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BIBLE CONTAINING ELVIS’S SCRIBBLES THE auction room could be all shook up when a Bible which belonged to Elvis Presley GOES UP goes up for sale in Stockport next week. Whoever wants FOR SALE the book may have to pay more than £20,000 £20 000 for it it.

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A CHURCH of England priest in Shropshire has written an informal service celebrating dairy herds. The Rev Shirley Small wrote the prayer after being asked by a dairy farmer for a blessing on a new milking parlour.

Farm staff and local people attended the service, which included a prayer of thanksgiving for ‘the working cows, the dry cows and for the bulls and calves’.

Dr Jill Hopkinson, the Church of England’s AN exhibition of the life National Rural Officer, says of John Newton – who the service acknowledges composed the hymn ‘Amazing ‘God’s presence in the Grace’ – is being staged at a heart of farming and food church where he was rector. production’.

The exhibition will run at The template of the St Mary Woolnoth, London, service has been published until the end of September. on the website of the For opening hours visit ecumenical Arthur Rank johnnewton.org Centre.

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Same concerns 100 years on

YouGov found that one in five parents with children aged 16 or under said their main concerns were their ability to afford basics such as food and clothing and the prospect of getting into debt.

Just over a quarter of people working full-time worried about being able to pay their mortgage or rent and more than a third of parents were worried about the lack of employment opportunities for their children.

Almost one third of the people who took part in the survey were worried about the drinking culture of young people.

Lieut-Colonel Marion Drew says: ‘The Salvation Army still recognises that in 2012 anyone can find themTOTTENHAM SCHOOL STEPS OUT WITH POSITIVE SINGLE selves facing grief and despair. Family breakGOSPEL music artists have down, unemployment, teamed up with the pupils poverty, homelessness of a school in Tottenham to and drug and alcohol record a single. The children of dependency are just Gladesmore Community School some of the reasons.’ hope their song ‘Everybody One hundred years Dreams’ – which they performed after Booth’s death, and Ed Sheeran, Radio 1 DJ everybody dreams.’ on the steps of St Paul’s The Salvation Army Chris Moyles and local MP David Juliet Coley, deputy head of the Cathedral last week – will create runs more than 800 Lammy have made online videos school, says: ‘Everyone involved a more positive perception of the social service centres in support of the single. has been committed to helping area of North London where riots and churches, including In the song, the pupils our students flip the script and say broke out in August last year. centres for homeless celebrate that ‘there is love to the world that Tottenham is a Mobo-winner Guvna B worked people and people with in our home town’ and sing: great place to live and learn, and with pupils to create a rap for addictions.

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PEOPLE in Britain are concerned with many of the same social issues they were facing a century ago, according to a survey carried out for The Salvation Army to mark 100 years since the death of its founder, William Booth.

In 1890 William Booth published a book In Darkest England and the Way Out, which highlighted that some people were unable to buy food and clothing, feared losing their homes, faced difficulties in finding work and suffered the damaging effects of a heavy drinking culture.

The new survey carried out by

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Campbell, who has provided the vocal accompaniment to routines on the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, gave the children some vocal training.

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From page 1 for his first Christmas in his Memphis home, Graceland. It stayed in his possession until his death in 1977.

The Bible is bound in leather with gold lettering – but Elvis fans will probably not be judging this book by its cover. Inside, words and phrases have been underlined and Elvis has written notes in the margins.

‘He did that with all his books,’ says Trevor Cajiao of magazine Elvis – the Man and His Music. He tells The War Cry: ‘Elvis also had lots of books on psychology and meditation. He would go through them and if something particularly interested him, he would underline it, rewrite words in the column or put his own thoughts down.’

People try to understand Elvis through such jottings.

‘Later in life, Elvis was quite a troubled individual,’ says Trevor. ‘So some people look at his scribbles in the margins as being a cry for help. I would never claim to know about that. Who would have seen those books at the time? They were his personal books.

To me, they’re almost like diaries.

If you keep a diary, you don’t expect anybody else to look at it.’

Whatever way you look at it – and whatever way Elvis looked at it – the Bible was part of his life.

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Elvis has written notes in the margins Trevor explains: ‘You’ve got to remember that Elvis was from the South, as were his contemporaries Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash. That’s what they grew up with in the Bible Belt. It was instilled in all of them as kids.’

