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LOOKING FOR JESUS IT’S a TV talent show with a dif-

ference. Yeah, that’s what they all say. But this time it really is, because they’re looking for Jesus.

Tonight (Saturday 7 July), ITV1 launches Superstar. Andrew Lloyd Webber and a panel of judges will be looking for a singer to play the lead role in the arena tour of his musical Jesus Christ Superstar, which begins in September. With years of

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A SALVATION Army team served food and drink and offered a listening ear to emergency workers attending the scene of a gas explosion in which a child died.

The team was called to the destroyed house in the Shaw area of Oldham by emergency services and worked from two mobile canteens to support those taking part in the search and rescue operation.

Major Nigel Tansley attended the scene as The Salvation Army’s Emergency Response Co-ordinator for the area and as Chaplain to the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service.

He said: ‘Most of the firefighters and police are family people who have children. When it became clear that they were dealing with the fatality of a child, it affected them.

‘There were a lot of times when emergency workers came up and just wanted five minutes to have a chat.’

CHURCHES are signing up to take part in a piece of performance art in which people across the UK will ring bells at the same time.

Hundreds of church bellringers have already decided to join in Work No 1197: All the Bells in a Country Rung as Quickly and Loudly as Possible for Three Minutes by Turner prize-winning artist Martin Creed.

His project to get people to ring bells at 8.12 am on 27 July is designed to be a celebration of the start of the London Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Alongside church bells, people will be ringing school bells, bicycle bells and bells on ships.

Alan Regin, steeple keeper at Christ Church Spitalfields, London, says: ‘This is not the usual type of ringing that we do, but we say, “Why not!” We have a great oppor-tunity to mark an important histori-cal event.’

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THE Salvation Army is helping people who have fled conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The organisation has provided food to almost 10,000 internally displaced people in one camp in the country.

However, people have also fled to neighbouring countries.

In Rwanda, The Salvation Army is working with UN agencies to distribute clothes and supplementary food to pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers in refugee camps. In Uganda it is providing food and drinking water to 6,000 refugees.

WINNER of 11 Paralympic gold medals Baroness Grey-Thompson spoke at the

National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast at Westminster attended by MPs, peers and church representatives.

The breakfast is an annual event which recognises the contribution that Christianity makes to national life and at which church leaders pray for political leaders.

At this year’s event, Lady Grey-Thompson spoke of her hope that the ‘wonderful atmosphere’ created by the torch relay would continue after the Olympics and Paralympics.

Prayers were said for peace around the world during the Games.

Lord Bates, co-ordinator of the National Prayer Breakfast, has walked from Mount Olympus in Greece to London to raise awareness of the Olympic Truce.

The UN is promoting a revival of the truce, when, according to tradition, Greek city states taking part in the ancient Olympics called a temporary halt to fighting.

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experience behind him, Lord Lloyd-Webber knows exactly what he is looking for: ‘A charismatic individual; someone who has huge presence.’

In tonight’s programme, viewers will get a glimpse of some of the auditions. Lord Lloyd-Webber and West End casting director David Grindrod will be using their theatrical expertise to identify stage potential. Later, at the Brixton Academy callbacks, they will be joined by former Spice Girl Melanie C and 1980s pop singer Jason Donovan, when 100 contestants will be whittled down to 40.

Melanie C, who will appear in the stage show as Mary Magdalene, is looking forward to discov-ering who she’ll be sharing the stage with. She explains what she is looking for in the starring role: ‘Soul is very important for the role of Jesus. I feel he has to have charisma and vulnerability.’

In the final stages of the process, Dawn French will take over from Melanie C, to join Lord Lloyd-Webber and Jason for the live shows. As the final ten rock it out for survival, the decision on who will be the next Jesus will lie in the hands of the public.

Away from the bright lights, we may be looking for someone special. We may be looking for someone who can help us up

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the career ladder or help us out financially. We may feel lonely and be looking for a friend to be with us and listen to our prob-lems. We may be searching for a husband or a wife in the hope that we will be loved for the rest of our lives.

Our searching often comes from a void that needs to be filled. But looking for fulfilment from the people around us isn’t always the solution to our emp-tiness. They are fickle and will disappoint us. They can leave without warning and let us down without reason.

But we can find hope and

comfort in knowing that it is pos-sible to have someone consistent in our lives. As God’s Son, Jesus lived a life that never fell short in kindness, compassion and reli-ability. And one Bible writer says: ‘Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever’ (Hebrews 13:5 New International Version).

