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Young Peoples & Families Worker Last month we advertised a vacancy following the departure of our previous childrens worker. We are delighted to announce that the vacancy has now been filled. Of the people who expressed an interest two were interviewed. After a period of prayerful consideration the interview panel met and unanimously felt that God was pointing to one person who accepted the opportunity to join the Ministry team when it was offered to her. So we extend a warm welcome to Julie Noonan who, together with her husband David will be joining the Church Family later this month. Julie tells us a little bit about herself and her husband in the following letter:- It’s a mizzley day in Cornwall and
I’m gratefully taking a few minutes break from a day of phoning insurance
people and removals companies to tell you a bit about myself. I’m
Julie and I am the new Young People and Families Worker at St Cath’s.
A few quick facts for you: I’m married to David who likes cricket and makes
unusual bespoke furniture; I’m a Lancashire lass born and bred but my accent
has been all but wiped out by a year of using my posh telephone voice; I love
making cakes and even though I can’t get on with football I have promised to
go with David to watch Tranmere after we move. A bit of history for you: I moved to
Cornwall for a three year job as a youth worker near Truro, David moved down
about a year later and we were married last April. David has been at college
for the last two years, so I have spent the last year working at a Christian
hotel in St Ives. Before I moved to Cornwall I lived in Leyland working
at a church as a ministry trainee: the gap year that turned into a career.
That was a bit back to front, now, wasn’t it? Prior to all that I went
to Uni at Durham and studied geography. I can still bore people half to
death with talk of peri-glacial environments and soil maps. Some more rapid-fire facts: I love
James Bond (novels and films), and I am, in the immortal words of my husband,
“a grammar nerd and a fruit loop”. Thanks, darling. We’re very excited about moving up
North and especially about getting stuck into working at St Cath’s; I know I
will be building on some excellent foundations, and that God has been doing
some encouraging things in Tranmere. It’s a real privilege to be able
to continue bringing the gospel to bear in the local community. Teaching
the Bible and working alongside people is a huge responsibility and a
thrilling challenge, and I’m really looking forward to being able to do it
full time once again. A last round of facts, and I’ll try
and make them interesting: I regularly get mistaken for being significantly
younger than I actually am (one of my 20 year old team members could not
understand why I was her boss); we are a Mac household (as opposed to PC) but
neither of us owns an ipod; we want to get two cats and call them Calvin and
Morbo. The rest I’m afraid you’ll have to figure out yourselves! Julie Noonan |
