Impact0818

August/September 2018 

WOODSEATS • SHEFFIELD

WELCOME to Impact - the magazine of St Chad’s Church, 

Woodseats. Impact is published every two months and distributed 

to over 5,000 homes in S8. 

St Chad’s Church is committed to serving you - the people of 

Woodseats, Beauchief and Chancet Wood. To find out more about 

St Chad’s, visit our website at www.stchads.org or call the church 

office on 0114 274 5086. 

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It is a remarkable fact that Roman ruins are still as 

numerous and visible as they are. We have far 

more evidence of Roman buildings from 2,000 

years ago than we do of Anglo-Saxon buildings 

from 1,000 years ago, and it is quite possible that 

the Roman remains will long outlast whatever buildings 

that we erect now. 

One of the reasons for the durability of Roman 

construction lies in concrete. Perhaps you thought 

that concrete is the blight of the 20th century and 

that previous civilizations were more elegant in their 

construction projects, but the Romans were masters 

of making concrete. What’s more, the Romans made 

better concrete than we do, and to date we still don’t 

quite know how they did it. 

Modern concrete is practical but is not very durable. It suffers from 

“concrete cancer” and corrodes quickly when in contact with salt water. 

In contrast Roman concrete was designed to be laid under water and in 

fact was made stronger by it. Roman harbours, far from being destroyed 

by the storms raging against them were strengthened by the salt water 

lashing against them, creating crystals in the cracks that bound the 

concrete together even more strongly. Roman concrete has sometimes 

been called the most durable man-made substance ever used, and 

despite our technology we have not yet been able to imitate it. 

We are, thankfully, moving away from a view that strength is all about 

muscles, mental resilience and a ‘stiff upper lip’. Strength is something 

that comes much deeper from within us and can sometimes emerge 

unexpectedly in the hardest of situations. In my role as a vicar I often 

come across people buffeted and battered by the most terrible storms 

of life. So often I find that they have within them a quiet strength that 

has emerged out of their difficult experiences – a strength that they were 

perhaps unaware of before. Like Roman concrete, the lashing waves 

have somehow strengthened them and given them the resilience to go 

on. 

St Paul spent much of his life in Mediterranean ports 

so he may well have known something of the powers 

of Roman concrete. He certainly knew a lot about 

storms – both sea storms and the storms of life – 

and knew that God’s power was made perfect in his 

weakness, “For when I am weak, then I am strong.” 

As a Christian I know that I need God’s power in my 

cracks so that I become stronger in adversity, not 

through my own strength but through his 

love. 

Rev Toby Hole, 

Vicar, 

St Chad’s, Woodseats 

August/September 2018 

WOODSEATS • SHEFFIELD 

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Samson visits the barber 

A man walked into a bar carrying a 

big piece of asphalt under his arm. 

“I’ll have a pint for myself, please,” 

he said, “and one for the road.” 

“Has your son decided what he 

wants to be when he grows up?,” 

the man asked his friend. 

“A dustbinman,” he replied. 

“That’s unusual,” said the man. 

“Not really,” his friend said, 

“He thinks they only work on 

Tuesdays!” 

Who was 

the greatest 

comedian 

in the 

Bible? 

Samson – 

he brought 

the 

house 

down! 

Where do you 

buy a cow? 

From a cattlelog! 

What gets 

wetter the more 

it dries? 

A towel! 

Why was it so 

windy inside 

the football 

ground? 

There were so 

many fans! 

What did the 

duck say when 

he bought 

some lipstick? 

Put it on my bill! 

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call two birds in 

love? 

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What’s On 

If you have an event you would like 

to see included in our What’s On 

section, email impact@stchads.org 

Health Walks 

•Mondays - 10am: Graves Park. 

Meet outside the Rose Garden 

Cafe; 

•Tuesdays - 10.30am: Ecclesall 

Woods. Meet at the Visitors 

Centre at Abbeydale Industrial 

Hamlet; 

•Thursdays - 10.30am: 

Lowedges. Meet at the Gresley 

Road Meeting Rooms, Gresley 

Road, Lowedges; 

•Thursdays - 10.30am: Ecclesall 

Woods. Meet at the JG Graves 

Discovery Centre off Abbey Lane. 

•Fridays - 10.30am: Graves Park. 

Meet in the main entrance, Graves 

Leisure Centre. 

Call 07505 639524 or visit www. 

healthwalksinsheffi eld.btck.co.uk 

for details about any of the walks. 

August 11 

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. 

August 11 

Family Fun Day and Jumble 

St Peter’s Church, Greenhill 

10am-12pm 

A fun event for all the family 

including children’s games, crafts, 

stalls and jumble. 

August 19 

Abbeydale Miniature Railway 

Abbeydale Road South 

1-5pm 

The regular open days at 

Abbeydale Miniature Railway. 

September 2 

Pedlar’s Corner Flea Market 

Abbeydale Picture House 

10am-3pm 

A mixture of general fl ea market 

stalls and specialist antiques, 

vintage, retro, arts, crafts, makers 

and salvage stalls. 

September 2, 16 and 30 

Abbeydale Miniature Railway 

Abbeydale Road South 

1-5pm 

The regular open days at 

Abbeydale Miniature Railway. 

September 8 

Have A Go Growing, Making & 

Baking Show 2017 

St Chad’s Church 

9.30am-3pm 

The aim of the show is to display 

the work and talents of the 

community. Come along and enter 

– even if this is your first year of 

Call in for a Cuppa 

at Church House, 56 Abbey Lane 

10am to 12noon 

on the last Saturday of each month 

Bring & Buy (new items) 

Handicrafts and Home Baking 



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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. 