Trevor says his own interest in Elvis is in the music rather than memorabilia or musing over the singer’s diverse

beliefs and philosophies. But he points out that Elvis recorded three full-length gospel LPs and an EP and always performed a gospel segment in his stage act in the Seventies.

Biographers and others may try to make sense of the scribbles in his Bible.

They may ask why the phrase ‘let them sing praises’ in Psalm 149 is underlined.

They may wonder why Elvis wrote out

some words of Jesus on a page in the Gospel of Luke: ‘For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?’

What part did this copy of the Bible play in Elvis’s life? What part did the Bible play in his life story?

Many people have discovered that the Bible is not just a book to read – it is also a book that becomes part of their own life story.

It challenges the attitudes they hold in everyday life. It offers comfort for everyday life, urging them to ‘Fear not’.

It speaks of the love of God. It tells of how Jesus did ‘not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them’.

No wonder many people find that it’s always on their mind.

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HEN Emily Chalke was 11 years old, her best friend asked her what work she wanted to do when she grew up. Emily replied: ‘I am going to Thailand to help women out of prostitution.’

A strange ambition for a child, maybe. But at 23, the ambition became reality. In 2006, Emily left the security of the family home in South London to work at NightLight, an organisation which helps sex workers in Bangkok. She stayed there for five and a half years.

‘NightLight is a jewellery business which employs women and takes them out of the sex industry,’ says Emily.

‘Women work at NightLight five days a week, making the jewellery and selling it online.

‘As well as offering the women alternative employment, the staff at NightLight help them by running classes and activities. The women can learn life skills, discover more about Jesus and the Bible, attend discussion groups, receive prayer and attend morning worship services. No two days are the same.’

NightLight also has an outreach team that goes into one of the city’s notori-

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Once you are working in the sex industry, it is difficult to get out ous red-light districts. Emily recalls a typical evening on the outreach programme.

‘We walked round the city and went into bars where the women were working. Usually there was dancing going on, and some women were in bikinis; others would be naked. It was very seedy. The outreach team sat with a drink and started talking to the girls, getting to know them.’

Emily told the women about NightLight. Some women were interested to hear about finding alternative employment. Others were not.

‘Once you are working in the sex industry, it is difficult to get out,’ Emily says. ‘Some women made a fortune through selling sex. NightLight couldn’t pay them as much. The sex industry is such a trap.’

But the women who were keen to learn about NightLight spread the word.

Emily remembers telling one woman about the organisation and ‘the next day she turned up at the building with ten other women’.

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ightLight employs about 65 women. Most of them are between 20 and 40 years old, and had fallen into prostitution for a variety of reasons.

‘Family breakdown and poverty are a couple of the contributing factors,’ says Emily. ‘Often a woman tells me how she ended up as a sex worker and the story goes along the lines of: “I’m in

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my mid-twenties, I have two children, my parents are looking after them so I can work. I have no education, my partner has left me so I am the sole provider. I have to send money to my family. This kind of work is how I do it.” Life is very draining for them.’

Trying to help the women is also exhausting for the staff at NightLight.

Sometimes women employed by NightLight fall back into prostitution.

Some of them say they have no hope for the future, which, Emily says, is heartbreaking.

‘A lot of the women don’t believe in themselves. They have given up and are resigned to being sex workers for ever.

‘Many of the women I’ve met in Bangkok come from places in Central Asia and Africa. They say: “I hate what I do but I have no other choice. There is nothing to go back to in my own country.” Hearing their stories made me feel hopeless.

‘But some women were able to escape their exploitation and return to their home country. Playing a part in that process was exhilarating for me.

‘Sometimes the women would ask me why the outreach team cared so much about them. At that point, I explained that I followed Jesus, and told them that he saw their infinite value. I said that knowing him was worth far more than what they earned from working in the red-light district.’

Through their contact with NightLight, many of the women drew comfort from a newfound faith in God. Emily also found that working alongside the women developed her own understanding of Christianity. Instead of asking God why he allowed the women to suffer so much, she began to ask herself: ‘Why do human beings allow people to suffer so much?’

‘I think: “Isn’t it a miracle that God hates seeing pain in his world so much that he allows humans to play a part in bringing healing to it?”’

And such healing is what NightLight aims to give – in whatever way it can.

During her time in Bangkok, Emily ended up helping women by, she says, ‘doing a bit of everything’.

