ChadNet – no 253 – Sunday 26th January 2025
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 – An anonymous ode
- Sunday 26th January – Third Sunday of Epiphany
- This week
- Sunday 2nd February – The Presentation – Candlemas
- Century Club – draw on Monday
- Lent
- Easter cards – competition for image on the front
- Painting of the church
- The Well Foodbank
- Dementia Friendly Church – weekly prayer
- From the Memorial Book
- Giving to the Church
View from the Pews
Snowdrops
by Pattingham Anonymous
Snowdrops are flimsy, timid and shy:
They hang their heads down seeming almost to cry:
And yet those frail flowers are first to appear
in the race towards Springtime of every New Year.
Pushing themselves through the hard cold ground,
their buds bring huge joy to those all around.
Their strength, never visible, outshines the rest
who stay below ground ‘till conditions are best.
The Lord who makes snowdrops, loves us weak ones too,
And gives us the strength hard ground to push through.
He gives us the trials that will test us, and show
where we’re strong, pushing upwards, enabled to grow.,
People will wonder how we weak ones get through
and say “How I wish I could be more like you”.
But I’ll never be worthy or think that I’m strong.
Jesus walked with me – it was him all along!
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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Sunday 26th January – Third Sunday of Epiphany
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 4 pm at Tettenhall Wood United Reformed Church there is a service for the Covenanting Churches of Wolverhampton West. Light refreshments will be served after the service. All are welcome to attend.
At 6.30 pm there will be a Service in the Iona style, led by Ken Scott, in church.
In the Parish Prayer Diary we pray for those who live and work in:
Letchmere Lane, St Chads Close, Yew Tree Road, Retreat Gardens.
In the Trysull Deanery Prayer Diary we pray for:
St Paul, Pendeford.
This week
The church will be open every day. Look out for the “church open” sign outside the porch.
The Century Club draw takes place on Monday. See below for details of how to join.
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 Paul Brown, 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.
At 2 pm on Friday the funeral of Ronald Wylde takes place in church.
Sunday 2nd February – The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas)
At 10 am there will be a Family Service, led by Philip Sims, 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:
Windsor Road, Greenway Gardens, Sandringham Road, Braemar Road.
In the Trysull Deanery Prayer Diary we pray for:
St Anne, Lower Penn.
Century Club
This month’s Century Club draw will be held on Monday.
There are currently four vacancies for the Century Club. For an annual subscription is £60 there is a chance every month to win £150, £100 or £50. If you would like to join the Century Club or for more details, please contact Alan Smith on 07757 688518 or or see the website at <https://www.pattinghamchurch.org.uk/web/information/century-club>.
Lent
The Christmas season finishes next Sunday with the feast of Candlemas. After that we can look forward to Lent and Easter.
Ash Wednesday is on 5th March and there will be services of Holy nCommunion at 10 am and at 7.30 pm.
If anyone would like to volunteer to host a Lent lunch please contact the churchwardens.
Easter cards
Following the competitions for children at the school to design the image on the front of the Easter and Christmas cards last year there will be a competition open to all to design the image on the front of this year’s Easter card. More information will be available next week.
Watch this space.
Painting of the church
Rev Graham Hartnell has donated a painting of the church which is currently displayed on an easel at the back of the church. Prints of that painting are available to purchase for £10 for church funds. If you are interested please speak to one of the wardens.
The Well – the Wolverhampton Food Bank
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.
Thank you for your generosity. If you wish to know more about the work of The Well, or would like to know how you can support it in other ways, do look at their website <www.thewellwolverhampton.co.uk>
Dementia Friendly Church
Weekly Prayer
God of Laughter
I thank you that a diagnosis of dementia is not one of instant tragedy. I bless you for all the happy times we have shared in the past. Let me bring them to life again for the one I love. Let me create new days of enjoyment.
Give me the generosity of heart to invite others into our situation. Let the two of us show them that it is possible to live happily with dementia. Let them hear us laugh together.
Ever-patient Father, may forgetfulness and failings not be a cause for censure but for affectionate tolerance. We both have a lot of adjusting to do, but with your grace we can do this together.
You offer us boundless love. Let the one I care for be assured of my love and acceptance. Grant us more good days together.
Laugh with us.
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 19th January and 2nd February.
Peter Victor Lingford – 19th January 2001
Raymond H Sampson – 20th January 1990
Mabel Pritchard – 20th January 2006
Jim Pritchard – 21st January 2004
Geoffrey Victor Giles – 21st January 2019
Ivy Rhodes – 25th January 2001
George Lloyd – 27th January 2000
Rex Pellow – 27th January 2011
Walter James Matthews – 29th January 1988
Ethel Brough – 30th January 1979
Dorothy Eileen Cooper – 30th January 2020
Edna Joan Custance – 30th January 2022
Norman Bartlett – 31st January 2003
John Stuart Hague – 1st February 2010
Sean Peter Mark Lingford – 2nd February 1995
William Ritchie Farquharson – 2nd February 2007
William John Evans – 2nd February 2010
Gordon Kennedy Morrison – 2nd February 2016
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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