When we invite Jesus to take the leading role in our lives, he will forgive us for our selfish-ness. If we put our focus on him and accept his love, he will fulfil all our needs. We won’t need to go looking elsewhere and we certainly won’t need to worry about being abandoned.

Jesus’ role in our lives will never change. He can never be

replaced. Why not choose him?

One of the contestants who is out to impress the judges (below)

holism, a friend suggested that she attend an Alpha course, which explores the basics of the Christian faith. At this point Sarah wasn’t a Christian, but she was ‘looking for some-thing’.

‘It was during the Alpha course that my mum died,’ says Sarah. ‘I remember feeling such strength from the Christians around me. They prayed with me. I also found their worship music inspiring and learnt how to play it on my guitar.’

As Sarah learnt to cope with-out alcohol, her life improved greatly. She began to consider her future and found herself asking: ‘What now, God?’

‘Suddenly the word “Westcliff” popped into my head – but I didn’t know where it was,’ says Sarah. ‘Some time later, I was watching the

TV programme Location, Location, Location and I learnt that Westcliff was in Essex. I felt that God wanted me to move there.’

Sarah moved to nearby Shoeburyness – and within her first month she stumbled across The Salvation Army. After attending the services and enjoying the friendship of the congre-gation, she knew it was time to commit her life to Jesus.

‘Jesus died on the cross for me,’ she says. ‘He has saved me from all my guilt, fear and loneliness. Because of him, I have a purpose for the future.’

abused. She faced bullies. She started cutting herself as a way of coping. By the age of 15, Sarah had fallen into solvent abuse. She turned to drink, which eventually led to alcoholism.

‘In my thirties, when I was living in London, my life was like the film Groundhog Day,’ she says. ‘Every day I wanted to be different, but I never was. I used to go out after work, get drunk and lose my dignity through get-ting into unhealthy relationships. At 36, it was not how I expected my life to be – on my own in my flat, wondering how I had ended up in such a hopeless and despairing condition.

‘But one day I woke up and real-ised I couldn’t do it any more. I didn’t like who I was when I was drunk. So I sought help from a recovery group for alcoholics. I’ve been going to the group ever since.

‘My recovery was built on learning to live by spir-

itual principles, including prayer and reliance on God.’

While Sarah was tackling her alco-

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FOUR years ago, Sarah Johnson knew next to nothing about The

Salvation Army. Today, she is all set to enter its training college to become a full-time minister. Just how did that happen?

‘One Sunday morning, I was going to the supermarket and I noticed the Shoeburyness Salvation Army hall,’ says Sarah. ‘I was looking for something to do. Not knowing it was a church, I went in and asked if they ran yoga classes. The lady replied that they didn’t have any yoga classes, but she invited me to Bible study that evening. I went.’

Sarah’s attendance at Bible study was the first of many. She started going to Sunday services and found that she liked the atmosphere. Her faith in God deep-ened. Before long, she became a uniform-wearing member. Her family noticed the change in her person-ality and lifestyle.

‘Becoming a Christian made me a completely differ-ent person,’ says Sarah. ‘God has been so good to me and forgiven me for everything I’ve thought or done wrong. I rely on him completely, whereas I used to feel such guilt about the past and fear about the future.’

Sarah’s past has not been easy for her to come to terms with. As a child she was frequently sexually

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be a Salvation Army officer.‘I have fears about my

abilities, but I know that I can rely on God’s grace and he will equip me. He has called me to bring hope to lost and lonely people, and to dispel the misconception that all

Christians are hypocritical, judgmental and holier-than-thou.’

As Sarah looks forward to the future, she is excited about having God as her ‘employer’. She hopes to use her past experiences to help other people on their journey to faith, particularly those with alcohol problems and addictions.

‘Knowing God is far better than I could have ever imagined,’ she says. ‘I’m so thankful to him. And I can’t wait to find out what he wants me to do next. Bring it on!’

One of the major things that Sarah’s faith has given her is the ability to forgive. And, although she has endured much hurt in the past, she does not blame God for it.

od has helped me to pray for those people who

abused and bullied me. I’ve asked him to give me patience, love and tolerance.

Forgiving them has helped me to move on.’

And she has certainly done that. Sarah has given up her job as a techni-cal administrator for financial advisers in the City to become a Salvation Army officer.

