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-====== Newsletter Mar-10 ======+====== Newsletter Sep-10 ======
-Dear Friends \\ \\ +**A Thought or two … from David**
-Spring is on the horizon. Buds are beginning to appear on the bare branches; the sun is rising earlier each morning, and lingering later each afternoon; temperatures are beginning to creep up, and we may have seen the last of the snow. We shall soon observe the annual miracle of the rebirth of nature after the seeming death of winter. In the northern hemisphere spring is also the season of Easter, with its different message of rebirth and of hope. May we enjoy the seasonal change, and may we remain open to the wonder and the mystery of the world in which we live.+
-Another approaching change, of course, is my retirement from Upper Chapel’s ministry on 30 April, at the end of exactly nineteen years, and David Shaw’s move from Old Chapel, Great Hucklow, to succeed me. I am delighted by David’s appointment, and hope that his ministry here will be mutually satisfying and happy. +As the calendar begins to leave August behind we shall soon become aware that we are entering that time of the year when the first feel of dampness in the air heralds autumn. If the sun does manage to shine through branches of turning leaves we might find ourselves tempted to try and hang on to brighter Images but all too soon we shall have to admit that, yet again, another year has turned from spring and summer and is heading straight for autumn and winter.
-Ann is due to arrive from Sydney at the end of March, to have the  +
-summer here with me. We shall have some holiday time, and expect to leave in late September to return to Sydney. During the summer months I also expect to be busy helping at other churches and chapels in the Sheffield District and beyond, but the protocol is that after April I shall keep away from Upper Chapel and avoid interfering with David’s ministry.+
-Geoffrey R Usher \\ \\+However, let us not dwell too much upon the inconveniences that may lie ahead and instead  
 +enjoy  that  ‘gathering together once more‘ feel that permeates the air.  There is something to enjoy in every season and as we encounter autumn may we be reminded of the opening words of  
 +George Matheson’s hymn, “Gather us in, thou Love that fillest all …” for indeed we enter that time of the year for ‘gathering in’.
 +There is much ‘gathering in’ to do as we (or rather they) will be gathering in the harvest to ensure that ‘all is safely gathered in’ to prepare for the coming months.  We of the supermarket generation live so far from the reality of the task of harvest and even those who do gather some produce from the garden, I am sure, are still heavily reliant upon what is done for us rather than what we do for ourselves.  Yet however much we sit back and wait for the food to arrive we should never distance ourselves too far from the awe and wonder of it all and the readiness to give thanks.
 +It is the season of more gathering than crops.  Prompted by the occasions of All Souls, Remembrance Day, the Road Peace Service and Christmas itself we are reminded of those of dear memory whose lives have ended yet we are filled with gratitude for the legacy that they left for us.  A legacy upon which our lives are built.
 +For each of us may the forthcoming autumn be a fruitful season of all types of gathering and all types of remembering.  May the season reach out to comfort us all in mind, body and spirit.
 +David
-^SERVICES MARCH      ^^ 
-|  Sun 7th  |11.00am & 6.30pm  Rev Geoffrey R Usher    | 
-|            |//Flowers:  Min Leighton //                | 
-|  Sun 14th  |**Mothering Sunday**                        | 
-|            |11.00am Joan & Beth Norton                  | 
-|            |6.30pm: Rev Patrick Timperley BA, MA, CerTheol | 
-|            |//Flowers: Ken Smith//            | 
-|  Sun 21st  |11.00am & 6.30pm  Ms. Stephanie Cage BA, MA  | 
-|            |//Flowers:In Memory of Sid & Elsie Barrett from Philip & Ann, David, Kate & Mike //      | 
-|  Sun 28th  |11.00am & 6.30pm  Rev Geoffrey R Usher    | 
-|            |//Marion Baker: Chancel Table//                          | 
-|            |//Rob Hindle:Memorial Window//              | \\ \\ 
-**NOTES ON SERVICES**+**There will be a Service of Welcome and Celebration for our new Minister, the Rev. David Shaw, who will be sharing our journey of commitment, worship, caring and growing together. \\ \\
-Geoff Usher will be on holiday on 4 March. Our morning service that day will be a special one for Mothering  +The service will take place on Saturday 30th October at 3pm, and will be followed by refreshments upstairs in Channing Hall from 4.15pm onwards. \\ \\
-Sunday, taken by the mother and daughter team of Joan and Beth Norton. The evening service will be conducted by Rev Patrick Timperley,  +
-Minister of Old Meeting House, Mansfield. \\ \\+
-Geoff will be in India the following Sunday, for the Council Meeting of the International Association for Religious Freedom. Both our services that day will be  +For catering purposes, please let me the Trustees secretary, Diane Malaure, know if you will be attending, and how many there will be in your party. This can be done by leaving a note in the pigeonhole at Chapel,  
-conducted by Stephanie Cage. \\ \\+emailing [[diandrea1921@hotmail.com]] or by telephoning 0771 5005110.** \\ \\
-**PERSONAL NOTES** +**TABLE-TOP SALE AND COFFEE MORNING**
-We look forward to welcoming Ann Usher at the end of March, for her annual summer visit with us. +
-Our good wishes go to; \\ \\ +
-• Our Chapel Keeper John Norton, now back at work after a +
-short spell in hospital and a  +
-fortnight on sick leave; \\ \\ +
-• Eric Timmons (Joan Norton’s father), home after a slight +
-stroke and a couple of nights in hospital; \\ \\ +
-• Members and friends who have been ill recently, including +
-Min Leighton, Christine Baker, Rita Fletcher. \\ \\+
-**We offer our condolences** to the families of the following people: \\ \\ + The Table- top sale and Coffee morning on July 17th was very successful raising £285 for Chapel funds. \\ \\
-Eric Wyatt, who died on 2 January aged 76. \\ Geoff Usher +
-conducted his funeral at Hutcliffe Wood Crematorium on 5 February; \\ \\ +
-Julia Mary Mathews, who died on 10 February aged 79. \\ Geoff +
-Usher conducted her funeral at Hutcliffe Wood Crematorium on +
-19 February. \\  \\+
-**Don’t forget** the coffee  +We were lucky with the weather, as it had rained during the week before, but on the day it stayed dry for us right until closing time!  \\ \\ 
-morning on Saturday 20 March starting at 10.30am +  
-This is part of a regular series of mornings raising money for Chapel funds. \\ \\+Thank you to everyone who donated goods to sell and to those who donated their own personally made products. \\ \\
-**NEW MEMBER** +Thank you also to everyone who gave their time on the day and to those who came to shop! \\ \\
-Janet Fell has been admitted to membership, and we offer her a warm welcome into the fellowship of the congregation. \\ \\+
 +The things that were left over were taken to the Help the Aged shop on Norfolk Row and some things have been saved for the Great Hucklow Christmas Fayre. All the remaining books have been donated to the Childrens’ Hospital. \\ \\
 +Apart from raising Chapel funds, the Sale helped to raise much interest in the Chapel with many people looking around and asking questions. \\ \\
-^DIARY DATES MARCH      ^^ + **Rita Fletcher**
-|    Mon 1st    |St David's Day                                            | +
-|                |11.30pm: Women's League AGM in the Hollis Room            | +
-|    Wed 3rd    |12noon 2.00pm: Recital by Phil Croft in Chapel            | +
-|                |7.00pm: Music Together in the Hollis Room                  | +
-|    Thu 4th    |12.00noon: District Women’s League AGM in the Hollis Room | +
-|    Tue 9th    |2.00pm: Local History Group to visit Chapel                | +
-|    Fri 12th    |2.00pm: Dickens Fellowship Meting in the Hollis Room      | +
-|    Sun 14th    |**DEADLINE FOR APRIL RECORD                                ** | +
-|    Wed 17th    |St Patrick's Day                                          | +
-|                |12.00noon - 2.00pm: Recital by Phil Croft in the Chapel    | +
-|                |7.00pm: Music Together in the Hollis Room                  | +
-|    Wed 24th    |12noon - 2.00pm: Recital by David Dickson in the Chapel    |   +
-|    Sun 28th    |Palm Sunday                                                | +
-|                |**Clocks go forward one hour**                            | +
-|    Wed 31st    |12noon - 2.00pm: Recital by David Dickson in the Chapel    | +
-|                |7.00pm: Music Together in Hollis Room                      | +
-             +
- \\ \\ +
-**SPITI and INDIA FUND** +
-Many thanks for the support that I have received with  
-contributions to the two projects. As the year of 2009 ends I have been able to send to the G. A. India Fund a cheque for £155 and to  
-Graham Woodhouse for Spiti a cheque for £430. A special thank you to Margaret Slater Phil Croft & Patrick Smith what a special Music Together  
-evening organised for Spiti, raised £73.65p also a big thank you to Joan Norton who prepared a feast of a supper afterwards. I have placed a Christmas Greetings card & Newsletter of thanks from Spiti on the notice board in the Hollis Room. Please remember to pick up the little jars in the Hollis Room for your small change, your contribution no matter how small really does make a big difference and is much appreciated. 
