries a deeper significance.identified with something being “finished” Sometimes, a seven is just a seven, andor “complete.” From then on, that we must be cautious about attachingassociation continues, as seven is often symbolic meanings to it. However,found in contexts involving completenessor divine perfection. So for us today what is the meaning ofwonder? The dictionary describes it as 1.a feeling of amazement and admiration,caused by something beautiful,remarkable, or unfamiliar, 2. a person orthing regarded as very good, remarkable,or effective.Seven Wonders of the ModernWorld We’ve all probably experienced one ormore of these and, like millions before us,have been blown away by their incrediblebeauty, presence and for many spiritualsignificance. They all tell a great story intheir own way of human vision, creativity,skill, engineering and determination. All the official new Seven Wonders ofthe World are equal and are presented asa group without any ranking. They have been elected by more than100 million votes to represent globalheritage throughout history. The top pictures above are, in mySt Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Page 8 email: [email protected] Office: 9 Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA website: www.stchads.orgTel: (0114) 274 5086

World Anderson Tree Services Great Wall of China; Machu Picchu1; Petra1; Bill Anderson 131 Holmhirst Road 1: photos by Dennis Jarvis Sheffield S8 0GWthere are times when it seems that God Telephone: 0114 274 9101 Email: [email protected] communicating the idea of divine completeness, perfection, and wholeness New music shop nowby means of the number stheavneno,uarnNdew open selling Sheetthere is nowhere greater Music, Accessories, GiftsWonders of the World that displays this and Instruments. Alsobetter. offering tuition in Piano, Keyboard, Ukulele,Creation is a wonderful thing – however Guitar and Violin.we believe it was formed – and our daily wonder can be found not only in 10 Terminus Road, Sheffield, S7 2LHthese great seven wonders of our world but also in the everyday things we seearound us in nature and our commonhumanity. Robin J LockwoodSt Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Page 9 email: [email protected] Office: 9 Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA website: www.stchads.orgTel: (0114) 274 5086

The Wonder of the Nativity wonder what you make of and the poor family must flee as the Christmas story? refugees to a foreign land. Of all the tales of Jesus’ But the Christian claim is life, it is possibly now even that the birth of Jesus is far more significant than merely an Imore famous than his emotive story of a vulnerable young family. The purpose of the death. But familiarity can breed unusual birth was to point to an boredom, if not necessarily even more unusual truth: that contempt. I don’t think that the Jesus is God become human Christmas story is something being, the creator becoming a we really treasure, or inspires creature. God himself, stepping wonder. But one of the recurring down, to save a world that had themes of the Bible’s story of rejected him. the birth of Jesus is that “Mary treasured all these things.” And No Christmas carol sums up with good reason. The story is this truth more eloquently than highly unusual. After a thoroughly Wesley’s famous hymn, ‘Hark! unusual conception and visions the herald angels sing’. Wesley in pregnancy, Joseph and Mary writes, “Veiled in flesh the are forced onto the road by Godhead see! Hail, the incarnate governmental diktat. The baby is Deity! Pleased as man with man born far from home, in thoroughly to dwell, Jesus, our Immanuel.” unsanitary conditions. The crying, nursing, helpless infant, laid in a feeding trough, The first visitors aren’t friends is the God of the universe. The or grandparents, but a gang of creator of all that is has become local unskilled labourers. An a creature to save his world. old man in the temple scoops “Peace on earth, and mercy mild, up the baby to sing songs, and God and sinners reconciled,” Eastern astrologers claim that writes Wesley. the stars have guided them to the baby. Their gifts are not the No wonder the herald-angels usual ones for a baby; they’re far sing, “Glory to the new-born more suited to either a funeral or king!” But I wonder, will you a coronation than a birth. Then wonder afresh this Christmas? political machinations leave lives in danger, Rev Duncan BellSt Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Page 10 AdorationChurch Office: 9 Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA of theTel: (0114) 274 5086 Shepherds by Gerard van Honthorst depicts the wonder of the nativity email: [email protected] website: www.stchads.org