‘The outreach and working with international trafficked women was my focus, but I was also involved in the day-to-day running of NightLight. I visited women in hospital, I took them to see their children or to rehab. Each day, I did not know what was going to happen as I walked out my front door.

‘But the days when I saw women turn their lives around were amazing.

Hearing them pray or seeing them do something kind for someone else would make me cry. It’ll be those women who change Thailand, because they have known despair and now know true hope and joy.’

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Attitude training

Media Fabrice thanks God he’s alive NEWSPAPERS reported that when Fabrice Muamba announced his retirement from football, he said he was devastated but added, ‘I thank God that I am alive’. The Bolton Wanderers player, who recovered after suffering a cardiac arrest on the pitch in March, has been advised that professional football would put too great a strain on his heart.

NOT far from the scene of the Olympic beach volleyball competition, a sandstorm is whipping up. Whitehall mandarins, according to The Daily Telegraph, are set to give more New Year’s Honours List gongs to fellow civil servants than to gold medalwinning Olympians, such as Bradley Wiggins and Jessica Ennis.

Head of the Civil Service Sir Bob Kerslake believes that Olympians must show evidence of their input into the wider community beyond their sporting achievement. Given the public support for Team GB – and the way the media has already dubbed them ‘heroes’ – it’s likely that this story will have legs for a while longer.

In East London, meanwhile, the Paralympics are proving inspirational.

Here, people with prosthetic limbs, cerebral palsy and visual impairment are going for gold with every sinew of their bodies. In the eyes of the participants, however, there are no disabilities.

South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius, who last month became the first amputee to compete in an Olympics, tells YouTube viewers: ‘I am not disabled in any manner. Physically speaking, I do more than 99 per cent of the world.’

Paralympian Anne Wafula Strike agrees. In this issue of The War Cry, she says: ‘We don’t see ourselves as disabled. When we compete, it’s ability versus ability. We don’t compete on the basis of our disabilities. We give it our best and try to get medals. I hope the world can recognise that.’

There are plenty of able-bodied people who can’t run 400m, let alone give Oscar or Anne a run for their money. So, maybe ‘disabled’ is a matter of attitude.

In some cultures, people believe that when a child is born blind or otherwise disabled it is because their parents sinned. They are wrong. Problems are not punishments from God. Nor do they make a person more virtuous.

Whatever our abilities or lack of them, God loves us and wants to help us make the most of our lives.

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Dinner table talk is about God RELIGION is a far less taboo subject at dinner parties than the diners’ sex lives, finances and property values, according to research carried out by telecommunications company O2 and reported in the Daily Mail. Only 7 per cent of people surveyed named religion as an unacceptable topic of Library picture conversation, and 13 per cent named posed by politics. The tabloid noted that model ‘religion or politics, the discussion of which was once seen as the epitome of poor etiquette, can now be talked about with barely a frown from your friends’.

Digital conference handles prayer ONLINE theology and the effect of social media on prayer are two of the subjects that will be examined at the Christian New Media Conference in the autumn. The conference

is being staged in London by the online New Media Centre of Excellence in partnership with CODEC, a research initiative based at St John’s College, Durham University.

AFTER the return of the Premier League, The Sun reported that Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini had kicked off the season ‘with a visit to church’, proving that he is the ‘pray-er manager’.

Mancini attended a service at a Manchester church hours before his team began their title defence with a 3-2 victory over Southampton.

THEFT TOLL ‘SCRAP metal thieves stole a bell weighing 30st from the side of a church,’ reported the Daily Mirror.

The thieves took the 19th-century casting from its housing on the modern building of St Peter’s, Rochester, and lowered it to the ground. Ray Shuter, the building manager, said: ‘They must have risked their lives to get it.’

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Hedging is a sure-fire option HEDGE-LAYING is a traditional rural skill that is enjoying something of a revival. The process involves thickening up an established hedgerow into a natural stock-proof barrier. Living branches are laid horizontally, while attached to the main stem so the sap can still flow. These eventually start to grow upwards.

Hedge-laying is a tricky skill to learn, though courses are available.

If you have a large garden that backs on to fields, or you want to protect your garden with a natural, impenetrable barrier that is lovely to look at, it is a skill well worth investing in.

Hedges are also excellent places for wildlife to overwinter, providing protection from the elements.

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September Q is my favourite time to create a new lawn either from seed or turf.

