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FORMER SKATING JUDGE RECALLS SOME WOBBLY MOMENTS writes CLAIRE BRINE THE skates are on; the judges’ gloves are off.

The stars are zipping up their sparkly outfits.

Dancing on Ice is back. It starts on ITV1 tomorrow (Sunday 9 January).

As celebrities get ready to hop, skip and bump their way round the rink, the judges are preparing to offer encouragement and advice. Former judge Nicky Slater remembers how he used to feel at the start of a new series of the ice-dancing show.

‘When I saw the celebrities wobble, there were moments when my heart was in my Former ‘Dancing on Ice’ judge Nicky Slater

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ARMY OFFERS HELP TO STRANDED TRAVELLERS

Thousands grateful for a cup that cheers THOUSANDS of stranded Eurostar passengers at St Pancras International station, London, were thankful for free hot drinks provided by The Salvation Army. In sub-zero temperatures holidaymakers and commuters, waiting to board services hampered by snow and ice, queued for up to two hours before reaching its mobile canteen.

‘The cup of tea is amazing,’ Laura (pictured) told The War Cry. ‘I work in Disneyland Paris and I’m supposed to be there this afternoon. I’ve already queued for an hour and a half, and there’s probably another two to go.’

The canteen was called in by Network Rail, and was deployed from 4 am until 7 pm in the days before Christmas.

Salvation Army chaplains assisted

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travellers and staff at busy London airports after heavy snowfall grounded hundreds of flights.

At Heathrow passengers received sandwiches, hot drinks and blankets from The Salvation Army’s emergency response vehicle while waiting for news of their flights.

‘The terminals were packed with people – it was worse than a rugby scrum,’ said chaplain Major Melvyn Ackroyd. ‘But passengers were delighted to see The Salvation Army. One CARING FOR ELDERLY person remarked: PARENTS p4 “I knew you’d be here”.’

Major Ackroyd NEW SERIES worked to reunite THE WORD families who had BEHIND THE WORDS p13 been separated in the confusion. He FA CUP GIANT-KILLING also conducted Christmas p16 services in the terminals.

Thanks for prison chaplain

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At Gatwick chaplain Major Gwen Cox tended to distressed passengers.

‘It was very chaotic,’ she said. ‘Some people waiting for flight

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information slept in the chapel overnight. I walked round the airport, supporting staff and listening to upset passengers who wanted to talk.’

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LETTER

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I WOULD like to thank Graham Sturdy, a Salvation Army prison chaplain.

After being sent to prison, I had been disruptive, and I was going through a very rough time. But when I was moved to Swinfen Hall Young Offender Institution, I met Graham. Although I felt anxious at first, our chats have left me with a feeling of happiness. He and the lads at the Bible group which he runs have helped me to become reacquainted with our Heavenly Father.

I believe the Lord sent me to Graham as an answer to my prayers.

Craig YOI Swinfen Hall Lichfield

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From page 1 mouth,’ he tells The War Cry. ‘Times when David Seaman fell over and landed on his dance partner Pam were scary.

‘Skating in a partnership can be stressful,’ adds the former Olympic skater. ‘Communication has to be good. Competition puts pressure on the relationship.’

Nicky’s own skating career began when he was a child. His parents were British ice-dance champions. Most of his youth was spent at the rink.

‘I wanted to be there all the time, working on routines. In 1980 I took part in the Olympics with my skating partner Karen Barber. We came last. It was dreadful. In the 1984 Olympics we came sixth. We came fifth in the World Championships. It was not enough for me to represent my country. I wanted to win. When we didn’t I felt I’d failed.’

Off the ice, Nicky was experiencing other problems. His parents split up. He partied too hard. Something, he says, was ‘missing’ from his life.

‘Then I met up with a friend who had become a Christian,’ he says. ‘I was at the end of my tether and didn’t know where my career was heading. The next week I went to church.

When the pastor spoke, his words touched my soul so much that I cried. I decided to become a Christian.

‘There were no fireworks – but my faith in God suddenly meant I had someone to turn to.

I hadn’t had that before.’

Soon after his conversion Nicky married and his skating partnership with Karen ended.

Nicky then went through ‘a wilderness’. He became agoraphobic, too afraid to answer the phone, and was depressed for a while. Things improved but after 12 years he and wife Jo split up.

But Nicky refuses to be negative about the past. He feels that his difficulties enable him to empathise with other people.

Today he remains passionate about his faith.