ill you will then publish them in a future Find the Angels have edition of Impact and on St Chad’s an Church website at www.stchads. angel org.Win your This is a fun way of remembering the angels’ part inhome this Christmas? the Christmas story, spreading Throughout their message and wishing you all a very happy Christmas.December small plasticangels will be placedaround our area inWoodseats, Beauchiefand Chancet Wood. We would like toencourage you to lookout for these angelsand, when you find one, pleasetake it home as part of yourChristmas decorations. We would also welcome any‘selfie’ photographs of whereyou find your angel or where youdisplay it. If you send your photos byemail to [email protected] wePainter & Decorator F R Surniture epolishing ervicesDIY work also undertaken. FRENCH POLISHING Old or modern furniture restored to as-new conditionA professional service at an From a coffee table top to complete dining suiteaffordable price. No job too small - free collection and delivery Insurance work undertaken - any colour or finish Local, reliable & trustworthy Call Dan for a FREE no obilgation quote 20 years of experience Tel: 07789 804852 No job too small Email: [email protected] Fully insuredContact Neal of Inspirations0114 255 9205 or 07868 745980St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Page 11 email: [email protected] Office: 9 Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA website: www.stchads.orgTel: (0114) 274 5086

150 YearsBeautiful gifts made with love In 1865 an Anglican cleric published a children’s book that would never5 Meadowhead, Woodseats, ► Gifts go out of print, would inspire ► Jewellery countless future books and filmsSheffield S8 7UA from Doctor Suess to The Matrix ► Homeware and would be adapted many times to0114 327 4270 theatre, animation and film - media thatwww.facebook.com/fallingmoongiftshop ► Soft furnishing the young Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll, to you and me) could never have dreamed of. That book was of course Alice in Wonderland, followed up six years later by the less popular sequel Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there. The two Alice stories are remarkable works. Like all good children’s books they speak equally well to old and young, meaning that parents get pleasure from reading them for the first time to their children. Carroll’s imagination was unparalleled and his prose witty and simple without ever being condescending. The books were well served by the brilliant illustrator, John Tenneil, whose brilliant drawings ensured that, despite Walt Disney’s best efforts, Alice remains in our imagination as the young Victorian girl with a flowing locks and a billowing dress. The story behind Alice’s conception is well known. The dean of Christ Church, Lewis CarrollSt Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Page 12 email: [email protected] Office: 9 Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA website: www.stchads.orgTel: (0114) 274 5086

of WonderlandOne of the pictures from Alice’s hatter and his companions, the Queen ofAdventures in Wonderland Hearts, the Cheshire cat to name a few. Queen Victoria was reputedly a greatOxford, Henry Liddell, had a young fan (presumably not seeing the Queenfamily and became close friends with of Hearts as in anyway based on theCarroll. Lewis Carroll would frequently reigning monarch!) and Carroll’s namego on rowing trips with them and tell was made.engaging stories. One such trip tookplace on July 4,1862 when Carroll, Lewis Carroll himself remains aperhaps noting the large number of controversial character. He was, like sorabbit holes where they sat, told a story many Victorian churchmen, extremelyof a white rabbit, a young girl and an intelligent and emotionally complex. Heamazing adventure underground. Alice was a brilliant mathematician as well asLiddell was entranced by the story and a creative genius. He had a particularbegged Carroll to record it in writing. interest in early photography, from whichThe rest, as they say, is history - or as the most controversial aspect (to modernCarroll would have probably preferred eyes) derived: namely, his obsessive- fantasy. Lewis Carroll’s fecund photographing of young girls. This hasimagination soon produced an array led the Alice books, as well as his otherof unforgettable characters - the mad writings, to be read with some suspicion by modern literary critics. What are we to make of a man who, 150 years later, could have been arrested for some of the images that he took? It is rarely a helpful exercise to transport our minds into a culture and time so different to our own. The Victorians as a society were obsessed with children and innocence – hence the booming sales of Alice – and Carroll was by no means the only Victorian writer to spend more time with young children than we might expect today. Whatever the deeper readings that can be found in Alice, it seems to me that the best of way of reading the book is surely the way that Carroll intended it on that July riverside ramble. It is about magic, wonder and the possibilities that arise when you take your eyes off the day-to- day practicalities of life. As a far less- talented Anglican cleric, I can only say that I wholeheartedly agree. Rev Toby HoleSt Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Page 13 email: [email protected] Office: 9 Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA website: www.stchads.orgTel: (0114) 274 5086

