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FOOTBALL fans are a resilient lot. After this summer’s heartbreak at the Euros, fans of England, Wales and Scotland have now turned their devotion back to their league team, with varying amounts of hope in their hearts.

Despite hoping for the best in every game, they know that the coming season will, at times, bring disappointing results and poor performances – but they will keep on supporting their team. And this season starts with the possibility of capacity crowds because lockdown restrictions have been lifted. So thousands of fans will be in stadiums, cheering and singing for their team.

In this week’s War Cry, we discover that one of the favourite tunes for supporters to use is a popular hymn accompaniment. The hymn’s words emphasise the sense of triumph that following God’s leading – rather than a favourite football team – can bring. The words are also a prayer that God will help us through the tough times that life throws at us.

The fact that Christians know they have God’s help in difficult circumstances motivates them to help other people who are suffering.

‘It’s just a natural thing,’ says Major Chris Mulryne of The Salvation Army’s International Emergency Services, which delivers much-needed disaster relief around the world. ‘We don’t think twice about helping people who are struggling,’ he adds in an article in this week’s issue.

The Salvation Army has a well-established reputation for helping those in need, whether they are in distant countries or in communities in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

The organisation’s members do this because they believe God loves and cares for all people. They want to demonstrate that, with a belief in a ad the War C e re ry loving God, there is no need for anyone to u’v ever walk alone.

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Snapshot of stillness It’s possible to focus on a new reality on World Photo Day Report by Emily Bright

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ICTURE this: a day when we can celebrate the contribution of photography to our lives. World Photo Day, which takes place on Thursday (19 August), was created to acknowledge the craft, science and history of photography.

Established in 2009 by Australian photographer Korske Ara, the day marks the date that the French government purchased a patent for the daguerreotype, one of the earliest forms of photography, back in 1839. More than 180 years later, with so many people carrying smartphones, taking a photo has never been easier. Millions seem to capture every part of their day to post on social media.

During Covid-19, many people have turned to their interests, including photography, to keep them busy in the absence of other events and activities.

One such person is Steve Radley, who runs photography retreats and workshops.

He says photography ‘has definitely helped’ him during the lockdowns.

Steve had already reframed his hobby as a profession, having founded Soulful Vision UK, an organisation that combines the skills of photography with the art of mindfulness, in 2016.

His retreats are open to any budding or experienced photographer. However, as a Christian, Steve sees his business from a faith angle too.

‘I think photography is deeply spiritual and soulful,’ he says.

‘Images can provide windows to help us find God.’ According to Steve, whose work is featured on this page, photography can also help us to reflect on the beauty of life around us, which he sees as a biblical concept. He cites one of his favourite verses, in the Book of Psalms: ‘Be still, and know that I am God’ (Psalm 46:10 New International Version).

Talking about the verse, Steve says: ‘That’s quite countercultural in a society that values busyness, but I think over the past year we’ve started to realise the importance of not having noise and busyness.’

Steve is not alone in appreciating the need for stillness. Many of us can become occupied with the everyday stresses and strains of work, relationships or finances.

We are left longing for a time of rest. This past year has only heightened the anxieties many of us experience.

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We may find some refuge in hobbies and moments shared with friends or family, but there are also times when we feel exhausted and don’t know where to find true rest. In such times, millions of people have sought out a relationship with God. Pausing to reflect on who God is – powerful and loving – has helped Christians throughout the centuries to refocus their perspective on life and see their situations in a different light. Such moments of stillness have enabled them to feel refreshed, find a renewed sense of purpose, and face the day ahead. They know God is by their side come what may.

Anyone can find such stillness and rest.

If we give a relationship with God a shot, we can capture the art of living life to the full. If we put our faith in him, we will find a picture of love more beautiful than anything we could possibly imagine.

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Modern technology gives new view on historic windows STAINED-glass panels at Canterbury Cathedral may be some of the oldest in Europe, according to archaeologists at University College London.

Using specialist technology, researchers discovered that one of a series of glass panels depicting the ancestors of Christ is much older than originally thought.

Showing an image of the prophet Nathan from the Bible, the window dates back to sometime between 1130 and 1160, that is, at least 10 years before Thomas Becket’s infamous murder at the site in 1170.

Three other stylistically distinct windows are also believed to be from the same time.

