ChadNet – no 326 – Sunday 21st June 2026
Welcome to this week’s edition of ChadNet – the eBulletin of St Chad’s Church, Pattingham with Patshull.
In this week’s ChadNet:
- View from the Pews – Alan Smith
- Sunday 21st June – Trinity 3
- This week
- Sunday 28th June – Trinity 4
- Fete – 4th July
- Poppies
- The Well Foodbank
- Dementia Friendly Church – weekly prayer
- From the Memorial Book
- Giving to the Church
View from the Pews
Father’s Day is a day set aside for honouring our father, as well as fatherhood and influence of fathers in society. Father’s Day complements similar celebrations honouring family members, such as Mothering Sunday and, in some countries, Siblings’ Day and Grandparents’ Day. It is held on various dates across the world and different regions maintain their own traditions of honouring fatherhood.
This year, Father’s Day has a particular significance for our family as it coincides with my dad’s 100th birthday. Being born in 1926, he shares his birth year with Queen Elizabeth II, Sir David Attenborough and Marilyn Monroe. In this year, Bolton Wanderers won the FA Cup and Al Jolson had the best selling single with ‘I’m sitting on top of the world’. Aged 19, in August 1945, he was on the boat to fight in Burma but when the war ended they were diverted to India where he spent three years during the last days of the Raj. When he came home in 1948 he and my mom were married and the rest, as they say, is history.
1926, the year of the tiger, saw some notable events including the General Strike, Winnie the Poo was published by A A Milne and John Logie Baird demonstrated television for the first time. The latter highlights the incredible advances there have been in the last century. We now have the internet, every modcon at the touch of a button, man has been to the moon and we are on the cusp of the AI revolution. It can be exciting, scary and discombobulating, sometimes all at the same time. So how can we deal with it all when the sands beneath our feet seem to be shifting all the time?
The bible tells us God is constant. In Psalm 139 we read:
Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there,
If I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
If I settle on the far side of the sea,
Even there your hand will guide me,
Your right hand will hold me fast.
Happy 100th birthday dad. Many happy returns!
Alan Smith
(As always this View is the personal view of the author.)
Would you like to write a View from the Pews?
We welcome contributions for View from the Pews from anyone who would like to write one. It does not need to be on any particular subject. If you would like to write one please send it to or contact Henry Ibberson ( / 01902 701136).
.Contacts
The Vicar’s post is half time so Merry will not be working every day. Her usual working days are Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday but this is subject to change. Her phone number is 07486 066065 and her email address is When she is not working she will not normally answer the phone, listen to messages or respond to emails.
Calls to the old phone number (01902 700257) are forwarded to Merry’s phone.
Emails to will be received by the churchwardens.
Contact details for church officers can be found on the Contacts page of the church website. You can use if you are nore sure who to contact and the churchwardens will be able to forward it to the correct person.
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Sunday 21st June – Third Sunday after Trinity
At 10 am there will be a service led by the Youth Group in church. This will be followed by a short service of Holy Communion, led by the Vicar, to which you are all most welcome. Coffee, tea and biscuits will be available after the service.
At 6.30 pm there will be a service of Evensong, led by the Vicar, in church. (Note: evening services are now on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month and not on the 2nd and 4th Sundays.)
In the Parish Prayer Diary we pray for those who live and work in:
Letchmere Lane, St Chads Close, Yew Tree Road, Retreat Gardens.
In the Trysull Deanery Prayer Diary we pray for:
Church Wardens across the Deanery.
This week
The church will be open every day. Look out for the “church open” sign outside the porch.
This is not a week when the Prayers for Peace group meets but some members of the group will be in church on Tuesday at 6 pm to say prayers. Anyone is welcome to join them.
On Wednesday at 10.00 am there will be a service of Holy Communion according to the Book of Common Prayer, led by the Vicar, in church which will be followed by tea, coffee and cake.
After the service the church will be open from 10.30 am until at least 11.00 am as a Place of Welcome when anyone who wants to will be welcome to share in the coffee, cake and chat, whether they have been to the service or not. Those attending will receive a warm welcome.
On Wednesday at 12 noon Who’s for Lunch? is held in the Village Hall.
At 6 pm on Wednesday the Pattingham Shower Singers meet in church. All are welcome – just come and sing and have fun! If you need more information, contact Alix at .
At 7 pm on Wednesday Choir Practice takes place in church. Anyone interested in joining the choir should contact Martin Fox or any member of the choir.
