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:
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, click here.
News and Events in the Benefice
The Rector, Rev’d Kathy has led her last service in the Benefice. In April she is on leave, before leaving early in May for a new parish in Australia. We shall post more information as it becomes available. We all wish the Rev’d Kathy all our best wishes for her new life in Australia.
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.
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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
Our Reflections:
Listed below is our latest Daily Reflection for viewing/download
Daily Reflection – 12th May 2024
The latest copy (May 2024) of the Morton Parish Magazine is available by clicking here,
The latest copy (May 2024) 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.