-Patricia Ernmingham \\ +^SERVICES SEPTEMBER      ^^ 
-India & Spiti fund Coordinator \\ \\+|  Sun 5th  |6.30pm only Rev David Shaw                  | 
 +|            |NO MORNING SERVICE                          |   
 +|            |**Merchant Navy Sunday**                    | 
 +|            |//Flowers: Bill & Patricia Emmingham Wedding Anniversary//          | 
 +|  Sun 12th  |11.00am & 6.30pm Rev David Shaw            | 
 +|            |**A celebration of the life of Elizabeth Gaskell**                  |  
 +|            |//Flowers: Elsie Davis In memory of Frank// | 
 +|  Sun 19th  |6.30pm only Rev David Shaw                  | 
 +|            |NO MORNING SERVICE                          |  
 +|            |**Rededication of the Statues of George Fullard**                    | 
 +|            |//Flowers: Joanne Leach In memory of Douglas Moore//                | 
 +|  Sun 26th  |11.00am only Rev David Shaw                | 
 +|            |NO EVENING SERVICE                          |   
 +|            |**Membership Service**                      | 
 +|            |//Flowers: Joan Norton//                    | 
 + \\
-**MUSIC TOGETHER** \\ \\+Monday 6th September everyone welcome to the Women’s League meeting in the Hollis Room at 11.30am when Alan Walker will be giving another of his cookery demonstrations. \\ \\
-The dates for music together for March are: \\ +**DISTRICT WOMEN’S LEAGUE** \\ 
-Wednesday, March 3rd, ‘Hans Christian Andersen’ DVD \\ +Advance Notice of the District Women’s League Meeting to be held in the Hollis Rom at Upper Chapel on 14th October at 11.30am. \\
-Wednesday, March 17th, ‘Anniversaries 2010’ (celebrating  +
-anniversaries of composers,  +
-singers and instrumentalists of different styles of music). \\ +
-Wednesday, March 31st, ‘Swan Lake’ Video \\ +
-Everyone welcome. \\  +
-Still £1 for refreshments. \\ \\+
-**PLEASE NOTE ** \\ \\ 
-The Music Together dates listed in the February Record, i.e. 30th June will be cancelled as Music in the +The speaker is yet to be confirmed. \\ 
-Round are using the chapel on that date.  As yet an alternative date has not been fixed.+Everyone welcome.
-|Friday 2nd April|Good Friday, Bank & Public Holiday, Chapel closed    | +**MUSIC TOGETHER** \\ 
-|Saturday 3rd April|Strollers outing to Bradfield                      | +Remember, remember the **8th of September** – CHOOSING THE CAROLS FOR THE NEW CAROL BOOK. David Dickson is going to play the organ for us so please come and bring your ideas and your singing voice. If you can’t make it but have a special favourite carol you would like to be included, give details to Margaret Slater or Joan or John Norton. \\ \\ 
-|Sunday 4th April|Easter Day                                            | +On **22nd September** we will be having a dvd of ‘The Jolson Story’ which Bill is kindly bringing along. \\ \\ 
-|Monday 5th April|Easter Monday, Bank & Public Holiday, Chapel closed  |+On **October 6th** John is playing his cd of some of the hymns in the new hymn book and everyone is invited to join in and sing. It will give us a chance to get used to them as there are some lovely ones. \\ \\ 
 +On **October 20th** We are having a musical quiz prepared by Patrick Smith so that should be a great evening.
 +^DIARY DATES SEPTEMBER    ^^
 +|  Saturday 4th  |Strollers outing to Padley led by Steve Attwood & Rita Fletcher    |
 +|  Monday 6th  |11.30am  Women’s League Cookery demonstration with Alan Walker      |
 +|  Wednesday 8th  |7.00pm: Music Together - Choosing Carols for the new Carol Sheet  |
 +|  Wednesday 22nd  |7.00pm: Music Together - DVD The Jolson Story                    |
 + \\ \\
 +Dear All, \\ \\
 +Here is the link to our new publicity tool which will be updated as often as possible. It presently contains two features, one on David's appointment and the other on the
 +Fullard-Statues.  Photo's need to be relatively low-resolution but I'll try and improve them if possible.
 +If you have anything in particular suitable for publication to the outside world, please let me know. \\ \\
 +Patrick Smith \\ \\
 +[[http://www.blogstoday.co.uk/upperchapelsheffield.blog]]
 +====== Newsletter July/Aug-10 ======
 +**A Thought or two … from David**
-====== Newsletter Feb-10 ======+In our service that marked the height of the year we sang some of the beautiful words by Rev Sydney Knight.  It was with some of those words ringing in my mind that I took a stroll around the chapel. Indeed when, “…the summer sun is shining …” the city takes on a different air and it is lovely to see people taking a rest in the area at the front of the Chapel, much admiring the statues that have now returned and sitting where the sun is, “Casting  
 +shadows of tree-branches, Living patterns on the floor.”
-Dear Friends \\ \\ +By the Town Hall and Peace Gardens the city takes on the feel of a carefree atmosphere especially with the young and daring running through the fountains.
-I am beginning to look ahead to retirement from my ministry here, and then to returning to Australia to live. This impending change has spurred me into action. I cannot simply take all my books and papers back to Sydney. I shall have no need for many of them; I shall not have enough room for all of them; and the shipping costs would be high. +
-It has been strangely satisfying to fill my blue paper recycling bin three times, and to take several carrier bags of books (mainly novels) to charity shops. Some of the papers had been in my filing cabinets for over thirty years without being used. Books and papers are my “tools of trade”, but I shall have much less need for them in retirement.+//Then my open heart is glowing, \\ 
 +Full of warmth for everyone, \\ 
 +And I feel an inner beauty \\ 
 +Which reflects the summer sun.//
-Even when we try to live simply, without extravagance and waste, most of us have much more than we shall ever need. Our wardrobes, cupboards and shelves are full of surplus stuff that we have not worn or used for a long time, but which we keep “just in case . . .“ Often it seems easier to squeeze new things into already full storage spaces than to get rid of what we do not use. +I turned to look at the ‘Big Wheel’, which for a year now has been turning in the city as all four seasons have turned about it.  
-What is true in material terms is also true in the spiritual, mental and emotional aspects of our lives. In our modern world, we can suffer from ‘information over-load’ when we are bombarded with great quantities of information which other people want to give us but which we in fact neither need nor want. We carry with us emotional baggage from the past: memories of hurtful comments, disappointments, failures, unhappy experiences, frustrations, damaged relationships. Our religious life is befuddled with childhood images, half formed an confused concepts which do not square with our adult knowledge and experience of the world.+  
 +We all have seats on the biggest wheel of all. We have travelled from the grip of winter to the height and light of summer and when we sense the gathering in of crops we shall be reminded that we turn to encounter the shorter days once more.  
