Pattingham church

We are the Church of England Parish of Pattingham with Patshull. The parish includes the villages of Pattingham, Patshull and Burnhill Green in Staffordshire and also parts of Shropshire, including Rudge and an area around Patshull. A map showing the parish boundary can be found on the A Church Near You website here.

St Chad’s Church is at the centre of the village of Pattingham and dates from the 12th century with Victorian additions. As the only church in the parish we welcome those of any denomination or none to our services.

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Revd Merry Smith is our Vicar

Rev Merry Smith became Vicar of Pattingham and Patshull on Sunday 10th August 2025 at a service of Collation and Induction led by the Bishop of Wolverhampton. She was previously Rector of Newport with Longford, and Chetwynd in Shropshire.

The Vicar’s post is half time so Merry will not be working every day. Her phone number is 07486 066065 and her email address is

Emails to will be received by the churchwardens.

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Safeguarding

St Chad’s Church, Pattingham with Patshull is committed to Safeguarding and has adopted the National and Diocesan Safeguarding Policies. Our Parish Safeguarding Officer is Tracey Williams who can be contacted on 07587 911258. The Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor is Neil Spiring who can be contacted on 01543 306147.

In an emergency where there is imminent risk of harm to a child or vulnerable adult, please contact the police on 999 or your local social services department.

For more information see our Safeguarding page.

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Scarecrow Festival 2025

A message from the Chairman of the Steering Committee

We have seen Pattingham at its best over the Scarecrow weekend and whether you have been part of the organising committee, helping with the many months of planning and publicising the event, whether you made the car park available to us (many thanks to the Evans family!), whether you helped to man it, decorated the Church, sold raffle tickets or helped to supervise the various activities, provided sponsorship or donations, you deserve our untold thanks because your contribution has been inestimable.

I do though want to reserve special thanks to all those who created and displayed the Scarecrows. Every one has been a joy to behold, whilst you should all be proud of the level of creativity and ingenuity on display. Bear in mind that without the Scarecrows we have no Festival and therefore, on behalf of everyone involved in the Festival, I want to offer our massive and sincere thanks to you for making the weekend so memorable.

Finally, it is my delight to confirm the financial outcome of the Festival. Together, we have achieved a profit of £18,920, all of which will go to worthwhile causes in our Village. This surely represents a wonderful outcome and, once again, I want to thank everyone for their amazing contribution to this total.

Philip Sims
Festival Chairman

What’s new –

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• Rotas for October to December 2025 and first week of January
• ChadNet – no 291 – Sunday 19th October
• Vicar’s letter in October magazine
• Snippets from the PCC in October magazine
• Century Club winners of September draw
• Christmas card art competition – open to children and young people up to school year 8
• Mission Action Plan for 2025-26
• Link to Hope Christmas Shoebox Appeal
• Hymns and Pimm’s – report
• Merry’s Induction – article in September magazine
• Fete – articles in August magazine
• Draft minutes of the Annual Meeting held on Sunday 11th May
• North Aisle Project – details of the proposals which were shared at the APCM

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