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WE NEED SOMEBODY writes RENÉE DAVIS

NO need to fear – help is on the way!

Based on the best-selling book by Kathryn Stockett, The Help is on general release at cinemas.

The story begins in Jackson, Mississippi, during the segregation of the 1960s. Eugenia – aka ‘Skeeter’ (Emma Stone) – has graduated from Ole Miss University and is keen to fulfil her hopes of becoming a writer. Problem is, in Turn to page 3

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GUIDE ADVISES CHURCHES

Manual for 2012

FAMILY MEAL IN KENYA

CHRISTIAN organisation More Than Gold has produced a practical guide to help churches in their plans to hold large events to celebrate the 2012 Olympics.

The guide provides organisers with advice on how to manage the financial costs, tips on sound and lighting, and information on health and safety. There are also full details of the BBC’s guidelines regarding public showings of their transmissions.

The guide is available as a free download from morethangold.org.uk

A MOTHER and daughter take away a Q food package from a distribution by The Salvation Army in Kenya, where the organisation has begun a three-month famine relief programme.

HELP FOR BRISTOL UNEMPLOYED

Minister sees work

SOCIETY QUOTES PROPHET

Egypt ads promote peace THE Egyptian Bible Society has quoted the Bible in adverts promoting peace. The society used some words by the prophet Jeremiah when it ran front-page adverts in eight national newspapers.

The adverts were run as a response to the violence that erupted against Coptic Christians during a protest last month. They quoted Jeremiah’s call to ‘seek the peace of the city and pray to the Lord for it’.

Alongside the quotation, the adverts ran the message: ‘Let us share together in prayer for peace and unity in Egypt.’

The general secretary of the Bible Society of Egypt, Ramez Atallah, says: ‘One prominent political figure, the Editor of a major newspaper, called to say that he EVENTS MARK GOSPEL SINGER’S CENTENARY is grateful for all that we are doing to promote peace and unity in these difficult days.’

Staff from the Bible THE Gospel Music Industry Alliance is holding a series of events to mark the Society have also been vis- centenary of the birth of Mahalia Jackson. Soul and gospel singers Ruby iting wounded protesters, Turner and Kym Mazelle are lined up to take part in multimedia performances providing Scriptures and and presentations around the UK – which can be booked by churches and community and arts centres – and a study day at a recording studio in London. offering assistance.

The three-month celebration will also include a Christmas concert

EMPLOYMENT Minister Chris Grayling spoke with customers and staff at the Work Programme centre run by The Salvation Army in Bedminster, Bristol.

The Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions took a tour of the centre, which helps jobseekers to find sustainable employment and provides ongoing support.

Since its launch in June, more than 700 people have been referred to the Bedminster service, and many long-term unemployed people have found work through it.

The programme is run

by The Salvation Army’s Employment Plus unit in partnership with Rehab Jobfit.

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in Liverpool, featuring Kym Mazelle and the Love and Joy Gospel Choir.

Mahalia Jackson, who died in 1972, was known as the Queen of Gospel Music. She performed sell-out concerts in Britain and in her home country of America, as well as singing at Martin Luther King’s civil rights events and at his funeral.

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Putting the book together could cost them everything Skeeter and Aibileen risk a chat

From page 1 Jackson young women are expected to get married, have children and employ black housemaids. Career-chasing is unheard of.

Skeeter’s priority, though, is to chase her dream. She lands a job writing a newspaper column on cleaning hints.

She approaches her best friend’s maid, Aibileen (Viola Davis) for cleaning tips.

Their frequent talks become more than just domestic.

Aibileen has been a housemaid most of her life. She has worked for white families all over Jackson and raised more than 17 children for her employers. But underneath her dignified, quiet exterior, she is mourning the loss of her only child. Her faith in God and friendship with fellow housemaid Minny keep her going.

When Skeeter gets asked by a New York book editor to write about what she thinks is a great injustice, she isn’t short of inspiration.

She asks Aibileen to share her story of what it is like being ‘the help’. Fearing reprisal, Aibileen initially refuses to tell Skeeter about the racist treatment handed out to her and her fellow black maids.

But after housewife Hilly Holbrook starts an initiative for every white home in Jackson to have a sepa-

rate toilet for black workers, she decides to tell her story.

Skeeter also asks Minny for her experiences. At first, Minny isn’t sure.