 +  
 +Fifty years ago Pete Seeger wrote, “To everything (turn, turn, turn) there is a season (turn, turn, turn)…”. It was made popular by the singing group The Byrds and brought into the popular world, words from the third book of Ecclesiastes. The words do indeed remind us how our lives and all around us ‘turn and turn again’. 
 +  
 +As we travel each ‘height’ in life may we gain the energy and strength that will help us to travel through its ‘depths’. As Sydney Knight wrote:
-How much might we reduce our stress levels if we reduced the clutter in our lives? Can we resolve to dispose of the things which we no longer need - which serve us no useful purpose - and be happy to make more satisfying use of what remains? Can we make more use of recycling facilities; can we give more of our unused or surplus possessions to charity shops, thereby helping them as well as ourselves? Can we apply to our daily lives the old slogan, “Live simply, that others may simply live”? And can we dispose of the unhelpful muddle in our religious lives?+//“When my heart is full of yearning, \\ 
 +Hopes and memories flood the whole \\ 
 +Of my being, reaching inwards \\ 
 +To the corners of my soul.”//
-Let us acknowledge the wonder and the mystery of our world, but concentrate on the simple message of love and goodwill which lies at the heart of our spiritual life.+In Friendship, \\ 
 +David
-Geoffrey R Usher+ \\ \\
-|  Monday 1st March   |11.30am Women’s League AGM.            | +^SERVICES JULY      ^^ 
-|  Thursday 4th March |12.00 noon District Women’s League AGM |         +|  Sun 4th   |11.00am & 6.30pm Rev David Shaw             | 
 +|            |**'Be Independent but not too Independent’**| 
 +|            |//Flowers: For Barbara//                    | 
 +|  Sun 11th  |11.00am & 6.30pm Rev David Shaw            | 
 +|            |**“What leads us is more important than who leads us”**|  
 +|            |A service reflecting upon this quote from Gene Hoffman | 
 +|            |//Flowers: In Memory of Dick & Rosa France//| 
 +|  Sun 18th |11.00am & 6.30pm Rev David Shaw            | 
 +|            |**‘In God We Trust’**                      | 
 +|            |//Flowers: Laycock  In Memoriam//          | 
 +|  Sun 25th  |11.00am & 6.30pm Rev David Shaw            | 
 +|            |**‘The Theology of Hard Knocks’**          | 
 +|            |//Flowers: Sheila & Peter Godfrey Wedding Anniversary//      | 
 + \\ \\
-During March there will be a series of lunchtime organ recitals. +^SERVICES AUGUST      ^^ 
-Phil Croft will be here on 3rd and 17th +|  Sun 1st  |11.00am Rev David Shaw **'Yorkshire Day'**  | 
-David Dickson will entertain us on 24th and 31st. +|            |6.30pm **NO SERVICE**                      | 
-All recitals will be from 12 noon til 2pm +|            |//Flowers: Christine Baker Wedding Anniversary//    | 
-Everyone welcome, invite your friends and come along.+| Sun 8th  |11.00am **NO SERVICE**                      | 
 +|            |6.30pm Rev David Shaw                      | 
 +|            |//Flowers: Nellie Hill//                    | 
 +|  Sun 15th  |11.00am Peter Rowson                        | 
 +|            |6.30pm **NO SERVICE**                      | 
 +|            |//Flowers: : Marie & Chris Rosling Wedding Anniversary//          | 
 +| Sun 22nd  |11.00am **NO SERVICE**                      | 
 +|            |6.30pm Rev Patrick Timperley                | 
 +|            |//Flowers: Sarah & Paul Benfield Wedding Anniversary//      | 
 +|  Sun 29th  |11.00am Stephanie Cage                      | 
 +|            |6.30pm **NO SERVICE**                      | 
 +|            |//Flowers:  Pamela & Brian Jenkinson Wedding Anniversary//    | 
 + \\ \\       
-At some time over the Easter period Beth Norton will attempt to overcome her fear of heights and climb the outside stairs up to the observation platform on the Lady Isabella, a rather large   
-water wheel I the Isle of Mann. She will need sponsors for this as she intends to do this as a fund raiser for Upper Chapel and the proceeds will be used to hopefully buy garden furniture for us to use in our newly refurbished grounds. 
-^SERVICES FEBRUARY      ^^ +^DIARY DATES JULY    ^^ 
-|  Sun 7th  |11.00am & 6.30pm  Rev Geoffrey R Usher    | +|  Saturday 3rd  |Upper Chapel Strollers                                    | 
-|            |//Flowers:  In Memory of Beryl Hanley//      | +|  Monday 5th |11.30am   Women’s League meeting in Hollis Room          | 
-|  Sun 14th |11.00am & 6.30pm   Rev Geoffrey R Usher    | +| Thursday 15th  |7.00pm: Chapel Committee Meeting in Hollis Room          | 
-|           |//Flowers: Alan & Sheila Walker//            | +|  Saturday 17th |Coffee morning and Table Top Sale in Chapel  Forecourt    | 
-|  Sun 21st |11.00am & 6.30pm   Rev Geoffrey R Usher    | +|  Sunday 18th  |11.45am:   Lunch in Chapel Garden                        | 
-|           |//Flowers: Joanne Leech//                    | +| Wednesday 21st  |7.00pm: Music Together in Hollis Room                  | 
-|  Sun 28th |11.00am & 6.30pm  Rev Geoffrey R Usher    | + \\ \\ 
-|           |//Flowers: vacancy//                          |+^DIARY DATES AUGUST    ^^ 
 +|  Saturday 7th |Upper Chapel Strollers                                    | 
 +| Monday 13th |Women’s League Visit to Great Hucklow Well Dressing      | 
 + \\ \\
 +**TABLE TOP SALE & COFFEE MORNING**
-**Service Notes** +A table top sale and coffee morning in aid of Chapel Funds will be held on  Saturday 17 July  11am  -  2pm in the Chapel forecourt.
-All our services during February will be taken by Geoff Usher. \\ +
-The Trefoil Guild will hold their Thinking Day Service here on Monday morning 22 February+
 +If you have any items that can be sold  please bring them in to the chapel during the preceding  week. \\
 +Any enquiries please phone  \\
 +Rita Fletcher  0114  2664 708 \\
 +Patricia Emmingham 0114 2394 693 \\ \\
-^DIARY DATES FEBRUARY      ^^ +**On Sunday 18th July** after mass finishes at St. Marie’s members of the congregation will make their way to the front of Upper Chapel to have a ‘picnic’.  How lovely to take this opportunity (on what is the day of ‘The Big Lunch’) to meet our neighbours. \\ 
-|    Mon 1st    |12.30pm: Holocaust Memrial Day event at Hallam University | +**Bring your sandwiches!**
-|    Fri 12th    |2.00pm: Dickens Fellowship in Hollis Room                  | +
-|    Sun 14th    |St Valentines Day                                          | +
-|    Wed 17th    |Ash Wednesday                                              | +
-|    Sat 20th    |10.30am Coffee Morning                                    | +
-|    Mon 22nd    |Trefoil Guild Thinking Day Service in Chapel              |+
 +**MUSIC TOGETHER**
 +The Music Together dates for the rest of the year are as follows: \\
 +**July 21st, September 8th, September 22nd, October 6th, October 20th (all Wednesdays) and November 25th (Thursday)**.  We may be able to arrange another one in November later. \\
 +On **21st July** the subject for the evening is a video about **‘Shanties and Sea Songs’**. \\
 +On 8th September we are planning to choose Christmas Carols for a new carol book to be printed before Christmas.  David Dickson has kindly agreed to play the organ for us so please can as many people come as possible to sing and help choose. \\
 +**25th November (Thursday)** has now been fixed for the party with Phil and Patrick, so please put in your diaries. \\
 +Thanks to Norman and Freda for bringing ‘The Glen Miller Story’ in June and to Steve and Rita for the loan of ‘Tim’ in April. \\ \\
-There are still some vacant weeks on our chapel flower list. +**CHANCE TO DANCE SATURDAY 12 JUNE 2010**
-If you would like to be responsible for paying for the flowers in the chapel please contact  +**What a fantastic day we had**  \\ 
-Joan Norton on (0114)272 5329 to find out the available dates or look on the list on the Hollis Room notice board.+The garden full of people old and young dancing to all kinds of music. \\  
 +A refreshments marquee always busy. \\ 
 +People sitting in the Chapel garden enjoying the sunshine. \\ 
 +The Chapel open and welcoming for the many visitors who came inside to look around. \\ 
 +**Anyone who missed it would be well advised to be here next year**. \\ \\
-Anyone who would like to arrange the flowers on their week is very welcome to do so. 
