ChadNet – no 235

ChadNet – no 235 – Sunday 22nd 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

As summer draws to a close and the fields are cleared of crops, we turn our thoughts to the various ways that the bringing in of the harvest (from the Anglo-Saxon word for autumn ‘haerfest’), are celebrated.

Many harvest customs relate to bringing in corn or other cereal crops. For example, ‘Hollaing Largesse ‘is one of the traditions of the field. If a stranger passed a field in East Anglia where people were harvesting, the reapers would form a circle and shout ‘Holla Lar’, Holla Lar-Jess’. The stranger would then be expected to make a donation towards the harvest supper.

The last sheaf of corn had a particular significance in the field. In Cornwall, one of the reapers would cut it with a scythe and hold it aloft, shouting ‘I have ‘un! ‘I have ‘un!’ The others would reply ‘What have ‘ee? What have ‘ee?’ The reply is ‘a neck, a neck!’ Then everyone would join in shouting ‘Hurrah, hurrah for the neck!’

In Pattingham, we give thanks for our harvest, albeit in a somewhat less bizarre way, but this does not mean we are any less grateful to God for his bounty and to our farmers for their hard work. Traditionally, there has been a display of fresh fruit and vegetables donated by the village. In more recent years parishioners, and particularly the local school, have given packaged and tinned food, along with toiletries, which may be of greater value to the needy.

This year, we will be reintroducing the practice of harvest gifts being presented at the altar during the service for a blessing. The Head of St Chad’s school will also be bringing representatives from Year 4 to present their gifts as part of their core value of ‘Community’. The produce will again be going to the Well food bank. The shopping list is 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 22nd September – Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity

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

There is no evening service – there will be an evening service for Harvest next week.

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

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

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 Tuesday at 7.00 for 7.30 pm the Harvest Supper is being held at the Dartmouth Arms, Burnhill Green. £10.00 per person which will go to The Farming Community Charity. Book with Gena Richards – phone no. 700188.

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.

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

On Wednesday at 12 noon the Diocesan Day of Prayer starts on Zoom. See below for more details.

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.

On Thursday at 9.30 am the School Harvest Service is being held in church.

On Thursday the Diocesan Day of Prayer continues. At 9.30 am Revd Rich Clarkson leads the Trysull deanery prayers. At 12 noon Bishop Micheal leads the final session. See below for more details and the Zoom link.

Sunday 29th September – Harvest Thanksgiving / St Michael and All Angels

At 10 am there will be a service of Holy Communion by extension for Harvest, led by Ken Scott, in church. Coffee, tea and biscuits will be available after the service.

At 6.30 pm there will be an Evening service for Harvest, led by Ken Scott, in church.

Those attending either service are encouraged to bring harvest gifts which will be presented for blessing during the service and will then be donated to The Well foodbank. See below for the list of items which The Well are requesting.

In the Parish Prayer Diary we pray for:
Farmers and those who are involved in producing food.

In the Trysull Deanery Prayer Diary we pray for:
St Michael & All Angels, Himley.

Diocesan Day of Prayer

Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th September 2024, 12 noon to 12 noon

In keeping with the ‘Shaping for Mission’ initiative and Diocesan Strategic Framework deaneries will be central to the day of prayer. Other groups and departments will be contributing, as well as friends from companion and link dioceses.

More details, including the timetable, can be found at <https://www.lichfield.anglican.org/our-faith/diocesan-day-of-prayer/>.

Our deanery’s session will be at 9.30 am on Thursday. led by Revd Rich Clarkson, the Rector of Kinver and Enville. Bishop Matthew will be leading the opening session at 12 noon on Wednesday and Bishop Michael the closing session on Thursday.

Almost all sessions can be accessed via the Diocesan Zoom room (<https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85659825007?pwd=rFqxGVM1aZJJygaOP8ajOtxiQK4sz6.1>
Meeting ID: 856 5982 5007 Passcode: 146146)

Magazine Subscription Secretary

After several years Ian Darby is standing down as Magazine Subscription Secretary and so we need to find a replacement. The role involves receiving the subscriptions which are collected by the magazine distributors and maintaining records. If you would like to volunteer, or would like further information, please speak to Geoffrey Dann or any member of the PCC.

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

God of countless years,  every moment of our lives is still fresh and precious in your heart.  Help me too to treasure our pasts.
Let the need for care in the present day not blind me to the person they once were.
May I be the one to unlock treasured memories.
Help me to take the trouble to think what would enrich the recollections of the one I love.
May their present situation not lead me to treat them condescendingly.
Inspire me to celebrate what has gone before and welcome them to relive what gives them pleasure and self-worth.
Give me the grace that I too may lay down a store of memories that will light the twilight of my old age.
May walking in your way make mine a life richly lived and worth remembering.Amen

(Prayers for Dementia, and how to live it well.  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 15th and 29th September.

George Price – 15th September 1961
Peter John Curtis – 15th September 2005
Dorothy Caddick – 17th September 2007
Dorothy Lavender – 18th September 2016
Harry Colin Robinson – 18th September 2021
Jack Bennett – 19th September 1990
A. H. Norman Harris – 20th September 2004
Barbara Agnes Roberts – 20th September 2021
Malcolm Harris – 21st September 2003
Thomas Henry Ray – 23rd September 2016
Kenelm Henry Forshaw Rose – 24th September 2000
Mollie Lucy Mallett – 26th September 1996
Reginald Oswald Dearn – 27th September 1993
Ivy Evans – 27th September 2001
Edna Elizabeth Bristow – 28th September 2008

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“.

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