The director of the stained-glass studio at the cathedral, Léonie Seliger, said: ‘The technique of stained-glass window production had a long development, beginning in about the eighth century, but the earliest existing stained-glass windows in Europe are believed to date to the 1130s.

‘This study suggests that some of the Canterbury windows may also date to this very early period.’

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FORMER West Bromwich Albion footballer Andy Johnson (pictured) gave his support to players from Salvation Army Lifehouses – hostels for people experiencing homelessness – at a regional football tournament held by the church and charity in Birmingham.

The Wales international took part in a Q&A, speaking about his time in football.

At the tournament, teams from Milton Keynes and Reading beat their rivals from Birmingham and Coventry to win places at The Salvation Army’s Partnership Trophy event, an annual football tournament due to be held in Manchester in September.

Andy Johnson said: ‘I’m really happy to be involved. This regional tournament brings together Lifehouses where people have lost homes or are trying to find a place to call home. Playing football together in teams encourages relationship building, improves health and confidence and is fun.’

The football tournament has been held every year for the past 10 years, with the exception of 2020, when the event was cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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COMEDIAN Frank Skinner spoke about relationships with other people and God when he gave an interview to The Times.

Frank, who published A Comedian’s Prayer Book this year, said: ‘Relationships with a partner or with God should involve effort, the doing of good works, earning your keep.’

Interviewer Michael Odell also commented on the comedian’s faith, saying: ‘Last year, he told The Times that his most honest and meaningful dialogue was with God.’ The reporter noted that during their interview, Frank supported ‘his assertions with references to … the Bible’.

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xcxztW TV show features uniform help BBC TV’S Songs of Praise featured a Salvation Army uniform bank in last weekend’s episode.

The church and charity’s initiative in Shipley, Bradford, provides families with affordable secondhand school uniforms for about 40 local schools. It also has items such as PE kits, new underwear and socks, stationery, school bags and lunch bags.

Last summer, the uniform bank provided 748 items over three months, supporting 79 families, up from 56 families in 2019.

Volunteers are currently processing, washing and preparing 20 sacks a week of donated school uniforms ahead of a new school term that starts next month.

Ahead of the broadcast, Dawn Coleman, who heads up the uniform bank, said: ‘We’re expecting demand to be high for our service again this summer.

People have been badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and, as a result, requests for help are already rolling in. Caregivers in families that were hard-pressed but getting by before the pandemic have been tipped into financial hardship.

‘Thankfully our generous community means we have a good range of quality uniforms for most of the local schools that we can provide to families who need them, so children can go into school feeling confident in what they’re wearing, with the right equipment and ready to learn.’

A human kind of care World Humanitarian Day is a chance to thank people who help others despite the risks Report by Linda McTurk

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MAGINE how reassuring it would be to hear the words ‘help is on the way’ after experiencing a devastating disaster. Next Thursday (19 August) is UN World Humanitarian Day, a chance to say thank you to aid workers, who often risk their own safety to provide that help to others.

The day was created in memory of the UN’s chief humanitarian worker in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, and 21 other people who were killed in a bomb attack on the Canal Hotel in Baghdad on 19 August 2003.

People who support others in crisis often face risks, and the UN is only one of many organisations which go out of their way to help people around the world. The Salvation Army works in more than 130 countries and has provided aid to people across the globe.

Major Chris Mulryne from the church and charity’s International Emergency Services has arranged funding and provided expertise to officers, employees and volunteers in countries such as India and South Africa, to deliver muchneeded disaster relief.

‘We go out and we serve suffering humanity,’ Chris says. ‘We don’t think twice about helping people who are struggling.’

Such efforts have been particularly important during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Salvation Army has equipped hospitals overrun by the virus, provided food, medicine, PPE and hygiene items to people in need and helped schools to get back on their feet.

In some cases, being on the front line has put workers in a situation where they could pick up the virus and become ill.

However, Chris, who is also a Christian minister, believes that ‘it’s just a natural thing’ for people of faith to serve others.

All over the world, Christians are inspired to do just that. They believe that they are following Jesus’ teaching to love their neighbour. In the process, they are changing the world for the better.

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Football leagues are starting their new seasons, and when England’s Premier League returns this weekend, capacity crowds will be a possibility for the first time since March last year. Grounds around the leagues are beginning to echo again to cheers and jeers set to popular tunes – including one that has its roots in church services Feature by Philip Halcrow

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OOTBALL is back. So are the fans.