‘A couple of years ago, I took on leadership roles at Shoeburyness Salvation Army and started asking God what he wanted me to do next. I heard him say to me: “Immerse yourself completely.” I knew then that I had to

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I remember feeling such strength from the Christians around me. They prayed with me. I also found their worship music inspiring and learnt how to play it on my guitar

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AHEAD of the decision by Unesco – the cultural body of the United Nations – The Guardian reported on Palestinians’ efforts to secure a place for Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity on the global list of protected sites.

The paper told how the Palestinians were seeking World Heritage status not only for the church – which is traditionally said to be the site of Jesus’ birth – but also the route taken by Mary and Joseph.

It said that the application was the first by the Palestinians after their

admission to Unesco last October.Deputy mayor of Bethlehem George

Saade said: ‘Bethlehem is the capital city of the Christian world. It is a place of great historical, religious and cultural importance. We want to protect and preserve the church and pilgrimage route.’

The Palestinians’ application succeeded when Unesco gave the church World Heritage status at a meeting in St Petersburg.

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IT was, according to reports north and south of the border, a momentous event. The BBC, Channel 4 News, the Irish Independent and The Irish Times united in describing the moment when the Queen and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness shook hands in Belfast as ‘an historic handshake’.

The encounter between the bearer of the Crown and the former IRA commander was a reminder that politics is more than just style and substance. In affairs of state, symbolism has a power of its own.

The body language of a handshake can speak volumes; so can the refusal to shake a proffered hand.

Mr McGuinness received the backing of his republican party beforehand. The Queen would have had the support of her ministers.

Theirs was no empty gesture. Both of them had been bereaved by the actions of the community the other represents.

A handshake – no matter how historic – cannot wave away the hurt of the past in an instant. It cannot make amends for the injustices and atrocities. It cannot rewrite history. It cannot erase the books of condolence. It need not belittle the sacrifices or besmirch the memory of those who were killed.

A handshake can mark an end to old arguments. It can seal a new agreement. It can signify a celebration. It can be the sign of a new relationship. Under God’s hand, a handshake can be an important step in the journey towards peace and reconciliation.

Although, north and south, locals describe their homeland as ‘God’s own country’, Ireland – north, south, east and west – is not Heaven on earth. There are still hands with blood on them.

Complete reconciliation comes only with complete repentance. Forgiveness must be offered and accepted. That is still a hard ask.

But as the ‘historic handshake’ symbolises: It is better to bite a bullet than to stop one.

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THE Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has said that a Christian group from Bath can continue to claim on its website that God can heal, reported the BBC’s website.

Earlier this year, the Healings on the Streets Bath (Hots Bath) group received a complaint about its leaflet which said ‘Need healing? God can heal today!’

In February, the ASA

ruled that the group could not make such claims on its website or leaflets.

However, the BBC reported that ‘in [the ASA’s] new adjudication, which follows an independent review, the Hots Bath website is outside its jurisdiction’.

The ASA said: ‘We acknowledged that Hots volunteers believed that prayer could treat illness and medical conditions, and that therefore the ads did not promote false hope.’

A spokesperson from Hots Bath said the amended ruling was ‘great news’, setting a ‘clear precedent for Christian websites’.

Nativity church gets World Heritage status

HISTORIC hand-painted panels listing the Ten Commandments have been uncovered in a church in Devon, reported the North Devon Journal.

The corroded zinc panels – dating back to Victorian times – were found behind some curtains when plasterers took them down at St Peter’s in Ashford, near Barnstaple.

After securing funding, the church is to restore the panels, which have suffered the effects of damp and neglect.

Panel show leads to restoration

Visitors see the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem

THIS is the time of year when many people really enjoy their gardens. The hard work over the preceding months has come to fruition. There is no better feeling than to relax in a leafy, fragrant garden on a balmy summer evening.

At this time of year, orna-mental grasses come into their own. They provide structure that complements the show-stopping flowers in the long border.

The next couple of months are the pinnacle of the gardening year. Inevitably, there are still tasks to be done. This month, hardy cyclamen can be planted for a fine autumn display. Leave the growing point of the almost-dormant corms bur-ied just below the surface of humus-rich soil in cool semi-shaded areas. Cyclamen look particularly striking when planted in groups.

Continue to deadhead roses and all summer bedding plants

to ensure a longer-flowering display. Doing so prevents the plants putting wasted energy into unwanted seed production.