Single and Widowed 

Tuesdays 8-11pm 

Norton Country Club 

Club growing, offering making friendship and baking. and social 

activities. The cost is £1 per adult entrant, 

50p Call per Magdalen child under on 0114 12. Bring 

2394326. your entries between 9.30 and 

10.30am. Viewing is from 12.30- 

January 2.30pm 30 and - February there will be 5 a sale of 

AEGON produce British after 3pm. Tennis Tour 

Graves For more Tennis details and see Leisure pages Centre 

World 18 and ranked 19 or players visit stchads.org/ compete 

alongside haveagoshow local Sheffield players. 

Call 0114 283 9900. 

September 9, 14, 15 & 16 

February Heritage 5 Open Days 

Book Beauchief Sale Abbey 

36 Visitors Crawshaw to the Grove, abbey Beauchief will be able 

10am-12pm 

to see the medieval tower and 

Good 

the 17th 

quality 

century 

second-hand 

box pews 

books 

in the 

chapel. Outside in the grounds the 

for sale in aid of the Alzheimer‟s 

original footprint of the Chapter 

Society. 

House and 

Donations 

Cloisters 

of paperback 

can be traced. 

novels 

On September 

or biographies 

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in 

3pm 

good 

there will 

condition be a special are welcome chorale evensong (but not with 

larger the Abbey books Lane due to Singers. space 

limitations). For full details see page 25. 

February September 5 16 

Free Nether Environmental Edge Farmers’ Activities Market 

Millhouses Stalls, entertainment Park and various 

10.30am-12.30pm 

activities will be held in the streets 

Obstacle around the course old Nether and stream Edge 

dipping Market activities Place. for 8 - 13 year 

olds. 

Call 0114 263 4335. 

1.30-3.30pm 

Nature quiz trail, stream dipping 

and bug hunting activities for 8 - 13 

year olds. 

September Call 0114 29 263 4335. 

Craft & Flea 

February Sheffield Cathedral 12 

Free 11am-5pm Environmental Activities 

Ecclesall The best Woods of the city’s Sawmill local produce 

10.30am-12.30pm 

served up with street food and 

Nature flea market quiz stalls trail, stream offering dipping vintage 

and and bug collectables. hunting activities It brings for together 8 - 13 

year 

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olds. 

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Admission: £2 

February 20 

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Pie and 

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Pea 

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Supper 

A Bike 

with Ceilidh 

Greenhil 

St Chad’s 

Park 

Church 

10am-2pm 6.30pm 

Rediscover Live music and your dancing cycling skills plus pie in 

Greenhill and pea supper. Park. The Bring rangers your own will 

provide drinks. a bike, helmet and 

instruction. Tickets will Meet be available at the Bowls from St 

Pavilion, Chad’s Church Greenhill Office Park. on 0114 274 

Booking 5086 or email is essential. office@stchads.org 

Call 0114 283 9195. 

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details see the Abbey notice 

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Climbing to New Heights in 

Andrew Foulkes, a former youth 

minister at St Chad’s, took part in a 

trek to Mount Kilimanjaro earlier this 

year to raise money for Prostate Cancer 

UK. Here he shares some of his story... 

At lunchtime on Friday, February 

23 I arrived at Heathrow 

airport and started meeting the 

people I would hopefully stand 

with at the summit of Mount 

Kilimanjaro. 

After an overnight flight, we 

arrived safely in Tanzania on 

Saturday morning. I’d been 

unable to sleep on the plane, and 

probably should have slept at 

the hotel, but instead, a few of 

us took a trip to the local town, 

Moshi. It was great to sample 

a small bit of African life. 

Day One - Sunday 

February 25: After a short 

ride by bus, we arrived at 

the starting point of our trek, 

Machame Gate. At 1,800 

metres, we were already 

higher than any mountain 

in the UK! 

There was a mix of 

excitement and nerves 

as we set off and started 

slowly making our way 

through the hot, sticky 

rainforest. Our destination 

was Macahme Camp 11km 

away at an altitude of 2,800 

metres. 

After five hours we arrived 

at our first camp where we 

enjoyed a hot meal and a 

good night’s sleep. 



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in Africa 

Day Two - Monday February 26: 

Today’s destination was the Shira 

Cave Camp, 5km away and at an 

altitude of 3,800 metres. The terrain 

was noticeably different, with less 

vegetation around. We arrived at camp 

after six hours of walking. 

It was here that I started to feel the 

effects of the altitude on my breathing. 

Simple tasks like packing my sleeping 

bag away left me breathless. 

Day Three - Tuesday February 

27: Today was an acclimatisation day. 

We were trekking to the Lava Tower 

at 4,600 metres this morning, before 

returning to 3,900 metres and the 

Barranco Camp to sleep. This was to 

give our bodies time to get used to the 

altitude. 

Day Four - Wednesday February 

28: After a poor night’s sleep (tummy 

bug) we were up at 5am for the 10- 

hour walk to Barafu Camp (4,600 

metres and the place we would be 

based for the summit attempt). 

The walk started with a pre-dawn 

walk/scramble up the ‘Barranco 

Wall’…a 300-metre cliff face. I had 

been really looking forward to this 

part of the trek, but I wasn’t today. I 

felt terrible…I’d developed a really 

unpleasant stomach bug. 

After two long hours, and with the 

sun coming up, I arrived at the top. For 

a brief time, I felt a bit better… helped 

by the snacks and the warmth of the 

sun…but we still had eight hours of 

walking ahead of us. 

This was the hardest part of the 

trek by far. I couldn’t eat, yet my body 

needed energy and I was struggling to 

walk, but eventually I made it to Barafu 

Camp. 

We were due to be up at 11pm 

to attempt the summit and whilst 

everyone else refuelled, I crawled into 

my sleeping bag and slept. 

We woke at 11pm, and after getting 

my gear ready, we left for the summit. 

I still felt terrible. The route was 

steep and the going was very slow. 

I was really struggling to walk and, 

after stumbling my way for two and 

a half hours, the expedition leader, 

a serious lady on her 30th summit of 

Kilimanjaro, told me that I’d reached 

my summit. 