And so are the chants that have been largely absent from grounds since Covid-19 led to the transferring of matches to TV or online, sometimes accompanied by fake crowd noise.

But, as new seasons begin and restrictions ease, the real thing is returning. Supporters are again adopting and adapting songs, often turning to a standard repertoire of tunes to express encouragement or derision.

‘He’s one of our own,’ they may sing at a local lad done good, making use of the traditional tune ‘Sloop John B’, popularised by the Beach Boys. Perhaps they will warn a manager, ‘You’re getting sacked in the morning’ – one of a number of chants set to the Cuban melody ‘Guantanamera’.

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Or they may ask a quiet set of opposing fans, ‘Shall we sing a song for you?’ or point out to those who have been silenced by their team’s inability to defend, ‘You’re not singing any more’ – both jibes using a Welsh hymn tune whose most widely known set of words, coincidentally, extol the act of singing.

In churches, the tune in question, ‘Cwm Rhondda’, is often paired with the set of words referred to as ‘Bread of Heaven’ or ‘Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah’.

But hymns historian Rhidian Griffiths explains: ‘It was originally written for a different Welsh hymn, “Lo! Standing among the Myrtles” by Ann Griffiths. In fact, in Welsh-speaking congregations

that is still the hymn associated with the tune.

‘The tune was written by John Hughes, who lived in south Wales. He either wrote it for a cymanfa ganu – a Welsh hymnsinging festival – or for an occasion at the Baptist chapel where he worshipped. There is some dispute about when it was written, but it was certainly sometime from 1905 to 1907.

‘It appears to have caught on in Wales quite quickly, because it started appearing in programmes for Welsh hymn-singing festivals as early as 1908. Its popularity grew during the First World War. David Lloyd George, who became prime minister, used it at big rallies, and it was apparently sung quite a

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Manchester City fans and players celebrate a goal in the first month of the 2019-20 campaign – the last time a Premier League season kicked off in front of supporters

lot by soldiers in the trenches.’

Rhidian, who has contributed a number of entries on Welsh hymn-writers and composers to The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology, suggests that it was around this period that the tune first linked up with the words of the hymn ‘Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah’.

‘Nobody is quite sure exactly when they were first used together, but a Salvation Army archivist, Gordon Taylor, found a publication from April 1920 when the tune was connected with those words – so it was being used about the time of the First World War.’ The verses of ‘Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah’ also had a less than straightforward formation.

Rhidian describes how, in the late 18th-century, William Williams of Pantycelyn – ‘the greatest Welsh hymnwriter of all’ – wrote ‘Arglwydd, Arwain trwy’r Anialwch’ (‘Lord, Lead through the Wilderness’). A fellow Methodist, Peter Williams (no relation), translated part of the original hymn into English, but William Williams also made a translation.

The version that is now commonly sung is made up of the first verse of Peter Williams’s translation, while the two other verses are William Williams’s own rendering of themes from his Welsh hymn.

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Rhidian Griffiths particular vision, and bring in references to the Bible’s story of the ancient Israelites’ escape from slavery in Egypt.

Rhidian highlights how ‘the hymn draws much of its imagery from the experience of the Israelites in the wilderness, going through the “barren land” towards the Promised Land. It talks about the “crystal fountain”, referring to Moses striking the rock and water coming out for the people to drink. And the “bread of Heaven” is the manna – the bread that was sufficient food for the people each day.

‘The imagery is from the Old Testament, but it is woven in with the Christian experience. In his hymns, William Williams was fond of the journey from the desert to the Promised Land as a metaphor for the Christian experience – that we all go through barren lands but have the promise of fulfilment in Heaven.’

Originally sung to a traditional Welsh melody, the words became popular quite quickly. In their partnership with the tune of ‘Cwm Rhondda’, they still are.

‘It is amazing how the hymn has become well known all over the world,’ says Rhidian. ‘As with anything, it is difficult to say why. It does have a forward drive and it’s very rhythmic.’

And if the supporters who use its tune are hoping for a result on the pitch, the hymn also hints at some kind of victory.

‘Although the words are a prayer for help, there’s a sense of triumph in them as well,’ Rhidian summarises. ‘The conclusion of the third verse talks of “songs of praises”, and there’s a strong sense of delight in singing.’