But, like Aibileen, she takes the risk and tells her story in the hope that things will change not only for them, but also for all ‘the help’ of Jackson.

Skeeter knows that putting this book together could cost them all everything.

If they are discovered, the whole town will turn on them for breaking the rule that blacks and whites can’t mix.

But if Skeeter Minny with gets her anonyone of her mous book employers published, jus-

tice will be served.

It’s a tough call. But as Aibileen points out: ‘God says we should love our enemies. It’s hard to, but we can start by telling the truth.’

She’s right. The truth can be a difficult thing to speak or hear. We may have news to give someone but hold back for fear of upsetting them. Or we may be scared to hear something we don’t want to. And sometimes the truth hurts.

It is also, says Jesus, what sets us free.

The truth is, as Jesus puts it, that ‘everyone who sins is a slave to sin’ (John 8:34 New International Version).

We are powerless to stop ourselves from breaking God’s law. Even when we don’t act wrongly, we still think wrong things.

No amount of willpower is strong enough to stop us from making mistakes. We are captive.

There is, though, a way out.

Jesus died so we can be forgiven. He died to free us from the consequence of our wrongdoing – death.

He died to give us eternal life.

When we face up to the truth of our wrongdoing and admit that we need his help and forgiveness, Jesus frees us from a life of guilt and shame.

Do you need his help?

The truth can be a difficult thing to hear

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Pitching up NIGEL BOVEY

for the world’s

THE PRESENT TENTS: George camps outside St Paul’s Cathedral

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Is Occupy just another anti-capitalist demo?

No, the global Occupy is trying to bring about the kind of change that huge numbers of people believe in but have been persuaded is not possible. When we talk with members of the public, we find that the majority agree with us that there are systemic problems in the way the world’s economy operates.

For instance, you’d struggle to find anyone to disagree that, if there was a way that was good for the economy, we shouldn’t be cutting back on the NHS and vital social services. People have bought into the idea that economic shock therapy is necessary.

So is this about austerity measures?

It’s more than that. There are systemic problems.

Globally, we take for granted that our governments are right when they tell us we should do this or that because the global economy demands it.

The Daily Mail sees them as an ‘unholy mob’. On Have I Got News For You Tory MP Louise Mensch vilified them for using a nearby Starbucks. Barred from camping outside their intended target of the London Stock Exchange, Occupy LSX protesters pitched their tents outside St Paul’s Cathedral. Nigel Bovey visited the camp and discovered a number of Christians among the protesters, including Greenpeace street campaigner GEORGE BARDA

What are the global economic and political issues that need to be addressed?

People address things that touch their lives. People recognise that the vast financial inequality that has developed in brethren, ye have done it unto me.’ Jesus the past few decades is at the root of calls us to look out for those who are the many social ills. most unfairly treated and to do something Many of those concerns are also linked for them. to un-democracy. Global financial Since the cathedral gave us sanctuary, institutions are part of the problem. The there has been a sense of divine presence World Trade Organisation, World Bank here. Political protests tend to be and International Monetary Fund are dominated by people’s angry reaction to undemocratic and un-transparent. They injustices. I’m impressed that this protest have been linked to a number of social is focused on the love and compassion ills around the world. that makes people angry – that motivates For instance, over the past 30 years the them – about those injustices.

IMF has been telling poor countries that, for the sake of their long-term wellbeing, Love and compassion are not elements they need to cut back on already very low typically associated with protesters. levels of education and healthcare.

Anti-capitalist protests sometimes end The most-affected victims of the in violence. Is there an image problem? economic problems are in the world’s This first week has been entirely poorest countries. For example, people in peaceful. Media reports love to focus on Africa have suffered four times the anger. The general perception of number of droughts and floods in the past protesters is of oddball characters who 50 years because of climate change. Yet are angry and want to fight the police. they’ve received no compensation from When the public talk to us, hopefully corporations and governments they’ll find we’re different – that it is responsible, through fossil-fuel use, for compassion for the world’s most those climatic changes. vulnerable people that is driving this Even in those instances where there is movement. no direct responsibility, there should be The police here are doing a job – ample resources to help victims of following orders – like everyone else. drought and flood. In my opinion, things There are occasions when someone that are morally and socially right are also becomes angry and demonises another economically right. person – protester or police officer. But the more we try to maintain a It is easy to be against things. What are compassionate perspective in you for? What practical changes will rectify the ills you describe?

