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Children and Families Project Worker

St Mary Magdalene’s church has decided the time is right to set up a project to develop our Children and Families ministry, and we wish to take on a skilled and experienced self-employed Children and Families Worker to deliver this project. This is a unique opportunity for a leader with a heart for evangelism and a love for young families to make a big impact in the church and local community.

Our vision is to Worship God, Make New Christians and Disciples and Transform Communities. This project will offer the successful person the opportunity to work alongside church leaders, PCC and our dedicated volunteer team to develop the impact of our outreach to young families in the community of St Mary Magdalene’s church.

Project: Three years, initially for a 12-month period with a 6-month probation.

Remuneration: A benchmarked remuneration for equivalent roles, dependent on experience.

Hours: Part Time, flexibly over the week.

Full details of the role (including job and person specification) and information about St Mary Magdalene’s can be obtained by contacting our church office, and will be online shortly.

Application deadline: 9am Monday 16th December 2024

Volunteering

Life at St Mary Magdalene's is very busy and sociable. We have two or three services every Sunday as well as a popular midweek service. There are regular film nights, coffee mornings, special events including Christmas and Summer Fairs, days out, etc. All these are made possible by the support of numerous volunteers who enjoy the cameraderie of the small rota'd teams which provide welcome, coffee and cake, children's crafts, and a host of other functions.
Our church is enriched by the contribution each person brings: we have cake makers, gardeners, caterers, coffee makers, readers, technical team, bellringers, stewards, flower arrangers, musicians, singers, organisers, and many more. The more help we receive, the more we can strengthen the life of our church community and thus do more to help our neighbourhood. Volunteering is a great way of getting to know people better and develop a wider friendship group at church.

We have a toddler group, Octotots, which meets weekly during termtime which is run by volunteers. Again, it is a very sociable activity. All Octotots volunteers are DBS checked and take online safeguarding courses. Octotots is looking for more volunteers.

Contact the church office is you are interested in any of the above.