She said my health was the priority 

and that the mountain would always 

be there. I’d reached 5,000 metres. 

A porter accompanied me back to 

camp, and as I stumbled and vomited 

my way down, I felt quite emotional. I’d 

failed. 

Looking back now, whilst I’m still 

disappointed that I was unable to 

make it, I know the correct decision 

was made. 

And whilst I’d hoped to make it to 

the summit, my main aim was to raise 

awareness and money for Prostate 

Cancer UK. And thanks to the amazing 

generosity of friends and family I’ve 

raised over £7,000! 

And who knows, maybe in a few 

years’ time I’ll be telling you what it’s 

like to reach the summit. 

Andrew Foulkes 

Andrew is a youth worker at St 

Luke’s Church in Lodge Moor. To 

donate to his appeal visit justgiving. 

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Welcome to St Chad’s 

My name is James 

Norris and I am the 

new curate at St 

Chad’s. I have been 

married to Charlotte 

for six years, and we have a twoyear-old 

son called Milo. 

For the last three years we 

lived in Bristol, where I studied 

at Trinity College and Charlotte 

worked at as a maths teacher, but 

before that Charlotte and I lived in 

Sheffield. 

We both came to the University 

of Sheffield to study mathematics 

(before we knew each other), 

and other than the last few years 

in Bristol, have spent all of our 

adult lives in Sheffield. However, 

Woodseats is a new area to 

us, and we have been enjoying 

exploring it over recent weeks. 

Before moving to Bristol I 

worked at St Thomas’ Church 

in Crookes, and Charlotte 

worked at Fir Vale School as a 

mathematics teacher. Charlotte 

will be continuing her work as 

a teacher this September at 

Netherthorpe School in Staveley 

near Chesterfield. 

Over the next three years we 

are looking forward to getting 

to know everyone at St Chad’s. 

Working closely with St Chad’s 

vicar Rev Toby Hole is something 

I am particularly excited about, 

as well as joining in with what is 

already happening at St Chad’s. 

I am looking forward to getting 

involved with a variety of different 

aspects of church ministry, and 

learning about what discipleship 

and mission looks like at St 

Chad’s. I am also looking forward 

to learning more about Woodseats 

and the surrounding area and how 

the church can engage with it. 

We like playing board 

games, films and walking in the 

countryside. I like playing football 

and tennis and Charlotte enjoys 

swimming. Milo likes lots of things, 

including brio, toy cars and eating 

pasta. 

Rev James Norris 



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Record 

Breakers! 

Here are a few strong holders of 

Guinness World Records... 

• Walter Arfeuille of Belgium used his 

teeth to lift weights totalling 281.5kg a 

distance of 17cm off the ground. 

• The strongest beer ever sold was 

The End of History, which was brewed 

by BrewDog in Fraserburgh, Scotland 

and has an alcohol volume of 55%. 

• The most bench presses of a person 

in one minute is 126 and was achieved 

by Derek Boyer in Melbourne, Australia. 

• Mariusz Pudzianowski of Poland 

has won the World’s Strongest Man 

competition the most times – in 2002, 

2003, 2005, 2007 and 2008. 

Are you looking for 

a room to hold your 

party or meeting? 

St Chad’s Church has 

two rooms available for 

hire at 56 Abbey Lane 

Call 0114 274 5086 for details 



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The Strength of Steel 

Steel is an alloy of iron and 

carbon and other elements. 

The name of Sheffi eld has 

been synonomous with steel 

for hundreds of years.The steel 

industry dates back to at least the 14th 

century. Makers of cutlery abounded. 

Sheffi eld is famed for its steel and 

actively commemorates the industry in 

public places. The fi rst positive record 

of steelmaking in Sheffi eld is in 1692. 

The steel making industry grew slowly. 

Only two steel furnaces are shown on a 

1737 Prospect of Sheffi eld (by Thomas 

Outibridge). 

In 1740 Benjamin Huntsman 

developed the crucible technique for 

steel manufacture, at his workshop 

in Handsworth. The local cutlery 

manufacturers refused to buy 

Huntsman’s cast steel, as it was 

harder than the German steel they 

were accustomed to using. For a long 

time Huntsman exported his whole 

output to France. In 1770, Huntsman 

moved his enterprise to Attercliffe, 

where he prospered until his death in 

1776. At the Northern General Hospital 

one of the original main buildings is 

named after him, and in the city centre 

is a Wetherspoon’s pub called The 

Benjamin Hunstman. 

The Bessemer process was the 

fi rst inexpensive industrial process 

for the mass production of steel from 

molten pig iron. The modern process 

is named after its inventor, Henry 

Bessemer, who took out a patent on 

the process in 1856. According to 

Bessemer, his invention was inspired 

by a conversation with Napoleon III in 

1854 pertaining to the steel required 

for better artillery. At the time steel 

was used to make only small items 

like cutlery and tools, but was too 

expensive for cannons. Starting in 

January 1855 he began working on a 

way to produce steel in the massive 

quantities required for artillery. 

These two methods were to dominate 

Sheffi eld steel making until the last 

quarter of the nineteenth century, 

when the amount of steel produced in 

Sheffi eld was overshadowed by the 

output of highly mechanised steel mills 

in the USA and Germany. Sheffi eld 

nevertheless retained and extended its 

reputation as a steel city by producing 

specialist steels for world markets, 

particularly armaments and the early 

forms of weapons of mass destruction. 

Ironically, of the two largest early 20th 

century fi rms, Brown and Cammell 

claimed that their armour plating 

could withstand any shell, while Firth, 

Hadfi eld and Vickers claimed that their 

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Sheffi eld has an Assay offi ce which 

stamps the metal with its crown 

mark. The Company of Cutlers in 

Hallamshire was created in 1624 

to promote the city’s steel industry 

around the world. The head of this 

company, the Master Cutler, has 

equal standing with the city’s Lord 

Mayor. Also famous were the Women 

of Steel now marked by a statue 

outside City Hall. This recognises 

the role women had in World War 

Two, manufacturing steel while the 

men were away at war. The city has 

tried to move away from its industrial 

image encapsulated in the fi lm The 

Full Monty and certainly we have 

a diverse range of industries now. 

