ChadNet – no 233

ChadNet – no 233 – Sunday 8th September 2024

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

Alan Smith

Harvest is a wonderful time of year. It is a time to be thankful to God for all his goodness and to our farmers, who work so hard year in, year out. In Pattingham, we are blessed in so many ways but, around the country and in our own community, there are people who are unable to afford the essentials.

Local food donations struggle to keep pace with increased levels of need with one in seven people in the UK facing hunger (source: Trussell Trust). As a nation we know it is not right that anyone should be left hungry or live in extreme poverty in 2024, but it remains the case. Over the past couple of years, food banks have faced the double whammy of lower donations and higher demand, both due to high inflation. At this time of year, as we move into the colder months, the stark choice of heating or eating raises its ugly head again. For many ‘on the cusp’, the ending of the winter fuel allowance for pensioners will prove a real hardship.

At the Well foodbank, the aim is to reflect God’s love for the poor and needy by helping local people and families with food and other essentials. For those on low incomes an unforeseen event can mean going hungry. There might be a sudden illness or redundancy, a delay in benefits, domestic abuse; the list goes on. Our harvest produce will again be going to the Well. This year’s shopping list is shown below.

Please give as generously as you are able.

Alan Smith

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 afternoon 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 8th September – Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity

At 10 am there will be a service of Holy Communion, led by Revd Roberta Maxfield, in church. Coffee, tea and biscuits will be available after the service.

At 6.30 pm there will be a Service of Evensong, led by Iain Coleman, in church.

In the Parish Prayer Diary we pray for those who live and work in:
The Greenway, The Square, High Path, Green Close.

In the Trysull Deanery Prayer Diary we pray for:
Schools & Young People in the Deanery.

This week

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

On Tuesday Prayers for Peace will be said in church at 6 pm. Please do join us and if you would like more information or are willing to lead a session, please contact Mary Hayward ().

On Wednesday at 10.00 am there will be a service of Holy Communion according to the Book of Common Prayer, led by Revd Sue Watson, 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.

At 6 pm 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 15th September – Sixteenth 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 Revd Sue Watson, to which you are all most welcome. Coffee, tea and biscuits will be available after the service.

In the Parish Prayer Diary we pray for those who live and work in:
Letchmere Close.

In the Trysull Deanery Prayer Diary we pray for:
Holy Cross, Bobbington.

Dementia Friendly Church Training Session – Saturday 12th October

We are holding a Dementia Friendly Church Training Session on Saturday 12th October in the Village Hall. Welcome and a cuppa from 1:30pm for a prompt start at 2pm, finishing by 4:30pm.

More information can be found on the website at <https://www.pattinghamchurch.org.uk/web/information/becoming-dementia-friendly-church/dementia-friendly-church-training-session/> and there will be more details in next week’s ChadNet. If you are interested – or would simply like  to find out more – contact Tracey Williams, our Dementia Friendly Church Co-ordinator – or 07804 039330.

Youth and Family Worker

Youth and Family Worker

We are looking for a Youth and Family Worker

Applications are still open for the post of Youth and Family Worker. The closing date is Saturday 14th September 2024.

Details including the Job Description and Application Form can be found on the church website at <https://www.pattinghamchurch.org.uk/web/information/vacancies/youth-and-family-worker/>

If you know anyone who might be interested in this post please pass the details on to them.

The Well – the Wolverhampton Food Bank

The Well

The Well continues to need our donations and prayers.
The box remains at the rear of the church for donations of food and toiletries and the wishing well for donations of cash.

Harvest produce from the church and school will again be donated to the Well this year. The following “shopping list” shows the items which are particularly needed.

Harvest Shopping List

  • Milk (UHT)
  • Cereal
  • Tea/coffee
  • Sugar
  • Jam/spreads
  • Squash/fruit juice (UHT)
  • Meat/fish (tinned)
  • Rice/noodles (dried)
  • Pulses/couscous
  • Soup (tinned)
  • Vegetables (tinned)
  • Pasta/cooking sauce (jar)
  • Fruit (tinned)/puddings/custard
  • Snacks/biscuits
  • Nappies (sealed packs size 4, 5, 6)
  • Baby wipes/toiletries
  • Baby food (long use by date)
  • Ladies/men’s toiletries
  • Household cleaning products

No baked beans / tinned pasta please.
Only food within its Use by/Best Before dates please.

Thank you for supporting us – God bless you!

<www.thewellwolverhampton.co.uk>

Dementia Friendly Church

Weekly Prayer

Becoming Dementia Friendly Church 2024-25

You value each of us far more than the wild flowers or the sparrows.
You delight in those you have created.
Help me to treasure the inner person of the one I love.
Let me see beyond the veil of age and forgetfulness to remember them in their prime.
If they regress so that they are reliving the past, then grant me understanding to go along with that.
Let me affirm what was important to them.
Let me rejoice with them in past achievements and enjoyments.
When I remember how much you value you me, may I honour the whole person and not just what they are today.
Give me the generosity of spirit to do all that I can to add richness to their remembered lives.
Amen

(Prayers for Dementia and how to live well with it. Fay Sampson)

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 1st and 15th September.

Gladys Thornton – 2nd September 1997
Brian Woolley – 2nd September 2023
Elizabeth Ann Sampson  – 5th September 2022
Margaret Mary Bartlett – 6th September 2004
Ian Smart – 7th September 2006
Olive Bentley – 8th September 2001
Doris Scarth – 8th September 2003
Rosemary Anne Tonks – 8th September 2009
Edna Mara Broom – 8th September 2014
Lesley Margaret Dain – 10th September 2015
Michael Patrick Curtis – 10th September 2021
Thomas Harold Beach – 12th September 1995
Phyllis Mabel Price – 13th September 2007
Annie Mary Caddick – 13th September 2011
Jonathan Hassall – 13th September 2019
Reginald John Henshaw – 14th September 2006
Jan Zdanowski – 14th September 2011
George Price – 15th September 1961
Peter John Curtis – 15th September 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.

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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