‘I believe in what the Bible says – that Jesus

Nicky with Karen Barber competing in 1983

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is the Son of God, as well as being God himself. This can stretch my brain but thankfully I have a childlike acceptance of this.

‘When I read Jesus’ teachings I think: “How can I apply that to my life?” When he died on the cross he gave me freedom.

‘Today my challenge is to live in that freedom – and that includes speaking publicly about my faith, embracing Act Two of my life with my wife Christiane and my son Tiger, and pursuing the creation of music and film.’

Nicky encourages others to find freedom through faith as well. ‘If I never got another job again,’ he says, ‘I would still encourage people to explore faith in God through Jesus. It is there for all of us if we ask.’

When I read Jesus’ teachings I think: ‘How can I apply that to my life?’

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HERE to turn for advice when your elderly parents begin to need help with everyday living? That was the problem facing Emily Ackerman. She went to the library to look for books on the subject.

‘I wanted practical advice,’ she says, ‘available options and input from other carers. To my surprise, there was absolutely nothing on caring for parents.’

Emily trained as a doctor, but her career was cut short by chronic illness. ‘My parents were a great help and support to me, especially when my children were young. They always seemed invincible, but when they were in their late seventies I became aware that it was their turn to be helped. I was the only family member living nearby, but

EMILY ACKERMAN talks to Rosemary Dawson about caring for elderly parents

my own health problems limited what I could do.’

Her experience – and the lack of published material – prompted her to write A Time to Care, a book about some of the practical and emotional pressures facing carers.

Emily explains: ‘When confronted with the realisation that

their parents have turned into old people, most people are illprepared emotionally. The parentchild role reversal can be a difficult adjustment for both sides. It’s unrealistic to hope that it won’t ever happen. It almost certainly will.

‘As a Christian, I believe that God has placed us in families and

expects us to care for each other.

My hope is that I can help other people to “hit the ground running” when the situation arises.

‘As the elderly population increases, so does the problem.

Gone are the days when families lived near each other; now they can be hundreds of miles apart.

‘Family situations are also more complicated. In a single-parent family a former daughter-in-law may not want to help her former mother-in-law, for example, or even be in a position to do so.’

Emily thinks that families do not talk enough about what will happen when parents need more assistance to maintain their quality of life.

‘Open discussion with family members on these and other subjects – especially financial matters – can

age… make a huge difference, and prevent the feelings of unfairness which inevitably happen when one person bears the brunt of caring,’ she says.

‘Other cultures venerate old age, and families caring for elderly relatives is a normal occurrence. The Japanese dedicate a day for “venerable treasures” – people over the age of 100. In the UK we make a huge fuss if an old person dies alone and neglected, but don’t provide enough support for those who do want to care.

‘The “sandwich generation” – so called because they try to juggle caring for parents with a full-time job and children of their own – may not be able to get time off work to help, or even lose their job because of caring responsibilities.’

Emily believes that carers should be honest about the level of help they feel they can manage, and what they can’t. She says: ‘Caring shouldn’t be all or nothing. You have to learn to pace yourself and that means ensuring you have enough time to rest and relax, especially if night care is required. Look after your own health, or you won’t be any good to anyone. Don’t become a self-appointed martyr or take a guilt trip. We can be far too quick to go to the rescue without working out the practicalities and consequences. After all, there’s no guarantee our parents will like the solutions we come up with.’

helps, other family members. It helps to tackle loneliness, and adds variety and interest to everyday life.

‘A very small percentage of people need residential or nursing home care. If you think your parent is approaching that point, start looking around for a suitable place and put their name on the waiting list. If you wait until they actually need it, there might be a long wait for a vacancy. If it doesn’t come to that, you’ve lost nothing.’

Some carers suffer feelings of redundancy when their parent or relative eventually dies. ‘They suddenly lose the focus which gave a structure to their lives and find it hard to readjust,’ says Emily. ‘Counselling or pastoral care may be needed to help them come to terms with their loss. They need to feel satisfied that they have done what they could and that their caring has given their parent a good quality of life in their final years. Most of all, they should be assured that they have given their parents the love and the consideration they deserved.’

I believe that God has placed us in families and expects us to care for each other

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A Time To I Care: Loving Your Elderly Parents by Emily Ackerman is published by IVP

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mily advises carers to build up a team to share the load.

‘It also adds to the life quality of the parent if they have more than one person popping in and out during the day – social services, home

CARER: Emily addresses the challenges of old age

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ON THE BOX

Cliff tells faith story IN an interview on BBC One’s Fern Britton Meets…, Sir Cliff Richard described how he became a Christian.