I once read that, while the steel 

workforce is much reduced from its 

heyday of British Steel, Sheffi eld 

produces more steel than ever. 

I visited Outo Kumpu several 

times and ran training sessions for 

its managers. I was amazed at the 

size of the site – as big as a small 

town with its own railway line running 

through. If I remember it produced 

stainless steel using the most up 

to date processes. Outo Kumpu is 

a Finnish company who took over 

in 2001 from Avesta which was a 

Swedish company which had merged 

with British Steel Stainless. How 

times have changed. But we can still 

talk about Sheffi eld steel and the 

history of a substance known for its 

strength. Unfortunately Sheffi eld is no 

longer the cutlery capital of the world, 

because that has passed to South 

Korea. 

David Manning 

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All the Fun of the Fayre! 

This year’s PALS 

(Parents of Abbey 

Lane School) 

summer fayre took 

place on June 23 

and was a huge success. 

We are grateful to St 

Chad’s for letting us use 

their lovely green 

space outside. 

The day 

was very well 

attended 

and there 

were plenty 

of activities, 

games, food 

stands and 

music. There was 

a tombola and a raffl e 

with prizes donated from many local 

businesses. There were fabulous 

performances from Rhythmix Dance 

School, and music provided by Disco 

Dave. Louise Haigh MP also attended 

and met with parents and members of 

the local community. 

We are very pleased to announce 

that the fayre raised over £2,200 for the 

school and this money will go towards 

enhancing all the Abbey Lane children’s 

time at school. 

Thank you to all who attended, 

volunteered and contributed. It was a 

wonderful day with beautiful weather and 

brilliant community spirit. We’re already 

looking forward to next year’s fayre! 

Rebecca Stevens 

Abbey Lane PALS Committee 



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Phagodynamometer is not 

a word that trips off the 

tongue very easily and 

is not a word which is in 

common usage. I bet you 

have never heard anyone one 

say something like “that Billy, he 

is a right phagodynamometer”. It 

would be a good one to get if you 

were playing Scrabble however 

– if you had enough tiles! If you 

could manage to get it on a triple 

word square it would score you 

a whopping 90 points – who 

would not want that in a game? 

I suspect if you were a dentist or 

may be a scientist you would use 

it occasionally but for us every 

day folk it would not be common 

parlance. The phagodynamometer 

is a device which measures the 

amount of force we have to apply 

when eating food. 

It was a word I came across a 

while ago after a visit to a rather 

poor example of a pizza restaurant. 

The pizza had been overbaked 

and the crust was easily proving 

a match for my knife and fork. No 

matter how hard I pressed with 

the knife I could not force my way 

through it. Even using the fork as 

well to stab and tear made little 

impression on it. Then it occurred 

to me that most people didn’t eat 

a pizza with a knife and fork so 

I picked it up and used my teeth 

which broke through it quite easily. 

As I was wondering how my jaw 

could be stronger than my arm, 

hand and a knife together I began 

to imagine how much force we do 

apply and how it compares to other 

animals. Scientists have worked out 

that we can apply a force of 1,375 

Newtons. Whilst this seems a lot we 

don’t apparently have the biggest 

bite. The winner of this accolade 

goes to either the killer whale 

(18,000 Newtons) or the saltwater 

crocodile (16,500 Newtons). The 

reason for the uncertainty is that 

the bite of the killer whale was 

simulated in a laboratory whilst the 

bite of the saltwater crocodile was 

an actual reading take by extremely 

brave scientists. 

However that may not be 

the greatest bite of any animal 

which ever lived. Again it’s only a 

guestimate but it is thought that of 

the Tyrannosaurus Rex may have 

been between 60,000 and 80,000 

Newtons but of course we cannot 

test the theory, unless Jurassic Park 

becomes a reality, as the figures 

were estimated from the size of its 

jaw and other measurable factors. 

So, if you are ever in an Italian 

restaurant and the pizza is 

likely to defeat you then I don’t 

recommend taking along a killer 

whale or a saltwater crocodile to 

help as neither will probably fit in 

the restaurant. I suggest the best 

animal to take with you would be an 

hyena with a bite of 3,500 Newtons. 

Not only would it be able to easily 

bite through your pizza but it would 

clear the restaurant of other diners 

so easily that you would have no 

trouble getting a table. 

Steve Winks 

Strongest Bites 



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Services at St Chad’s 

Sunday Services 

Sunday 

Sunday 

Services 

Services 

Sunday Services 

The 9am Service 

The 

● 

The 

Traditional 9am Service 

in 

service 

style 

The ● • Traditional Traditional 9am Service in style in style 

● Includes Holy Communion, a sermon & hymns 

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a sermon a sermon & hymns and hymns 

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● Includes Holy Communion, a sermon Holy Communion 

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11am 11am Service service 

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relaxed 

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Lifted, the 11am Service in style 

● Informal and relaxed in style 

• An An emphasis emphasis on on families families 

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• ● Includes Informal Includes music, and music relaxed led played by in a style band by a band 

● • ● Includes An Refreshments emphasis music, on served led families served by from a band from 10.15-10.45am 

to 10.45 

● ● Refreshments Includes music, served led by from a band 10.15-10.45am 

● Refreshments served from 10.15-10.45am 

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 

The Traditional Thursday in style 10am Service service 

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• Taken Traditional in 

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• Includes Taken from Holy common Common Communion, worship Worship: a sermon Holy Communion & hymns 