The hymn’s assurance is that there is something to be joyful about. Its words say that God can guide us through tough times and see us ‘safe’ even beyond death. It’s why the hymn’s singers call God their ‘strong deliverer’. It’s why they want to sing his praises evermore.

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Faith’s a first resort for When Covid-19 spread across the UK last year, holiday companies such as Oak Hall Expeditions were badly hit.

Trips that had been planned for months had to be cancelled, and there was no way of knowing when they could take place in future. But, despite the difficulties, company founder IAN MAYO kept trusting in God Interview by Claire Brine

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IXTY years ago, Ian Mayo and a group of friends bought an old London ambulance, fixed some seats in the back and set off on a European adventure. When others back home heard about it, they asked Ian if they could tag along next time. He said yes – and the idea for Oak Hall Expeditions was born.

Before Covid-19 brought international travel to a standstill, the Christian holiday

organisation was running about 100 expeditions each year, attracting up to 10,000 holidaymakers.

‘Skiing has always been a big part of our programme,’ says Ian, who was just 19 years old when he ran his first expedition to France, in 1961. ‘Every winter, we organise ski trips to places such as Switzerland and Austria.

‘When it comes to summer, our cycling holidays to Provence and Alsace in France

are very popular. We also offer expeditions to places much further away, such as Nepal. But if you don’t fancy trekking, we have relaxing holidays in countries such as Montenegro and Spain. We try to provide something for everybody.’

While Oak Hall expeditions are planned with the 20-to-30 age group in mind, Ian points out that holidaymakers of all ages are welcome. The company attracts a mix of solo travellers, groups of friends and families.

‘People in their late seventies, like me, are welcome to come on holiday with us, so long as they know that we won’t be providing the sort of luxury that you’d find on a cruise,’ he says.

‘We offer trips which involve air or coach travel – and if the coach trips include overnight driving, we recognise that it may not suit everyone. It often appeals to younger people, though, who want to save money and experience the adventure of travelling overnight.

‘We think of our trips as “expeditions”, because exploring and having adventures are a big part of what we do.’

One trip that is particularly popular with Oak Hall holidaymakers is a study

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tour that the company has been running for 40 years to Bible story locations and some of the key places associated with Jesus’ ministry.

‘Although it’s mainly adults who come, when I’ve taken families on trips to Israel and Palestine, I’ve always been amazed by the children and how interested they are in what they are seeing,’ says Ian. ‘I really enjoy leading those expeditions.

We have got several hundred people booked in for our next round of trips there in the autumn.’

While many people signing up for Oak Hall holidays happen to be Christians, the expeditions also attract those who make no profession of faith. But, says Ian, for those people who want to, there is ample opportunity to learn more about God. ‘Every evening on our trips we offer an hour’s meeting in which guests can hear Bible teaching by one of our leaders – but it’s totally optional.

There is no pressure for anyone to attend.

The meetings are just a good opportunity to explore what the Christian life is all about. Our motivation is always to share the good news that Jesus Christ is the Saviour of the world.’

In March 2020, when the world was

hit with the news of Covid-19 spreading across the globe, Oak Hall was in the middle of a busy ski season. For many business owners, the idea of a national lockdown was worrying.

But, rather than panic, Ian relied on his Christian faith for strength.

‘Very quickly we had to shut everything down in accordance with the government’s requirements,’ he recalls. ‘Everyone on our ski trips needed to get back home, so we booked extra flights and sent our coach out to collect people. We managed to get everyone back to the UK – but no

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From page 9 one knew how long Covid would last for, nor the extent to which it would affect the whole world. We had to trust God, step by step.

‘For the next few months, we couldn’t take any groups anywhere. But we continued planning future trips because we work 11 months in advance. It was strange to be setting up expeditions for a year’s time, while also dismantling trips that were due to take place in a few weeks.’

Last summer, restrictions eased just enough for Oak Hall to be able to squeeze

in three trips to Italy. By the time winter came round, international travel was once again out of the question. Ian and his team looked for new and innovative ways to keep the business going, enabling them to engage with their regular holidaymakers.

‘This year our focus has been on our Word programme, which is our online Bible teaching,’ he says. ‘It’s been available for free on Zoom and YouTube throughout the pandemic, and so far 10,000 people have accessed it.

‘We have also been developing our

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camping holidays.

