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Job Vacancy - Parish Administrator (Part-Time)

St Mark’s Parish, Dundela is seeking a friendly, organised and proactive Parish Administrator to support the day-to-day running of the Parish Office. Working 20 hours per week, you will play a key role in administration, communications, social media, finance and supporting church activities. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong organisational and communication skills who enjoys working with people in a busy office environment. Applicants should have administrative experience, excellent IT skills and experience managing websites and social media. An occupational requirement of the role is that the successful applicant is a practising Christian. The role is subject to an Enhanced AccessNI check. Salary is £27,000 pro rata (20 hours per week). Applications close at 12:00 noon on Monday 17 August 2026. Interviews will take place on Friday 4 September 2026.

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Thought for the Week

At the end of July we held our Kingdom Builders holiday bible club. Over three days we explored bible stories that encouraged us to build God’s kingdom. Day three focussed on the parable of ‘The Wise and Foolish Builders’. We carried out a sandcastle experiment and yes, we sang the song, with actions! I’ll happily teach them to you if you’ve forgotten or don’t know them! In some of the leader information provided for the day, one line stood out to me: ‘Jesus is building God’s kingdom’. It reminded me of our parish prayer and the line ‘you alone can bring growth to your church.’ We do not know what God will use from the bible club in order to build his Kingdom…

Planning and hosting the bible club was daunting. In fact, I have experienced many daunting moments over the past year in my role! As an exam anxious teen, the bible verse that I regularly turned to in prayer was Phillipians 4:6-7: ‘Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.’ It’s a verse that I return to regularly, though of course sometimes I forget and then flounder about in my anxiousness as I face another daunting task! Placing the holiday bible club in God’s hands was a necessity and is a prayer I said quite a lot during the months of June and July!

Day three of the club reminded us that Jesus came into the world to be close to us. He wants to be close to us. He wants us, like the wise builder in the parable, to build our lives on him, to choose the strong foundation that will help us through the trials of life. What do you need to place into God’s hands this week/month/year? Where do you need to experience the peace of God in your life? Here is the prayer that the children prayed every day that you might like to use:

For I’m building a people of power,

And I’m making a people of praise,

That will move through this world by your Spirit,

And will shout about your precious name.

Build your church, Lord. Make us strong, Lord,

Join our hearts, Lord, through your Son.

Make us one, Lord, in your body,

In the Kingdom of your Son.

Amen

Blessings Sarah

An Old Rectory and its exciting future

The Old Rectory at St Mark’s, Dundela, is one of the few remaining buildings with a direct link to world-renowned Christian author Clive Staples (Jack) Lewis. St Mark’s was his home parish, his grandfather was the first Rector, and it was here that Lewis was baptised and claimed for Christ. He returned here many times later in life, not least to mark his journey back to faith and memorialise his parents in the stained-glass Lewis window in the church.

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