The soil is still warm enough to encourage a good root system before the onset of winter. When you create your lawn, think about the practicalities of cutting the grass.

Make the lawn slightly higher than the path for efficient mowing. Avoid siting new lawns under trees or in boggy areas.

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Tomatoes

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At the end of the month, pot up indoor hyacinths for Christmas flowering.

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T is appropriate that Anne Wafula Strike’s middle name is Olympia.

She represented Kenya at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, making history as the first wheelchair racer from East Africa to compete at Paralympic level.

Now a British citizen, she spent the past four years training in an effort to make ParalympicsGB for the London Games.

Although Anne will not be competing in the Paralympic Games

Paralympian ANNE WAFULA STRIKE tells Renée Davis how she overcame setbacks and prejudice

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back this year, she was chosen to take part in the torch relay.

It has been a long road from her childhood in Kenya.

‘I was born a normal, healthy child, but at the age of two and a half I contracted polio,’ says Anne. ‘It was tragic for my family because they didn’t know what polio was.’

Anne soon discovered that people in her village did not respond well to her disability.

‘People associated disabilities with witchcraft or punishment from God,’ she explains. ‘You can only imagine how my family felt, thinking that they were under some sort of curse because I was disabled or “crippled”, as society then called it.’

Life changed for Anne when she attended Joyland, a Salvation Army school for children with disabilities.

Although it was difficult being away from her family at first, living and learning in the company of other chil-

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dren with disability for seven years gave Anne confidence.

‘The name reflects the place,’ she beams. ‘It was like a small heaven; we all saw each other as equals. No one would laugh at another person because of their disability and no one would stare or run away.

‘I will always say that I am a child of The Salvation Army, because they started me off in life,’ she says.

‘We had good meals and a good environment. They invested so much in me.

‘It was also a place where I learnt to love and accept myself for who I am.

I learnt that there was really nothing wrong with me apart from the fact that I couldn’t use my legs.’

Even though Anne attended a good school, she did not have career aspirations. She puts this down to having no role model to look up to.

‘If I wanted to be a model or a doctor, I couldn’t be. The people I wanted to look up to were different from me,’ she says.

‘When I became a teenager, I said to

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what I could bring to the table.’

Anne continued to teach right up until she moved to England in 2000.

Life in the UK was different.

‘I’ve never really recovered from the culture shock,’ explains Anne. ‘I came here as an adult so I don’t think I’ll ever completely adjust. As a Kenyan woman there are values I still hold strongly to my heart.

‘I have been in this country 11 years and still have my accent. I wouldn’t want to lose it, it’s part of who I am.

‘There have been moments when I have just wanted to go back to my family, as life isn’t easy. But in my weakest moments I have learnt so much about myself, and it has helped me to become a better person.’

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When I became a teenager, I said to myself: ‘I can be something. I may not exactly be the person that I want to be, but I want to prove that I can achieve

myself: “I can be something. I may not exactly be the person that I want to be, but I want to prove to society that I am able and can achieve things.”’

Anne studied for her A levels and qualified to go to university. She graduated as a teacher and taught communication skills and history.

‘When I looked at all I had done, my self-esteem grew. I was earning a wage and running a classroom with young people who did not have a disability. Their future depended on how I taught them. That was just so beautiful to me. I realised being disabled did not matter, it was about

lthough there are certain aspects of British life that Anne finds hard to adapt to, there are others for which she is grateful.

‘I love the support that people with disabilities get. There is much more awareness of it here and people take time to accommodate those with disabilities.’

Anne married and had her son Timothy. His birth was life-changing in more ways than one.

‘After I had Timothy, I was putting on so much weight. I wanted to go back to a size eight, so I went to the gym.

That was when I was introduced to wheelchair racing.’

Apart from taking part in physio and occasional visits to the gym, Anne did not know much about disabled sport. But after learning about wheelchair racing it wasn’t long before she got her own chair and started winning sprint races. Anne did not find training too difficult, as she already had a lot of upper-body strength.

‘In Kenya I used to walk on crutches and was constantly dragging my body weight around,’ she explains. ‘As a result, I was blessed with a strong upper body. What I needed to develop was the skill of using the wheelchair, as it is quite technical. I worked hard on it and

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From page 9 qualified to go to Athens in 2004.’

Anne continued to excel.

‘To make history at the 2004 Paralympics was so exciting,’ she says.

