Benefice of Middleton & Thornham

30/11/2025

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23/11/2025

02/07/2025

02/07/2025

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26/03/2025

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At St Leonard's we hope to make some changes to our church building so that it is more flexible and adaptable for use by schools and the community during the week, as well as on Sundays.
We would welcome your views to help us discover our key priorities for the future. We would be really grateful if you would complete the short digital survey accessed through the QR code below. The survey asks for your thoughts and ideas about the needs, opportunities, improvements and strengths of St Leonard's Church.
Thank you for your help

Rev Alison Bailie, Rector

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6SCY6XS

26/03/2025

JOB ADVERT: Benefice Administrator
St Leonard Church, Middleton
Part time
Permanent
Salary: £5,616 - £6,457 per annum (actual salary) (pro rata of £21,840 - £25,110 FTE per annum)
Hours: 9 working hours in accordance with the needs of the church between Monday and Thursday each week. Three of these hours must be worked on a Thursday between 10.00am and 1.00pm and 2 further periods of 3 hours each must be worked on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday between 9.30am am and 2.00pm, specific times to be agreed.

The Benefice of Middleton & Thornham, consisting of the parishes of St Leonard Middleton and St John the Evangelist Thornham, is seeking to appoint a part-time Administrator to support the work of the two parishes.
This will involve some financial, administrative and publicity tasks for the two parishes supporting the church’s mission of ‘to know God in Jesus Christ and make Him known’. You will be a key conduit for internal and external contacts, deal with baptism, wedding, funeral, internment and parish register enquiries and control the issues and collection of appropriate fees.
The successful candidate will have excellent communication and numeracy skills with good working IT skills, particularly with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.). Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more detail.
We welcome applicants who wish to work over 3 days in a flexible pattern to fulfil the 9 hours required. We are looking for someone who can start as soon as possible in May 2025 or as soon thereafter.
Although experience of working within the Church of England is not required, the post holder should be sympathetic to the aims and values of the Church.
Please refer to the job description and person specification for further information regarding this role. Please refer to the information pack for more information about the benefice.
For further information, please email: [email protected]

Closing date: noon, Monday 21 April 2025
Interviews: Friday 2 May 2025 or Tuesday 6 May 2025 at St Leonard’s Church, New Lane, Middleton, Manchester M24 6DJ
Documentation: (see first comment)

23/02/2025

For those confused by the date and day of the Liverpool Cathedral Choir at St Aidan Sudden is on SATURDAY 1ST MARCH (Good date for St David's Day Concert!!)

04/01/2025

Text for 2025:

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight."
Proverbs 3:5-6

09/12/2024

Please join us for one of our special services this Advent and Christmas. Come and join us witness retell the Nativity story at 10:30am, Sunday 15th December 2024 at St Leonard Middleton or join us in one our Carol Services on Sunday 22nd December 2024, 10:30am at St Leonard and 6:00pm at St John Thornham.
All welcome.