-I do not have a monopoly on flower arranging. +**The Stroller’s next**  planned visit is to Lathkill Dale on Saturday 3rd July. \\ 
 +Please meet at Upper Chapel at 10am or alternatively at the  
 +starting point  at 11am at the car park close to the Lathkil Hotel in Over Haddon \\ \\
-Joan+**The August Strollers** will be to Totley Environs led by Mike Pettitt on  Saturday August  7th. 
 + \\ \\ 
 +**IMPORTANT NOTE**
 +After each of the two services on Sunday, 25th July there will be an opportunity to hear, share and talk about future ideas at Upper Chapel.  So do plan to stay that little while longer and bring your ideas – bring a sandwich too if you wish. \\ \\
-**The Unitarian Peace Fellowship** as most of you will know has an Annual Appeal which has in the past supported many good causes.  
-In the light of the tragedy in Haiti the Fellowship Committee have agreed that the money raised throughout this year 2010 will be sent to one of the main agencies to aid the people of Haiti +**AND FINALLY** \\ \\ 
 +  
 +Beth Norton sends best wishes to Patrick Smith and hopes his finger is now feeling better.. \\
-Anyone wishing to contribute through the Annual Appeal can do so by sending cheques made payable to ‘Unitarian Peace Fellowship’ and marked on the reverse  ‘Haiti Appeal’  to Rev Geoff Usher, Treasurer UPF, Upper Chapel, Norfolk Street, Sheffield S1 2JD \\ +** dangerous job cleaning the shower!!!**
-Thank you \\ +
-Joan Norton \\ +
-Chairman  U P F+
 +====== Newsletter June-10 ======
-**PERSONAL NOTES \\ 
-Our good wishes go to the following people:** \\ \\ 
-**Ken Smith**, who has been in hospital with leg problems; \\ 
-**Kevin Malaure**, who has had to have follow-up surgery on his foot; \\ 
-All those who have been laid low by seasonal colds and flu. 
-**Our congratulations and best wishes** go to Paul Clarke and Julie Roper, who were married in the Chapel by Geoff Usher on +**A Thought or two … from David**
-19 December.+
-**Best wishes** to Ann and Geoff Usher, who celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on 10 January.+During May we had the pleasure of welcoming two visiting preachers.  John Hewerdine spoke about the Unitarians in the Khasi Hills of North East India and then the following week Bob Pounder, a Ministerial Student, whose reflections centred much on a the quote, ‘It’s a poor day when you learn nowt.’
-**Congratulations and best wishes** to Maxine Gachagan and Marc Howell, on the birth of their daughter Rosa on 27 December. +Learning, of course, need not be of the studious academic kind.  It can, and often is, from the many ‘incidentals’ that occur during a life-time.  This caused me to think about just how many life-changing moments come from the incidental – often unplanned and unmarked and yet so important in the moulding and the unfolding of our lives.
-**We offer our condolences** to the families of the following people: +May we love and learn together through all that we do and especially in our worship.  The services for the coming month can be seen on page  3 and include ‘Dancing Through Life’ on the day following ‘Chance to Dance’ a day of dance throughout Sheffield including Upper Chapel.   
 +Looking ahead, the First of August heralds ‘Yorkshire Day’ which falls on a Sunday this year and that will be the theme of our service.  Do let me know if you have any ideas or anything you wish to contribute to these services.  If you would like to have a copy of the whole or any part of a service then let me know and I will send a copy to you.  To contact me for any reason my details are:  
 +at the chapel 0114 272 5338 (I can access messages remotely and will return your call as soon as I can); 
 +  
 +mobile 07581 583972
-• **Gordon Ackroyd**, who died on 17 December aged 87. Geoff Usher conducted his funeral at Hutcliffe Wood Crematorium on 29 December. \\ \\ +or you can email me on [[davidw.shaw@btinternet.com]]
-• **Mary Tindall**, who died on 29 December aged 81. Geoff Usher conducted her funeral at Hutcliffe Wood Crematorium on 8 January. \\ \\ +
-• **Gerard Wilkinson** (Gerry) Organ, who died on 1 January aged 81 . Geoff Usher conducted his funeral on 12 January, with a service in the Chapel followed by interment at Abbey Lane Cemetery.+
 +Looking ahead to the future – do let me know if you have in mind a subject that you would like to be the theme of a service or if you would be willing to contribute to our worship in any way.
 +There is much to do and much to learn from our ‘doings’ and if you see someone who might be gazing into the distance or nodding peacefully, then do be gentle – for there might be a lot of learning going on!
-**MEMBERS**+I am managing to make a good number of visits to people.  Someone had to be first and someone will inevitably be last!  I am aware that it will take quite a while to contact you all and so if you prefer a time to chat sooner than later – please do let me know.  
 +Finally, I do want to ‘thank you’ for making my wife, Liz, and me so  
 +welcome at Upper Chapel – we are learning a lot too!  \\ \\  
 +In Friendship, \\ 
 +David
-Patrick Smith has been admitted to membership of the congregation; and after a period of association with Fulwood Old Chapel, Diane Malaure has resumed membership of Upper Chapel. We welcome them both into the fellowship of our congregation. 