‘From being this young girl who was rejected by the community because of a disability to going to Athens was an achievement. I wanted so much for everybody in my village to witness me being on a world stage. I was doing it for them.’

In Athens, Anne saw the Paralympic spirit in action.

‘I saw disabilities that I never knew existed. In the Olympic village we were all one. We didn’t care whether you had one arm or were blind. We supported and encouraged one another. That is what I loved most about being there.’

‘Some people might say: “Oh, you are so brave, how do you manage?” but Paralympic athletes aren’t asking for sympathy. We are just athletes.’

Anne also sees the Paralympics as being just as important as the Olympic Games.

‘The community doesn’t always understand disability, as it is sometimes seen as giving you second-class status. But the Paralympics are just as big as the Olympics. We do so much to train. We don’t see ourselves as disabled. When we compete, it’s ability versus ability. We don’t compete on the basis of our disabilities. We give it our best and try to get medals.

I hope the world can recognise that.’

Anne’s positive outlook on life can be credited to her faith. She says that The Salvation Army ‘planted a seed’ and that as she grew older she grew closer to God.

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y faith in God keeps me rooted,’ Anne says. ‘I try to look at the hard times as lessons that can help me grow into a better person. People say I’m too laid back, but I always want to have my footsteps directed. As a Christian, I have learnt to appreciate every second of life.’

Anne also hopes to achieve success with the Olympia Wafula Foundation. She plans to return to Africa to raise awareness of disability.

‘I want to give people with disability in Africa a voice,’ she says. ‘It is difficult for many people to get support, because they can’t get the attention of the right people who can help.

‘I think it is so bad that African disability organisations are relying on handouts. Just as The Salvation Army supported me – enabling me to go to school and college – I want my foundation to do the same for other disabled people.’

Anne explains why she decided to include her middle name Olympia in the name of her foundation.

‘The reason my father gave me the name Olympia is because it signifies strength and power. I hope that my foundation will give strength to people and empower them. We don’t just want to keep reminding people of their disability.

‘I want us to be an inspiration and to light the path for others.’

Anne’s hard work and selfless efforts in the community have even been recognised by the Queen. Along with other prominent people from East Africa, Anne was invited to Buckingham Palace.

‘When I received the invite, I thought it was a joke or some kind of junk mail,’ Anne says. ‘But it was very genuine.

The Queen is a lovely person and it was good being in Buckingham Palace.

Growing up as a little girl, I heard of

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Anne races in the 2012 World Cup in Manchester

princes and princesses and just to be in the presence of royalty was good.’

Anne’s achievements don’t stop there. In 2009, she won BBC One’s My Story competition.

She explains: ‘Every time I went to functions and did talks, people would come and ask me: “Can I have a copy of your book?” I’d say “I haven’t written one.”’

‘When the competition started, my friends asked me to enter. At first, I said: “No, why? There’s nothing really special about my story.” But they encouraged me to do it because they knew people would be inspired.

‘So I handed in my story a couple of days before the deadline. Out of thousands of people I was one of five winners and In My Dreams I Dance

was published by HarperCollins.’

The writing process was a time of highs and lows for Anne. Having to recall painful moments in her life was difficult, but it paid off, as the book was received well.

‘What excites me the most is that somebody will read this book and be inspired. I think that is the beauty of writing a life story. I’m privileged that I have been given a platform to give people courage to get through their problems.’

Anne has not let her disability stop her from reaching out. She’s a teacher, an athelete, a motivational speaker and head of her own foundation. Is there anything left for Anne to do?

‘Anything is possible,’ she says. ‘I will probably never go back to being in the classroom, but I am constantly teaching, and that is the beauty of my life.’

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Fill the grid so that every column, every row and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9 Solution on page 15

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Look up, down, forwards, backwards and diagonally on the grid to find these Paralympic sports

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HONEYCOMB Each solution starts on the coloured cell and reads clockwise round the number ACROSS 1. Valued possession (5) 5. Mushrooms or toadstools (5) 8. Inuit hut (5) 9. Truism (5) 10. Unbending (5) 11. Nudge (5)

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Competent (4) Pressed (6) Reliable (5) Protective (6) Owed (4) Pilot (5) Performing (5) 27. Upright (5)