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back of church 

hymns 

• Includes Holy Communion, a sermon & and hymns hymns 

• 

Held in the Lady 

chancel 

Chapel 

at the 

at 

front 

the back 

of church 

of church 

Held in the Lady Chapel at the back of church 

Other Services 

Other Services 

Prayer and Praise 

Prayer Prayer and and Praise 

Sunday, February 13 at 7.30pm 

Sunday, 

Sunday, 

February 

February 

13 

13 

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at 

7.30pm 

7.30pm 

Ash Wednesday Service 

Ash Wednesday Service 

Wednesday, March 9 at 7.30pm 

Wednesday, March 9 at at 7.30pm 

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Samson was a man 

of great strength 

– unfortunately he 

suffered from Tom Jones 

Syndrome – he couldn’t 

resist Delilah… 

Samson had fallen for two 

other women previously, with 

near fatal consequences, so you 

might think he would have learned 

to be careful around them, but 

he gradually allowed Delilah to 

wheedle the secret of his strength 

out of him. 

One haircut later, and he was in 

the hands of his enemies. 

Why was his strength 

bound up with his 

hair? Samson was 

a Nazirite – as 

an outward sign 

of devotion to 

God, his hair was 

never cut; he 

also had to avoid 

alcohol – and 

dead bodies, which 

was probably easier. 

Really, his strength 

came from God – twice in 

his story we read that the Spirit of 

God surged up in him to enable 

him to perform feats of strength. 

God’s purpose for Samson 

was to make him a champion 

for Israel against their enemies 

the Philistines – that’s what his 

strength was for. 

But Samson was careless and 

inclined to follow his own whims 

and appetites. God’s strength 

enabled him to kill with his bare 

hands a lion that attacked him 

– but a little later on he pokes 

around in its carcase after honey 

from bees nesting in it. 

Time and again he gets 

entangled with Philistine women 

who are ready to betray him, and 

finally Delilah succeeds in getting 

him captured. 

It wasn’t just allowing his hair 

to be cut that was the issue, 

Samson’s devotion to God was 

getting weaker – messing with 

the lion’s body, sleeping with the 

enemy, and finally telling Delilah 

the secret of his strength – all this 

was symptomatic of taking it for 

granted that God would always be 

with him, and so not being careful 

about his lifestyle. 

But at the end of the Delilah 

incident comes one of the saddest 

lines in the Bible: “But he 

did not know that the 

Lord had left him.” 

Blinded and 

imprisoned, 

Samson has 

plenty of 

opportunity for 

reflection on the 

course of his life; 

finally, he calls 

out for God to help 

him and strengthen 

him again – and 

God answers him very 

dramatically. 

God wants to give us the 

strength we need in every 

situation we encounter – but it’s 

not something we should take for 

granted, treating God as some 

sort of emergency service. 

Most of all God wants to draw 

us into relationship, friendship 

with him. That friendship will 

enrich our lives beyond measure, 

lifting us above superficiality and 

self-interest. The more we desire 

and value friendship with God, the 

more we can know his strength. 

Get the full story of Samson 

in the Bible book of Judges – 

chapters 13 to 16. 

Ken Goodier 

Calling Out for Strength 



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Courgettes R 

Every Wednesday 

from 9.30-11.30am 

What adventures has your 

courgette been on?...and 

have you got a photo of it 

to enter ‘my adventurous 

courgette’ category in the 

Have a Go Show? 

Perhaps you’ve decided to make a 

courgette animal or bake a cake. Don’t 

worry if you haven’t grown your own 

– you can buy them for all categories 

except in the vegetable section. 

You can fi nd details of all the 

categories you can enter in the schedule 

– there are over 40 to choose from – 

Here’s how little it costs 

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 

0114 274 5086 

or email 

impact@stchads.org 

for more information 

Vegetable Section 

1. 3 potatoes any variety 

2. 3 onions 

3. 3 carrots 

4. 2 leeks 

5. 6 tomatoes 

6. 6 runner beans 

7. 3 mixed veg – not otherwise in 

schedule 

8. 3 bulbs garlic 

9. 3 beetroot globes 

10. 1 green cabbage 

11. 3 courgettes (similar length, max 

25cm) 

12. 1 cucumber 

13. Heaviest vegetable 

14. Longest courgette 

Fruit Section 

15. 10 soft fruit on a plate 

(blackberries, raspberries, 

blackcurrants, gooseberries) 

16. 5 fruit on a plate – not otherwise in 

schedule 

17. 3 rhubarb stems 



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Rock! 

Have A Go 

Growing, Making 

& Baking Show 

2018 

September 8, 

St Chad’s Church 

on these pages. Instructions for the 

show plus the full schedule are on 

the St Chad’s website at stchads.org/ 

haveagoshow. See you on September 8. 

• The charge is £1 per adult entrant 

and 50p per child under 12. Bring your 

entries between 9.30 and 10.30am; 

church will be closed for judging from 

10.30am-12.30pm. Viewing is from 12.30- 

2.30pm with a sale of produce from 3pm. 

THE SCHEDULE 

Floral Section 

18. 1 vase of 3 dahlias 

19. 1 chrysanthemum – spray 

20. 3 gladioli – any variety 

21. 1 single rose 

22. Miniature fl oral arrangement (must 

not exceed 15cm overall) 

23. Floral arrangement (must not exceed 

60cm overall) 

24. 1 vase mixed garden fl owers 

25. 6 pansy or viola heads on a plate 

Preserves and Baking Section 

26. 1lb jar fruit jam 

27. 1lb jar lemon curd 

28. 1lb jar chutney 

29. Victoria Sandwich 7 inch 

(6oz self raising fl our; 6oz caster 

sugar; 6oz butter; vanilla essence; 3 

eggs; raspberry jam; NO dusting) 

30. 4 sweet biscuits/cookies one variety 

31. 4 pieces of tray-bake 

32. 3 fruit scones 

33. Baked item containing courgette eg 

cake, scone, biscuits 

Handicrafts Section 

34. 1 embroidery item 

35. 1 item knitted or crocheted item 

36. 1 item sewn item 

Art 

37. Single photograph – theme ‘Growth’ 

38. Single photograph – theme ‘The 

Adventurous Courgette’ 

39. Single hand produced picture 

(pencil, pastel, oil, charcoal or water 

colour) 

Children’s Section 

(Age ranges: under 5, 6-8 years, 9-11 

years) 

40. Animal made out of fruit and/or 

vegetables must include courgette 

41. Picture, paint or crayon. 

42. Decorated gingerbread person (plain 

biscuit may be purchased). 