-**FEBRUARY 2010 NUF FILMED WORSHIP** 
-During a conference at the Nightingale Centre, the National Unitarian Fellowship plans to film a worship service in Old Chapel at Great Hucklow on the afternoon of Saturday 20 February. This will then be edited into  +^SERVICES JUNE      ^^ 
-10-15 minute segments and put on the NUF web-site as examples of Unitarian worship. It is hoped that these will interest people who are searching on the internet for spiritual-based organisations, and worship which is different from the Christian mainstream.+|  Sun 6th  |11.00am **'Women of Steel'**                | 
 +|            |Conducted by members of the Women's League  | 
 +|            |//Flowers: In memory of George & Ada Cartwright //  | 
 +|  Sun 13th  |11.00am & 6.30pm  **'Dancing Through Life'**    | 
 +|            |Conducted by Rev David Shaw                | 
 +|            |//Flowers: Rachael Gill //                  | 
 +|  Sun 20th  |11.00am & 6.30pm **'The  //'sun' // is as High as an Elephant's Eye'**  | 
 +|            |Conducted by Rev David Shaw                | 
 +|            |//Flowers: Chancel Table In memory of Olive Halksworth//  | 
 +|            |//Flowers: Memorial Window In memory of Kit Charles//  |                 
 +|  Sun 27th  |11.00am & 6.30pm **'General Assembly Sunday'**  | 
 +|            |An opportunity to celebrate togetherness through being affiliated members \\ of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches. | 
 +|            |Conducted by Rev David Shaw                | 
 +|            |//Flowers: Martin & Sheila Barret in memory of Elsie //      |
-The NUF will be pleased to have any members of our Sheffield District’s congregations come to this event: not only to fill the pews, but also to  +^Diary Dates June     ^^ 
-participate with readings, statements, prayers or music which they might wish to contribute. +|  Saturday 5th |Strollers walk to Baslow via Chatsworth led by Jean & Pawel Nowak  | 
- +|  Monday 7th    |11.30am   Women’s League Meet at Upper Chapel for visit to Weston Park Museum | 
-The plan is to start at 2.00pm. It is expected that the service will last about an hour, but there may be interruptions from the film crew if retakes are required. +| Thursday 10th |12noon: Sheffield District Women’s League Lunch and visit by National President | 
- +|  Saturday 12th |Chance to Dance in Chapel Garden | 
-If you would be interested in attending, please contact Geoff Usher or Rev Tony McNeile, 102 Turton Road, BOLTON BL2 3DY. +|  Wednesday 16th |7.00pm: Music Together in Hollis Room ‘The Glenn Miller Story’  | 
- + \\ \\ 
- +**Dear Friends**
-//**MUSIC TOGETHER**// +
- +
-**MANY THANKS** to Phil and Patrick for a very entertaining evening on 26th November. Also to the ‘extras’ who added to the fun and to Joan for preparing the supper.  +
- +
-**The dates for Music Together for the first half of the year are:** +
- +
-March 3rd, 17th, 31st \\ +
-April 14th, 28th  \\ +
-May 12th, 26th \\ +
-June 16th, 30th \\ +
-July 21st +
- +
- +
-The first one on Wednesday March 3rd will be a DVD of  ‘Hans Christian Andersen’. \\ +
-Unless otherwise stated they will be at 7.00pm in the Hollis Room. +
- +
-**Our post it note Christmas Tree gave the following responses: +
-Service led by Beth Norton and Geoff Usher on 20 December 2009.** \\ +
-Less hunger and less greed throughout the world. \\ +
-Love and happiness to all my friends and family. \\ +
-Pray for peace. \\ +
-Some mince pies \\ +
-I wish that my friend Brenda who has cancer will be well enough to enjoy this Christmas with her family. \\ +
-That the spirit of Christmas could live throughout the year. \\ +
-Warmer weather. \\ +
-Support for those who are homeless. \\ +
-Lasting peace to all. \\ +
-A wish for all lonely, ill, homeless people to find happiness and peace and love. \\ +
-Peace and goodwill. \\ +
-Health and happiness to all my friends and family. \\ +
-A white Christmas, lots of family and friends and happiness. +
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- +
-**Your chapel committee at the meeting held on Thursday 21st January  agreed that there will be collections made during February for the people of Haiti following the recent disaster there.** +
- +
-**The coffee morning scheduled for the 20th February will be one occasion when you can help because all proceeds from that day will go to the fund.** +
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- +
-====== Newsletter Dec-09 ====== +
- +
-Dear Friends \\ \\ +
-Yes, I know it comes around more quickly every year; but it is already time to think about dusting off the Christmas decorations, checking the lists for Christmas cards and gifts, deciding which carol services and other seasonal events to attend, and making time to do the shopping and all the other tasks that Christmas brings. +
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-Amid all the hustle and bustle and the commercial trappings, I hope that you will have - or make - time to relax and enjoy the real spirit of Christmas; that you will know something of the joy and wonder that lie at the heart of the old story and its message to humankind. +
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-May it be a time of blessings and happiness for you and those you love. +
- +
-May it be times of blessing for those - homeless, ill, unemployed, friendless - who know so little of joy in their daily lives. +
- +
-And may the coming year bring something of the peace for which all of us yearn. +
- +
-With all good wishes +
-Geoffrey R Usher +
- +
-** Sheffield Doc Fest ** +
- +
-Thank you to Pauline, John and Alan for their energy and commitment in ensuring that as venues for Doc Fest Upper Chapel and Channing Hall proved yet again very successful. Also our thanks go to Barbara, Rita, Steve, Ken and Marion in supporting Pauline during the week. Many people were overheard to say that the buildings were beautiful and a hidden gem in the city centre. Maybe next year we could take advantage of the opportunity to draw attention not only to the building but what we offer as a worshipping Unitarian community. +
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-** Women’s League ** +
- +
-Alan Walker’s demonstration cooking “fish and pudding” dishes at our October meeting was a resounding success - excellent food and lots of good humoured banter. Such was everyone’s enjoyment Alan was invited back to demonstrate starters and main courses in 2010.  Our November meeting found us planning our programme for 2010. Watch out for the programme which when finalised will be on display on our Hollis Room notice board. +
- +
-Please sign up for our Xmas lunch of pie and peas on Monday  7 December at 12 noon. All our meetings are  open to everyone. +
- +
-Our first meeting in 2010 will be on Monday 25 January when we treat ourselves to a New Year lunch at the Fairways Inn at Birley Moor. +
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-** Trustees Report ** +
- +
-The Ministerial vacancy has now been advertised and an information pack about the Chapel has been produced for prospective candidates. Chapel members will be informed by letter and email when arrangements are made for candidating visits. +
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-Work has almost finished on the Channing Hall roof. Scaffolding has been erected to the chapel façade and the stone mason has commenced work. It is anticipated that the scaffolding is likely to be in place at the front of the chapel for a few months as painting, bird protection, lighting and general repairs take place. The Fullard statues will be removed for cleaning and storage on 25 November and will return in their new location when the remainder of the work is complete. Please note that this is the first stage of a major renovation and that we can expect scaffolding in place and work ongoing for many months around the chapel building. +
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- +
-^SERVICES JANUARY      ^^ +
-|  Sun 3rd  |11.00am & 6.30pm  Rev Geoffrey R Usher    | +
-|            |//Flowers: Women’s League//                    | +
-|  Sun 10th  |11.00am Rev David Shaw - No evening service    | +
-|            |//Flowers: Ann & Geoff Usher  /  Wedding Anniversary//  | +
-|  Sun 17th  |11.00am & 6.30pm  Rev Geoffrey R Usher      | +
-|            |//Flowers: Joe & Kath Woodhouse//              | +
-|  Sun 24th  |11.00am & 6,30pm  Rev Geoffrey R Usher      | +
-|            |//Flowers: Joan Norton//                        | +
-|  Sun 31st  |11.00am  Hospital Sunday & Homelessness Sunday      | +
-|            |Rev Geoffrey R Usher                        | +
-|            |//Flowers:  Choir in memory of Kath and Cyril Staton//  | +
-|            |NO EVENING SERVICE                          | +
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- +
-**NOTES ON SERVICES** +
-As usual, Sheffield Central Deaf Club will hold their Carol Service here at 3pm on the first Sunday of December. We look forward to welcoming them again. +
-Following the success last December of the special Service with the Stannington Brass Band, we are delighted that they are again able to play for our Carol Service on 13 December. Please note the starting time of  7.00pm +
-Our Service of Carols and Readings for Christmas will take place at 3.00pm on 20th  December. We expect to have a special visitor that afternoon. +
-Our morning service on 31st January will mark Homelessness Sunday and Hospital Sunday. There will be no evening service that day because of the special SCHF  +
-service at Victoria Hall. +
- +
-Sheffield Churches Homelessness Forum will be hosting the annual ecumenical service to mark Homelessness Sunday on 31st January at 6.30pm, in Victoria Hall  +