The world is ignoring the lessons of the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Regulations need to be introduced into the financial sector. There needs to be greater economic accountability.

What is driving you to take part in this protest?

I am a Christian. The words of Jesus that connect most with me are: ‘Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my

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such circumstances, the better.

It is possible to have a sense of injustice without turning angry.

If we’re serious about reaching out to the most vulnerable and bringing about a more compassionate world, we have to engage at the institutional global level.

Institutions are not persuaded of rights and wrongs, people are. How do you get economic and political decisionmakers to talk with you?

That’s why we’re here. Occupy camps around the world are following the footsteps of Gandhi – first, they will ignore you; then they will mock you; then they will have to listen to you.

The Prime Minister and Chancellor are not yet at the stage where they’re talking with us.

So we have a way to go yet. But the more people who join us, the closer we’ll get to leaders taking notice.

Jesus calls us to look out for those who are the most unfairly treated and to do something for them

MEDIA

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IN THE PRESS

Comment

At the time this issue of The War Cry went to press, the FA was still investigating allegations that players had made racist remarks during Premier League games between Liverpool and Manchester United and Queens Park Rangers and Chelsea.

Footballers past and present have spoken about their experiences of racism and have given their opinion on whether the problem has worsened or improved. Lord Ouseley, chair of Kick It Out, commented that high-profile incidents have a knock-on effect: ‘What happens at the top end of the game has an impact at grass-roots level.’

Kick It Out says that ethnic minority communities still face discrimination on football parks every weekend.

Professional players can give insights into what happens on the pitches and in the dressing rooms of clubs, but the hundreds of thousands of people who sit in the stands every weekend know that racism has not completely disappeared from the game.

Sister Jacinta (second from right) and the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal

Young sisters act to answer God’s call

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Mask Football, in a sense, is society with its mask off. For good or ill, people shout and sing things at football matches that they would not in other, more polite social settings. Football still has a problem with racism because society does.

To get rid of racism from football, authorities must root it out; clubs must create an atmosphere which makes it unacceptable; and supporters must have the determination to tackle it. All credit to the lads and lasses who do not let it exist where they are.

But while those steps are being taken, every one of us – football fan or not – must challenge it where we find it.

We must work so that even when society does not have its mask on, racism is nowhere to be found.

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THE subject of racism has come to the fore among players and supporters as allegations of two incidents hit the headlines during the annual weeks of action run

by English football’s equality campaign Kick It Out.

QUEENS Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand told Jason Burt of The Daily Telegraph that he aims to start a prayer group at Loftus Road.

Speaking before QPR’s game against Chelsea – during which he was allegedly the target of racist abuse – Ferdinand said: ‘At [my previous club] Sunderland we had a group who prayed.

Hopefully I will start building that here.’

Showing the reporter his new tattoo of an angel fighting evil, Ferdinand said: ‘I’m a Christian, I have faith in the Lord and that’s what it represents.’

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Standing against racism

Anton aims for pray-er power

A DOCUMENTARY on BBC One followed young women contemplating joining or already living in a religious order. In Young Nuns graduate Clara seemed certain that she wanted to join a closed order, but after a few months in the convent found the limited contact with her family too difficult.

She returned to her family to consider whether she wanted to live as a nun.

Catwalk model Catherine was trying to decide whether to enter a religious community, but was urged by the nuns to take her time to make sure she made the right choice.

Sister Jacinta of the

Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal, a community in Leeds, said: ‘It’s never easy to figure out “Where

do I belong? Where’s God calling me to?” It’s not like it just comes out of Heaven on a fax.’

THE comedy Rev returns I for a second series on BBC Two on Thursday (10 November).

Tom Hollander is again playing the Rev Adam Smallbone in six episodes and a Christmas special.

In the first episode Smallbone is tempted to bask in the glory of being hailed a ‘super vicar’ for unwittingly thwarting a mugging.

The first series won the South Bank Award for Best Comedy and the Bafta Situation Comedy Award.

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THE GREAT OUTDOORS IT is very uplifting and warming to have a winter garden that is full of colour. Decorative pots and containers placed near the back door or even hanging baskets in sheltered areas are welcoming to the eye.

In the garden there are a number of dependable, easy-to-grow shrubs that won’t fail to delight between now and next spring.

Pittosporum ‘Tom Thumb’ is a stunning deep-red variety of evergreen shrub. The foliage is green when young, and matures to a deep reddish brown.