43. Victoria Sandwich (6oz self raising 

fl our; 6oz caster sugar; 6oz butter, 

vanilla essence; 3 eggs; raspberry 

jam; NO dusting) 



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Lyle’s Lion 

Remember the anticipation 

of prising the lid off the tin, 

seeing all that wonderfully 

golden, gooey syrup 

inside and hardly being 

able to wait until you licked some 

off a spoon – or even a finger? 

But do you know the story of this 

delicious ‘nectar’ and its iconic tin? 

It’s an interesting one. 

In 1881, Abram Lyle built his 

sugar refinery in the east end of 

London. Henry Tate had a sugar 

refinery too, not far away but the 

two men were fierce rivals. Tate 

produced sugar cubes whilst Lyle 

experimented with the by-products 

of the refining to create the golden 

syrup we know, and love, today 

– and the process still remains a 

secret. 

It was sold to grocers in London 

in wooden casks and people 

brought their own containers to 

be filled. Demand was high and 

in 1883 Lyle decided to sell his 

product in the now famous green 

and gold tins. They remain 

unchanged to this day. 

Abram was man of great 

faith which must account for 

the fact that he adapted an 

Old Testament passage, 

adding appropriate artwork, 

to use as his logo. In 

Judges chapter 14 we read 

how Samson, the famous 

strongman in the Bible, once 

killed a lion with his bare hands. 

Some time later, he passed 

the lion’s carcass and saw that 

a swarm of bees had made a 

honey comb inside it. He made 

up a riddle to see if people could 

solve it - “Out of the eater came 

forth meat and out of the strong 

came forth sweetness”. But they 

couldn’t. 

In 1910 Captain Scott 

included a quantity of Golden 

Syrup tins when selecting 

provisions for his Antarctic 

expedition and, a year later, his 

letter of thanks was received 

by the company in London. 

Tragically the expedition was to 

fail but, 46 years later, both tins 

and contents still remained in 

good condition when they were 

found. 

On the outbreak of the First 

World War in 1914, the tins 

were temporarily exchanged for 

... cardboard, of all things! An 

explanation appeared on the 

packaging as follows - “Notice – 

owing to the requirement needs 

of the Ministry of Munitions 

with a view to the economy 

in the use of tin plates, we 

are compelled to adopt this 

substitute for our usual lever tins. 



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SERVICES; ONE-OFF JOBS 

OR A LIST OF REPAIRS 

There is no change to the quality, or 

taste, of the contents”. 

Golden Syrup must have been a very 

welcome addition to the rations given to 

the troops in the trenches – a wonderful 

reminder of home and happier times. 

Abram Lyle died in 1891. By 1921, 

the two rival businesses had merged. In 

1922 King George V awarded the Royal 

Warrant to Tate and Lyle and today the 

tins bear the Queen’s Coat of Arms to 

show that the company still enjoys royal 

patronage. 

However, times were changing and 

the company moved with them – in 1996 

squeezy bottles appeared, still with the 

original label, making using the syrup a 

less sticky experience! 

In 2007 Guinness World Records 

announced that the Tate and Lyle labels 

were the oldest, unchanged brand 

packaging in the world – a record of 

which old Abram would doubtless have 

been rightly proud. Today more than one 

million tins a month are exported all over 

the world as far as the USA, the Middle 

East and China. 

An interesting story indeed! 

Chris Laude 

FRIENDLY & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 

TEL/FAX: 0114 2817022 

M: 07929188450 

E: aj27@blueyonder.co.uk 



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Thinking About Your 

Elderly Family Members 

Does one of your family or friends 

spend a lot of the time alone? 

They may have someone who 

calls in to help them dress, or 

give them a breakfast. Someone 

ensures they take their medications and 

another may check that there is enough 

bread or milk for their day. But, except 

for the TV sounds, do they have an 

opportunity to chat, talk over memories, 

share a funny story or have the pleasure 

of company for an hour of someone not 

in a rush to get on with their own life? 

Many do have a loving family but 

working long hours or living a distance 

away makes regular chat stops rare. 

Could our Third Age Befrienders group 

help your homebound 

relation or 

friend? 

We visit at pre-arranged monthly times 

and agree to no chores. All visitors have 

been authorised through references, 

interview and a DBS scrutiny and will 

not gossip about their new friend nor talk 

about faith unless requested. 

Why are we offering our help? We 

have been out and about visiting in 

Woodseats and the local area for over 10 

years and know how much our visits are 

appreciated. 

If you want to know more, call St Chad’s 

church office on 274 5086 and Yvonne 

Smith will return your call within the week. 



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What is strength? 

There are many 

different definitions 

of strength. From 

power of influence, 

as in a person or organisation, 

power and speed of force as in the 

weather, the ability to withstand 

force or pressure as in a wall to 

the concentration level as in a 

medication or drink. 

In religion, strength can come 

from the strength of feeling and 

belief you have in Christ and 

the mental strength and comfort 

you gain from this belief. As a 

physiotherapist, I deal mainly in 

the strength of muscles. Collins 

English Dictionary describes 

strength as ‘the physical 

energy that you have, 

which gives you the 

ability to perform 

various actions, 

such as lifting or 

moving things’. 