WHILE herb shoots are still relatively young and fresh, now is the time to

store them for use in the winter months. Regrowth will then

provide a second harvest.Rosemary and other

woody herbs are ideal for air drying in a shed or garage. Harvest dry stems and wrap them in muslin before you hang them. They can be dried in an airing cupboard or even – if you are careful – in a microwave on sheets of

kitchen towel.Mint, thyme and other soft

herbs can be stored in ice cubes. Select the youngest, healthiest

shoots, discarding the rest.

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Make your final sowing of mini and maincrop carrots early this month.

Cover with fleece to protect them from carrot fly.

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The great outdoors

Now is the last opportunity to sow maincrop peas for early autumn cropping. ‘Kelvedon Wonder’ and ‘Alderman’ are good varieties to try.

Transplant winter cabbages into their final

positions towards the end of the month.

As with all brassica family members, firm

the soil around the roots and water them in

well. Protect from cabbage root fly attack by

placing specially adapted collars round the

roots.

Strawberry runners are now being produced in abundance. Simply bury a small pot next to a healthy virus-free plant and peg the runner into the compost in the pot. Once the new plant roots, it can be detached from the parent and replanted elsewhere. Strawberry beds should be renewed every three years, as cropping becomes erratic and plants become generally woody and virus-riddled.

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In the greenhouse, keep an eye on the afternoon temperature levels. Anything

over the mid-twenties centigrade can be detrimental. Open the doors and windows fully on hot days. When growing cucumbers and

tomatoes, good ventilation is key, along with a regular and consistent watering regime.

and don’t forget…

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Recycles is giving homeless people in Swindon a new direction

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(Left to right) Simon and Rick and Booth House manager Brian Gibbs

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‘CUSTOMERS come into

the shop and think we’re just doing an eco-friendly thing by recycling bikes. I like telling them what is hidden behind the shop – that Recycles is being run by residents of the Salvation Army centre and that it helps to rebuild their lives.’

Cycle mechanic Rick Bartlett is sitting in a corner of Recycles, The Salvation Army’s cycle shop in Swindon. On the shop floor, bicy-cles are displayed for sale. Behind the counter, bikes are being made roadworthy. Behind the workshop is Booth House, a Salvation Army Lifehouse for homeless people.

To the sound of the click-click of bicycle wheels turning, Rick – who joined the staff at the shop a month ago – explains how he and workshop super-visor Simon Styles run Recycles with the Booth House residents.

‘We’re open to the public from Wednesday to Saturday, selling and

building bikes. On a Tuesday, we don’t open the shop but concentrate on building bikes. That’s when we can do more one-to-one training with the guys. Some of them are doing Cytech, which is the rec-ognised industry

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training scheme for bike repairs and which can have an NVQ tagged on.’

Simon describes how the shop works. ‘People donate bikes to us,’ he says. ‘The team check them over, make sure they are safe, that there are no cracks or imperfections in the frame. We strip them down and check all the components before building them back up, replacing components to get them roadworthy. Then we sell them at an affordable price.

‘We build wheels and frames. We are more than capable of doing what-ever any normal bike shop can do.’

But a normal bike shop is not the same behind the scenes.

Brian Gibbs says Booth House was already on the road to setting up social enterprises when he took up his position as cen-tre manager early in 2008. He has worked with busi-

ness projects co-ordinator Liz Osborne to get Recycles off and running, along-side a catering business called the Sandwich People.

Booth House opened in 2007. It is a 50-bed centre, comprising 45 main

rooms and 5 emergency rooms. ‘We are geared towards getting people back into independent living and into work,’ says Brian. ‘We provide the opportunity for them to learn new skills or we reawaken knowledge and skills they had in the past.’

In his office, Brian has files and paperwork to hand – but also a first

edition of In Darkest England and the Way Out by Salvation Army founder William Booth. He turns to a page where Booth writes: ‘When we have got the homeless, penniless tramp washed, and housed, and fed at the shelter, and have secured him the means of earning his fourpence by chopping firewood, or making mats or cobbling the shoes of his fellow labourers at the factory, we have next to seriously address ourselves to the problem of how to help him get back into the regular ranks of industry.’

Brian concludes: ‘That is what we still do.’

Recycles is one way in which people can steer themselves towards the regu-lar ranks of industry.