Elaeagnus ‘Gilt Edge’ is suitable for most conditions. Its leaves are edged with bright yellow margins, which look good over winter. It offers a bonus of small fragrant flowers in late summer.

Mahonia ‘Charity’ is slowgrowing and great as an evergreen security plant. It sits in the garden all summer then comes into its own from November onwards. Each winter it produces sweetly scented yellow racemes of long-lasting flowers.

My favourite winter shrub of all is Viburnum tinus. Between December and March this evergreen wonder has the most amazingly fragrant flowers.

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can supplement winter months

by LEE

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The unopened flowers form as tight pink buds in flattish heads.

There are plenty of options if you want to brighten up your patio over winter. Evergreens such as dwarf conifers, dwarf rhododendrons, heathers and variegated ivies can be interspersed with combinations of primroses, winter pansies, violas and dwarf daffodil and hyacinth bulbs.

Pampas grass looks I great at this time of year but is suitable only for larger gardens where it is left to colonise. Once established, it is extremely difficult to remove. It is almost impossible to dig out, and burning is often the only way to control it.

and don’t forget…

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Back in the 1960s, The Salvation Army hit the pop scene with the Joystrings. In 1964, their first release ‘It’s an Open Secret’ reached No 32 in the charts. No one was more surprised by the group’s instant success than the members themselves. For the next five years, the group made recordings, appeared on television and performed concerts in the UK and overseas, all the time singing about the love of Jesus.

Almost 50 years later, JOY WEBB and PETER and SYLVIA DALZIEL tell Claire Brine about the rerelease of their songs on the album Joystrings Restrung

SIXTIES POP FOR JOY How did the Joystrings get together?

Sylvia: I think the Joystrings took the world by surprise because none of us planned to form a pop group.

My future husband Peter and I were at The Salvation Army’s college, training to become ministers. In November 1963, General Frederick Coutts was at his inaugural press conference and a journalist asked him how the Army intended to reach out to young people. At the time, the Beatles were having huge success, so the General was asked if the Army would be forming a pop group. He replied: ‘If that means we go into coffee bars, taking guitars and singing uptempo music, then yes, we will do that.’

The next day, the press wanted to see this ‘pop group’ – which of course didn’t exist – so the Army’s International Headquarters contacted the training college. They asked a group of musicians to get together for a quick sing and photo shoot.

Joy: The group started off as a group of girls being photographed holding guitars. Once we had done that, we thought that would be the end of it.

But then Canadian broadcasters got in touch and wanted to hear us. By now we had asked some guys to join the group, so we got together and practised several songs with the few chords that we knew.

Peter: The next thing we knew, EMI got in touch and asked: ‘What are we going to do with this little lot? We need to have the group in to record with us.’ So Joy Do any particular gigs stand out in wrote the song ‘It’s an Open Secret’. your memory?

From then on everything snowJoy: We sang in Soho’s Blue balled.

Angel nightclub. I had no idea what Joy: It was the first song I ever to expect but I was terrified. We wrote. I remember thinking at the weren’t due to sing time that if I didn’t believe in the until 4 am, so all our power of God’s Holy Spirit beforefriends at the hand, I certainly did now. training col-

Sylvia, Peter and Joy

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GROUP SANG

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The Joystrings in the 1960s (above) and (left) their new compilation

lege set their alarm clocks and woke up and prayed for us as we performed.

Lots of the press were there and the photographers’ flashbulbs were so bright that we couldn’t see anything. We sang and played our music. It was very hot in there.

When we finished, there were huge cheers.

As we were leaving, I met a girl on the stairs. I don’t know what she’d taken but it was the first time I smelt drugs. I asked the guy on duty to look after her and told him I’d be back the next night to check she was OK.

As I left the nightclub that night, the reality of our situation hit me. I saw the kind of people we would come into contact with and realised that we had to be ready for them.

What we didn’t know about their lifestyle, we had to find out.

Peter: I remember performing in the Playboy Club. At first we were put on the disco floor with all the dancing bunny girls. We didn’t feel that our Christian message was getting across, and after discussion with the management we moved to the cabaret floor, where people could actually hear what we were singing.

We sang there for the next three nights.

While I was on a break, a gentleman who was inebriated came up to me and said he knew my father. He

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From page 9 said they had been in a Salvation Army band together, but sadly his own life had gone in a completely different direction.

