ChadNet – no 122

ChadNet – no 122 – Sunday 24th July 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:

View from the Pews

The beautiful weather we are having as I write this reminds me of the glorious summer of 1976 but how different things are now for children.

That summer we played outside all day, rarely coming in except to ask for money when we heard the ice cream van. We didn’t use sun tan lotion, certainly didn’t let our parents know where we were and just hung out with friends. We went to Jersey for a holiday that year and stayed on a farm, loving seeing the animals every morning.

These days we know so much more about the dangers of the sun so kids are always covered in sun tan lotion, constantly in touch with friends and family through their mobile phones or, we’re led to believe, often alone in their rooms playing on electronic devices.

I think there should be a happy medium between the two. Now we know the danger of too much sun it’s good to take precautions. But there also needs to be a place for children to just play and use their imagination. There are certainly different challenges these days for both parents and children but I’m sure we all hope a happy path can be found.

Debbie Francis

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 24th July – Sixth Sunday after Trinity

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.

After the 10 am service the ashes of John Breakwell will be interred in the churchyard.

At 6.30 pm there will be a Service of Evensong in church.

This week

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

The Century Club draw will take place by Zoom on Monday. See below for the link.

On Tuesday and Thursday Prayers for Peace will be said in church at 6 pm. On other days of the week the church will remain open until at least 6.30 pm and there will be a sheet of prayers left in the Lady Chapel for people to use if they wish. 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.

On Friday the funeral of Betty Owen takes place in church at 11.30 am.

Sunday 31st July – Seventh Sunday after Trinity

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

At 2 pm Harper & Henry Noble will be baptised in church.

Fete

The Church Fete which was held last week was a great success. It has raised about £3,600 for church funds – the final amount is still to be determined.

We thank Anna for again taking on the task of organising the event. After a two year break there was some nervousness as to its popularity but, after a slow start, the community rallied round and supported the event.

Thanks must also go to all those people who baked cakes, donated bottles and tombola prizes, organised and ran stalls, organised publicity, to the Mercers for both opening the event and supporting with the sale of their pork roll, to those who exhibited their classic cars and so many others who supported in so many different ways to ensure the event was a great success.

Philip Sims – Chairman of the PCC
Clive Pendrell and Dorothy Steel – Churchwardens

Bottle Stall and Tombola

Colin and Chrissie Ringrose would like to say a huge thank you to everyone for their very kind gifts to the Bottle Stall at this year’s fete – your generosity enabled us to contribute £580 to the total sum raised. The Bellringers would also like to thank all those who donated prizes to the Tombola Stall which raised £243.50.

Co-op

The Co-op shop in the village will be closed from Monday 25th to Thursday 28th July for essential upgrade. It will be reopening on Friday 29th at 7 am.

Century Club draw

Thus month’s Century Club draw will be held on Monday at 10.00 pm and can be seen by Zoom. [The Zoom link is in the bulletin emailed to subscribers,]

The are no vacancies at the moment. For any further information please contact Alan Smith on 07757 688518 or

From the Memorial Book

Those whose anniversaries occur between 17th and 31st July.

Florence Gladys Roberts – 17th July 1998
George Derek Thomason – 21st July 1990
Agnes Victoria Louise Fellows – 23rd July 1992
Matthew Robinson – 30th July 2008

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

Those entries which have been added recently are all included so there should now be up to date images of all pages.

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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