Michael Fentem - School Visitor

Michael (57) lives at 12 Woolley Road, Matlock with his wife Amanda - a teaching assistant at Wirksworth Junior School and their two foster children. Their own son Thomas is studying music at Canterbury University.

Michael has been activily working in churches with children for 40 years so bringing a wealth of experience. Running children clubs in a number of different churches, he is also well known throughout the area as Uncle Michael - the clown.

Recently he is well known as a visiting speaker over much of the north of England.

He is accredited as a children worker in the Pentecostal movement and also passed his exams as a Methodist Local Preacher.

James Coates - School Visitor

James was born in the central African Country of Zambia, his parents being missionaries in Congo. He was educated at a mission school called Sakeji, in Zambia, until he was fourteen. He became a christian when he was only six. It was on returning to England though, at the age of fourteen that he realised how important it was to live out his faith. He went to school in Matlock, then to Liverpool Polytechnic where he met Christine (his wife). After getting married in 1987 they moved to Cornwall. Together they were involved in running childrens clubs in their church. In 1994 they moved back to Matlock, where again, they quickly got involved in the childrens clubs at Steep Turnpike Evangelical Church.

In 2004 James left his job as a furniture maker to work full time, with Christine, in Christian Ministry. Part of their time is spent running a toddler group, a childrens club and a youth group in their church. James also preaches three times a month. The rest of their time is spent in schools, taking assemblies, running a lunch time club called 20/20 and teaching an R.E. programme called Bible Explorers.

Ray & Beryl Briddon - School Visitors

Ray and Beryl bring a wealth of experience to the ministry of M.A.S.T. They have both worked and ministered in the area for nearly forty years, being Methodist Local Preachers and helping with children's work in local churches.

Beryl has also worked in schools as a teacher for many years and last summer retired from Hope Primary School.

After prayer and discussion they are looking to use puppets and song to tell stories mainly based on an Old Testament theme.

'We both recognised the need to teach our young people the stories of the Bible and felt God leading us to join M.A.S.T. as a new opportunity opens in our lives' said Ray.

Martyn Pyne - Chairman

David Quinn - Treasurer

Other trustees:

• Bill Hawley - Secretary
• Councillor Jeremy Beckett
• Shiela Laming
• Mavis Salisbury
• Pastor Alan Smith
• Councillor Peter Slack