Wonder of Healing ealing Rooms prayer for traumatic life events, or to Woodseats is part of an find a job, get over depression, etc. International Association, We can’t do anything at all apart found in 62 nations of from God’s power, but amazingly, as we offer simple prayer, God Hthe world and 61 towns really turns up. People always feel better in some measure. in the UK. The team is usually made up of people from different We have people coming back church denominations. with wonderful stories. Many start to pray to God themselves. For some The Healing Room is set up this encounter with God on the under a very specific training, so that whichever one you go to, you High Street is their first step to may expect a similar safe visiting a local church. experience. One town has a Healing Room in a We begin each Costa Coffee shop. session with the Jesus said, “Go team taking part into the world and in worship of God let them know the and in prayer good news that before we open. there is hope in Me.” Then we have Jesus healed a team of three everyone who came to people in each Him. The story of Jesus room, and the prayer will last for 10- 15 in the gospels of what Jesus minutes. At the Big Tree did is just amazing. He told us to lay pub we use room dividers to create hands on sick people and they will prayer rooms. We also have a recover. coffee lounge where people can wait for prayer. We have been open now in Woodseats for nine years. We Anyone can come for prayer. have seen healings of depression, You may believe in God or have no anorexia, sleeplessness, migraine belief in God. We welcome anyone and asthma pain – the list goes on. from any background. I was healed of 40 years of We pray with people who are migraine needing four medicines. physically ill. However, folk ask for I have been migraine-free for nine years. People come back reporting remarkable things have happened after prayer. One person was taken to the operating theatre but it was found they had already been healed. There are miracles all around us every day in creation. The sun comes up, the trees grow. There is air to breathe. God is amazingly good. Janet Bassindale Woodseats Healing RoomsSt Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Page 14 email: [email protected] Office: 9 Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA website: www.stchads.orgTel: (0114) 274 5086

ast night I surprised grow larger day by day. Gazing in Wonder myself by being awake I wonder at the incredible Photo By John Purvis for about two hours in order to watch the generosity of a stranger we met on a snowy day at Lake TahoeLeclipse of the moon. in California. We began to talk and I said that we had did not I stood in the darkness of have our camera with us and the my garden watching as sights were so utterly stunning. He gradually the white moon immediately lifted his own large and disappeared. But it was very expensive camera from his not what I was seeing that I shoulder and handed it to us. He wondered at most; it was the told us where he lived and invited fact of what was happening. us to bring it back when we were The earth was passing between finished with it. the moon and the sun. My non- scientific mind found this too Isn’t it often the simple things of difficult to imagine and understand. life which cause us to be filled with The sky was filled with stars and I wonder? The colour of the trees even saw a shooting star! I could in the autumn sunshine; the smile not but wonder at what I believe to and serenity of someone who is be God’s creation. terminally ill; the joy of being made to feel welcome; a book, a film or This night reminded me of my a piece of music which fills us with first night in Mozambique. There unexpected emotion; the sound of was no light of any kind other the organ filling the space of the than that of the stars. I felt I could cathedral. Simple things in one way reach up and pluck one out of the but things which overwhelm us with sky; they appeared so close to wonder and cause us to think about me. Thousands of stars up there! our own humanity. I never got fed up with being filled with wonder at such a sight. The words of Welsh poet, W.H.Davies sum this up so well: I will always remember an event which took place some years ago “What is this life, if, full of care when I was visiting the squatter We have no time to stand and camps in Soweto. I sat in a room stare.” with Maria drinking tea. Tears ran freely down her cheeks. I asked her Mary Thomas why. A look of great amazement mingled with her tears “You are white and you are drinking out of one of my cups in my house. I never thought that could happen”. There is so much to wonder at; to be amazed by. I watched as a yet unborn baby moved around in its mother’s womb. Soon a little child will appear. I have a very small nursery in my garden. I cut off a piece of hydrangea a few weeks ago. It was simply a bare piece of stem. Today it has five new leaves shooting off it and I watch themSt Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Page 15 email: [email protected] Office: 9 Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA website: www.stchads.orgTel: (0114) 274 5086