‘Originally, we were going to turn

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Resident Ron works on a bicycle

hopes for its future.‘Brian and Liz told me that they

wanted Recycles to be a hub for cycling in Swindon. That is what we are trying to become.

‘We are working with Swindon Borough Council on its cycle loan scheme, which is a three-year project to provide people with a free bike for two months.

‘We are also trying to pull in local cycle clubs. It is a great place for people to meet. Drawing in the clubs is good for business, it puts money in the till, but it also brings about interaction between club cyclists and the residents. At first, the residents were just building bikes and serving custom-ers; now they are beginning

to recognise faces of the lads from the clubs. The cycling club lads will go up to the residents and say hello. They are building relationships.’

Simon says that since arriving at Recycles – having clocked up experi-ence ‘at the high end of the cycle trade, selling expensive bikes to people with

plenty of money’ – he has changed. ‘My pre-conceived ideas of homeless people have been blown out of the water. Working here has been an education for me. I have been constantly amazed by the residents.

‘I can take or leave the bikes now. If I never had to fix another

bike again in my life, it wouldn’t be a bad thing. What really gets me excited is seeing the changes in people’s lives once they take part in Recycles.’

Simon talks about one resi-dent who is part of the

team. ‘When he came to us four or five months ago, he had never worked on bikes before. Now he is stripping them down and building them up. He has got to the point where I don’t have to shadow his work, because it is so safe.’

Another team member ‘used to come in the shop to work, but you could tell that he didn’t want to be here. He had no interest. He would come in, do some

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the space into a café,’ says Brian, ‘but we found out that, although we are on a main travel route through Swindon, footfall is quite limited. We looked at footfall in the town – at how many people walk past Costa Coffee from 10 o’clock in the morning until 11 o’clock, and it was in the thousands. Over the same time, the number who walked past us was very small. We realised that we had to become a point of journey.

‘So we looked at opening a restaurant or a shop that sold world goods. We talked with the residents and the idea came up about recycling bicycles. Bicycles are popular with our client group. It is probably the only kind of transport they have. There has also been a surge in the popularity of cycling. So we put a business plan together.

‘Setting up Recycles was not an easy journey. We had lots of debates, but we never gave up. We thought it was the right thing to do and we trusted that if it wasn’t, God would tell us which way to go. We opened in September last year.

‘The cycle shop shows what Booth House is about. We have a high-quality, well-specced space that is as good as any other cycle shop, if not better.

‘It gives us an opportunity to offer our clients various kinds of training and qualifications. Eventually, these will cover business administration, customer services, sales. We are giving training in cycle mechanics and manufacturing operations, which is a highly transferable qualification in Swindon, where there are car manufac-turers and engineering companies.’

Brian wants Booth House not only to offer res-idents the opportunity to change their lives

but also to change the wider population’s perception of homelessness – ‘to get a message out that homeless peo-ple are not to be feared but are deserving of compassion and help so that they can contribute to society again’.

He says: ‘Recycles is a window for our clients, because employers come into the shop and see them working. Those are the people they can employ in the future.’

Down in the shop, workshop supervisor Simon out-lines some of the achievements of Recycles – and his

Employers come in and see them working

Once bikes are checked and rebuilt, they go on sale

‘Recycles helped me,’ she says. ‘Simon taught me how to build bikes. I know how to do brakes, gears … any-thing.

‘I’ve bought my own bike from here. If there’s something wrong with it, I know exactly what to do.’

Dalie also carried out administration in the shop and met customers.

‘English is not my first language – I’m a Dutch-speaker – but working at Recycles made me more comfortable in speaking English, because I was deal-ing with customers every day.’

But she says that Booth House has done more than simply allow her to develop skills.

‘It turned me back into the person I am. I love being busy, helping peo-ple. When I lost my home in Holland, I started to become someone who was bitter, angry, not talking to people, afraid of getting hurt again.

‘Before I came to Booth House, I was drinking too much. I got in the habit of being lazy and not wanting to go into work. Recycles helped me to get out of those bad habits. If I were to go out to drink till 3 o’clock or 4 o’clock in the morning, I wouldn’t have been able to get up to come into the bike shop and I would be letting people down. So work-ing here gave me the strength not to do that.

‘Recycles helped me to trust people again. And to be me again.’

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cleaning and would then just go off to play football. This went on for about a month. Then I got him to fix a bike. He said he had no interest in it, but slowly he realised what he could do. I taught him to fix gears.