-Methodist Church, on Norfolk Street just down the road from Upper Chapel. The new Bishop of Sheffield , Rt Rev Dr Steven Croft, will be the preacher and members and friends are encouraged to attend. Geoff Usher is treasurer of SCHF and will be taking part in the service to represent the Unitarian tradition. +
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-We offer our Condolences  to the family of **Frances Mary Whitworth**, who died on 30 October aged 80.Geoff Usher conducted her  +
-funeral at Rose Hill Crematorium, Doncaster, on 12 November. +
- +
-We also offer our condolences to **Margaret and Roy Wain** on the recent death of Margaret’s brother, around the same time that Margaret suffered a fractured foot  -  which is now healed. +
- +
-Our good wishes go to the following people:\\  +
-  * **Rev David Shaw**, of Old Chapel Great Hucklow who admits to feeling “a bit down in  the mouth” because of a bout of bell’s palsy.  +
-  * **Min Leighton**, who spent her birthday in October in hospital after a fall at home. Fortunately she did not break anything, and she is now back at home and doing very well.  +
-  * **Lyn Gold**, who is having to make several visits to hospital.\\  +
-  * **Judy Hague**, in hospital having an operation on her hip. +
- +
-Congratulations and good wishes to Wayne Brookes and Hayley Briggs, who were married by Geoff Usher on 7 November at Pepper Hill  +
-Unitarian Church, Shelf. +
- +
-Best wishes go to: \\  +
-  * **Bill Emmingham** who turned 80 on 12 November;\\   +
-  * **David Dickson**, who turned 70 on 5 November;\\   +
-  * **Geoff Usher**, who officially qualified as an Old Age Pensioner on 21 October, but who isn’t yet claiming the pension. +
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- +
-**A GOOD READ** \\ +
-A new addition has been purchased for the book cupboard in the Hollis Room, \\ \\ //**SHEFFIELD TROUBLE MAKERS**// by David Price. \\ \\  +
-It should not be surprising that  Upper Chapel and Unitarians are well mentioned in Sheffield’s history of rebels and radicals. \\ \\ **INTERESTED?**  +
-Then speak to John Norton. A book well worth reading, thank you to the Chapel Committee. +
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-Also thank you to all who sent me cards for my 80th birthday, I enjoyed a full week of celebrations. +
-Bill Emmingham  +
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- +
-**STROLLERS** \\ +
-Please note the strollers activity in December has been cancelled. New dates to be arranged in  +
-January for our programme in 2010 +
- +
-SUNDAY 20th,  6.30pm: +
-Carol Service with Stannington Brass Band, Underbank Chapel, Stannington +
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- +
-At Music Together on 11 November we  +
-celebrated the birthday of Bill Emmingham. It was a lovely evening when we listened with great pleasure to some old 78rpm records and enjoyed a small party complete with cake. +
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-ON THURSDAY, 26TH NOVEMBER AT 7.30PM, PHIL AND PATRICK WILL BE ENTERTAINING US FOR THE EVENING. THE COST WILL BE £3 WHICH WILL INCLUDE REFRESHMENTS. EVERYONE WELCOME. +
- +
-On Saturday 14 November, the Upper Chapel Strollers, led by Jean & Pavel Nowak, walked around the Norfolk Park / Manor area of Sheffield. They looked particularly at  +
-Deep Pits, City Road Cemetery, Manor Lodge, Gin Stables, Victoria Methodist Church, Shrewsbury Hospital, Cholera Monument, Clay Wood, Farm Grounds, Beech Hill, Queens Tower and Norfolk Park. +
- +
-**FOR LEXOPHILES.** \\ +
-A bicycle can’t stand alone -  it’s two tyred.\\ +
-A will is a dead give away.\\ +
-A backward poet writes inverse.\\ +
-With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.\\ +
-A chicken crossing the road  -  poultry in motion.\\ +
-You are stuck with your debts if you can’t budget.\\ +
-A calendar’s days are numbered.\\ +
-Santa’s little helpers are subordinate clauses.\\ +
-A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall  -  the police are looking into it.\\ +
-Atheism is a non-prophet organisation. +
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-^DIARY DATES DECEMBER      ^^ +
-|  Sat 5th  |Chapel Strollers Outing                                                | +
-|           |7.00pm: Christmas Lights switch on,  Great Hucklow                    | +
-|  Mon 7th |12noon: Women’s League Christmas Lunch in Hollis Room                  | +
-|  Fri 11th |District Association Christmas Lunch, Nightingale Centre, Great Hucklow | +
-|          |2.00pm: Dickens Fellowship Christmas Party in Hollis Room              | +
-|  Mon 14th |3.00—7.00pm: Geoff Usher AT HOME, Police House, Low Bradfield          | +
-|  Tue 15th |7.00pm: Geoff Usher’s Public Reading of “A Christmas Carol”, in Chapel  |         +
-|  Sat 19th |11.30am: Wedding in Chapel                                              | +
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-^DIARY DATES JANUARY      ^^ +
-|   Mon 4th    |11.30am: Women’s League                                 | +
-|    Fri 8th    |2.00pm: Dickens Fellowship in Hollis Room              | +
-|    Mon 11th    |7.00pm: District Association Meeting in Hollis Room    | +
-|    Thurs 21st  |7.00pm: Chapel Committee Meeting in Hollis Room        | +
-|    Sat 23rd    |5.00—8.00pm: New Year Social in Channing Hall          | +
-|    Tue 26th    |Australia Day. 3.00—7.00pm: Geoff Usher AT HOME        | +
-|                |Police House, Low Bradfield                            | +
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-The Chapel will be closed for the Public Holiday on Saturday 26th and Monday 28th December +
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-Tuesday 1st December  7.30pm joint meeting, UNA in Sheffield & Sheffield University UNA: “NATO and the future of Afghanistan”, with Dr Martin Smith, Lecture Theatre 2, Hicks Building,  +
-Sheffield University. +
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-====== Newsletter Nov-09 ====== +
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-  +
-Dear Friends +
- +
-How the year slips away so quickly. Peter Godfrey said that his reason for going to Chapel was that he enjoyed it. Certainly this year has been more than enjoyable.  +
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-The warmth of welcome at Upper Chapel from friends and the variety of activities such as services, morning teas, Strollers outings,  successful musical evenings (always so carefully planned by Margaret), organisation of The Record’s envelopes (thanks to the faithful help from Ken), Women’s League events, inter-chapel and church happenings, and of course the many luncheons! It has not just been a pleasure coming to Chapel, it has been fun as well. +
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-The warmth of spring and the lambs and calves welcomed me  back to Police House and in summer the long evenings have meant pleasant hours in the garden. The grass is under control, the blackberries picked, the mushrooms gathered, and the roses have been beautiful. Then the heather covering the moors for weeks making a purple hue with a lovely scent - and September: what a perfect month. Time to talk, walk, read, travel. Now it’s time to pull on the jumpers, scarves and gloves and to watch the sudden darkness of night descend. +
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-The warmth of your smiles, your laughter, your chats, your ideas, your ideals, and your visits: all make life worthwhile and enjoyable. You have been always ready to listen and help  with advice, recipes, books, and fruit, whenever I have phoned or caught up with you. +
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-So it is with fond memories of happy times that I thank you all for a life at Chapel which is not  only enjoyable but also fun! +
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-Wrap up and stay snug over the next months and I will see you when the weather is warmer again for more fun and laughter.            //Greetings from Ann// +
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-Steve Attwood’s younger brother Ivan died on 26 September aged 56. His funeral took place at Stourbridge Crematorium on 12 October. We offer our love and sympathy to Steve and all the family in their  +
-bereavement. +
- +
-Jean Nowell-Eyre’s mother died on 26 September, and  we also offer our love and sympathy to Jean and her family. +
- +
-And our condolences go to the families of: +
-Renee Williams, who died on 18 September aged 79. Geoff Usher conducted her funeral service at Hull Unitarian Church, followed by committal at Hull Crematorium, on 28 September. +
-Edward Thomas (Ted) Tindall, who died  on 27 September aged 81. Geoff Usher conducted his funeral at Hutcliffe Wood Crematorium on 9 October. +
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-**NEW MEMBER** +
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-Robert Farley, son of our late member Kath Farley, has been admitted to membership, and we offer him a warm welcome into the fellowship of the congregation. +
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-**SOS  SUPPORT OTHERS in SHEFFIELD** +
- +
-Several Sheffield organisations have launched a new Christmas catalogue to help their work supporting vulnerable people in the city.  +
- +
-The Support Others in Sheffield catalogue, which has an  +
-Introduction by human rights leader Terry Waite, offers  +
-alternatives to traditional festive gifts, and features nine Sheffield charities. +
-The catalogue was produced by the Association of Sheffield  +
-Agencies for the Vulnerable and Excluded -  SAVE +
