ChadNet – no 108

ChadNet – no 108 – Sunday 17th April 2022

ChadNet - the eBulletin of St Chad's Church, Pattingham with Patshull

Welcome to this week’s edition of ChadNet – the eBulletin of St Chad’s Church, Pattingham with Patshull.

In this week’s ChadNet:

We are returning to something closer to normal.
It is up to each individual to decide whether or not they should wear a face covering in church.
The church doors will remain closed during services to help to keep the church warm.
In the pews by the wall of the South Aisle we will continue to ask that social distancing be maintained so that those who wish to maintain social distancing can do so.
Do not attend church if you have any covid symptoms or are meant to be isolating.

View from the Pews

He is risen!

“There is a Redeemer….”

“Thank you, Oh my Father, For giving us Your Son, And leaving Your spirit , ‘Til, Your work on earth is done”. (Melody Green 1977)

By the time you are reading this, Good Friday, the day we commemorate the death of Jesus on the cross, will have passed, and we will all be busy preparing for Easter Day! Whilst it is wonderful to look forward to Easter Day, it is also very important to take a few minutes to think and pray about Good Friday. The Bible tells us very clearly that Christ died for us – for all of us. We remember His sacrifice and the promise of forgiveness for our sins and for everlasting life with our Father in Heaven.  We remember the night before He died, at the Last Supper with his disciples, and the message He gave, that the bread represents Christ’s body and the wine His blood. He asked us to  ‘do this in remembrance of me’ and that is exactly what we are doing in our Holy Communion service. This is why we take ‘bread’ and ‘wine’ at Communion and remember Christ died for us all.

But, we must also remember what comes next….. we have been left His spirit and we must continue to do His work. This is the really difficult part, firstly, because we make excuses to ourselves – that we are all very busy doing our own work. Perhaps now is the time to set aside some time for God – it could be just a couple of minutes each day to pray and once a week to join us in worship together at one of our services. There are 10,080 minutes in a week, can you ‘give’ 80 or more minutes a week for God?

A second reason doing God’s work can be difficult, is because sometimes it is hard to work out exactly what God is asking us to do. There are so many conflicting demands on our time and on our resources. We struggle, as you do with these questions, and no, we do not have ‘the answers’, but what we can share is we do pray for God to help us follow the path we have to take. The power of prayer is great and we are asked to pray with patience and with complete trust in God.

Terry Waite was a Special Envoy for the Archbishop of Canterbury who was taken hostage whilst trying to negotiate the release of other hostages in Beirut in January 1987. He was held for 1,763 days and finally freed on 18th November 1991. He was in solitary confinement and had no books, no pen, no paper. After his release he was interviewed many times and one of the things he said was:
“At the end of the day, love and compassion will win.”

Here are his words of prayer:

“O Lord God, when grief comes upon us, grant us your comfort,
When loneliness overwhelms us, grant us your presence.
When the day is dark, grant us your light.”
Terry Waite

Have a joyous Easter
“I know that my Redeemer liveth!”

Clive Pendrell and Dorothy Steel
Churchwardens

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

We do not have a VIcar at the moment. For matters which would normally be dealt with by the Vicar the churchwardens are the first point of contact. The Vicarage phone (01902 700257) is redirected to the churchwardens. When they are not available a message can be left on the voicemail and they will return the call when they are available. 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.

Notices, which should be received by Friday evening for inclusion in that week’s ChadNet, and other communications in relation to ChadNet should be sent to Articles for the magazine should be sent to (note – this is different to the address used before November 2020 which no longer works).

Notices, which should be received by Friday evening for inclusion in that week’s ChadNet, and other communications in relation to ChadNet should be sent to

Articles for the magazine should be sent to (note – this is different to the address used before November 2020 which no longer works).

Sunday 17th April – Easter Day

At 10 am there will be a service of Holy Communion, led by Revd Sue Watson, in church.Coffee (and tea and biscuits) will be available after the service. (This month’s Youth Service will be on the following Sunday – 24th April.)

At 6.30 pm there will be an Iona Style Service, led by Ken Scott, in church.

This week

The church will be open every day. Look out for the “church open” sign outside the porch.

Every day (except Sunday) Prayers for Peace will be said in church at 6 pm.

On Wednesday there will be a service of Holy Communion according to the Book of Common Prayer, led by Revd Philip Wooton, in church at 10.00 am which will be followed by tea, coffee and cake.

Sunday 24th April – Second Sunday of Easter

At 10 am there will be a service led by the Youth Group in church. At the end of that part of the service there will be a break for coffee, tea and biscuits after which the service will resume with a service of Holy Communion, led by Revd Lin Vawer, for those who wish to stay.

There will be no service in the evening.

Revision of the Electoral Roll

The Church Electoral Roll is currently being revised. There is no need for those already on the roll to do anything. Those who would like to join the roll should complete a form and return it to the Electoral Roll Officer by 17th April, which is Easter Day. It is possible to submit an application at any time but those received after 17th April cannot be added to the roll untl after the Annual Meeting.

More details and an application form can be found at <https://www.pattinghamchurch.org.uk/web/church-electoral-roll/>

Prayers for Peace

Thank you to all who have supported our daily Prayers for Peace in Ukraine during Lent.

We will continue to hold Prayers for Peace at 6pm but from week commencing Sunday 24th April our 6 pm Prayers for Peace in Church will only take place on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Please be assured our Sunday services will include prayer for Ukraine as will our weekly Wednesday morning service in Church. On Mondays and Fridays we ask you to take a few moments in private prayer for peace at 6pm wherever you are.

If you would like to use one of the prayers we have used in Church, please see below:

The Universal Prayer for Peace

Loving God,
Lead us from death to life,
From falsehood to truth.
Lead us from despair to hope,
From fear to trust.
Lead us from hate to love,
From war to peace.
Let peace fill our heart, our world, our universe.
Amen

If you would like to join the team of people who take turns to lead the Prayers for Peace we would love you to let us know – please contact Mary Hayward ().

God Bless

Dorothy Steel and Mary Hayward

From the Memorial Book

Those whose anniversaries occur between 10th and 24th April.

Albert Edward Bentley – 11th April 1982
Douglas Edwin Shelton – 12th April 2003
Sally Anne James – 13th April 2018
Christine Ann Trubshaw – 16th April 2000
Stuart Hammersley – 19th April 1991
Keith Campbell Harris – 19th April 2012
Elizabeth Anne Thomason – 20th April 2008
Graham Sheldon – 21st April 1996
Alan Coverley Robinson – 21st April 2003
Archie Proctor – 23rd April 2009
Betty Winifred Lovering – 23rd April 2012
Emily Hannah O’Byrne – 23rd April 2020

You can see all the pages of the Memorial Book on the Memorial Book Online page of the Church website.

Resources for worship and prayer at home

Some of resources which can be used at home are listed on the Resources Available Online and the Resources Available for Children, Young People and Families pages of the website.

For those who are unable to attend church there are still a number of services which are available online, including a weekly service on the Church of England 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.

We have a JustGiving page to enable people to make one off donations. It’s at www.justgiving.com/pattingham-church. 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.

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“.

ChadNet

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