‘The other day he was working when a friend came to take him to football, but he said he wasn’t going to football, because he was repairing a bike and had to get it finished.

‘Now he is training for his Cytech.’

Chanmatie – or ‘Dalie’ to her

friends and colleagues – arrived at Booth House about a year ago after being left home-less, first in the Netherlands and then in England, when rela-tionships broke down. Recycles had not yet opened. She helped to get it ready, and once it opened she began working there.

She no longer works at Recycles. She has gained employment outside Booth House in care work. She hopes to get a bidding number and then a nomination for a permanent home. Until then, she is happy to be at Booth House – and she enjoys being around the team at Recycles.

I learnt how to build bikes. I know how to dobrakes, gears … anything

Dalie has enjoyed working at Recycles

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ACROSS1. Get better (7)5. Oarsman (5)7. Signal by hand (7)8. Swivel (5)10. Enthusiastic (4)11. Sleeplessness (8)13. Appear (6)14. Shriek (6)17. Give sorrow (8)19. Dispatched (4)21. Herd of cattle (5)22. Severe (7)23. Foundation (5)24. Feared (7)

QUICK CROSSWORDACROSS: 1 Improve. 5 Rower. 7 Gesture.

8 Pivot. 10 Avid. 11 Insomnia. 13 Emerge. 14 Scream. 17 Aggrieve. 19 Sent. 21 Drove. 22 Drastic. 23 Basis. 24 Dreaded.

DOWN: 2 Pastime. 3 Onus. 4 Eyeing. 5 Reproach. 6 Woven. 7 Graveyard. 9 Traumatic. 12 Ugliness. 15 Ejected. 16 Evaded. 18 Gloss. 20 Pare.

QUICK QUIZ1 Martin Clunes. 2 Three. 3 Florida. 4 Red. 5 Six.

6 A self-taught person.HONEYCOMB

1 Martin. 2 Choral. 3 Heroic. 4 Listen. 5 Finish. 6 Extend.

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QUICK QUIZ

1. Who played the part of Dr Martin Ellingham in Doc Martin?

2. According to the nursery rhyme, how many fiddlers did Old King Cole have?

3. In which US state is Panama City?

4. Litmus paper turns what colour when in contact with an acid?

5. How many pockets does a snooker table have?

6. If someone is described as an ‘autodidact’, what are they?

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Angie had done her first ten. ‘You don’t need to be quite

so careful about it,’ Susie pointed out. ‘Our clients aren’t fussy.’

Angie then began waiting at tables but found it impossible to chat to the clients in the friendly way the other volunteers did. Rick

suggested she moved on to the washing-up. Even though she wore rubber gloves and an apron, she was still worried

about breaking her nails or splashing her clothes.

At the end of the morning, Rick took her to one side. ‘I don’t think your heart is really in this work,’ he said, gently. ‘Why are you here?’

‘Well, I got this application to go on a course and it asked if I did any voluntary work and if so, what. I thought I’d better do some so I could say so.’

‘You might find it a bit easier if you came here to help the clients rather than to get on a course,’ Rick told her.

As this proverb suggests,

sometimes people do things with mixed or wrong motives, even if the things they do are good. They can even fool themselves or other people about what their motives are – but God knows exactly what is going on, because he can see right inside people. The point is emphasised elsewhere in the Bible: ‘The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart’ (1 Samuel 16:7).

Do we need to get our motives straight?

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IT was good to have a new team member to help at the food for homeless people project.

‘Could you start by peeling these spuds?’ team leader Rick asked Angie, pointing her to the sink and a huge pile of potatoes. She looked at him and then at her beautifully manicured nails. ‘Could I have another job, please?’ she asked.

‘How about sandwiches?’ Sandwich-maker Susie

was delighted. ‘Margarine on first. Then ten with sandwich spread, ten with meat, ten with jam.’ Angie thought she could manage that, but Susie had finished thirty before

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I HATE to say this, but the birds in my garden are bullies. They know exactly what they want and they make sure they get it.

A few years ago, I hung bird feeders in our sycamore tree. I put everything in there: peanuts, Niger seeds, fat balls, the lot. Birds flew to the tree, birds flew away from the tree, but nothing was eaten – until I bought a bag of black sunflower seeds. That was it. The message was plain: ‘Forget all the fancy stuff. Just stay with the sunflower seeds.’