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You are invited to...Christmasat St Chad’sSUNDAY DECEMBER 6Christingle Service at 4pmA service with traditional Christingles especially for childrenSUNDAY DECEMBER 13Carols by Candlelight at 6pmA traditional carol service with music and readingsCHRISTMAS EVEPre-School Nativity at 10.30amwith crafts from 10amAn interactive service especially for younger children, with refreshmentsCrib Service at 4pmA family service especially for childrenMidnight Communion at 11.30pmA traditional service of Holy CommunionCHRISTMAS DAY WOODSEATS • SHEFFIELDFamily Worship at 10amA Christmas Day celebration for all agesSt Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats :: www.stchads.org :: 0114 274 5086St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Page 17 email: [email protected] Office: 9 Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA website: www.stchads.orgTel: (0114) 274 5086

Sheffield 67 Dalewood Avenue, Beauchief, Sheffield S8 0EG December 12 and 15 mark the 75th email: [email protected] anniversary of the Sheffield blitz when over 2,000 Sheffielders 07889 229013 were killed or injured and 40,000 were left homeless. Almost 3,000“Thank you so much for the work you did in totally renewing my bathroom, properties with blown to pieces and a I am so very pleased with the overall result. You were 100% professional, further 82,000 damaged. 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 Everyone knew Sheffield ‘had it coming’ sooner or later because of the steelworks; t: 0114 220 3299 or 07908 898 827 but because there has been so many e: [email protected] false alarms and it was so near Christmas, www.chrisshephardplumbing.co.uk many had begun to ignore the sirens and stay in places of entertainment rather than air raid shelters. That Thursday evening the city was bathed in a full moon, a real ‘bomber’s moon’. “If they’re coming at all it will be tonight,” said some. And come they did. The sirens sounded at 7pm and by 7.10pm Norton Lees and Gleadless were alight within incendiary bombs. By 7.30pm Moorhead, the city centre, Abbeydale and Woodseats were ablaze - a glowing red mass against the moonlit sky. There followed nine hours of high-explosive bombing. Many gas and water mains were destroyed. Burning trams lay severed in half amid their mangled lines and rubble from falling buildings. People ran from cinemas into the cellars of Marples Hotel, not knowing that at 11.44pm the building would receive a direct hit and around 70 people would die. The exact number was never known as the seven storeys above collapsed like a pack of cards leaving a heap of rubble 15ft high. Redgates, the toy shop, where many Christmas gifts awaited collection, was reduced to blazing rubble along with all the department stores on the Moor. At 4.17am the all clear sounded and folk emerged from shelters to an alien yet strangely beautiful landscape. Frost and broken glass glittered in the moonlight and shattered buildings stood in stark relief against a blood-red sky.St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Page 18 email: [email protected] Office: 9 Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA website: www.stchads.orgTel: (0114) 274 5086

Blitz – 75 Years On Christmas of 1940 was probably the Sheffield following the blitzbleakest in Sheffield’s history. Church bellswere silent and could only be rung if the remembers breaking his leg in a fight andenemy invaded. Food was rationed, weekly looking forward to a few weeks off school.amounts being 4oz bacon/ham, 6oz butter, Much to his annoyance, the school bus2oz tea, 8oz sugar, 2oz cooking fat and made a detour every morning to collectmeat to the value of 1s 10d. him. Christmas that year, it seemed, was a So, Sheffield picked itself up, dustednon-event. Only Christmas Day was a itself down and carried on. Denis Wardholiday; the banks were open on Boxing remembers the upper floor of his homeDay and most people went back to work. being destroyed by an incendiary bomb,Those who didn’t helped with the clearing but within six months it had been rebuiltup and the children played dangerously and was ready to live in again. Bomb siteson bomb sites which were regarded as turned into gardens of wild flowers in whichadventure playgrounds. The new school we children played hide and seek amongterm soon put a stop to this. Although many the purple spikes of willow herb and redschools, including Woodseats, were taken corn poppies.over as rest centres for the homeless,education continued in undamaged Few alive today were adults during thehouses or anywhere that could be utilised Blitz and only we, the children of the war,as a classroom. Because they were out survived. Now we are old but we love to tellin the country, both Sheffield’s open air our war stories and we don’t ever want youschools continued as normal. Gerald Roe to forget what happened for, because of it, the world was, for a while, a kinder and Photos courtesy of the Sheffield Star happier place.High Storrs School rest centre on Graham Kendrick understood when heDecember 12, 1940 wrote these lines: Peace to the killing fields, scorched earth to green Christ for the bitterness, his cross for the pain From Beauty for Brokeness by Graham Kendrick 1993 Sylvia BennettSt Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Page 19 email: [email protected] Office: 9 Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA website: www.stchads.orgTel: (0114) 274 5086