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28. Put into practice (5) 29. Postpone (5) 30. Loathed (5) DOWN 1. Flowering shrub (6) 2. Revolve (6) 3. Hourglass (5) 4. Sphere (5) 5. Send on (7) 6. Head (6) 7. Really (6) 13. Snake (3) 14. Thick mist (3) 15. Writing fluid (3) 16. Recede (3) 17. Giggle (7) 18. Frank (6) 19. Alleviation (6) 21. Range (6) 22. Savoured (6) 23. Essential (5) 24. Canines (5)

1. Long-bladed hand tool 2. Measurement from end to end 3. Obtain food by searching 4. Expensive 5. Collection of songs 6. Worn on the hands

QUICK QUIZ 1. Which Buckinghamshire hospital was the ‘spiritual birthplace’ of the Paralympic Games?

2. Which Paralympic sport is similar to boules?

3. How high is the net used in men’s sitting volleyball?

4. How many times is the ball allowed to bounce in wheelchair tennis?

5. How many players compete in each team in a game of wheelchair rugby?

6. What is the Paralympic motto?

QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Asset. 5 Fungi. 8 Igloo. 9 Axiom.

10 Rigid. 11 Elbow. 12 Able. 15 Ironed. 17 Sound.

18 Caring. 20 Debt. 25 Guide. 26 Doing. 27 Erect.

28 Enact. 29 Defer. 30 Hated.

DOWN: 1 Acacia. 2 Swivel. 3 Timer. 4 Globe.

5 Forward. 6 Noggin. 7 Indeed. 13 Boa. 14 Fog. 15 Ink. 16 Ebb. 17 Snigger. 18 Candid. 19 Relief.

21 Extent. 22 Tested. 23 Vital. 24 Teeth.

QUICK QUIZ 1 Stoke Mandeville. 2 Boccia. 3 1.15 metres.

4 Twice. 5 Four. 6 Spirit in motion.

HONEYCOMB 1 Chisel. 2 Length. 3 Forage. 4 Pricey. 5 Medley.

6 Gloves.

Inner life

THE would-be murderer carefully took the poison and added it to the drink he had just poured. When he returned to the lounge, he placed the glass on the coffee table, making sure it was in the right position.

Having taken his seat, he made himself comfortable before reaching for the poisoned cocktail. He crossed his fingers as he drank, hoping that, by drinking the poison himself, the man he wanted to murder would die.

This may sound ridiculous, but many people do something similar to it every day.

When we decide not to forgive someone who has done us wrong, we may think that it will hurt them – but the reality is that it hurts us more.

When we fail to forgive, we

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As we forgive them that trespass against us

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Not forgiving someone can be compared to drinking poison

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HANDS TOGETHER, EYES CLOSED ANDREW STONE looks at the Lord’s Prayer

keep hold of bitterness and anger which slowly eat away at us, making us miserable.

Meanwhile, it could well be that the person we refuse to forgive is enjoying their life and unaware of how we are feeling.

That is why not forgiving someone can be compared to drinking poison and yet hoping the other person will die.

When someone wrongs us, the hurt may linger, but if we choose to forgive and let Our Fath go of resentment, we e Hallowe r, which art in stop ourselves from d be thy Heaven, Thy Kin name, adding to that hurt. g Thy will dom come, The Bible writer Paul b e in Heave done, in earth advises: ‘Bear with n a . s it is Give us each other and forgive this day our daily And forg one another if any of As we fo ive us our trespa bread; you has a grievance rgive the s s e s , against u m that tr against someone’ espass And lead s; (Colossians 3:13 New u s n ot into te But deliv mptation International Version). e r u s f , r om evil.

For thin God knows that this is e power, a is the Kingdom nd the g hard to do, but if we ask , th e lory, For ever him he will help us. a n d e v e r.

Amen.

When we pray in the Lord’s Prayer that we forgive those who trespass – do wrong to us – we pray it because it takes the bitterness and resentment from our minds and leaves us free to get on with living.

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Glass art misconceptions I RECENTLY attended a charity auction organised by a New York glass company. The pieces for sale had all been created by highly skilled glass-blowers. They each presented their items to the audience, explaining how they produced such magnificent works of art.

Each piece was held up to the light, and spectators admired the beauty and range of colour. There was no shortage of buyers. They recognised true craftsmanship and were also prepared to support a worthy cause.

One piece in particular – a vase – stood out to me. It was no more

by AUDREY beautiful than the rest. However, its creator explained that it had been FAIRBROTHER fashioned from discarded pieces of glass – pieces that normally would have been thrown away.