The singer told Fern that his interest in Christianity developed when, as a young man, he discussed religion with colleagues while travelling between gigs.

Later he started to attend Bible studies run by one of his sister’s schoolteachers.

During the interview Cliff

RADIO

Actors broadcast King James text EMILIA FOX, I Samuel West, Rory Kinnear, Miriam

ON Radio 2’s Sunday Half Hour I tomorrow Brian D’Arcy begins an examination of the Beatitudes – the sayings of Jesus which begin ‘Blessed are…’

The first saying to be considered is ‘Blessed are those who mourn’.

PHOTO COMPETITION Send in your scenes

Photographers can make a date with their shots

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Margolyes and other actors recorded passages of Scripture for the Radio 4 series Readings from the King James Bible. As well as the words of the translation – which is 400 years old this year – the series will feature introductions from figures such as the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, novelist Will Self and historian Simon Schama.

Readings from the King James Bible – which will include passages about Creation, Noah’s ark and the crucifixion of Jesus – is to be broadcast in eight parts throughout tomorrow (Sunday 9 January).

ARE you a budding photographer? Do you enjoy taking scenic pictures? Do you have a shot which shows the United Kingdom or Ireland at its beautiful best?

To celebrate more than 100 years of serving communities across the British Isles, The Salvation Army’s Adult and Family Ministries Unit is launching a photographic competition for its 2012 calendar.

The winning entrant will win a digital camera, and their picture

highlighted the words of Jesus that prompted him to become a Christian.

‘The quote I remember reading and being led to by friends [was]: “I am the way, I am the truth and I am the life”… And I’m thinking I’ve got to take that for what it is.

[Jesus] couldn’t possibly lie about something like that. And if he did lie about it, then he’s an absolute scoundrel. And, of course, who thinks of Jesus as a scoundrel?

Nobody.’

Cliff also voiced his opinions on Christians. ‘We are not the best representatives of Jesus,’ he admitted.

‘But I’m afraid that’s all he’s got.

And he works with us.’

will be featured in the calendar.

The 11 runners-up will also have their pictures included in the calendar.

Pictures should be of landscapes, coastal scenes or heritage sites, showing the seasons in all their glory.

Formats Prints: unmounted – no smaller than 6 x 4in, no bigger than 10 x 8in.

Digital: minimum 300dpi, submitted on disk, CD-Rom or (if smaller than 3.5MB per

image) by email.

Transparencies: not accepted.

All entries must be clearly labelled with the entrant’s name and address and where the picture was taken.

Copyright of winning entries will rest with the photographer; however, entry into the competition will permit unrestricted use by The Salvation Army of all pictures.

Prints will be returned only on receipt of a stamped addressed envelope.

Photos should be sent to Adult and Family Ministries, The Salvation Army, 101 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BN or emailed to anne.croft@salvationarmy.org.uk The closing date is 28 February.

THE GREAT OUTDOORS Herbs do not need much space

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Nothing’s a on home-grown LEE SENIOR

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ANOTHER year is upon us, full of optimism. January is a great time for reshaping your garden by carrying out those larger design jobs for which there’s never enough time in the summer. Maybe your flower beds and borders need sprucing up, or you want to create beds or vegetable gardens from scratch.

The grow-your-own bandwagon shows no sign of slowing, and there is no reason why it should. Anyone who has sampled their home-grown food knows that the taste far exceeds that of anything that can be bought in the shops. The habit is also very cost-effective. A packet may contain up to 300 vegetable seeds for about £1.50. Why not make it a new year’s resolution to grow something to eat during 2011.

If you do wish to start growing your own food, don’t let a lack of space put you off.

Anyone can grow something, regardless of how small their garden is. You could grow herbs in pots outside the back door, or salad such as radish, lettuce or mizuna in portable containers. Better still is a dedicated veg patch or – if you’re able to put in the time and energy – an allotment.

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Haiti earthquake –

one year on Last January an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale ripped Haiti apart. A year on, Major RON BUSROE, Director of The Salvation Army’s Office of Recovery and Development in Haiti, describes the organisation’s work then and today

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HE Salvation Army has been in Haiti since 1950.

One of the organisation’s strengths is that, in many parts of the world, where disaster strikes it is already present – infrastructure, plans and people are in place.