We have a large manor in Otford in Kent, and this summer 1,200 people have booked to come and camp with us. Although we’ve offered camping opportunities in the past, it has never been to this scale.

But we’ve thrown a lot of energy into adapting our outside facilities so that they meet Covid safety requirements, and we have hired some new toilets.’

As the UK relaxes into its summer holiday season, Ian is also hoping to see the more typical Oak Hall expeditions up and running again.

‘We may not be able to make our usual trips to France, but we are offering a cycling trip to Leicestershire and an expedition to Iceland,’ he says.

‘Iceland is on the UK’s green list and has manageable requirements for when we get there. Being able to go abroad gives us the hope that we will get back to our usual number of trips eventually.’

Though the future is starting to look a little brighter for travel companies, there’s no denying that the past 18 months have been tough for Ian and his colleagues.

Cancelling holiday after holiday has meant that Oak Hall has faced significant financial loss.

‘At times it felt as though we were all on an exercise bike, pedalling hard but looking up to see that we had gone nowhere. Worldwide, the situation has been terrible. But we have tried to remain positive and maintain a strong faith in the Lord. Knowing that our times are in God’s hands has been important.

‘I’ve always believed that the world

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needs a way to live – and Jesus said that he was that way. If our faith in him is genuine, then it’s going to remain strong even when things aren’t going quite how we want them to. It’s a question of trust.’

But were there any times in which Ian felt worried for the future of his business?

‘I would have expected to reach a point of despair and worry, but I haven’t,’ he says. ‘Instead, I’ve known joy. When we expected things to close down, we trusted God and relied on his provision.

It’s remarkable how the camping holidays at the manor have blossomed. Had Covid not come about, we wouldn’t have thought of it.’

Last summer, an article by consumer group Which? highlighted that some major travel companies ‘kept deposits for holidays that never happened’. Despite the financial strain Oak Hall was under, the company committed itself to returning all deposits to its customers.

‘It has been part of our Christian

testimony,’ Ian explains. ‘We haven’t kept anyone’s deposit at all. If people wanted us to transfer their payment to a future Oak Hall holiday, then we did that. But if they paid us for a trip that was later cancelled, their money was always refunded in full. People who come on our expeditions are our friends, so it’s important to keep their goodwill.’

Ian is full of hope that, when the sun sets on summer and autumn appears on the horizon, Oak Hall’s future expeditions will go ahead as planned.

Trips to Israel, Greece, Sicily and Malta are scheduled. December marks the beginning of the ski season.

‘We have about 50 ski trips, all in position, ready for winter,’ he says.

‘Around 600 people have booked on to those so far. For the first time, we are running a ski trip to Andorra, so we have even expanded our usual programme.’

Although the future is uncertain for

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many businesses that have struggled to stay afloat during the pandemic, Ian continues to find peace and hope through his Christian faith. He feels excited about what God may do in the months ahead.

‘We serve a faithful God who answers prayer,’ he says. ‘As we trust in him, he leads us step by step. So we will keep going steadily, committing each day and month to him – and I know that he will guide us to where he wants us to be.’

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Lord Jesus Christ, I am truly sorry for the things I have done wrong in my life. Please forgive me. I now turn from everything that I know is wrong.

Thank you that you died on the cross for me so that I could be forgiven and set free.

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THE pandemic has been dolled up. Mattel, the brand behind Barbie, has created a doll of Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert, one of the scientists behind the Oxford vaccine.

The first Barbie doll was released in 1959, and was designed with the futures of young girls in mind. Envisaging the dolls as being more than simply a toy to play with, creator Ruth Handler wanted them to help her daughter – and all young girls – to imagine all sorts of lives for themselves.

Although Mattel has faced criticism over the years for setting an unrealistic image of women, it has recently launched a range of dolls who have a variety of careers, skin tones and shapes.

In 2016, curvy, petite and tall Barbies were released in the US, a hijabwearing Barbie was launched in 2017, and a Maori doll was made in 2019.

That year, civil rights activist Rosa Parks was also made into a Barbie doll, and last year, a doll modelled on Team GB athlete Dina Asher-Smith was released.

Through these dolls, more girls are represented, made to feel valuable and led to believe that they can be whoever they want to be – including vaccinologists.

Dame Sarah told the BBC: ‘I am passionate about inspiring the next generation of girls … and hope that children who see my Barbie will realise how vital careers in science are to help the world around us.’

