On this page:
About us
News and Events in the Parish
Our Rector and key staff
Our weekly Pew Sheet and Reflections
Baptisms, weddings and funerals
Parish Magazines
Tucked away in the north-west corner of Shropshire and on the Welsh border, our four rural parishes worship and work together. You will find us in our communities and our churches:
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The Benefice, part of the Diocese of Litchfield, works together in several ways:
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- On the 5th Sunday of a month there is only one service, for all to come together to worship. It is hosted by each parish in turn.
- The churchwardens meet regularly to discuss and agree as appropriate common approaches, the sharing of resources and calendar details.
- The Chairs of each the Parochial Church Councils (PCC) also meet regularly.
- The identity of the Benefice is promoted through this website, its Facebook page and the Sunday pew sheet.
- The Benefice and parish treasurers work on items of shared expenditure.
There are shared events, often linked to the season, such as the summer evening’s prayer and praise.
For Details of Services at our Parish Churches, go to the individual Church pages.
News and Events in the Benefice
We are seeking a new Rector – and much is happening
Update – 12th November 2024 There was a meeting with the Bishop to review the appointment of a new Rector, for more information here.
The four parishes of Llanyblodwel, Llanymynech, Morton and Trefonen together form the Border Benefice, and are part of the Diocese of Lichfield. We are led by a Rector. Following the Rev’d Kathy Trimby’s departure for pastures new, the Diocese has decided that the Benefice should stay together and a new Rector be sought. We are therefore working our way through the proceedings laid down by the Church of England. This involves several formal meetings of the four parishes, two of which we have held and a third will be at the end of August. We are aiming to ensure that by the autumn we are in a position for an advert for the post to be placed.
Realistically, it is unlikely that we shall have a new Rector before the new year. Meanwhile, all the parishes are working together; there are services in all the churches every Sunday; special services and events continue; the community cafés flourish – and lots of plans for celebrating harvest are in hand.
For the moment, if you wish to make contact, please get in touch with the churchwardens of your parish, your lay parochial church council chair or the Benefice Administrator. The Lay Chairs are:
Llanyblodwel – Alec Gordon
Llanymynech – Paddy Martin
Morton – Lizzie Lawrence or Lin Hughes
Trefonen – Chris Kirk
On 1 April 24 we welcomed Helen Parish as our Benefice Administrator.
One of the Administrator’s jobs which most people are familiar with is the publication of the weekly pew sheet. This keeps us all up to date with current and forthcoming events, services and activities. It is available on this website as well as in the churches. Helen will accept information for inclusion only from the PCC lay chairs, churchwardens and lay readers, and up to 12 noon on Wednesday. The pew sheet will be printed on Thursday morning.
Helen is planning to spend five hours in the Benefice office at the Rectory on a Thursday from 9.30 a.m. If you need to see her it would be helpful if you were able to ring before going: 01691 590025.
The Community Cafe in Trefonen is open every Tuesday morning more…
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Rector
Vacancy.
Benefice Administrator
Helen Parish
Office Number: 01691 590025
Email: bordergroupadmin@hotmail.co.uk
Benefice Treasurer
K Kimber
Contact Number: 01691 679646
Email: k.kimber@borderparishes.org.uk
Facebook Page
Jann Downes
Contact Number:
Email: jannet.downes@icloud.com
Facebook page name: Border Group of Parishes
Benefice Lay Readers
Betty Steele
Contact Number: 01691 652170
Email: betty@treflachfarm.co.uk
Linda Gladman
Contact Number: 01691 671363
Email: lindajgladman@btinternet.com
Baptisms, weddings and funerals:
See our detailed information pages: Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals
Listed below is our latest Pew Sheet for viewing/download
Pew Sheet – 22nd December 2024
Pew Sheet – 15th December 2024
Our Reflections:
Listed below is our latest Daily Reflection for viewing/download
Daily Reflection – 22nd December 2024
Daily Reflection – 15th December 2024
Our Monthly Prayer Card:
Listed below is our latest monthly Prayer Card for viewing/download
The latest copy (December 2024 and January 2025) of the Morton Parish Magazine is available by clicking here,
The latest copy (December 2024 and January 2025) of the Trefonen and Llanyblodwel Parish Magazine is available by clicking here.
Other links
The Benefice website is linked to other local sites:
Other useful links appear on the individual parish pages.