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-If you would like a copy of the catalogue,  +
-please contact Geoff Usher. +
- +
-**DIARY DATES** +
-^Wedneday 11th November    ^ +
-|11.00am: Wreath Laying at the Cenotaph, Barkers Pool\\ 7pm: Music Together in Hollis Room\\ 78 rpm records.\\  Please bring any old records which you would like to hear | +
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-^Friday 13th November        ^ +
-|2.00pm: Dickens Fellowship meeting in Hollis Room | +
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-^Saturday 21st November      ^ +
-|10.00am: Coffee Morning in Hollis Room in aid of SPITI Fund | +
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-^Thursday 26th November    ^ +
-|7.00pm: Music Together in Hollis Room\\ Christmas Party with Phil and Patrick | +
- +
-^Sunday 29th November      ^ +
-|First Sunday in Advent  | +
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-^Monday 30th November      ^ +
-|St Andrew’s Day | +
-  +
- +
-**Other dates that might grab your interest** +
- +
-RAF Association Sheffield Branch 1940s Evening,  +
-Saturday 14th November  7 - 11pm +
-Civil Service Social Club, +
-Green Lane, Ecclesfield. +
-Tickets from Geoff Usher £5 each +
- +
- +
-Friday 13th at  7.30pm +
-Sheffield Interfaith meeting  +
-“Superstitions Across Our Faiths” +
-Christian Science Reading Room, Trippet Lane, S1 +
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- +
-Sunday 15th  at 12nn +
-“Reflections, Work and Food in Fellowship” +
-An afternoon of interfaith reflections, tree planting, and lunch +
-Burngreave Ashram, 86 Spital Hill, S4 +
-Further information, contact Geoff Usher:  +
-or Nirmal Fernando, (0114) 270 0972 or 020 8961 5867,  +
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-**SERVICE NOTES** +
- +
-Remembrance Sunday will be 8 November. As usual, our morning service will start at 10.45am, so that it can include the Two Minutes’ Silence at 11am. It will be conducted by Liz Shaw, Administrator of Unitarian College, Manchester, while Geoff Usher will be leading the civil service at Nazareth Unitarian Chapel in Padiham, Lancashire. +
- +
-Our morning service on 15 November will be led by Geoff Usher, with  +
-special guest speaker Keith Baker, who will be speaking about his book  +
-“Joseph Priestley: Friends and Foes” , which has recently been published by the Priestley Society. Keith is a writer and retired civil servant. After the service there will be a buffet lunch in the Hollis Room and an informal presentation by Keith, with an opportunity to buy copies of his book at £12.50 ( and perhaps have them signed by the author!). +
- +
-On Sunday evening 15 November we shall be hosting the annual Road Peace Service, marking the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. +
- +
-The Christmas Lights Switch-On in the city centre will take place on Sunday afternoon 22 November, so there will be no evening service that day. +
- +
-**ON THURSDAY, 26TH NOVEMBER AT 7.30PM,** PHIL AND PATRICK WILL BE ENTERTAINING US FOR THE EVENING. THE COST WILL BE £3 WHICH WILL INCLUDE REFRESHMENTS. EVERYONE WELCOME. +
- +
-The Music Together dates for November are: +
-Wednesday, November 11th at 7 pm – 78 rpm records  (if you have one or two old 78s which you would like to hear again – please bring them along) +
-Thursday, November 26th at 7.30pm – Party with Phil and Patrick (details above) +
- +
-**MANY THANKS** to Patrick and Michael (alias Keys’n’ Squeeze) for a  +
-delightful concert in September.  £73.65 was sent to the SPITI fund from this event. +
- +
-Thanks also to Joan for preparing the refreshments. +
- +
- +
-**STROLLERS** +
- +
-Saturday, 14 November - exploring the Norfolk Heritage Trail descending from the hillside vantage point of Manor Lodge, once the heart of Sheffield’s great deer park, down through the remnants of the estates of the Dukes of Norfolk including the Norfolk Heritage Park, the Shrewsbury Hospital, the Cholera Monument Grounds and Clay Wood. Led by Jean and Pawel Nowak, with lunch-break at their house in Granville Road. Bring own sandwiches, but hot drinks, cakes and fruit provided.  +
- +
-Meet EITHER at 9.45 am at Upper Chapel OR at 10.15 am at the Spring Lane/City Road tram stop. +
- +
-//Jean & Pawel Now// +
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-**Women’s League 4th October Meeting.** +
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-The Women’s League was in for a treat in more ways than one when Alan Walker agreed to demonstrate his culinary skills and allowed us to sample his wonderful creations! This was done in the Hollis kitchen. A few years ago Alan had arranged and supervised the conversion of the old, limited kitchen to one that was modern, spacious and functional to say the least. +
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-Today Alan prepared salmon and whiting in at least 4 ways and with 4 different sauces. The salmon was baked to perfection and the whiting was poached, grilled or shallow fried! Each method as tempting as the last. Every step of the ‘show’ was explained in detail. Even how to make your own watercress pesto! +
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-The Hollis Room kitchen has never smelt so heavenly with the rich aroma of cream sauces. We all had to try every one!! We all thought them wonderful and thought we would have a go at home. +
-Alan then tempted us with desserts from Scotland. Not only a Highland and Lowland specialty with fresh raspberries and raspberry juice made on the spot and served with shortbread, but also a marmalade  bread and butter pudding! This was to die for! +
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-Judy Hague took down many of the recipes while Alan promises to pass on recipes to those who ask!  +
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-We invited Alan  back for another wonderful performance  next year, and, as it will be open to  all members I am sure the Hollis Room will be filled with eager followers! +
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-Thank you for a wonderful Monday, Alan! +
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-So the Women’s League program is certainly varied and enjoyable. Maybe next year we will have a trip to see Upper Chapel’s silver that has been given to the Museum for safe keeping. +
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-//Ann// +
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-**Services** +
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-^1st November  ^ +
-|11.00am & 6.30pm  Rev Geoffrey R Usher  | +
-|//Flowers:  Joanne Leech                // | +
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-^8th November    ^ +
-|10.45 am  REMBRANCE SUNDAY            | +
-|Mrs Liz Shaw (Unitarian College, Manchester)  | +
-|                                              | +
-|6.30pm Rev Geoffrey R Usher                  | +
-|//Flowers: The Record Team                    // | +
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-^November 15th          ^ +
-|11.00am Leader: Rev Geoffrey R Usher          | +
-|Guest Speaker Mr Keith Baker BA,MSc            | +
-|“Joseph Priestley: Friends and Foes”          | +
-|                                            | +
-|6.30pm Rev Geoffrey R Usher                  | +
-|ROADPEACE SERVICE,  for the World Day of Remembrance \\ for Road Traffic Victims  | +
-|//Flowers:  Vacancy                          // | +
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-^ 22nd November                            ^ +
-|11.00am Rev Geoffrey R Usher                  | +
-|//Flowers:    Rachael Gill                  // | +
-|NO EVENING SERVICE( Christmas lights switch-on)  | +
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-^ 29th November                ^ +
-|11.00am & 6.30pm Rev Geoffrey R Usher      | +
-|//Flowers: In Memory of Brian Fletcher // | +
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-After the service on Sunday 15th at 11.00am there will be a buffet lunch in the Hollis Room and an informal presentation by Keith Baker about his new book on Joseph Priestley : //Friends and Foes// +
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-====== Newsletter Oct-09 ====== +
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-**MINISTER’S  LETTER**+
-Dear Friends+I want to say Thank You. Many of you were at the party in Channing Hall on Friday evening 23 April, when I said some words of thanks, but I want to record my deep appreciation to many people, including those who were not able to attend.
-Members of the congregation have been sent a letter from the Trustees with the information that I shall turn 65 this month and that I am now on the path to retirement. The Trustees have begun the process of finding a successor, and I shall continue in post while that process takes place. When an appointment is made, I shall start to serve out the necessary period of notice.  +Thanks to the congregation and the Trustees for the decision 
-At the earliest, it is likely to take well into next year, and the congregation will be kept informed about progress.+nearly twenty years ago to take the risk of inviting me to become minister.
-I have no direct part in the process. I hope that people will see the rest of my time here not as an end, but as simply one more stage in the long and continuing life of this Chapel. It would be a grave disservice both to the congregation and to me if people were to see my retirement as the end. Things will change, just as many things have changed since I began my ministry here in 1991.+Thanks to my family – Ann, Andrew and Elizabeth – for supporting my  
 +acceptance of that invitation.