MALLORN New chapter at theROOFING CONTRACTORS Library 7 Dale View Road, Sheffield S8 0EJ A s we reported earlier this year, a ‘Phone 0114 235 6002 new library and medical centre Mobile 07853 350 085 is being built in Woodseats and is expected to open aroundEmail [email protected] Christmas 2016. To enable this to happen, the currentSpecialists in... library will close on November 21. Re-Roofing While the library is closed, you can Flat Roofing access services in several different ways. Ridge Pointing There will be extended opening hours from Replacing Damaged January at Ecclesall and Highfield libraries Slates and Tiles and, again from the new year, a book Guttering drop-off service is planned at Woodseats Medical Centre. For more details, speak to Storm Damage - Insurance Work a member of staff at the library. FREE ROOF SURVEY 24 Hour Call-Out Service ESTABLISHED 1913 An artist’s impression of the new library Weddings, Get involved in Christenings, Funerals, Parties & Girlguiding Private Functions Girlguiding is the leading charity DORE & TOTLEY GOLF CLUB for girls and young women in the UK – and the units at St Chad’sCall the Secretary on 0114 236 9872 are looking for more people to get involved as volunteers. The Club House, Bradway Road, Sheffield, S17 4QR Help is needed with the Rainbows, Brownies and Guides which meet throughout the week. To find out more or to get in touch and let us know you’re interested, visit the website at www.girlguiding.org.uk and click on Get Involved.St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Page 20 email: [email protected] Office: 9 Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA website: www.stchads.orgTel: (0114) 274 5086

Help for theRefugeesChildren from Abbey Lane School Volunteers with some of the toys along with young people from our Kingdom Kids Tim and Emily Hopkinson, who group at St Chad’s sent organised the appeal at St Chad’s gifts of love to children and Abbey Lane, said: “We werecaught up in the refugee crisis. thrilled by people’s support and want to thank everyone who got involved in any The youngsters took part in way. It’s great that so many children andProject Paddington – a Sheffield- families will be helped by the kindness andbased scheme set up to send generosity of people in our community.”teddies and messages of love and l A produce stall at St Chad’s Have A Gosupport to refugee children in Europe and Show raised over £335 for Tearfund, whichfurther afield. In total 14 sacks of teddies is working with refugees in the Middle Eastand other cuddly toys were sent, thanks to and Europe.the children and a team of willing helpers. A total of £265 was also raised tosupport Project Paddington through a bunsale at Abbey Lane School and a stall at StChad’s.Are you looking fora room to hold yourparty or meeting?St Chad’s Church hastwo rooms available forhire at 56 Abbey LaneCall 0114 274 5086 for detailsSt Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Page 21 email: [email protected] Office: 9 Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA website: www.stchads.orgTel: (0114) 274 5086

