From Our Family Worker, Debbie Main
Debbie keeps us up to date on her current progress as Family Worker within Sidmouth Methodist Church...more

From Our Family Worker

As from 1st March 09, Sidmouth Methodist Church appointed a family to take forward our outreach to the families in the area.


The following set of articles show the progress and plans:

27/01/12 I want to tell you about a project for our Church

As a congregation we are such a treasure chest of life! -> More....

01/01/12 Backwards and Forwards

I am now 2 years through my 3 year posting as your Family Worker -> More....

27/11/2011 How do you know God is Real?

I was greeted by a sea of around 30 children ... -> More....

29/10/2011 Children's clubs

Schools are full of children who want to come to Christian lunch clubs! -> More....

02/08/2011 The end of the school year is a week away as I write

and it’s a time of fairs, celebration and goodbyes. -> More....

01/07/2011 Parents & Toddlers is going well.

We have a particular link with the Children's Centre as they are partly funded by Action for Children, one of our church’s adopted charities -> More....

02/05/2011 How do people relate best?

It’s often easier for people to listen to a Christian puppet than a Christian person! -> More....

31/03/11 At Simply Pray Plus on March 3rd, we watched an interesting DVD ...

... showing the work of teams across the UK engaging with
passers-by in a variety of ways and sharing prayer with them -> More....

23/01/11 I last wrote on 18th November, so first to tidy up last year’s news

The Prayer Room I wrote about, that we made at St Nicholas’ School last November, was a great success with staff and pupils -> More....

30/11/10 Foundations and Links

This has been a month of building on existing foundations and strengthening links ... -> More....

31/10/10 Taking shape

Parents and Toddlers is going well ... -> More....

29/09/10 New Happenings

Hello everyone, there are two new projects to tell you about this month. -> More....

30/06/10 This month has felt particularly ‘big’!

When I wrote the last Update I was on holiday at a Christian Healing Conference… -> More....

30/05/10 A Busman's Holiday?

Another month has sped by ... -> More....

30/04/10 It's Been a busy month ...

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, for all your help with the Easter 'trial runs' of our new projects! ... -> More....

03/04/10 Time continues to speed by

Planning for our Café Church, ‘LightWave’ on Easter Sunday afternoon, and the All Age Drop-In on Tuesdays 6th & 13th April, is going well.... -> More....

01/03/10 Café Church

Rev Brian recently took a group of us to experience a Café Church .... -> More....

01/03/10 Family Worker Update

It doesn’t seem possible that a month has passed since the last Update -> More....

14/12/09 From Deborah

Thank you all for the wonderfully warm and loving welcome... -> More....

Following on from Ann Howells, Debbie Main has taken on this role, with Tony Wakeman acting as Line Manager

01/06/2009: Opening Doors

As I write this during Christian Aid week many people throughout the country will be busy knocking on doors as part of the house to house collection -> More....

27/04/2009 From Lent Lunches to Easter Eggs

One of the things I have most enjoyed during the last few weeks has been attending the Lent services and lunches at various churches in the town. -> More....

01/12/2008: Appointment Of Family Worker - Chris Bradnock (Line Manager)

Our Minister, Rev Brian Hadfield, was pleased to inform the congregation that the Panel appointed to select our 'Family Worker' had invited Ann Howells to take up the post. -> More....