Job Title: Benefice AdministratorHours: 10 x hours per week over 2 days, Tuesday to Friday; flexible working considered.Salary: £14.10 per hourWe are seeking an organised, efficient, IT literate and approachable Benefice Administrator to support the smooth running of our seven churches across the Cleobury Benefice.Key Responsibilities: Provide administrative support to the clergy & churchwardens.Manage correspondence, emails and telephone enquiries.Co-ordinate bookings for weddings, funerals & baptisms.Maintain Church records & registers.Prepare weekly newsletter, service sheets, notices and rotas.Keep the accounts.Please apply by emailing a CV and covering letter to office@cleoburybenefice.org.uk or by post to The Church Office, Market Hall, Cleobury Mortimer, DY14 8BX by Thursday 29th October 2026.
Join us for a fun workshop to create elements for a community artwork. Learn wet felting techniques and work with natural materials. Be inspired by the Clee hills’ heritage and landscape to create felted wool pictures. Iris will offer technical advice to help you create a piece to take away and one to grace the church.Book via ticketsource.com
Join us for all or just a section of this country walk through the hill landscapes of south Shropshire. The walk will be led by Rev Mark Daborn who has ministered to these parishes for many years and has a wealth of knowledge on local history. Each of the four churches was founded by a benefactor for the hard working families of this sometimes harsh environment.The walk is part of Shropshire Historic Churches Trust’s Ride and Stride. By taking part, you can help raise funds for these and other churches in the county. All the churches will be open and offering refreshments to weary travellers.You can follow all or part of the route individually or join the main group. If you wish to join the main group, the provisional timings are as follows, with updates given on the day via social media:10:00 Start at St Michael at Hopton Wafers11:45 Leave St John’s Doddington1: 30 Leave St Mary’s Cleeton St Mary3:30 Arrive St Mary BitterleyThis is a free event as part of the Beacon on the Hill project. There will be refreshments in each church.If you require transport from the finish point at Bitterley to one of the start points, please book this here https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/st-johns-church-doddington-south-shropshire/t-vvdrdaa or use QR code
