ChadNet – no 61

ChadNet – no 61 – Sunday 23rd May 2021

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:

Services in church have resumed. The church remains open for private prayer except on Sunday and there will be a combination of streamed services and recorded Worship on the Web online. Covid-19 guidelines should be observed in church at all times.

View from the Pews

Sue Riches
Jeremy Riches

It is a real joy to be back in church worshipping among our friends there.  One realises that the church is not just the building but the people.

However, one realisation that has come out of the time spent not IN church, is how important time OUT of church is.  On our many walks round the village, seeing far more people out and about than usual, we all stop, and talk and have made new friends, without having any idea of who some may be! Everyone says, aren’t we lucky to have this wonderful countryside on our door-step.

The weather might not have been brilliant recently, and we quote the old saying, ‘If the ash before the oak, then we’ll surely have a soak’ but we have still had the soak despite the oak being first.  Have you ever wondered why some trees come into leaf before others?  The chestnut is one of the first and yet we have a fig tree at home which at the time of writing looks dead and will not be full leaf until mid June.  It is part of the miracle of creation that makes these differences.

We have been blessed with our senses to appreciate the wonders of spring; smell – we stop and sniff the wonderful scent of bluebells.  We can shut our eyes and listen to the birdsong.  With our eyes we can see all the different shades of greens in the trees, or indeed the colours of the flowers.  But, who made all these marvels? And who do we have to thank for this and for our sense of wonderment every spring, when after a long and gloomy winter we can truly appreciate the fact of creation.  When walking we can thank the Creator for these wonders at every step.

And this is the time for us to say thank you to God now that we are together once again in church, praying and giving thanks.

Sue and Jeremy Riches

Could you contribute a View from the Pews?

We welcome contributions for View from the Pews from all members of the congregation. If you would like to write a View from the Pews please email or contact Henry Ibberson.

Contacts

Maureen can be contacted by phone, text or email. (01902 700257 – 07812 805371 – )

Contact details for other church officers can be found on the Contacts page of the church website.

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Sunday 23rd May – Pentecost

There will be a service of Holy Communion led by Maureen in church at 10 am. Covid-19 guidance and restrictions continue to apply. Please wear a face covering, use the hand sanitizer and observe social distancing.

The service will be screened live for those who cannot or do not want to attend. It will be available then and later on the Worship on the Web page of the website and also on YouTube at <https://youtu.be/_34WHs_DsZQ>

It will also be on the Dial a Service phone line (01902 906585) but not until about 12.30 pm.

The collect and readings for the Eucharist, which would normally be on the pewsheet, are available on the website.

This week

During the week Maureen (or occasionally Ken) will stream Morning Prayer and Compline (Night Prayer) on Facebook Live. Morning Prayer will be at 8.30 am and Compline will be at 9.30 pm (there will be no Compline on Friday). This will be the last week as it will not continue after Maureen’s retirement.

The church will be open for private prayer every day except Sunday. The times may vary depending when the keyholders are able to open and close the church. Look out for the “church open” sign outside the porch. Please observe the instructions in the notice on the door, which include the need to wear a face covering, using hand sanitiser and keeping apart from anyone else who is already in there.

On Wednesday there will be a service of Holy Communion according to the Book of Common Prayer in church at 10.00 am.

Sunday 30th May – Trinity Sunday

This is Maureen’s last Sunday before she retires. There will be two services of Holy Communion, both led by Maureen, in church at 10 am and 6.30 pm.

They will be screened live for those who cannot or do not want to attend. They will be available on the Worship on the Web page of the website and also on YouTube.

The collect and readings for the Eucharist, which would normally be on the pewsheet, are available on the website.

Further ahead

Maureen retires at the end of May. It will be some time until a new Vicar is appointed and until then we will be supported by other clergy in the area. The churchwardens will be the first point of contact and the Vicarage phone (01902 700257) will be diverted to them.

As we will not be able to mark Maureen’s retirement properly on her last Sunday she will return for a Special Celebration Tea Party on Sunday 4th July. More details will be available in due course.

Services from June

The pattern of the 10 am services on Sundays will be:

  • 1st and 5th Sundays – a Family Service followed by Communion
  • 3rd Sunday – a Service led by the Youth Group followed by Communion
  • 2nd and 4th Sundays – a service of Holy Communion.

Some of these may be recorded Worship on the Web services which are also shown in church as part of the church service. We will continue to stream the other services at least for the next few months, provided someone is available to operate the equipment.

We expect to resume 6.30 pm services from 27th June twice a month – on the 2nd and 4th Sundays.

The evening service on Sunday 27th June will be a Songs of Praise style service to mark the return to normal – or at least nearer to normal – in church.

The resumption of evening services depends on the progress in the lifting of restrictions.

The Wednesday morning Communion services will continue.

Sunday School will resume in September but will move to the 2nd Sunday of the month.

From the Memorial Book

Those whose anniversaries occur between 16th and 30th May.

George Albert Elliott – 17th May 1996
Catherine Isabel Harrison – 17th May 2010
Ernest Parton – 18th May 2020
Bert Nicholls – 20th May 1996
Barrie James Gatt – 21st May 1997
Sylvia Gwenythe Giles – 21st May 2020
Olive Dora Williams – 22nd May 1982
Kathleen Mary Russell – 22nd May 2003
Peter Wood – 22nd May 2016
George Weaver – 23rd May 1959
Ronald James Smedley – 23rd May 1987
Dorothy Louisa Newill – 24th May 2011
Alice Mary Bolland – 27th May 2003
Jordan Katherine Taylor – 28th May 1997
Brian Harry Cooper – 28th May 2017
Fiona Jane K. Morrison – 30th May 1975

You can see all the pages of the Memorial Book on the Memorial Book Online page of the Church website.

For those without internet access – listen to a Pattingham church service by phone

Several members of our congregation who do not use the internet are using the dedicated phone number – 01902 906585 – to listen to our services. Calls are charged at normal rate. The service for each Sunday will be available from about 12.30 pm (or earlier if there is a recorded service) and will continue to be available until it is replaced be the next week’s. If you know someone who might find it useful please let them know.

The Daily Hope phone line from the Church of England on 0800 804 8044 is also available.

Resources for worship and prayer at home

Some of resources which can be used at home are listed on the Resources Available Online and the Resources Available for Children, Young People and Families pages of the website.

For those who are unable to attend church to make their communion there is a form of Spriritual Communion on the Church of England website.

In the absence of our own Sunday School we encourage children and families to look at the Virtual Sunday School YouTube channel. A new Sunday School video now comes out every two weeks on a Saturday. This week’s, which is Pentecost – What is the Holy Spirit?, will be available from 10am. There will be a Virtual Holiday Club in August.

They can all be found on the Sunday School on the Web page of our website as well as on YouTube.

Giving to the church

In the current circumstances there will inevitably be a reduction in the money which the church receives. However we will need to continue to pay our bills and we would ask that those who can afford to do so should continue to give regularly. 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.

If you are paying by cheque please make the cheque payable to “Pattingham PCC” or “Pattingham Parochial Church Council“.

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