{"id":3025,"date":"2019-05-01T10:26:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T10:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pattinghamchurch.org.uk\/web\/?page_id=3025"},"modified":"2019-05-01T10:26:45","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T10:26:45","slug":"pcc-member-of-the-month-may-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pattinghamchurch.org.uk\/web\/about-us\/whos-who\/pcc\/pcc-member-of-the-month\/pcc-member-of-the-month-may-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"PCC Member of the Month – May 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
PCC Member of the Month: Philip Morgan<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
The tenth in our series of pen portraits of members of St Chad’s Parochial Church Council features Philip Morgan, a relative newcomer to the village, who has just taken over as churchwarden in succession to Iain Coleman<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
My full-circle journey to be churchwarden at St Chad’s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Philip, during his time in Worcestershire, is seen with the Bishop of Worcester, the Rt Rev Dr John Inge<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
May I introduce myself: I\u2019m Philip Morgan and I moved to the village just under two years ago and bought David Baxters home, The Rickyard. I hadn\u2019t realised that the role of churchwarden came with the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I immediately joined the congregation at St Chad’s and I have been made to feel most welcome by everyone I have met. Considering I have only just arrived in the village it\u2019s incredible the number of people who have come up to me and said \u201cOh, you are Hilary\u2019s husband\u201d. I suppose that’s not surprising as Hilary was born in the village and many of her antecedents were long-standing village families: Bolland, Brookes, Caddick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have joined the Band of Bellringers. Geoffrey Dann was aware that I had been Churchwarden at my previous parish, Teme Valley North, and suggested I applied for the role in Pattingham as there was a vacancy for which there were no volunteers. This I agreed to – and here I am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A bit about me. I went to school as a boarder at Brewood Grammar School (now a middle school) and subsequently to Wolverhampton Polytechnic (now University). My first job was with the Ministry of Agriculture at Woodthorne, Tettenhall (now houses).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I then changed career and joined Barclays Bank at Chapel Ash. Over the years I worked in a number of roles, including Inspector, Risk Manager, at Head Office and ending up full circle as a Corporate Manager at Wolverhampton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I retired early and had the privilege of breeding Dexter cattle, Ryeland sheep and Gloucester Old Spot pigs on my thirty acre smallholding in Worcestershire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have been involved in a number of charities and organisations: a board member of Maggs Day Centre; County Organiser for the Farming Community Network, a christian charity; Vice Chairman and Trustee for King Edwards School in Stourbridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My hobbies are simple, Bridge, Birdwatching (not twitching), bellringing, cooking and wine; anyone who can help out with the latter two is always welcome . . . <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PCC Member of the Month: Philip Morgan The tenth in our series of pen portraits of members of St Chad’s Parochial Church Council features Philip Morgan, a relative newcomer to the village, who has just taken over as churchwarden in succession to Iain Coleman My full-circle journey to be churchwarden at St Chad’s May I … <\/p>\n
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