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 Lichfield, 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 – 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…
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
Listed below is our latest Pew Sheet for viewing/download
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
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:
Other useful links appear on the individual parish pages.