He said that if it were possible, he would give anything to swap places with him: my father had spent his adult life as a Salvation Army officer, whereas this man explained – with tears in his eyes – that he was now spending time in the Playboy Club.

Sylvia: The event that sticks out in my memory is recording in Abbey Road Studios. Our record producer Walter Ridley said that when the Joystrings walked through the studio doors, the face of religious music changed for ever.

We were communicating the gospel in a way the Church had never used before.

How did you ensure that your concerts promoted the Christian message?

Joy: We always ended our concerts with a song such as ‘When Jesus Comes to You’ or ‘Have Faith in God’. Then one of us would say to the audience: ‘If any of the lyrics have struck a chord with you tonight, or you would like to talk to us or make some kind of declaration regarding faith, then come forward and speak with us.’

Sylvia: Hundreds of people would stream forwards to accept the Christian faith. This would not have happened were it not for the Holy Spirit directing us.

One of your successes was performing on Top of the Pops. How else did life change when you became pop stars?

Joy: We were in the daily papers. We performed to thousands of people in huge venues in Amsterdam, Stockholm, Rotterdam and Paris. We sang on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral. We signed autographs.

On one occasion I was waiting for a Tube train. It was the time when ‘Open Secret’ had just been released. Nearby was a man sweeping the platform, and he was whistling the tune as he worked. I turned away, because I didn’t want him to notice me.

Sylvia: Although people looked on us as pop stars, it felt unreal to us because fundamentally we were Salvation Army officers. The whole experience surprised us. We didn’t quite understand what was happening.

Peter: Because we wore uniforms, we couldn’t walk down the street without being recognised. It was unbelievable.

We weren’t here for the saints, but for the sinners How did you maintain your faith while living in the spotlight?

Joy: We prayed constantly. We never went on stage without praying first. We learnt to depend on God, because we knew that if we didn’t, we wouldn’t be able to carry on.

I also learnt that whenever I went beyond my own strength, the Holy Spirit would support me.

How did the public respond to you?

Sylvia: Generally the public were great and receptive, but we had all kinds of criticism levelled at us from some of our fellow Christians, as they didn’t always understand our mission. We performed at one church and the bishop came along to reconsecrate the grounds

after we left. We also received some disturbing, judgmental letters.

Joy: On one occasion I was spat on.

But then again, Jesus faced opposition too.

Peter: When people questioned us about performing in the Playboy Club, General Coutts reminded them that the Joystrings – and The Salvation Army – weren’t here for the saints, but for the sinners.

I understand that you once had a recording session after the Beatles.

What happened?

Peter: We went into the studio at Abbey Road and Ringo’s drums were in the corner. The band had been recording late into the night and had left one or two pieces of paper lying around, including scribbles of music and verse.

If only I had kept them!

The Troggs have claimed that their hit ‘Love is all Around’ was inspired by the Joystrings. The song has also had huge success thanks to the film Four Weddings and a Funeral. How does that make you feel?

Peter: I think it’s amazing that Reg Presley of the Troggs gives credit to the Joystrings for influencing the writing of

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The Salvation Army International Heritage Centre

The Joystrings perform on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral

that song. It just shows that you should never underestimate the influence of a Christian music group in the entertainment world.

Why did the Joystrings come to an end?

Sylvia: While in the group, Peter and I got married. By this time we were no longer at the training college, but worked as musical evangelists. We had spent a long time living out of suitcases, and another member of the group – Bill Davidson – was also about to get married. His wife-to-be wasn’t in the Joystrings. It was decided therefore that we should disband.

Joy: We made our last recording in 1967 but continued to work together until 1968. Our final public appearance was at the 1968 Salvation Army Congress at Crystal Palace. More than 50,000 people were present.

What did you do after the Joystrings?

Joy: I was put in charge of Salvation Army music groups. After the success of the Joystrings, there were some 300 new pop groups. Later on, I set up a theatre at Marylebone Salvation Army hall and wrote 15 musicals.

Peter: Sylvia and I went from performing to thousands of people to being in charge of a tiny little corps [church] in Berkshire. But that was what we were trained for. People there were good at helping us to keep our feet on the ground. To them we were simply their church ministers.

Nearly 50 years have passed since the Joystrings broke on to the music scene. Why are you rereleasing your songs now?

Peter: We hope that the Joystrings

Restrung CD will rekindle a lot of memories for people and we hope to inspire Christian songwriters for the future. The Joystrings’ songs need no explanation. There is nothing complicated about lyrics such as ‘Have faith in God, learn to believe’ or ‘When Jesus comes to you, he brings comfort’. My hope is that our music will encourage listeners to feel able to claim what God can offer them.

