About Us

We are a rural benefice of six churches in five parishes who enjoy working and worshipping together. Our benefice lies to the west of the county town of Stafford, close to the border with Shropshire. Each village has its own distinctive character and context: Gnosall is a large village whilst the others are smaller and spread across the surrounding countryside; all the churches are very welcoming and well cared for. There are two Primary CE Academies, one in Gnosall and the other in Woodseaves (between Knightley and High Offley).

 Schedules of services across the benefice are arranged by the Leaders’ team, together with the provision of ministerial cover for occasional offices. We use the same service booklets and hymn books in each of our churches. The parishes take it in turns to host Benefice services and special services such as Confirmation. Messy Church is a benefice-wide service for families held in Gnosall as this is the largest church building.