ChadNet – no 113

ChadNet – no 113 – Sunday 22nd May 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

Iain Coleman

Making a joyful noise

Ralph Vaughan WIlliams

There is no doubt we are blessed with a veritable cornucopia of music to sing and play in our worship, and even when we limit our thoughts, just to our own hymnbook that richness and diversity remains. So, as we celebrate the 150th anniversary year of his birth, it is well worth noting the immense role of Ralph Vaughan Williams. In concert with Percy Dearmer, he was a key figure in the creation of our hymnal, contributing many tunes. Think of some of our familiar hymns such as “Come down O Love Divine”, “For all the Saints”, “At the name of Jesus” to name a but a few. We sing “O little town of Bethlehem” to a folk song that he arranged. Familiarity may extend beyond the church. For those of you who enjoy singing in choirs, I’m guessing you’ll have performed “Linden Lea”, Vaughan Williams’ tune to the words of William Barnes. If you are old enough to remember the ITV series “A Family at War”, the theme music is from the first movement of Vaughan Williams’ 6th Symphony. His output was immense and varied, his contribution to English music was significant, moving away from previously traditional influences and embracing Tudor music and Folk music.

What intrigued me was Vaughan Williams’ relationship with religion given his contribution to church music. Born in 1872, he was a vicar’s son and the family had very strong moral views. They believed in service. Perhaps no better illustrated by the fact that at the age of 42 Vaughan Williams served through the first World War as an ambulance driver. Experience of that conflict was to have a profound effect on him.

On his mother’s side he was related to Charles Darwin. Apparently, when the young Vaughan Williams asked his mother about Darwin’s controversial book On the Origin of Species, she answered, “The Bible says that God made the world in six days. Great Uncle Charles thinks it took longer: but we need not worry about it, for it is equally wonderful either way”. Maybe a consequence of such questioning meant that during his closing schooldays, Vaughan Williams declared himself an atheist and yet…. he loved the beauty of the Authorised Version of the Bible and described it as “one of his essential companions through life”.

Perhaps this love underlies his role in the production of The English Hymnal, of which he later said, “I now know that two years of close association with some of the best (as well as some of the worst) tunes in the world was a better musical education than any amount of sonatas and fugues”. It clearly meant a great deal to him. An interesting link from present to past; over the next week we will celebrate and mark our Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. At her coronation Vaughan Williams not only arranged the music of the Creed, versicles and hymns but wrote the anthem “O Taste and See” performed at that Coronation service.

At the heart of it all, Vaughan Williams’ wish was that of making music available to all. When we make our “joyful noise” with his hymns, I think he succeeded.

Iain Coleman

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.

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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 22nd May – Rogation Sunday – Sixth Sunday of Easter

At 10 am there will be aservice of Holy Communion, led by Revd Philip Wootton, in church. Coffee (and tea and biscuits) will be available after the service.

At 2 pm the traditional Rogation Sunday Walk will leave from St Chad’s Church. After a walk of about 3.5 miles the walkers will arrive at St Mary’s Church, Patshull in time for refreshments before the service.

At 4.30 pm there will be a Rogation Sunday Service at St Mary’s Church, Patshull, which will be led by Iain Coleman.Refreshments including tea / coffee and biscuits / cake will be available before the service.

Arrangements have been made for those who are not taking part in the walk to get to Patshull Church from the Patshull Road. As this involves going through locked gates it will be necessary to travel together. Those who wish to do so should be at St Chad’s Church lychgate by 3.30pm, when we shall travel in convoy down the Patshull Road to enter the Estate by the main gate, formerly the entrance to the Hotel & Golf Club. Any cyclists who wish to join the convoy should be at the main gate by 3.35 pm.

There will be no evening service at St Chad’s.

This week

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

Monday is the copy date for the June magazine. Send articles to Mike Moss at

On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Prayers for Peace will be said in church at 6 pm. If you would like to join the team of people who take turns to lead the Prayers for Peace please contact Mary Hayward ().

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

On Wednesday at 12 noon Who’s for Lunch? is held in the Village Hall.

Thursday is Ascension Day. There will not be a service in Pattingham but there are services at other churches in the deanery at which those who wish to attend would be welcome. They are:
    9.30 am – Holy Cross, Bilbrook
    9.30 am – Christ Church, Tettenhall Wood
    11.00 am – The Venerable Bede, Giggerty Lane, Wombourne
    7.30 pm – The Church at Perton
    7.30 pm – The Good Shepherd, Castlecroft
    7.30 pm – St Bart’s, Penn
    7.30 pm – St. Michael & All Angels, Tettenhall

On Friday the funeral of John Breakwell takes place in church at 1.45 pm.

Sunday 29th May – Seventh Sunday of Easter – Sunday after Ascension Day

At 10 am there will be aservice of Holy Communion, led by Revd Lin Vawer, which will include the baptism of Maddison Ashworth, in church. Coffee (and tea and biscuits) will be available after the service.

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee 2022

Pattingham celebrates the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 1952 – 2022

Thursday 2nd to Sunday 5th June

There are various events on each of the days. Details are in the the programme of events which has been distributed to all homes in the parish. Copies are available in church and elsewhere in the village. Details of the events are also on the church website (https://www.pattinghamchurch.org.uk/web/news-and-events/the-queens-platinum-jubilee/)

On Sunday 5th June at 10 am there will be a Platinum Jubilee Thanksgiving Service in church. All are welcome. At 6.30 pm there will be an Evening Communion Service for Pentecost.


From the Memorial Book

Those whose anniversaries occur between 15th and 29th May.

George Albert Elliott – 17th May 1996
Catherine Isabel Harrison – 17th May 2010
Ernest Parton – 18th May 2020
Bert Nicholls – 20th May 1996
Barrie James Gatt – 21st May 1997
Sylvia Gwenythe Giles – 21st May 2020
Olive Dora Williams – 22nd May 1982
Kathleen Mary Russell – 22nd May 2003
Peter Wood – 22nd May 2016
George Weaver – 23rd May 1959
Ronald James Smedley – 23rd May 1987
Dorothy Louisa Newill – 24th May 2011
Alice Mary Bolland – 27th May 2003
Jordan Katherine Taylor – 28th May 1997
Brian Harry Cooper – 28th May 2017

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“.

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