Joy: The Joystrings’ songs are earthy.

They are gritty vessels of truth. The message behind them remains the same – that Jesus came to save people.

It is a message I am passionate about. I want to make sure people hear it.

The War I Cry has three copies of Joystrings Restrung to give away to readers who can answer the following question: In which year did the Joystrings hit the Top 40 with the song ‘It’s an Open Secret’?

Send your answer on a postcard to Joystrings Competition, The War Cry, 101 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BN or email your answer to warcry@salvationarmy.org.uk with the subject line ‘Joystrings Competition’. Include your name and address in your entry.

Entries must be received by Monday 14 November. The senders of the first three correct entries drawn will receive a copy of the CD. The Editor’s decision is final.

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QUICK QUIZ 1. What was the name of the character played by Harrison Ford in the film Star Wars?

2. What is the capital city of Malta?

3. How many feet make up a fathom?

4. Basic, Perl and Python are all types of what?

5. Parker and Barrow were the surnames of which famous couple?

6. Where would you be if you were at the geographical position 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude?

QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Adobe. 5 Gabon. 8 Xenon. 9 Emcee.

10 Allot. 11 Riser. 12 Eddy. 15 Geyser. 17 Fiend.

18 Myopia. 20 Lama. 25 Dalai. 26 Total. 27 Cello.

28 Exeat. 29 Rider. 30 Seedy.

DOWN: 1 Avenge. 2 Orchid. 3 Exert. 4 Angst.

5 Gnarled. 6 Belles. 7 Nether. 13 Dry. 14 Via. 15 Gnu. 16 Elm. 17 Fiddler. 18 Muster. 19 Ousted.

21 Attlee. 22 Antony. 23 Elver. 24 Picts.

QUICK QUIZ 1 Han Solo. 2 Valletta. 3 Six. 4 Computer languages. 5 Bonnie and Clyde. 6 The Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Africa.

HONEYCOMB 1 Oology. 2 Mad cow. 3 Powder. 4 Fat Boy. 5 Russet. 6 Corset.

INNER LIFE

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In a three-part series, PHILIPPA SMALE recalls the importance of remembering

‘Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them.”’

Ecclesiastes 12:1 New International Version

It’s always a good time to see the

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‘REMEMBER, remember the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason and plot,’ goes the rhyme.

I remember when I was young having some of the best Bonfire Nights ever. My father was in the Royal Navy and he, my mother, my sister and I spent many years living near or on various British naval air stations. We often went to the Bonfire Nights organised by the sailors. There were huge bonfires, terrific firework displays and food in abundance – and all for free.

As I grew older, my interest in Bonfire Night waned and I gave up going to firework displays.

With various grown-up responsibilities, including the need to earn a living, perhaps I could say with the writer of Ecclesiastes that ‘the days of trouble’ came (12:1). That particular writer says that the best time to remember God is when we are young – before life gets hard.

When I was young, I was more likely to remember Guy Fawkes than God. I was 21 before I discovered what Christianity was all about. But when I did come to know God, I realised that he was concerned with everything that happened to me. Not only could I turn to him for help in all that was going on in my life, but I also had the assurance that he would be

I was more likely to remember Guy Fawkes than God

there with me and for me. He was all of us, however old we are, to actually in the habit of come to him. He wants us to remembering me. discover how wonderful life is However old we are when we when we know him as Lord. Just come to know God, we can be remember that! assured of his loving concern. It is great if we discover CAN WE HELP? that Jesus is our Just complete this coupon and send it to saviour when we The War Cry, 101 Newington Causeway, are young. In that London SE1 6BN case, remembering Please send me him can become a deep-rooted habit Basic reading about Christianity that helps us Information about The Salvation Army throughout our Contact details of a Salvationist minister lives.

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home KIDS! Can’t live with them and can’t live without them. Maybe that’s not strictly true, for no matter how much they love them, many parents welcome the peace and quiet when the last of the children leaves home. While some parents may suffer ‘empty-nest syndrome’, others welcome the new chapter in their lives.

They see the situation not so much as losing a child as gaining a spare room.

But apparently many young people can’t live without their parents.

Research shows that three million young people in the UK are living with their parents because they can’t afford a place of their own.

