Sian Morgan has been appointed as our new Diocesan Children and Young People Lead in the Transformation Support Hub team, which is funded by the national church. She succeeds Simon Hill who has moved to the diocese of Oxford.
For the last two and a half years Sian has been working in Kingswinford parish, one of our renewal projects, as Children and Families’ Minister. Through this role she worked closely with local schools, established several successful New Worshipping Communities and a very well-attended iSingPOP inspired holiday club. Sian is now making a return to the diocesan office where she previously worked as a Calling Young Disciples Mission Enabler from 2019-2023. Prior to that she worked at St Michael’s church in Norton as a children and families’ worker.
Sian has been an active member of the diocesan Children, Youth and Families Ministry Network which aims to bring paid workers together to support each other, and has also been working beyond parish boundaries, walking alongside and offering advice to other churches looking to engage children and young people. Recently this work has been formalised through the establishment of a deanery group which Sian helped to set up and coordinate as part of her role in the deanery Senior Leadership Team. Sian has also recently completed a Masters degree in Theology, Mission and Ministry with children, families and young people as her specialism.
Sian said:
“I am excited to start this new role. It’ll be great to have the chance to influence the growth of our churches across the diocese. I love it when churches are full of children and young people and there’s a real buzz in the air, and I’m confident working together, we can achieve this.”
“Initially I will be visiting churches to understand better what already exists and where there are gaps, what is already going well and where extra support is needed. I will then be focusing on our network of paid workers, as there is so much knowledge and expertise within that group. In a similar way to what we’ve organised in our deanery, it’ll be interesting to see how the network can help other churches achieve a wider impact.”
Sian will be reporting to Director of Transformation, Damian Herbert. Damian said:
“Sian’s previous experience both in this diocese and through her teaching career has given her a great insight into the lives, hopes and challenges of children, young people, and their families. Equally her work supporting other ministers and churches has made her a very strong candidate for this lead role, and I’m very pleased to welcome her into it! We look forward to all that Sian will bring to the next phase of our diocesan priority as we seek to double the number of children and young people worshipping in our churches.”
Sian is expected to start her new role in mid-April. Look out for more updates soon, and please pray for her as she prepares to make this move.