When the earthquake hit on 12 January last year, The Salvation Army’s immediate response was to provide food, shelter, water, sanitation and medical services. The efforts of Salvationists with very limited supplies trying to help people who were horrendously injured were truly heroic.

My wife, Carol, and I had previously served as leaders of The Salvation Army in Haiti for six years. We returned to the country in January shortly after the quake. The scenes were tragic – majestic, historic buildings reduced to rubble, bodies piled up in the streets, people homeless. Half the homes in the capital Port-au-Prince were damaged or destroyed. Three hundred thousand people were dead. In the first few weeks 200,000 people needed amputations. Today you can hardly ever go down the street in Port-auPrince without seeing someone on crutches, in a wheelchair or

Above: Dr Danielle holds a newborn baby Below: Ron Busroe (left) talks with Haitian Salvation Army leader Lucien Lamartiniere

with a limb missing.

Our clinic was damaged but Dr Danielle Prosper, who has worked for The Salvation Army for more than 20 years, set up a small wooden table in the courtyard and held surgery there,

trying to treat people as best she could. I stood there while the first post-quake baby was delivered. The mother had lost everything.

Initially, many of the survivors went to the Salvation Army headquarters in Port-auPrince. A makeshift camp developed on the land beside it. There are now some 13,000 people living there. One of my colleagues, Captain Monael Many, regularly liaises with the camp committee.

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ince 1 September the focus has been on longterm recovery – helping people rebuild their lives, livelihoods and homes. One of our projects is providing emotional care for children in Port-au-Prince and in some surrounding communities.

We run child-friendly activities

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From page 9 for children who are not able to attend school.

In conjunction with the emotional care project, we are starting an integrated family support scheme. This provides psychosocial support, helps people earn a living through small-interest loans and microcredit programmes, and offers vocational training and literacy programmes. I hope we will also be able to help with the development of permanent housing.

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efore the earthquake Port-auPrince was a city designed for three quarters of a million people, but three million lived there – about a third of Haiti’s population. People moved to the capital looking for work, schools for their children and access to clean drinking water and healthcare. Our long-term aim is to help the authorities create such opportunities in other towns and villages so people don’t have to flock to the capital.

The Salvation Army has 49 schools, with more than 11,000 pupils on the rolls. We are renovating thirty and planning to build eight new schools outside Port-au-Prince. Part of this work is to provide access for disabled pupils. In Port-au-Prince we are aiming to rebuild

Right: a man is given medical treatment Below: a woman receives food

two schools that were destroyed in the earthquake.

The main Salvation Army church in Port-au-Prince was also destroyed. I attended worship there on the first Sunday after the quake. The congregation met under a collection of tarpaulins at 8 am before the day got too hot. They have met for worship every week since.

On the last Sunday of November, I saw around 600 people in the morning service. Since the earthquake that centre has recorded more than 300 conversions.

Throughout the country, people are turning to The Salvation Army not only for material help but also for spiritual support.

The scale of the recovery work is

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The biggest challenge is managing the world’s expectation

huge. Only a small percentage of the rubble has been cleared. For a number of projects, The Salvation Army works in partnership with other agencies.

The biggest challenge is managing the world’s expectation. Things take a long time in Haiti. The Government has yet to approve the construction code, so no schools are being built, and no homes are being built in Port-au-Prince. The Salvation Army has built some temporary shelters in outlying areas but we are being kept waiting until we can provide permanent housing.

The outbreak of cholera, which started last October, is another challenge. We have received cholera cases in our Bethel Hospital in Fond-des-Negres. Our day clinic in

Port-au-Prince became a temporary quarantine facility. We handed out rehydration packs, gave initial doses of antibiotics and referred people to hospital.

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n our large school in Port-au-Prince – College Verena – we have provided soap for our 1,500 pupils to take home. The school is damaged so classes are held under tarpaulins.

We have set up a water plant so the children can have drinkable water.

In the camp next to our headquarters, we have provided 36 hand-washing sta-

Work continues at College Verena

tions complete with liquid soap and dispensers. Drinkable water is available and latrines are regularly cleaned.

Money is helpful – a permanent house costs between £2,000 and £4,000, our headquarters needs to be rebuilt, and only 15 of our 49 schools are able to provide the children with a hot meal. As a result of the cholera outbreak we need to get drinkable water into every school.

But the first thing we need is prayer.

We are conscious that the Haitian people and those who work with them to rebuild this country are being upheld in prayer. People who have lost everything need their hope restored. They need to know they are not forgotten.