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According to the Daily Mirror, market analyst Mintel has found that four in ten young people who have lived elsewhere return to the parental home because they are short of cash, while a third do so simply because they need some TLC. And although the young people save more money by going back home, their return leaves nearly half of parents out of pocket. While most of these ‘boomerang kids’ are between 20 and 23, some are as old as 36.

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Leaving home can be a positive step, but trying to live independently of our heavenly Father is not a beneficial move.

He created us, and we were made to live in the knowledge of his love and care for us.

Jesus told a story of a young son who left home before he was ready. He went off the rails and decided he had no option but to return home. He worried about how he would be received by the father he had let down.

He needn’t have worried.

He was welcomed with open arms.

Whatever mistakes we have made, God is always ready to welcome us back to him. We need never be without his TLC.

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WHAT’S COOKING?

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Monday (31 October) was the start of British Sausage Week.

Why not try these imaginative recipes

Toad in the pudding Ingredients: 6 thick slices bread, hand-cut and spread with butter 454g pork chipolata sausages 1 onion, sliced 2 cloves garlic, chopped

Beany banger bake Ingredients: 1tbsp vegetable oil 300g chorizo-style pork chipolata sausages (pinched, twisted and cut into two small sausages) 1 onion, sliced 1 clove garlic, crushed ½ red pepper, deseeded and sliced 500ml passata 1tbsp black treacle 2tbsp soft dark brown sugar 1tbsp balsamic vinegar 400g can flageolet beans, rinsed and drained 400g can red kidney beans, rinsed and drained 400g can butter beans, rinsed and drained

SUDOKU SOLUTION

Method: Heat the oil in a large saucepan, then add the sausages, onion and garlic. Heat gently until the sausages begin to brown and the onions soften slightly.

Add the remaining ingredients to the pan and simmer gently with the lid on for about 30 minutes. (Alternatively, transfer the meal to the oven and leave to bake for a slightly longer cooking time.)

Serve the dish with hunks of crusty bread.

Serves 4

4 eggs, lightly beaten 450ml milk 2tbsp fresh chives, chopped 1tsp English mustard 1tsp wholegrain mustard Method: Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4.

Cut each slice of bread in half diagonally. Place the pieces of bread into a large, shallow ovenproof dish.

Place the sausages in between the bread slices. Scatter the dish with the onion slices and garlic.

In a large jug mix together the eggs, milk, chives and mustard. Pour the egg mixture evenly over the bread slices.

Cook the dish in the oven for about 30 minutes, until the eggy bottom is fluffy and set and the bread slices appear crispy and golden.

Serve the pudding with seasonal vegetables or baked beans.

Serves 5 Recipes reprinted, with kind permission, from the lovepork.co.uk website

THE BIG

THE annual tradition is back with a bang. It’s the fifth of November – Bonfire Night.

On the customary day for commemorating Guy Fawkes’s failed plot to blow up Parliament in 1605, people are wrapping up warm and heading for parks to see the sky lit up with colour. Others enjoy the evening by gathering in their own gardens for a night of Catherine wheels and sparklers.

It should be a night of fun, but some Bonfire Nights turn into a nightmare. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents says that when figures were last released in 2005, about 1,000 people were injured in the four weeks around Bonfire Night. It’s why RoSPA urges people to follow the Firework Code.

The code says that – among other things – people who are in charge of setting off fireworks should not drink alcohol, that they should light fireworks at arm’s length with a taper and that they should never go near a firework that has been lit, even if it has not gone off.

Following the code should help to ensure a sparkling success.

Good codes, instructions or rules can enable us to get the most out of life. Some help us to stay safe.

Others contribute to a harmonious society.

There are many good directions to follow in the Bible – for instance, ‘do not lie’, ‘do not steal’, ‘do to others what you would have them do to you’. When we follow them, we make life better for ourselves and others.

We don’t always manage it.

But the Bible is more than a rule book of do’s

BANG We can safely say it’s Bonfire Night writes RENÉE DAVIS

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and don’ts. It shows how God guides us. It also shows how when we ignore his guidance he still cares for us.

As one Bible writer says: ‘If we confess our sins to God, he can always be trusted to forgive us and take our sins away’ (1 John 1:9 Contemporary English Version).

God does not hand out rules and then simply give us a rocket when we fail. He offers to be part of our lives. If we accept him, the sky’s the limit.

Following the code should help to ensure a sparkling success

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