Celebrating in Mexico hristmas in México has each side represents a capital sin. a variety of traditions The piñata is stuffed with candies and customs, such as and fruit. To get the goodies inside Posadas and Three Kings the piñata, it is necessary to hit it with a wooden stick with eyes CDay, as well as traditional closed, which represent blind faith. Christmas dishes like tamales, In México, Christmas Eve is buñuelos, churros, menudo, called Noche Buena and on this ponche, and champurrado. I am day we gather together as a family going to tell you a little about to celebrate Jesus’ birth. A feast how Christmas is celebrated in is served which includes turkey, Monterrey, México where I come gammon, mashed potatoes, brisket, from. spaghetti, tamales, menudo, baguettes and gravy. Christmas In December we have craft Eve is a formal party when we markets and fairs all over the dress up for the occasion and enjoy country, at which Christmas family time late into the night. decorations, piñatas, candies, Christmas trees and seasonal fruits On Christmas Day children open like oranges, apples, mandarins their presents from Santa Claus. and guavas are for sale. Christmas Day is a relaxing day to spend at home and to enjoy The traditional flower that leftovers from Noche Buena. decorates Mexican homes over Christmas time is the Noche Buena In the north of the country, little flower – known in England as the ones believes in Santa Claus, they poinsettia. The origin of Noche will receive presents from him if Buena flower comes from México they have behaved properly during and Central America and it means the year. Further south, the tradition Vida Nueva or New Life. is to receive presents from the Three Wise Men on January 6 (Three Kings Nine days prior to Christmas Day Day). from December 16 to 24, Mexican culture celebrates ‘Posadas’. These festivities recall the journey that Mary and Joseph made from Nazareth to Bethlehem, looking for a place to await the birth of Jesus. These nine Posadas symbolise the nine months of pregnancy of Mary. Mexicans take part in a brief pilgrimage with candles and sing traditional hymns paying tribute to the Virgin Mary. These pilgrimages end at the Basilica of Guadalupe – one of the larger church buildings in northern México. Posadas are celebrated on the street and in people’s houses. People gather together to pray the Rosary with candles and sparklers. They also celebrate with traditional food and a piñata in the shape of a seven-sided star. A piñata plays an important part of these festivities,St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Page 22 email: [email protected] Office: 9 Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA website: www.stchads.orgTel: (0114) 274 5086

glance at a Bible; his unobserved and walking after his legs family were concerned were so severely broken (he was told for his sanity. To be he would be crippled for life after this found with a Bible would punishment). have meant serious consequences and Whatever Yun experienced, God punishment. God repeatedly demonstrated his honoured this fast and faithfulness never leaving him or his prayer sending Yun a family to cope alone. We will Bible. He immediately probably never experience this kind of read and memorised persecution but this book is testimony chapters from the Bible. to the incredible power of God and his With few resources Holy Spirit. Sian Mann CALL IN FOR A CUPPA At Church House (56 Abbey Lane) 10am to 12 noonThere is nothing like Christmas in On the last Saturday of each month.México. From early December the Bring & Buy (new items)festivities start all over the country. The Handicrafts Home BakingPosadas are the most significant festivitiesof the month but not everybody celebratespoSst CahdaadssChinurcah, LriendliegniAovuensuew, Waoyo.dsFeaotsr example, email: [email protected]:pr(c0ah11nO4fi)feic2es7s4:t51h058rCo6awmpCinghLrainset,mShaefsfielpd aSr8t0ieGsB calledPage 22 website: www.stchads.orgPosadas, these events are the size of awedding! Just imagine, fancy decorations,a sit-down meal, fancy clothes, live music,and raffles. All employees are invited andthe bigger the company, the bigger theparty. Christmas presents are not a bigdeal between grown ups, these are for thelittle ones that wait excitedly for Santa’spresents.The most important thing over Christmasis to spend time within family and friendsremembering the birth of Jesus.In my family, we celebrate Noche Buena(Christmas Eve) at my grandma’s housewith a nice evening meal. I have a bigfamily. In total, I have 41 cousins – sobeing together is always fun.Remembering Jesus and celebratingwith fireworks, sparkles and food are thecentre of our Christmas. Cecilia SutcliffeCecilia is orginally from Mexico but nowlives in Sheffield and attends St Chad’s christmasstarts.comSt Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Page 23 email: [email protected] Office: 9 Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA website: www.stchads.orgTel: (0114) 274 5086