A lack of strength 

can lead to injury or 

can be a consequence 

of injury or inactivity 

after surgery. I treat a lot 

of people who have developed 

back pain or shoulder pain from 

a lack of strength in the muscles 

in their core or shoulder girdle 

respectively. The lack of support 

from these muscles predisposes 

the individual to damage that 

life’s daily stresses put on their 

body. A consequence of the body 

getting older is the development 

of conditions such as arthritis. 

The lack of normal movement in 

the area and pain from the lack 

of supporting cartilage in the 

joint affects the strength of the 

surrounding, ‘support’ muscles. 

This in turn puts more stress on 

the joint leading to pain. 

Following an operation strength 

can deteriorate rapidly. Whether 

the surgery is specifically to a 

joint or muscle, or to an area of 

the body that can affect mobility 

such as the stomach or chest, 

the period of inactivity in recovery 

can affect general strength. I 

also work with athletes or people 

who participate in regular sport. 

Here, strength can give you an 

advantage in performance and 

can definitely reduce your risk of 

injury. Whilst injured, the athlete 

can lose enough strength to 

severely affect their performance 

in their sport for a long time. 

As a physiotherapist, I deal 

regularly with all these 

situations. I help people 

gain their strength 

through management 

of the injury and pain 

with treatments such 

as acupuncture and 

mobilisation. As 

the pain becomes 

increasingly under 

control, I provide 

exercises that gradually 

heighten in intensity to help 

the person get stronger and help 

support the area of the body that 

needs it. 

So, you don’t need to be a ‘gym 

bunny’ to gain strength. With the 

right guidance, anybody of any 

age and fitness level can gain 

strength physically and hopefully 

benefit from function, reduced 

injury risk and a better enjoyment 

of the physical joys of life. 

Andy Okwera 

Andy Okwera is available for 

advice at Activ Physiotherapy, 88 

Baslow Road, Sheffield, S17 4DQ. 

Email andy@activphysiotherapy. 

co.uk. Tel 0114 2352727 www. 

activphysiotherapy.co.uk 

What is Strength? 



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The First and Last Superhero 

Superman is probably the 

most famous superhero in 

fiction. Created by Siegel 

and Shuster in 1933, he 

debuted in Action (later DC) 

Comics and subsequently appeared 

in radio serials, newspaper comic 

strips, novels, TV programmes, 

films and video games. 

This modern myth begins with 

baby Kal-El rocketed to Earth by 

his parents before Krypton, their 

planet, explodes. Having landed 

in Kansas, he is found by farmers 

Jonathan and Martha Kent, who 

adopt him as their son. On reaching 

maturity, he becomes Superman, 

while maintaining an alter ego as 

Clark Kent, a reporter for the Daily 

Planet in the city of Metropolis. 

Although he has superpowers, 

Superman is vulnerable. Fragments 

of Krypton have also reached Earth 

as Kryptonite, exposure to which 

quickly renders him powerless. 

While mythical and fictional 

heroes, such as Robin Hood, 

Zorro and the Scarlet Pimpernel, 

had appeared over the centuries, 

Superman was the first mythical 

superhero of our modern age. He 

was followed soon after by Batman, 

Captain Marvel and Wonder 

Woman and, post World War Two, 

Supergirl, Daredevil and Black 

Panther – a far from exhaustive list 

of superheroes fighting for truth and 

justice and more recently, as our 

world has shrunk to a global village, 

to ‘save the planet’! 

Although, according to myth, 

Robin Hood did eventually die, 

the fictional Zorro and Scarlet 

Pimpernel were never killed off 

by their creators. Nor was the 

Man of Steel, since neither Siegel 

nor Shuster was involved in DC 

Comics’ 1992 Trilogy, The Death 

of Superman. Destroyed by his 

enemy, Doomsday, he was, of 

course, resurrected. Superman is, 

after all, a superhero and therefore 

cannot die... just like the Lord Jesus 

Christ, whose story of death and 

resurrection is central to the Bible. 

Some consider that account as 

much an old myth as the modern 

myths of superheroes or even older 

myths of the gods and heroes. 

However, CS Lewis, author of The 

Chronicles of Narnia, believed 

the story of Jesus’ death and 

resurrection is the true ‘myth’ from 

which all similar myths were derived. 

There are certainly similarities 

between Jesus and Superman. 

Both came ultimately to save the 

planet. However, while Kal-El’s 

father sent him from Krypton to 

Earth to help the human race, God 

sent his Son, Jesus, from outside of 

space-time to save sinful humanity 

and to redeem God’s whole fallen 

creation. While Superman was 

destroyed by Doomsday, Jesus 

freely laid down his life on the 

cross, was raised to life by his 

Father and will, as he promised, 

return in glory on ‘Doomsday’ – to 

bring in a new world order for the 

planet he will save. 

His story can be read in the 

Bible, also published as graphic 

novels by Kingstone or, for Manga 

fans, by Next. Film lovers can 

watch adaptations such as Jesus 

of Nazareth or The Passion of the 

Christ. However, Jesus is more 

than a two-dimensional drawing or 

a three-dimensional actor. 

In Revelation, the final book of 

the Bible, Jesus reveals: ‘I am the 

First and the Last. I am the Living 

One; I was dead, and behold I am 

alive for ever and ever!’ 

For me, he is the First and Last 

Superhero. 

Stephen Dowson 



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16 

Armistice 

100 Years On 

Sunday November 11 will mark 

the 100th anniversary of the 

signing of the armistice that 

brought to an end the fi ghting 

of the First World War. At St 

Chad’s we will be remembering and 

honouring those from Woodseats who 

died during that confl ict. 

If you have any information, 

photographs, memorabilia, relating to 

any of the men on our war memorial we 

would love you to get in touch. 

Our next edition of Impact will have a 

special focus on this anniversary. 

Write to us at St Chad’s Church Offi ce, 

Linden Avenue, Sheffi eld S8 0GA or 

email offi ce@stchads.org. 