-Please do not assume or expect that my successor will be just like me. Do not assume that my successor will replicate my style, my interests, what I have done, or the way in which I have done it. I hope that over the years we have had enough guest preachers for you to appreciate that ministers are not all the same; that we are different, and that we approach ministry differently. You may even be aware that an inability to sing in tune is not an essential qualification for the ministry! +Thanks to all the people whose work in a great variety of ways 
-I look forward to the time ahead with interest and hope.+made my time at Upper Chapel so enjoyable: the Chapel Keeper and his team (and his family); the organists, musicians and singers; the Sunday School and Acorn Club Leaders; the organisations and groups such as Music Together,  
 +Strollers and Women’s League; the colleagues, visiting preachers and our own members who led or took part in worship services; those who attend regularly and 
 +faithfully; The Record team; the dish-washers and the coffee-makers and 
 +cake-makers and so and so on.
-//Geoffrey R Usher +Thanks to Alan Walker and the Trustees who were responsible 
-//+for organising the party on the 23 April, and for preparing the splendid buffet 
 +supper, especially Marion Baker, Jennifer Laister, Patricia Emmingham and Diane 
 +Malaure.
 +Thanks to Phil Croft and Patrick Smith for their music and
 +entertainment which was quite a surprise!
 +Thanks to Barbara Laycock and the others who spoke.
 +Thanks to everyone who attended.
-**SERVICE NOTES**+Thanks for the many cards and letters I have received, by hand and by post (but not email!).
-We shall hold our Harvest Festival on Sunday 4 October. +Thanks for the gifts, including the generous cheque and the Sheffield steel paper knife. 
-There will be a morning service only; it will be followed by the auction of the harvest produce, and then lunch in the Hollis Room. Please bring your own lunch, so that we can eat  +Some have said how sad they were that I was leaving, but for 
-together after this special service.+me the party was a happy occasion to celebrate the nineteen years that I had 
 +enjoyed being at Upper Chapel, and to celebrate preparing for the next phase in 
 +my life. A party isn’t a party without friends, and it was good to be there in 
 +the company of so many friends.
-On 18 October Geoff Usher will be leading worship at Underbank Chapel, Stannington, in the morning; and Old Meeting House, Mansfield, in the evening, when he will be exchanging pulpits with Rev Patrick Timperley. Our morning service that day will be led by Stephanie Cage. We look forward to welcoming both Stephanie and Patrick back to Upper Chapel.+Thanks to everyone who attended my farewell service on the 
 +evening of Sunday 25 April, and particularly to those who took part in it in 
 +different ways. Both the party and the service were great occasions, and I feel 
 +well sent off.
-There will be no evening service on 25 October, because of the Fright Night events in the city centre.+I vacated the vestry on 29 April. Thanks to those who helped 
 +on the day, loading everything into the van. Since then I have spent several days in my garage at home,  
 +continuing to cull lots of papers and other stuff. One thing I shall not cull:the store of good memories- of Sheffield and of Upper Chapel and it’s people-which I will carry with me wherever I go in future.
-**Services October**+Blessings be with you all. \\ 
 +With love and all good \\ 
 +**Geoffrey R Usher** \\ \\
 +Welcome to our chapel community to **Liz Shaw** who became our newest member at the chapel AGM.
-| Oct 4th                | 11.00am:    HARVEST FESTIVAL\\ Rev. Geoffrey R Usher\\ Flowers: In Memory of Dorothy Green\\ NO EVENING SERVICE          | +**MUSIC TOGETHER**
-| 11th            | 11.00am & 6.30pm    Rev Geoffrey R Usher\\ Flowers: Vacancy        | +
-| 18th            | 11.00am Ms. Stephanie Cage BA, MA\\ 6.30pm Rev. Patrick Timperley BA, MA, CertTheol\\ Flowers: Vacancy      | +
-| 25th            | 11am: Rev. Geoffrey R Usher\\ Flowers: Muriel Hogg\\ NO EVENING SERVICE          |+
-**WOMEN’S LEAGUE**+There is only one Music Together in June.  This will be on Wednesday the 16th and will be the film, ‘THE GLEN MILLER STORY’, starring James Stewart and June Allyson.
-We have had a busy, but enjoyable summer. Visiting Old Chapel, Great Hucklow on Friday 14 August for one of their Wakes Weeks coffee mornings, buying treasures from their bric-a-brac stall, marvelling at their excellent exhibition of Toys through the Ages, admiring the village well dressings and decorated gardens. It was a special day celebrating Rachael Gill’s 85th birthday. +Everyone welcome.
-The chapel provided a delicious lunch, Rachael blew out the candles on her cake and received gifts, flowers and cards from her Women’s League friends. Unfortunately Nelly Hall had a tumble in the chapel, but thankfully only suffered painful bruising and shock and is now quite recovered. 
-In September an adventurous quartet of members had a trip on the Sheffield Wheel, gasped in delight at the views across the tops of city centre buildings and its hills, managed to calm nerves as the glass pod rotated to its full height of 60 metres, and bought souvenir photos of their experience.+**SPITI and INDIA FUND**
-Our next meeting on Monday 5 October is back at the chapel in the Hollis Room when Alan Walker will display his skills as a chef demonstrating “fish and pudding” dishes. Our meetings are open to everyone and at this meeting there will be tasty dishes for you to sample.+Many thanks for the support that I have received with contributions to the two projects. As the year of 2009 ends I have been able to send to the G. A. India Fund a cheque for £155 and to Graham Woodhouse for Spiti a cheque for £430. A special thank you to Margaret Slater, Phil Croft & 
 + Patrick Smith who at a special Music Together evening organised for Spiti, raised £73- 65p also a big thank you to Joan Norton who prepared a feast of a super afterwards. I have placed a Christmas Greetings card &  
 +Newsletter of thanks from Spiti on the notice board in the Hollis Room. Please remember to pick up the little jars in the Hollis Room for your small change, your contribution no matter how small really do make a big 
 +difference and is much appreciated.
 +Patricia Emmingham \\
 +India & Spiti fund Coordinator
-**MUSIC TOGETHER DATES TO END OF YEAR**+**The Chapel AGM** which took place in May was quite well attended by members and friends of the congregation and it was a good meeting. Full minutes will be available in a short time. 
 +Thanks to those who were able to be there and be a part of the decision making.
-Wednesday 14 October  Video - Matt Monro, The Man with the Golden Voice 
-Wednesday 28 October  Bill’s Peace Music 
-Wednesday 11 November  78rpm records (If you have an old 78 which you would like to hear again - bring it along) 
-THURSDAY 26th November  PARTY WITH PHIL AND PATRICK  
-**DIARY DATES** 
-| Saturday 3rd     | 10.30—4.00pm:  “Gentle Transitions”\\ Unitarian Renewal Group Day Gathering,\\ Dunham Road Unitarian Chapel, Altrincham          | 
-| Friday 9th     | 2.00pm:  Dickens Fellowship Meeting, in Hollis Room          | 
-| Saturday 10th     | Strollers Outing                    | 
-| Sunday 11th     | Start of Week of Prayer for World Peace  | 
-|Monday 12th     | 7pm: Sheffield District Association Committee Meeting\\ Elder Yard Chapel, Chesterfield  | 
-| Wednesday 14th    | 7pm: Music Together in Hollis Room    | 
-| Sunday 18th     | Start of One World Week    | 
-| Sunday 25th     | End of British Summer Time\\ ( Clocks go back one hour)  |  
-| Wednesday 28th    | 7pm: Music Together in Hollis Room    | 
-| Thursday 29th     | 12noon: Women’s League meeting, in Hollis Room\\ 7.00pm: Chapel Committee Meeting in Hollis Room    | 
-| Saturday 31st     | Unitarian Peace Fellowship’s Writing Workshop,led by\\ Stephanie Cage, Golders Green Unitarians, London  | 
 
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