Situated between Gloucester, Tewkesbury and Cheltenham our group of five parishes (with six churches) is bounded by the River Severn and the M5. Our benefice family is made up of all ages, backgrounds and situations in life. Everyone is valued for who they are and encouraged to use the gifts and talents they have. We do lots of things together and with our communities. We have a vision to do still more things, to do what we already do better and to move forward in faith as one benefice.

We hope our church community and collection of parishes is a blessing to God, to one another, and to the wider local area.

We have beautiful churches and are aiming to make them as user friendly as possible. For example, in recent years Boddington Church has installed a toilet and Norton Church a kitchenette. Norton and Sandhurst churches have also increased the amount of flexible seating. Down Hatherley church is currently fund-raising to make repairs to its roof.

Our worship gatherings are benefice-wide and open to all, and we are committed to hosting worship in each of our church buildings with a rotating pattern of worship, supporting one another, and being present and welcoming in each parish.

Church music in all its variety is very important in the benefice. There is a small band that leads us in our Worship Together services. They also take part in other special services from time to time. The benefice also gets involved in arts initiatives.

Find out more about our benefice vision and how we hope to embody that in our shared life together.