Annie Barker

Annie Barker has been working as the Children and Families Worker for Summertown URC and St Peter’s Church since May 2006.

Annie writes: “I was born in Suffolk but my family moved to Oxford when I was seven, and though I have moved away for work and study, I now live here with my husband Zoli and daughter Szofia. I worked for several years as a learning support assistant for hearing impaired children before training to teach English as a foreign language. I combined part-time teaching with work at Esporta where I worked mainly on reception. The two jobs were vastly different but enabled me to develop a range of skills which I hope to put to good use in my work with children and families both at St Peter’s and the United Reformed Church in Summertown. Its exciting to be involved in developing the links between the two churches and also having a job based in the community in which I grew up.”

At Summertown Annie, along with Church Member Hannah Masterson, leads the Children and Young Peoples Group and has a major role in the planning of the all-age workshops held jointly with St Peter’s. Since summer 2008, however, Annie has been on maternity leave and we congratulate her and her husband, Zoli, on the birth of a son, Tomi, at the beginning of July 2008. She is now keeping in touch by leading our weekly Prams, Prayers and Play Group.

Katie Bain-Collins

To cover while Annie was away we were delighted to welcome Katie Bain-Collins, shown here with her daughter Maria. Katie stood in for Annie for two of the activities which Annie would otherwise have been leading:

• Prams, Prayers and Play
  A group for toddlers aged up to 3 years which meets in the Large Hall on Wednesday mornings from 10.30am until 12 noon during term-time and
• Parent and Toddler Group
  A group for toddlers aged up to 2 years which meets in St Peter’s Church Room on Wednesday afternoons.

Katie, in her turn, has now also gone on maternity leave and we congratulate her on the birth of a third daughter, Polly, born in early March 2009. We hope to remain in touch with Katie as she considers the question of returning to work with the Wednesday afternoon Parent and Toddler Group at St Peter’s.

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