Border Benefice

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:

    • St Michael the Archangel in Llanyblodwel more…
    • St Agatha’s in Llanymynech  more…
    • St Philip and St James’ in Morton more…
    • All Saints’ in Trefonen more…


The Border Benefice is committed to safeguarding and each parish has discussed and adopted relevant policies.
The name of the parish Safeguarding Officer can be found on each parish home page.

 

 


About us

The Benefice, part of the Diocese of Lichfield,  works together in several ways:

    • 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 – 10th June 

We were sorry to learn that there had been no responses to our recent advertisement for a new rector.  While this is not totally unexpected, it is disappointing.  However, our Archdeacon is working with us on preparing another advertisement and we are seeking to update the information we issue, because a lot has happened in the past year.  We have all been busy.

We would not expect another advertisement to be issued before August and that could well mean there would be no interviews before late September/October.

K Kimber

Border Benefice                10 June 2025

For full information on the process see Our Search for a New Rector page.


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 Trefonen Parish Office, in the church on a Thursday from 9.30 a.m. 


The Community Cafe in Trefonen is open every Tuesday morning more…

The Community Cafe, Café Blodwel, in Llanyblodwel is open on the first Wednesday of the month  more…

Our Rector and key staff:

Rector

Vacancy.

Benefice Administrator

Helen Parish
Email: bordergroupadmin@hotmail.co.uk
Or write to
The Administrator
All Saints’ Church, Oswestry Road, Trefonen, Oswestry SY10 9DG

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

 

Linda Gladman
Contact Number:  01691 671363
Email: lindajgladman@btinternet.com

 

 

Rebecca Colpus
Email: rebm29@outlook.com

 

Rebecca Colpus and Cara

Betty Steele
Contact Number: 01691 652170
Email: betty@treflachfarm.co.uk

 

Betty Steele – retired but still active!

 

Baptisms, weddings and funerals:

See our detailed information pages:  Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals

Our weekly pew sheet:

Listed below is our latest Pew Sheet for viewing/download

Pew Sheet – 13th July 2025

Our Reflections:

Listed below is our latest Daily Reflection for viewing/download

Daily Reflection – 30th March 2025

Our  Prayer Card:

Listed below is our latest Prayer Card for viewing/download

 


Parish Magazines

The latest copy (June and July 2025) of the Morton Parish Magazine is available by clicking here,

The latest copy (June 2025) of the Trefonen and Llanyblodwel Parish Magazine is available by clicking here.

Other links

The Benefice website is linked to other local sites:

            www.trefonen.org

Other useful links appear on  the individual parish pages.