There were a number of

bidders, and the vase raised about £900. The buyer owned a recycling business.

His new purchase proved that things that are sometimes seen to have little value can be transformed into something beautiful.

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There may be times when we feel worthless. Perhaps we have lost a job, failed in a relationship or are less able physically than we once were.

Feelings of inadequacy and lack of usefulness can engulf our thinking.

But in the eyes of our Creator each one of us is priceless.

God’s Son, Jesus, pointed out just how valuable we are to his Father. He said: ‘Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?

Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows’ (Matthew 10:29–31 New International Version).

When we commit our lives to God, he can help us realise our true value and potential. His presence can replace our negative feelings with a bright outlook.

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What’s cooking?

Corned beef hash

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I’M Michael Darracott; I have been an executive chef in several large establishments in charge of cooking for 200-plus people. I have also written a number of books. It gives me great pleasure to offer my recipes in The War Cry. I invite readers to send in recipe ideas, to be considered for publication here. I would also like to offer help with any cooking-related problems you have. So send in your question and, if it is selected, an answer will be published on this page.

Email your recipes and questions to chefmike56@chefmikedarracott.com

Cook with chef MICHAEL DARRACOTT chefmikedarracott.com

Garlic mushrooms in cheese sauce Ingredients: 300ml milk 15g plain flour, sieved 120g Cheddar cheese, diced 1 garlic clove, crushed 15g butter 2tbsp vegetable oil 3tbsp water 1tbsp parsley, chopped 4 large mushrooms, sliced Salt and pepper 4 slices of toasted bread

Ingredients: 5 large potatoes, cut into quarters 340g can corned beef 4tbsp milk 30g butter Salt 60g Cheddar cheese, grated Parsley, to garnish

SUDOKU SOLUTION

Method: Set the oven on a low temperature.

Put the potatoes in a saucepan and boil until soft enough to mash. Cut the corned beef into small pieces and add to the pan.

Add the milk, butter and salt to taste.

Mash everything up until completely mixed, then place the corned beef hash into an ovenproof dish.

Cover the top with the grated cheese and place in the oven.

After the top has turned golden brown, serve with peas and carrots.

Serves 4

Method: Pour the milk into a saucepan over a medium heat, add the flour and cheese and stir until the cheese has melted. Add the garlic.

Place the butter and vegetable oil in a frying pan over a low heat. When the butter has melted, add the water and half of the parsley. Add the mushrooms to fry, seasoning with the salt and pepper to taste.

Check to see if the cheese has turned sauce-like. (If it hasn’t, mix a little cornflour with water and add to the pan, to thicken.) Add the rest of the parsley.

To serve, place the mushrooms on the slices of toast and pour over the sauce.

Serves 4

HERE WE GO AGAIN…

IT’S time for the kids to put the toys, games and gadgets away.

The summer break is over, and schools are opening their doors again.

After weeks of holidays, trips and playing around the block, children and teenagers are embarking on a new academic year. Studies begin again.

After six weeks of keeping their children entertained, parents could be feeling a little less stressed. The house is quieter and the bank account balanced again.

But, although they may be glad to get some time for themselves, parents may also be anxious about how their child will get on in the new term. Will they be OK? Will they get good grades?

Many children will be eager to tell stories of what they got up to in the holiday.

They will be excited to see their friends. But some may be quite fearful and not sure what to expect as they move up a year or even change school. Will the work be harder? Will they get on with the other children?

Having spent some of their summer preparing, teachers will be ready for their new classes. But they too will have their worries.

Will they be able to manage their new class?

Whenever we enter a new phase of life, we have our questions. We wonder if things will run smoothly for us and how we’ll cope if they don’t.

But we can be comforted and learn how to cope with the unknown when we get to know the greatest teacher – God’s Son, Jesus.

He cared for people who were anxious about the future.

He offered forgiveness to those who were worried because they had made a mess of the past. He reassured those who put their trust in him that they would never have to face challenges alone, saying: ‘I will be with you always’ (Matthew 28:20 Good News Bible).

If we put our faith in Jesus, we don’t need to fear new and unknown challenges of life.

He can help us through any test.

We need help in the long term

YOUR LOCAL SALVATION ARMY CENTRE

writes RENÉE DAVIS

Some may be quite fearful and not sure what to expect

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