ChadNet – no 313

ChadNet – no 313 – Sunday 22nd March 2026

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

Tracey Williams

St Chad’s Church Pattingham is moving into its fourth year of being a Dementia Friendly Church. Every year to attain our certificate we have to choose three actions. We have done various things in the past – training sessions, providing a notice board and items of interest and leaflets that are situated within church and our wonderful “Pattingham Past and Present” event, together with holding a Dementia Friendly Church service annually.  We are just in the process of thinking about our actions for the coming year.

Our final action for this past year is our Memory Walk in aid of Alzheimer`s Society. You may have already seen the poster on facebook.

Dementia affects so many people and I am sure we will all be aware of someone, friend or within our family, living with or caring for someone.  Please join us on Sunday 12th April for our walk leaving the church at 2pm to walk a route around Hamley Woods surrounded by nature; hopefully the weather will be a beautiful spring day.  We can walk and talk together in love, hope and remembrance, returning to church for refreshments.

You can also support in other ways suitable for you, whether it be laps around the garden, choosing your own more challenging route, or joining bigger organised events.  Milly Colin-Stokes’ View from the Pews with her commitment to the Bristol Half Marathon and her wonderful piece about her lovely Grandma, Norma, is an example of this.  Whatever your choice we would love to hear your stories.

As I previously mentioned there is a notice board in Church and books to borrow and leaflets to take.  I will be adding one this week.  Some of you may have seen Stacey Solomon`s “Sort Your Life Out” BBC show (can be found on BBC iPlayer Series 6 Episode 1). The father in this family, Gerald, had been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer`s at the age of 55.  He has had a book of his poems published and the poems help him with how he is feeling the good and the bad.  I will leave you with one of his poems.

Tracey Williams

MY BED
Some days can be a real struggle,
Just to open your eyes and raise your head.
The weight of the world rests on your shoulders, 
Today I think I`ll stay in bed.
As I slowly slip below the sheets,
My troubled thoughts, they drift away.
My comfort zone, a place to hide,
I think I`ll stay in bed all day.
But this is just the first of many,
Battles fought along the way.
To give up now would mean such sorrow.
For the loss of another precious day.
So I drag myself onto my feet, 
Open my eyes and raise my head.
Then take those steps to walk away,
From the comfort zone that is my bed.

Gerald King (The palm of a spider`s hand, Boom saloon) 

(As always this View is the personal view of the author.)

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

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.

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 

Sunday 22nd March – Fifth Sunday of Lent

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 6.30 pm there will be a service of Evensong, led by the Vicar, in church.

In the Parish Prayer Diary we pray for:
St Chad’s School and the other schools attended by children in the parish.

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

This week

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

At 7.30 pm on Monday one of the Lent Course groups meets at the home of Philip Sims. Everyone is welcome to join them.

There is NO Prayers for Peace in church this week. It is now being held on the first and third Tuesdays of the month. On those Tuesdays when the group is not meeting in church it will be possible for those who wish to do so to come into church to offer their own prayers (although those who do so should take care if it is dark by then). Others may wish to pause and say a prayer of their own at that time.

At 7 pm on Tuesday (instead of the usual Wednesday) Choir Practice takes place in church. Anyone interested in joining the choir should contact Martin Fox or any member of the choir.

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.

At 11.00 am on Wednesday the other Lent Course group meets in The Loft in church. Everyone is welcome to join them.

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 .

Sunday 29th March – Palm Sunday

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.

In the Parish Prayer Diary we pray for those who live and work in:
High Street, Meadow View, Broadwell Lane, Old Smithy Close.

In the Trysull Deanery Prayer Diary we pray for:
Holy Week Services across the Deanery.

Holy Week and Good Friday

Maundy Thursday 2nd April

At 7.30 pm there will be a service of Holy Communion which commemorates the Last Supper. This is followed by the Stripping of the Altars as we anticipate Good Friday.

Good Friday 3rd April

Come and join us as we observe Good Friday and look forward to celebrating Easter. All are welcome to join for all or part of our activities.

  • 10.00 am: Walk of Witness
    • walk the way of the cross through Pattingham, starting at St Chad’s Church and returning to the Village Hall.
  • 10.30 am: Hymns and Prayers in front of the village hall,
    • with Hot Cross Buns and refreshments.
  • 11:00 am: Fun on Good Friday @ St Chad’s
    • Family fun with Easter eggs, songs and building the Easter Garden
  • 12:00 mid-day finish.

At 2.00 pm the traditional Good Friday devotional service will be held in church.

Easter cards and leaflets

Easter cards from the church, which include details of services in Holy Week and Easter, together with a leaflet with details of events later in the year, are being delivered to all homes in the parish. There will be spare copies at the back of the church for those who live outside the parish. Copies can also be found on the church website.

The front of the card features the winning entry from the Crafts and Pancakes! event which was held on Shrove Tuesday. Information about that, with photos, is on the website and the April magazine.

Memory Walk

You are invited to a MEMORY WALK in aid of Alzheimer’s Society

Sunday 12th April 2026 Meet at 2.00 pm at St Chad’s Church, Pattingham WV6 7BQ

How and where:
1). Around Hamley Woods, about 1 hour.
2). Use your own route choice, walk or run, or take part in a larger event elsewhere.
3). Walk at home? Make a few laps around your garden.

If you are to take part, please email Tracey at , so that we can organise sufficient refreshments, to be available in church.

For more information see the church website at <https://www.pattinghamchurch.org.uk/web/news-and-events/memory-walk/>

Ukraine Refugee Centre

Mary Hayward received the following email from the Ukraine Refugee Centre after she took donations there last week.

Dear Mary

Thank you so much for the donations you dropped off last Friday the 13th of March at our Razom Welcome Centre, from the parishioners of St Chad’s Church in Pattingham. Also please give our thanks to those who made a cash donation, which is very much appreciated.

Many thanks again

Greg Kowalczuk
Joint Chair of the Razom Welcome Centre

 If you have anything you wish to donate please contact Mary at or 01902 700744 or in Church. Mary’s next visit will be on 17th April.

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.

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 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 

Becoming Dementia Friendly Church

O Lord, only you know the battles we face,
the tears we shed.
Help us to live this and every day under the
shadow of your wing.
Give us patience to forebear whatever life
brings us.  Courage to face it head on, strength
to keep moving forward, laughter to enjoy
ourselves and above all your love to
encompass it.
Amen

(Prayer written by Linda Gillion, a guide at the Cathedral, for Dementia Action Week Prayers 2024) 

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 March.

Hilda Northern – 15th March 1997
Thomas William Roberts – 17th March 1973
James Keith Bradshaw – 17th March 2006
Lilian Ross Beach – 17th March 2006
Phyllis Alice Wood – 18th March 2016
Ronald Arthur Painting – 20th March 1980
Olive Harris – 20th March 1990
David Spencer Haddock – 21st March 1996
Leslie Thomas Price – 21st March 1997
Dennis David Cave – 23rd March 2017
Geoffrey Warrilow – 24th March 1956
Lillian Elkin – 26th March 1991
Christine May Watton – 29th March 2007

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“.

JustGiving

We have a JustGiving page to enable people to make one off donations. It’s at <https://www.justgiving.com/page/pattingham-church-jg>. 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.

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