Sunday 28th June – Fourth Sunday after Trinity
At 10 am there will be an All Age Communion Service, led by the Vicar. Coffee, tea and biscuits will be available after the service.
At 2 pm the PCC meets at Boningale Church for a Vision Day.
(There is no evening service as they are now on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month and not on the 2nd and 4th Sundays.)
In the Parish Prayer Diary we pray for those who live and work in:
Great Moor Road, Nurton Brook, Nurton Bank, Warstone Hill Road, Hollies Lane.
In the Trysull Deanery Prayer Diary we pray for:
St Peter, Kinver.
Fete – Saturday 4th July
The fete will take place on Saturday 4th July from 12 noon till 4 pm.
Help is needed with the following:
Bottle store, a big money spinner so please donate if you can. Bottles of any sort; water, sauce, wine, spirits, squash etc etc. Please leave them at the back of the church, alternatively collection can be arranged. Please contact John & Alison Hatton at or any member of the PCC.
Auction items. Unused/unwanted items in good condition. Anything goes!
Raffle prizes
Marquee – erection and dismantlng
This year, instead of hiring a marquee, we have bought three smaller interconnecting tents. The upside is we no longer have to pay hire and overnight security charges. The downside is they need to be erected on the morning of the fete. We need seven or eight volunteers to help first thing, then to dismantle in the afternoon. If you, or your children/grandchildren can spare an hour or two, please speak to Dorothy, Alan, Tony or any member of the PCC.
Competitions
Entries are invited for the Vegetable Monster and Cauliflower Sheep competitions. Entry form from Alix at
Poppies
Just to notify all the lovely Poppy creators. You can collect wool and patterns from the marked container which is behind the burgundy curtain under the table at the back of the church. Please could you sign your name and what you have taken.
Tracey Williams
The Well – the Wolverhampton Food Bank
All donations are welcome but, in particular, our top needs are:
- Meat soup
- Tinned tomatoes
- Tinned peas
- Jam/marmalade
- Sugar
Thank you for your continued support.
If you wish to know more about the work of The Well, or would like to know how you can support it in other ways, do connect via their website, where you can sign up to the newsletter and link to their Social Media pages: <www.thewellwolverhampton.co.uk>
Dementia Friendly Church
Weekly Prayer
Memory fades and recollections become hazy clouds,
Fading outlines of strangers` faces and forgotten places.
Even the familiar, loved ones and names that once tripped lightly off the tongue cause confusion, in what seems a cruel
dismantling of a life once lived.
Compassionate God, for all who live in fear of what they might become, and those already walking down this lonely road we call dementia, grant them peace.
May each moment, however brief be filled with joy not sorrow.
Amen.
(author unknown)
If you would like to suggest (or write) a prayer for inclusion in this series please let Tracey Williams, our Dementia Friendly Church Co-ordinator, know.
From the Memorial Book
Those whose anniversaries occur between 14th and 28th June.
Gerald Victor Rowley – 14th June 1993
Ann Wright – 14th June 2006
Frederick Seymour Toy – 15th June 1971
Ian Brian Price – 15th June 1973
Winifred Jane James – 15th June 2006
Audrey Wilhelmina Rose – 15th June 2022
Anthony Robert Kiddle – 16th June 2015
Mitchell James Lingford – 18th June 1989
Kenneth Joseph Russell – 19th June 2010
Wilfred Leslie Darlington – 20th June 1981
Kath James – 20th June 2024
Jasper Ronald Curtis – 23rd June 2004
Susan Caton – 24th June 2018
Joan Morgan – 25th June 1991
Katie Margaret Dain – 26th June 2005
You can see all the pages of the Memorial Book on the Memorial Book Online page of the Church website.
Giving to the church
Details of the various ways in which you can give can be found on the Giving page of the website.
You can make a bank transfer to our bank account (Account name: Pattingham Parochial Church Council – Sort Code: 20-97-78 Account No: 50655023).
If you are paying by cheque please make the cheque payable to “Pattingham PCC” or “Pattingham Parochial Church Council“.
We have a JustGiving page to enable people to make one off donations. It’s at <https://www.justgiving.com/page/pattingham-church-jg>. You will be asked if you want to make a contribution on top of your donation. If you do it will go to JustGiving and not to charity. If you do not want to make such a contribution select “other”. If you are a taxpayer please consider gift aiding your donation.
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