Family optometrist and 

contact lens practitioner 

OCT EYE SCAN NOW AVAILABLE 

• Free sight test and glasses for all under 16s 

• Private and NHS sight tests 

• Contact lenses for children and adults 

• Rayban glasses and sunglasses 

• Home visits by appointment 

• Prescription sportswear 

• Use your two-yearly Westfield allowance 

• Ample free on-street parking 

Terminus Road, Millhouses S7 2LH 

0114 262 1955 

www.victoriasmithopticians.co.uk 

Services are held every Sunday 

11.00am - Holy Communion. 

3rd Sunday - Evensong Service 3pm 

(please note on the 3rd Sunday no 11.00am service). 

Special Events: Heritage Open Days 

Sun 9 Sept 2018 11.00am - 12.30 Open as usual at 11.00am for 

the Holy Communion Service. 

Friday 14 Sept 11.00am - 4pm 

Sat 15 Sept 2018 11.00am - 4pm 

Sun16 Sept 2018 11.00am - 4pm - At 3pm Join us for a Special 

Choral Evensong - an Exquisite Service that has been part of our 

Heritage for hundreds of years. We welcome back to the Abbey 

the talented and eloquent Abbey Lane Singers. 

All Welcome 

Our Services are based on the Book of Common Prayer, Refreshments are served afterwards 

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A relaxed and friendly place for a chat 

Coffee morning for anyone over 50 

Tuesdays 10.15 Tuesdays -11.15am, 10.15 starting -11.15am 

25th April 2017 


No table games, no speakers, 

just a good cuppa and a natter! 


For more information, contact the church office on 274 5086 



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The Little Paris Bookshop 

by Nina George 

Jean Perdu is quite 

literally ‘lost’, as his name 

suggests. He runs a 

bookshop, The Literary 

Apothecary – a bookshop 

with a difference. It’s located on 

a barge moored on the banks of 

the River Seine in Paris. People 

come to him with their problems 

but, instead of 

fi nding medicinal 

help, they leave 

with books. For 

Jean Perdu has 

a rare gift for 

sensing which 

books will heal 

the troubled 

souls of his 

customers – the 

only problem 

is that he can’t 

heal his own 

broken heart. 

The love of his 

life left him 20 

years ago, but 

he can’t move 

on. 

He lives 

in a block of 

apartments 

with an eclectic mix of people. 

When a new neighbour moves in, 

a friendship develops between 

the two. Jean helps her to furnish 

her apartment by offering her 

some items of his own. In the 

drawer of a desk, she fi nds a 

letter – it’s the last one written 

by his beloved and unread, 

because he couldn’t bear to 

read it. However, reading it now, 

Jean learns that she must have 

been ill at the time of writing. His 

neighbour encourages him to go 

in search of the past and his love, 

even though he suspects that she 

may have died. 

Jean makes an on-the-spot, 

bold decision, unties the barge 

and begins a journey, down the 

waterways of France to Provence 

– and the unknown. Along the 

way he meets other larger than 

life characters who join him on 

his barge and his journey of selfdiscovery. 

How does the story 

end? – you’ll have 

to fi nd out for 

yourself, but 

I can promise 

that you will 

discover more 

about love, 

acceptance, 

forgiveness and 

trust. 

Nina George’s 

novel has been 

translated 

from the 

original French, 

but it loses 

nothing in the 

translation. Her 

style of writing 

is wonderfully 

lyrical, almost like 

poetry at times, 

and it evokes the 

true spirit of 

France. The story meanders 

just as the canals do and her 

descriptions of the countryside 

are stunning. You can almost feel 

the sun on your face, taste the 

wine and smell the perfume of 

lavender and herbs as you travel 

along on the barge with Jean and 

his friends. An excellent book 

to take on a summer holiday 

with you – especially if your 

destination is France! 

Chris Laude 

Book Review 



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Registers 2018 

For Weddings 

and Funerals 

You don’t have to be a churchgoer 

to have a wedding in church or 

be ‘religious’ to have a dignifi ed and 

meaningful funeral service at St Chad’s. 

If you live in the Woodseats or 

Beauchief area, St Chad’s would be 

delighted to help you, whether it is 

planning the Big Day or saying goodbye 

to a loved one. 

For weddings please contact St Chad’s 

church offi ce. For funerals please tell 

your funeral director that you would like 

to have a church service. 

Baptisms 

May 

13 Myles Sarich 

Evelyn Sarich 

Albert Ives 

Weddings 

May 

12 Daniel Turner and Nicole Kime 

June 

30 Phillip Marsh and Gemma Bradley 

Funeral 

May 

18 David Friday (78) 

• 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 offi ce 

on 0114 274 5086 if you are interested in 

attending. 

Are you looking for 

a room to hold your 

party or meeting? 

St Chad’s Church has 

two rooms available for 

hire at 56 Abbey Lane 

Call 0114 274 5086 for details 

Healing Rooms 

at the Big Tree Pub 

Wednesday mornings 

10.30-12.00 

1st & 3rd Wednesday evenings 

7.45- 9.00 

As part of an international 

Christian organisation, we seek 

to freely serve the local 

community in prayer for the sick. 

www.woodseatshealingrooms.org 

Tel. 0114 3600616 (answerphone) 



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0800 328 0006 

or 01274 760839 may be cheaper from a mobile 

Weighed down by 

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Free debt counselling in your community 

from an award winning charity 

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Contacts 


CHURCH OFFICE 274 5086 

Linden Avenue, S8 0GA 


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 

Assistant Minister for the elderly Yvonne Smith 274 5086 

Readers 

Daren Craddock, Amy Hole, 

Pauline Johnson and 

Yvonne Smith 274 5086 

Youth Worker Nick Seaman 274 5086 

email: nick@stchads.org 

Besom in Sheffi eld Steve Winks 07875 950170 

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 Offi ce 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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