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Year of Wonders doubt find the Book Review by Geraldine Brooks ending of the novel more than aFact and fiction blend little fanciful, but together in this fascinating remember that story told through the eyes this is a novel of Anna Frith, a young after all – a blend widow of 18. of fact and fiction. Anna’s husband died working in the lead mines, leaving her The title Year of with two young children. This Wonders comes was a tragedy in itself but worse from Dryden’s was the come, for the village poem, Annus where Anna lived was Eyam in Mirabilis in which Derbyshire. Her impoverished he describes the home was where George Vickers, terrible year of the journeyman tailor, came to 1666, marked lodge, bringing with him fabric by the Great from London. Unbeknown to him, Fire of London, the and everyone else in the village, Great Plague and the war against he also brought the Black Death, the Dutch. Anna Frith, a woman hidden in the damp, flea-ridden with a deep faith, no doubt held cloth. fast to the words, “God moves in mysterious ways, His wonders As the story unfolds we are to perform”, which gave her the get to know many of Anna’s strength to support and strengthen neighbours as they struggle others. Despite its subject, the with the hardships of rural 17th book is not depressing. century life. We gain insight into the harrowing experience of It is a poignant story of love working down the mines. The hill and lasting friendship, of personal farmers can barely scratch a living loss and selfless bravery. The above ground. We experience characters are beautifully drawn. their fear, and then their sorrow, The true story of Eyam challenged as family members and friends author Geraldine Brooks and it is succumb to the plague. We learn a challenge for us, too. A former about their superstitions. Some war correspondent, she has seen put their faith in herb lore, which other communities face impossible leads to accusations of witchcraft situations – in the Balkans, the and sorcery with devastating Middle East and Africa. In the results. There is religious tension Afterward, she writes, “What within the community, too, and would it be like to have to make physical violence as some begin such a choice (as the villagers to lose their grip on reality. Whilst of Eyam did) and to find that, several families decide to flee, in consequence, two thirds of the charismatic vicar persuades your neighbours were dead the remaining villagers to accept within a year? How would faith, voluntary isolation in the hope relationships and social order of containing the plague. Those survive?” who know the true facts will no Chris Laude St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats St Chad’s 3rd Age Book Group Church Office: 9 Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA Tel: (0114) 274 5086 Page 25 email: [email protected] website: www.stchads.org

The Wonder of ‘Obama’sIcan’t be the only person who going strong, swaying behind his remembers singing ‘You are trademark dark glasses, ever since the sunshine of my life’ or ‘I his remarkable talent as an 11-year- just called to say I love you’ at old was spotted. The young Steveland school. honed his musical skills by singing It’s testimony to Stevie Wonder’s in the church choir, listening to bluestalent as a musician and performer and jazz on the radio, playing on thethat these simple, synthesised neighbour’s piano and performing ontunes remain so catchy and street corners with a friend.singable decades after they werefirst recorded. Yes, there’s a certain His first album for Motown (ascheesiness about them, but they ‘Little Stevie Wonder’) came out inbear testimony to his consistency and 1962. The following year, the albumlongevity in a fickle industry where ‘The 12 Year Old Genius’ rocketed tomany come and go. No.1 in the charts. The singles and albums which followed covered a Incredibly, Stevie Wonder has been range of musical styles, from those synthesised love songs, to pop (‘PartStevie Wonder time lover’) and the seriously funky (‘Signed, sealed, delivered’). They’re Photo by Antonio not all suitable for school choirs, but Cruz/ABr - Agência there are a lot of good tunes in there. Brasil.. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 Naturally, it’s not only his music br via but the fact that he’s been so Wikimedia successful even though he’s blind Commons that fascinates people. He hasn’t seen his blindness as a particular handicap, however. In an article for Rolling Stone Magazine, his then assistant remembered being in Puerto Rico on a sunny day and Wonder saying it was going to rain. “He said he could smell the moisture in the air, and we were all laughing at him. Three hours later, sure enough, it came. A hailstorm!” Wonder himself has observed: “Being blind, you don’t judge books by their covers; you go through thingsSt Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Page 26 email: [email protected] Office: 9 Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA website: www.stchads.orgTel: (0114) 274 5086

Favourite’that are relatively insignificant, and Here’s how little it costsyou pick out things that are more to advertise inimportant.” Adverts are priced In fact, he never felt while growingup that he lacked anything because at the following rates forof his blindness. Instead, commentsfrom early on in school “made me one year (six editions):feel like because I was black Icould never be or would never be”. 1/8 page: £110 1/2 page: £445It’s perhaps not surprising that he 1/6 page: £155 Full page: £915subsequently led the campaign for 1/4 page: £225Martin Luther King Jr Day to beofficially recognised, penning the Call St Chad’s Church office onsingle ‘Happy Birthday’ in honour ofthe civil rights activist. 0114 274 5086 For many today, Martin Luther or emailKing is part of Black History. Butfor Wonder he was part of his life. [email protected] was 18, and already well intohis musical career, when King was for more informationassassinated. During the campaign in 1981 hereferred to King’s “great vision bothchallenging and inspiring us with hisgreat dream. People have asked,‘Why Stevie Wonder, as an artist?’Why should I be involved in thisgreat cause? I’m Stevie Wonder theartist, yes, but I’m Steveland Morris,a man, a citizen of this country,and a human being. As an artist,my purpose is to communicate themessage that can better improvethe lives of all of us.” He succeeded. Martin LutherKing Jr Day became law in 1983.Perhaps fittingly, Barack Obamatoday counts Stevie Wonder as hisfavourite artist. Amy HoleSt Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Page 27 email: [email protected] Office: 9 Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA website: www.stchads.orgTel: (0114) 274 5086

