A new mission practitioner has started work in Eastern Synod – and he’s arrived by boat.
Matthew Willmott – known as Will – has been hired as the synod’s new new Mission Practitioner (Youth). He comes from a role as the Inclusion Activist for Frontier Youth Trust, as well as from running his own technical lighting design business. And he’s sailed into position.
Will lives on a narrowboat, and has spent the last eight years moving along the Grand Union canal, never stopping for more than two weeks at a time. Now, however, he has taken a mooring near Thrapston so he can better serve the Eastern Synod.
Will has been involved with the URC since the age of eight, when his family moved to Northampton. He joined the Boys Brigade in the Junior section, then completed the company section and became an officer. Having been involved in youth work for most of his adult life, he says he is excited to start his role within the URC. As well as being available to support existing youth work, Will hopes to help develop new projects across Eastern Synod.
He joins the CYDO+ team, which has practitioners supporting children and youth within the life of the URC right across the UK. Want to know more about the work of the CYDO+s? Check them out here: https://bit.ly/CYDOwork