Now there is a constant shuttle of small birds to and from the feeders. It’s a full-time job keeping them topped up.

A few weeks ago, a blackbird began his campaign. I was preparing my mother’s breakfast in the kitchen. He was outside, looking in. Backwards and forwards he hopped, until I finally got the message and crumbled up a slice of bread for him. Now he has his own breakfast bar on a particular paving stone, and he knows exactly what time to come.

The birds in our garden have come to trust me for their food. They’ve made clear what they want and they expect me to provide it. In the same way, if we believe in God and trust him, he will provide us with what we need – but he likes us to ask him.

Jesus gave us a model prayer which pretty well suits every occasion – the Lord’s Prayer. In it

we’re encouraged to ask God to put food on the table for us: ‘Give us today our daily bread’ (Matthew 6:11 New International Version).

A little further on in the same chapter, Jesus speaks about God’s provision: ‘Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?’ (6:26).

Bread for us and bread for our neighbour – God provides the supply. All we have to do is trust him, take just what we need and make sure our neighbour has enough to eat.

They’ve made clear what they want and expect me to provide

Corrections by Friday 29 June

Method:Place the tuna and its oil in a bowl, then add the

breadcrumbs and cheese and mix together. Mix in the beaten egg and chives, lemon and lime zest and juices, salt and pepper. Mould the tuna mixture into 12 balls.

Heat the vegetable oil in a pan, then fry the tuna balls until golden brown all over. Serve with your favourite salad.

Serves 4

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.

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200g can tuna in oil

60g fresh breadcrumbs

25g Cheddar cheese, finely grated

1 large egg, beaten

2tbsp chopped chives

Juice and zest of ½ lemon

Juice and zest of ½ lime

Salt and pepper

2tbsp vegetable oil, for frying

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Lemon and lime tuna ball salad

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Ingredients:60g butter ½ onion, finely chopped¼ tsp fresh dill, finely chopped230g chicken livers, cut into

quarters¼ tsp dried thyme¼ tsp mustard powderSalt and pepper2 slices of toast

Chicken liver with thyme and dill pâté

Method:Melt the butter in a frying pan, add the

onions and cook for 3 minutes. Add the dill, chicken livers and thyme, then sprinkle over the mustard powder. Heat the chicken livers until they are cooked right through and have started to turn a light brown colour. Add the salt and pepper to taste, then pour the mixture into a food processor. Process until smooth.

Allow the pâté to cool down, then place in the fridge. Once chilled, spread the pâté over 2 slices of toast.

Tip: Cover the top of the pâté with some melted butter to keep it fresh for longer.

Serves 2

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ALL aboard for Sea Sunday? Across the UK, churches are pre-paring to remember seafarers and to pray for them and their families tomorrow (Sunday 8 July).

To express their gratitude to seafarers, who transport more than 90 per cent of the food and goods the world uses every day, churches hold special services, fundrais-ing events and parades. They want to show the 1.2 million seafarers that, although they often work out of sight, they are certainly not

out of mind.The crew behind Sea Sunday is the

Mission to Seafarers. The Christian organi-sation was founded in 1856 and works in 250 ports worldwide, helping those working at sea. It runs Flying Angel drop-in centres, provides chaplaincy services and offers practical support in emergencies.

‘It’s a very isolating experience to be at sea,’ Ben Bailey of the Mission to Seafarers tells The War Cry. ‘Through our work we try to replace that isolation with a sense of belonging.’

The crews are grateful for the support of the organisation – and they say so.

‘They tell us: “If it wasn’t for you, we would have no one”,’ says Ben.

And having no one to turn to can make life depressing. People can become pain-fully lonely. It is good to have someone to laugh with, someone to cry with, whatever our situation.

Whether we are alone or sur-rounded by people, we sometimes go through waves where we feel discon-nected. No one quite understands us. They try, but they just don’t get what we are going through.

God does. And he does more than understand.

God travels on life’s journey with us. He is by our side, whether we feel as though we are sailing or sinking.

One writer in the Bible asks God: ‘Where can I flee from your pres-ence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there’ (Psalm 139:7, 8 New International Version).

Whenever we feel alone, we are not. God is willing to listen when we talk to him. No matter what happens to us, his love is bottomless. His forgiveness for our mistakes is a life-saver.

Is it time to get on board with him?

All at sea face challengeswrites CLAIRE BRINE

Seafarers transport 90 per cent of the world’s food and goods

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