Inspiring young girls should never go out of fashion. No one should be limited in what they can achieve in life because of their gender – or anything else.

My understanding is shaped by the example of Jesus, who showed women how capable and how valuable they were. When he rose from the dead, Jesus spoke to his female friends first – and entrusted them with the job of spreading the good news in a society where, at the time, women could not even testify in court.

Whether it’s through our hiring choices if we are an employer or what we say to our loved ones, we can all play our part in encouraging those around us not to put false limits on themselves, so that they know they too are someone whose actions could help the world.

Inspiring young girls should never go out of fashion

Thank you that you offer me forgiveness and the gift of your Holy Spirit.

Please come into my life by your Holy Spirit to be with me for ever.

Thank you, Lord Jesus.

Amen

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EFORE the Covid-19 pandemic, which brought restrictions on family gatherings, I came across a situation where someone I knew could not ask her parents over to her home for Christmas because, having already invited her in-laws, she did not have enough chairs at her dining table.

I was surprised. I had so many questions. If there weren’t enough spaces at the table, why couldn’t the couple sit on stools and eat from a tray? Or why not simply ditch the formal eating at the dining table and have a buffet-style Christmas, where people served themselves and found any seat available?

I wondered whether it was a cultural thing that I might not understand. Or maybe I was looking at this situation through the lens of my African culture and my large family, where Christmas, just like other mealtimes, was an opportunity to spend time with loved ones, without worrying about formalities.

The dining chairs incident was brought back to my memory recently when I was listening to a talk. The speaker addressed the subject of hospitality and welcome, and spoke about the various metaphorical ‘tables’ that exist in life from which people find themselves excluded simply because there isn’t enough room.

His argument was that, rather than turning newcomers away or dismissing some of the people already at the table in order to accommodate them, we simply need to make the table bigger. It may be inconvenient, but it is worth doing, so that people aren’t excluded.

These ‘tables’ may exist in our workplaces or in our personal relationships. How can we expand the groups we belong to so that we can welcome others? Maybe there are some ‘tables’ from which we feel excluded.

There is, however, one place where everyone is welcome to take a seat, and that’s at Jesus’ ‘table’. Whoever wants to learn about him, spend time with him and experience the love and peace that a relationship with him provides is invited – there’s enough room for everyone.

There is one place where everyone is welcome

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1. The Queen’s Silver Jubilee. 2. Mariah Carey.

3. Mount Everest. 4. Defender.

5. Ben Miller. 6. Good morning.

PUZZLES Quick CROSSWORD ACROSS 1. Assert (5) 4. Of indigenous South American people (5) 8. Tree (3) 9. Allure (5) 10. Canal boat (5) 11. Forerunner of euro (3) 12. Female (5) 13. Allay (7) 16. Haphazard (6) 19. Enquiring (6) 23. Expand (7) 26. Lessen (5) 28. Elect (3) 29. Additional (5) 30. Fashion (5) 31. Observe (3) 32. Mature (5) 33. Proportion (5)

DOWN 2. Scare (5) 3. Keepsake (7) 4. Tarnished (6) 5. Secret political clique (5) 6. Of Scandinavia (5) 7. Strainer (5) 9. Crouch in fear (5) 14. Irritate (3) 15. Vehicle (3) 17. Craft (3)

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

5

3 9

6 7 5 9 1

8 18. Owing (3) 20. Strew (7) 21. Avarice (5) 22. Selected (6) 23. Gloss (5) 24. Hub of radiating blades (5) 25. Vagrant (5) 27. Capable (5)

1 7 5 2 1 7 6 5 4 3 8 3 1 2 3 9 8 3 5 6 2

WORDSEARCH

5 2 1 7 8 9 4 3 8 3 9 4 6 1 7 2 Look up, down, forwards, backwards and diagonally 7 these 4 3TV shows 5 2 9 8 on the grid6to find 3 5 8 1 4 7 2 6 B J G P F K T T K S M L B E M I T Q 9 1 7 6 2 5 8 I 4B R E T M J R H A R U O W X Q L Q E Q K F Q I T 4Z W Y L M M G P B W 6 2T 8 9 3 5 1 E N I H S Y Q J I Z H R O S K Q M X 7 4 5 2 3 6 1 9 D M M I P W G F N D E C Z S V Z A E E Z S I Z Y F L Q M R H O Y V X G F 2 9 3 5 1 8 6 7 R U C W Q V D R G N L J X G U K S I 1 I E V A H R E V E N 8 6 9 7 4 3 W 5 S A O R E V E

