A church in Peasedown St John has appointed a new Families Pastor to join its staff team and to support its growing outreach and community engagement work in the village.
St John’s Church, known for its focus on running person-centred community projects, has welcomed Claire Carr to take up the new role.
Claire, known already to the church community through her work as the Assistant Worship Pastor and Finance Officer, is a qualified primary school teacher and worked for many years at schools around Bath. She said:
“Having attended as a parent and part-time employee at Little Ones, St John’s weekly pre-school group, I know how valuable the service is and want to keep it going. After speaking with the church leadership about expanding their support for children and families, I decided to accept the offer and become the church’s new Families Pastor.
Being a parent is a difficult job, and I want to support and encourage them as they raise their children.
What I’m looking forward to most is getting to know families in Peasedown St John and providing a space at Little Ones where parents can feel seen, heard and supported and the children happy and engaged.”
As St John’s new Families Pastor, Claire will be running the Little Ones group for parents and pre-school children on Friday mornings, 10am – 12noon at St John’s Church. It’s a very friendly group with coffee, cake, craft and songs. Claire will also be supporting Bubble Church – a monthly service for pre-school children that has been running for 18 months, and Claire is also part of the team that is trialling a monthly intergenerational worship service.
Curate at St John’s Church, Revd Rachel Howlett, added:
“We’re looking forward to supporting Claire in her new role as Families Pastor at St John’s Church. She comes with a wealth of experience and knowledge as a former Primary School teacher and as a mother too looking after her own 3 children!
Our work with toddlers and pre-schoolers is an important part of our church’s activities, and we’re excited that Claire will now be taking this forward.”
For details about St John’s Church and their work in the community visit www.stjsgroup.church, or contact the Operations Manager Rob Bubyer by emailing office@stjsgroup.church or calling 07973 972018.