Registers 2015BaptismsOctober11 Gracie Leigh Tyler Georgie Mae Tyler Freddie David OwenThanksgiving For Weddings and FuneralsOctober3 Annie Cerys Evans You don’t have to be a churchgoer to have a wedding in church orWeddings be ‘religious’ to have a dignified and meaningful funeral service at St Chad’s.September5 Richard Thomas Marvin and If you live in the Woodseats or Louise Rebecca Field Beauchief area, St Chad’s would be delighted to help you, whether it isFunerals planning the Big Day or saying goodbye to a loved one.September30 Doris McPherson (91) For weddings please contact St Chad’sOctober church office. For funerals please tell1 Alfred Carr (74) your funeral director that you would like to have a church service. Do you have a few hours spare to support our l If you have had a new baby and would lovely clients in Sheffield to remain independent like to celebrate that baby’s birth with a service in church then please come within their own homes? to one of our thanksgiving and baptism More about the role: mornings at St Chad’s.  The morning will explain the difference • Part Time Hours to suit you (2-20 hrs. p/w) between the two services and give • Full Induction training with Office Support parents an opportunity to ask any questions. Please call the church office • No previous care experience necessary on 0114 274 5086 if you are interested in • We welcome applicants of all ages! attending. An open heart and warm smile is all you need to become a Care Companion at Home Instead *Car Driver Desirable Apply Now! Call 0114 250 7709 Or visit www.homeinstead.co.uk/sheffield6 Shirley House, Psalter Lane, Sheffield, S11 8YLSt Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Page 28 email: [email protected] Office: 9 Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA website: www.stchads.orgTel: (0114) 274 5086

Weekly services are held at Beauchief Abbey 1st,2nd&4th Sundays Holy Communion 11.00am 3rd Sunday Evensong 3pm 5th Sunday Matins 11.00amOur church services are based on the Book of Common Prayer and refreshments are served afterwards All welcome 29 November 11.00am Advent Sunday Christmas Eve Carol Service 7pm Christmas Day 10.30amSeasons GreetingsSt Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Page 29 email: [email protected] Office: 9 Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA website: www.stchads.orgTel: (0114) 274 5086

Contacts Woodseats • SheffieldChurch Office 9 Linden Avenue 274 5086MT eornm-ti1m0eamof-f1icpemh;oTuuress: - 9.30am-1pm; S8 0GAThurs - 9.30am-1pm; Fri - 9am-11am Helen Reynolds email: [email protected] Office Administrator Vicar Toby Hole (Vicarage) 274 9302 email: [email protected] Duncan Bell 274 5086 email: [email protected] Minister for the elderly Yvonne Smith 274 5086Readers Daren Craddock, Amy Hole, Pauline Johnson and Yvonne Smith 274 5086Youth Worker Nick Seaman 274 5086 email: [email protected] in Sheffield Steve Winks and 07875 950170 Darren CogginsImpact magazine Tim Hopkinson 274 5086 email: [email protected] Wardens Jimmy Johnson 274 5086 Linda McCann 274 5086 Ann Firth 274 5086Deputy Wardens Ann Lomax 274 5086 Uniformed Groups Ian Jackson 235 3044 Jemma Taylor 296 0555Group Scout Leader Guide Leader CHURCH HOUSE 56 Abbey Lane 274 8289Bookings Helen Reynolds 274 5086Visit our website: www.stchads.orgPLEASE NOTE: The inclusion of advertisements in Impact in no way means theadvertiser is endorsed or recommended by St Chad’s Church.St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Page 30 email: [email protected] Office: 9 Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA website: www.stchads.orgTel: (0114) 274 5086

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