Annie Barker has been working as the Children and Families Worker for St Peter’s Church and Summertown URC 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. It is 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 St Peter’s, Annie has oversight of our Sunday morning activities for children, and helps plan the Family Communions and other family services. She also runs a group for parents and under twos on Wednesday afternoons in the Church Room.

Annie can be contacted on (01865) 882867.