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QUICK QUIZ 1. Who played the title role in the TV series Quincy, ME? 2. What is the term for a female rabbit?

3. Which Disney film was adapted from the book The Once and Future King?

4. Red, green, savoy and Chinese are all types of which vegetable?

5. What is the capital of the Czech Republic?

6. How many players are in a water polo team?

QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Twang. 4 Fated. 8 Air. 9 Bloom.

10 Cigar. 11 Bog. 12 Swell. 13 Attract. 16 Comedy.

19 Imbibe. 23 Stutter. 26 Rogue. 28 Tor. 29 Anger.

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QUICK QUIZ 1 Jack Klugman. 2 A doe. 3. The Sword in the Stone. 4 Cabbage. 5 Prague. 6 Seven.

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INNER LIFE

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THIS weekend 64 football teams dream of reaching Wembley as they play in the third round of the FA Cup. I can remember standing as a teenager on the terraces of the old Wembley Stadium the year my team – Brighton and Hove Albion – reached the final. There were 100,000 supporters there that day in 1983. We were squashed together and packed in so tightly that I found it difficult to keep my footing on the concrete steps.

Then, a few minutes before kick-off, all the pushing and shouting stopped as, accompanied by the brass band on the pitch below, we sang the Cup Final hymn ‘Abide With Me’.

In truth, in our part of the stadium we couldn’t

the behind the hear the musical efforts of the Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines, and nobody could move easily enough to get hold of their programme to see the words.

So we stood and repeatedly sang the first three words ‘Abide with me’ to what we could remember of William Monk’s tune.

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Abide With Me

ANDREW STONE looks at the biblical inspiration behind some popular hymns

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It was not the finest rendition of Henry Lyte’s hymn. But what I didn’t realise at the time was that in singing the first words again and again we had repeated the hymn-writer’s inspiration. It came from the story in Luke’s Gospel in which, after he had risen from the dead, Jesus appeared to two of his followers who were walking to a village called Emmaus.

The disciples didn’t recognise Jesus – but as they reached the village they said to him: ‘Abide with us: for it is toward evening’ (Luke 24:29 King James Bible).

Henry Lyte took that verse and made it personal to him, as he wrote: ‘Abide with me.’ If we had seen the words of the second verse sung at Wembley that afternoon we would have discovered that the lyricist declared to Jesus: ‘I need thy presence every passing hour.’

Through the centuries, that’s a truth that millions of people have discovered.

They have found that they need Jesus’ presence with them in every aspect of their life. In good times and when times are tough.

By following Jesus’ way for their lives, they have been able to deal with all situations and be guided towards a better future.

We can experience that same help ourselves. Jesus is ready to abide with us and help us. For any situation we face, he is more than a match.

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Whether we like it or not, time never stands still. Life goes on. We grow up, we grow older. Today will soon be yesterday. That’s why it is important to make the most of each moment.

The Bible says that God ‘has set the right time for everything. He has given us a desire to know the future, but never gives us the satisfaction of fully understanding what he does’ (Ecclesiastes 3:11 Good News Bible).

When we accept that it is fruitless to worry about the past or the future, we can start to make the most of the present. We will experience exciting, difficult and mundane times in life. But we never have to go through them alone. God is with us every moment of every day.

There’s no time like the present for getting to know him.

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The War Cry

by BARBARA LYNE

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APPARENTLY, the best time to visit charity shops is early January. The shelves are full of unwanted Christmas presents – books, china, handbags and jewellery.

I guess many of us have recycled unused Christmas gifts by donating them to charity shops.

Or perhaps, instead, we have been the keen shopper, quick to snap up the bargains handed in by others. Whichever role we play, it is good that charity shops prevent unwanted presents from going to waste.

But how careful are we not to waste other gifts that we receive in life? The gift of time, for instance?

Once spent, time can never be recaptured. It’s gone for ever.

Do we sometimes wish it away?

Do we waste it?

When I’ve sat through a TV murder mystery I sometimes think: ‘Well, that’s another two hours gone. What have I got to show for that time?’

The show may have entertained me, but perhaps a crossword puzzle or a good book would have stretched my mind a bit more.