M O HONEYC B Each solution starts on the coloured cell and reads clockwise round the number

6 5 1 9 3 7 8 4 2

L V N Z B O C A J G N I D N E F E D Q D V Z G Q D Z G Q D A E Y L J E I W M E V L T R O S S E F O R P S U M R G N N L Y Q K G B Z B H J D N Q E N L I N E O F D U T Y J T R K Q E H Y M E D A C A A L L E R B M U E H T Z X N L G G Q E J N Y R V F Z D T L S V C D L H K M X I N V G Q I Q J L T H E M O R N I N G S H O W S O X A R Z E A Z K J G L B G Z L J L I M C

1. Small holiday cabin 2. Catch fire 3. Machine that generates motion 4. Part of a television 5. Straightforward 6. One or the other

ANSWERS 5 8 6 3 9 4 7 2 1

2 3 7 5 1 6 4 9 8

1 9 4 8 7 2 5 3 6

7 4 3 1 6 8 2 5 9

8 6 5 4 2 9 3 1 7

9 1 2 7 5 3 6 8 4

4 7 9 2 8 5 1 6 3

8

3 2 8 6 4 1 9 7 5

6 5 1 9 3 7 8 4 2 2

2 3 3 5

6 9 8

HONEYCOMB 1. Chalet. 2. Ignite. 3. Engine. 4. Screen. 5. Direct. 6. Either.

QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1. Claim. 4. Incan. 8. Elm. 9. Charm.

10. Barge. 11. Ecu. 12. Woman. 13. Relieve. 16. Random.

19. Asking. 23. Stretch. 26. Abate. 28. Opt. 29. Extra.

30. Trend. 31. Eye. 32. Ripen. 33. Ratio.

DOWN: 2. Alarm. 3. Memento. 4. Impure. 5. Cabal.

6. Norse. 7. Sieve. 9. Cower. 14. Irk. 15. Van. 17. Art. 18. Due. 20. Scatter. 21. Greed. 22. Chosen. 23. Sheen.

24. Rotor. 25. Tramp. 27. Adept.

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SUDOKU

ATYPICAL

PROFESSOR T

BREEDERS

SOLOS

CALL THE MIDWIFE

THE MORNING SHOW

DEFENDING JACOB

THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT

KIM’S CONVENIENCE

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY

LINE OF DUTY

THIS IS US

MOTHERLAND

TIME

NEVER HAVE I EVER

TRYING

Mint, pea and crème fraiche soup Ingredients 400g frozen petits pois 10cm piece cucumber, roughly chopped 10 large fresh mint leaves 10 large fresh basil leaves Handful of watercress 300ml vegetable juice 4tbsp low-fat crème fraiche, plus extra, to serve ½ tsp caster sugar

Method Bring a large pan of water to the boil. Add the petits pois, cucumber, mint, basil and watercress, then simmer for 5 minutes. Drain, then set aside 2tbsp petits pois in a bowl.

Return the mixture to the pan to cook. Add the vegetable juice and 200ml water and continue heating until almost boiling.

Remove from the heat and stir in the crème fraiche and sugar.

Blend until smooth.

Divide between 2 bowls.

Scatter over the remaining petits pois and drizzle with a little extra crème fraiche and some pepper, to serve.

Freshly ground black pepper

SERVES

2

White bean, tuna and lemon salad Ingredients

Method

400g can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed

Mix together the beans, tuna, tomatoes, cucumber and onion in a large bowl.

200g can tuna in water, drained and flaked

In a small bowl, whisk the dressing ingredients and season well with the pepper. Pour over the salad.

2 tomatoes, chopped ¼ cucumber, chopped into chunks 1 small red onion, finely sliced For the dressing

Cover and set aside in a cool place for at least 30 minutes. Once ready, serve with lemon wedges and some green leaves.

1 lemon, grated zest and juice ½ tsp Dijon mustard 1tsp sugar-free sweetener Freshly ground black pepper

SERVES

2

Recipes reprinted, with permission, from the Diabetes UK website diabetes.org.uk

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Lve listens.

It is its first task Paul Tillich

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