Children & Family Worker vacancy

Children & Family Worker vacancy

Full Time Children’s & Family Worker

We are looking for a person with proven experience of reaching children and their families, and building them up in the Christian faith. This person will have good communication skills, be able to give a lead in developing our ministry with children / families and be able to effectively engage with the local community. The role includes some teaching and oversight of the work. The exact role will be decided in discussion with the applicant in order to make full use of their particular strengths and gifting.

Salary range: £21,000 to £24,000 depending on experience Start date: 1st September 2019 Closing date for application: 1 May 2019
Please contact Martyn Colley (Pastor) for more information or to receive an application pack:

Phone – 01622 728466 Email – masjcolley@aol.co.uk

Maidstone Churches Winter Shelter

Maidstone Churches Winter Shelter

This year the Shelter ran for almost 13 weeks (closing slightly early due to Coron-19. For the seventh year, two of our members have helped – Margriet & Geoff Hallam. Their slot covered welcoming and cooking and clearing away the meal from 6.30 to 9.30 on Friday evenings at the Friends Church.
The shelter had 57 guests register this year, 51 men and 6 females. 48 have stayed. 25 have been put into temporary accommodation by the local council, 15 are in other accommodation.
 
The shelter allocated 612 beds, 511 have been slept in and provided an extra 336 meals to guests in temporary accommodation.
 
There has been a lot of positive feedback from the guests who have stayed, and from those coming in for dinner, and they all send their thanks for the support people have given and for supporters giving up their time to be with them.
 
Their guests have enjoyed good food and great company. They really value the support and friendship they experience in the Shelter, as more than one has said, it makes them feel ‘normal’ and gives them some self worth.

Art Exhibition in aid of Toilet Twinning

Our mission focus for March / April was to twin our five church toilets with toilets in countries with poor sanitation and hygiene. The art exhibition was one of our fund raising events, along with a Sunday cake sale by the children and youth, Get Together donating money for cards and donations offered for knitted toys etc. This event was very successful and £840 was raised in total, allowing 14 toilets to be twinned.