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WHAT’S COOKING? THE MAIN ATTRACTION

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SWEET TREAT

Banoffee pancakes Ingredients: 75g plain flour Pinch of salt 2 large British Lion eggs 150ml milk A little oil, for frying 4 bananas 8tbsp toffee sauce

Macaroni egg and broccoli cheese Ingredients: 225g macaroni 175g broccoli florets 6 large British Lion eggs 450ml milk 50g butter 3tbsp plain flour Salt and freshly ground black pepper 175g Cheddar cheese, grated Method: Cook the macaroni in a large pan of salted water for 6 minutes. Add the broccoli, then return to the boil and simmer for a further 6 minutes or until the pasta and broccoli are tender.

Meanwhile, place the eggs in a medium pan, cover with water and bring to the boil. Simmer for 7 minutes. Drain the eggs, then rinse in cold water.

Tap the shells all over and peel away. Cut the eggs into large chunks.

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Place the milk, butter and flour together in a medium pan. Gently heat, stirring with a wire whisk until the mixture boils and thickens. Reduce the heat and cook for 1 minute.

Season to taste and stir in half the cheese.

Drain the pasta and broccoli, then stir into the cheese sauce. Spoon into a heatproof dish, scatter over the remaining cheese and pop under a hot grill.

Cook for 3–4 minutes or until the top is golden and bubbling.

Serve immediately.

Serves 4 Recipes reprinted, with kind permission, from the British Egg Information Service website eggrecipes.co.uk

Method: Place the flour, salt and eggs in a large bowl with half the milk. Whisk until the mixture is lump-free. Add the remaining milk and whisk again until smooth. Pour the batter into a jug. (The batter can be made in advance and chilled for up to 8 hours before use.)

Heat a non-stick frying pan (measuring 20cm in diameter) until hot, drizzle a little oil over the centre and wipe it round with a piece of kitchen towel. Pour a little of the batter into the pan and tilt immediately to spread the batter thinly and evenly over the base.

Cook for 2 minutes or until the top is set and the base is golden. Turn the pancake over with a spatula.

Cook the second side of the pancake for 1–2 minutes or until the base is golden. Transfer the pancake to a plate and place a layer of greaseproof paper on the top to keep it warm. Use the batter and a little more oil to make a further 7 pancakes.

Continue to insert a layer of greaseproof paper between each cooked pancake.

Fill each pancake with sliced banana and spoon a little toffee sauce over the top. Fold the pancake up to enclose the filling. Serve with cream and an extra drizzle of sauce.

Serves 8

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Clubs who are leagues apart come together in the FA Cup

Ben Smith of Crawley (right) is challenged during his side’s 2nd round draw against league club Swindon

writes PHILIP HALCROW

PLAYERS, managers and supporters are up for the cup.

On one of the most celebrated weekends in English football the teams of the top two divisions join surviving League One, League Two and non-league clubs in the FA Cup third round.

PA photo from 2nd round draw between Crawley and Swindon Town

Tomorrow (Sunday 9 January) Manchester United play Liverpool.

But the big clubs do not hog the limelight.

‘Historically, football fans have been intrigued by third round weekend because it brings together such a wide variety of teams,’ the FA’s Matt Phillips tells The War Cry. ‘Premier League sides are joined by non-league teams. It’s the only domestic competition that throws up such a wide gap between clubs taking part, so you might see a team of builders, dustmen and doctors against well-known players.’

The three surviving non-league teams – Dover, Crawley and York – all play league opposition.

‘The competition is worth a lot of money for non-league sides,’ explains Matt. ‘It’s no surprise that Exeter and Burton have played Manchester United at Old Trafford over the past few years, and both have gained promotion to the league.’

But fans’ focus is on more than money. It’s on – in the the giant-killings, to time-honoured phrases – underdogs beating well‘the magic of the cup’ and known sides.’

‘David versus Goliath’.

Why are fans so Matt summarises: intrigued by such feats?

‘Everyone looks back to

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Everyone looks back to underdogs beating well-known sides

Perhaps they are gripped by the idea that the impossible can happen.

At the end of the day, that certainly is the point that comes across from the original David-versusGoliath clash.

The Bible tells the story of David, a young boy, defeating hardened warrior Goliath (see 1 Samuel 17:32–50). The story gives all credit for the achievement to the

assistance of God. It would be a schoolboy error to miss the point of the Bible story – that God can give us a turning point in our life, however unlikely it looks.

If we can see nothing but dark days ahead, he can give us hope. If we keep making individual errors, he offers us forgiveness.

If we think that we’re beyond God’s love, we’re in for a shock.

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Printed by Benham Goodhead Print Ltd, Bicester, Oxon. © Shaw Clifton, General of The Salvation Army, 2011