ChadNet – no 304 – Sunday 18th January 2026
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
- Sunday 18th January – Second Sunday of Epiphany
- This week
- Sunday 25th January – Third Sunday of Epiphany
- Music For Fun and Reflection – Lichfield Cathedral Wednesday 21st January
- Rotas
- Ukraine Refugee Centre – donations
- The Well Foodbank
- Dementia Friendly Church – weekly prayer
- From the Memorial Book
- Giving to the Church
View from the Pews
The following is an extract from an article by Bishop Sarah Mullalley, incoming Archbishop of Canterbury, in the Big Issue Christmas Special.
I thought it might be appropriate at this time of year when we can experience the ‘January blues’. You may think so too.
Alan Smith
Let’s keep the kindness going after Christmas is over
We cannot have Christmas every day. But we can strive to capture its message of hope in the midst of the harsher realities of human life, long after the presents are unwrapped, the carol singers have left and the mulled wine is finished.
In one of my favourite poems, The Work of Christmas, by Howard Thurman, he writes:
When the song of the angel is stilled,
When the star in the sky is gone,
When the kings and princes are home,
When the shepherds are back with their flock,
The work of Christmas begins:
To find the lost,
To heal the broken,
To feed the hungry,
To release the prisoner,
To rebuild the nations,
To bring peace among others,
To make music in the heart.
(As always this View is the personal view of the author.)
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.Contacts
The Vicar’s post is half time so Merry will not be working every day. Her usual working days are Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday but this is subject to change. Her phone number is 07486 066065 and her email address is When she is not working she will not normally answer the phone, listen to messages or respond to emails.
Calls to the old phone number (01902 700257) are forwarded to Merry’s phone.
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Sunday 18th January – Second Sunday of Epiphany – First Day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
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 the Vicar, 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:
Village organisations.
In the Trysull Deanery Prayer Diary we pray for:
St Benedict Biscop. Wombourne.
This week
The church will be open every day. Look out for the “church open” sign outside the porch.
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity continues until Sunday.
On Tuesday Prayers for Peace will be said in church at 6 pm. Please do join us and if you would like more information please contact Mary Hayward ().
On Tuesday evening there is a PCC meeting in church.
On Wednesday at 10.00 am there will be a service of Holy Communion according to the Book of Common Prayer, led by the vicar, 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.
At 6 pm on Wednesday 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 25th January – Second Sunday of Epiphany – Last Day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
At 10 am there will be a service of Holy Communion, led by the Vicar, in church. Coffee, tea and biscuits will be available after the service.
At 6.00 pm the Annual Covenanting Churches Service for Christian Unity will be held at St Michael and All Angels, Tettenhall. The service will be in the context of choral evensong, but adapted to the theme of Christian unity and including members of different churches with readings, prayers, etc. All are welcome. Tea and cake will be available after the service.
At 6.30 pm there will be a service of Evensong, led by the Vicar, in church.
In the Parish Prayer Diary we pray for:
Those who are in residential care.
In the Trysull Deanery Prayer Diary we pray for:
St Paul, Pendeford.
Music For Fun and Reflection
Lichfield Cathedral Wednesday 21st January
On Wednesday 21st January at 10.45 am at Lichfield Cathedral there is a music event called Music For Fun and Reflection.
The event will consist of a performance lasting approximately 25 minutes from pupils from Lichfield Cathedral School followed by 20 minutes of singing along to well known hymns including Jerusalem and Land of Hope and Glory. This will be followed by refreshments in the north transept.
For more information or to let them know if you are planning to attend, please email:
Tracey Williams
Dementia Friendly Church Co-ordinator
Rotas
As a stopgap I have put together the rotas for the first three months of this year. They have been emailed to those concerned and a copy is on the notice board at the back of the church.
We are looking for someone to take on the responsibility for the rotas which Elaine Lavendar, with her husband Peter Nicholls, did for 10 years until her recent death. If anyone would like to find out what would be involved speak to me or one of the churchwardens.
We would welcome people to join the rotas. At the Sunday evening services there are opportunities to read lessons and for sidespersons. At the Sunday morning services there are opportunities to read lessons, lead intercessions, serve at the altar, do coffee and for sidespersons. If you would be interested in volunteering for any of these please speak to me, one of the churchwardens or the Vicar to find out more.
There are also separate rotas for the church flowers and for brass cleaning. Margaret Harris deals with the flower rota and Elizabeth Gosling deals with the brass rota. They would both welcome new blood.
Geoffrey Dann
PCC Secretary
Ukraine Refugee Centre
Thank you again for all your wonderful support and donations.
On Friday I took a boot and back seat full to the Ukraine Centre plus two cash donations. Providing they are open I plan to make my next visit on 18th February.
Your kindness means so very much
God Bless
Mary Hayward
If you have anything you wish to donate please contact Mary at or 01902 700744 or in Church.
The Well – the Wolverhampton Food Bank
During 2025 the congregation and Shower Singers donated a total of 479.2 kg (that’s 10.5 cwt) in food and toiletries (plus 279 kg from the harvest) to the Well. In addition £1,205 was donated through cash gifts and the wishing well.
This is an amazing achievement, even more so in such difficult economic times. Everyone at the Well is extremely grateful for your support and we thank God for everyone’s generosity.
The financial position has improved this year but, along with many similar organisations, food and toiletry donations at Christmas were well down on 2024 so please continue to give as generously as you are able.
Alan Smith
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 connect via their website, where you can sign up to the newsletter and link to their Social Media pages: <www.thewellwolverhampton.co.uk>
Dementia Friendly Church
Weekly Prayer
A Prayer for caring for people with dementia.
Loving God. I prayer I bring to you my despair at watching someone I love change from the capable person they were to someone who finds even the simplest task a challenge. Please give me the strength to do my best to provide the support required in my role as carer. Forgive me, Lord, when I am at the end of my tether and help me remember that my loved one is simply lost and frightened and does not intend to challenge me and encourage me to think of strategies which will help my loved one cope as the illness progresses.
I give thanks for the support given by friends, family, medical and other agencies. I give thanks for the joy when a solution is found, even if it is only for a short while. I pray that you will guide those involved in research to find a cure for this cruel illness and that sufficient funding is invested by those in power.
Loving God, help all carers of dementia sufferers never forget that you walk with them and that your love and blessing remain with them at all times.
Amen
(NC St. Michael`s Parish Church, The Cross, Linlithgow, Scotland)
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 11th and 25th January.
Lisa Norman-Smallwood – 11th January 2001
Edward Albert Morgan – 11th January 2009
Kathleen Charlotte Gardener – 12th January 1981
Catherine Eugenie Warner – 12th January 2004
Cyril George Wheeler – 12th January 2012
Tony Douglas Warrilow – 13th January 2004
Alice May Woodroffe – 13th January 2022
Cis Harris – 14th January 1990
Mary Elizabeth Hughes – 15th January 1980
Horace Charles James – 15th January 1987
Kathleen Parker – 15th January 2005
Patricia Ann Jones – 16th January 2021
Sheila Galbraith – 17th January 1987
Eileen Mary Rowley – 17th January 2005
Annie Guest – 18th January 1994
John Neville Hayward – 18th January 2009
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
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.
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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