Firstly, let me tell you a bit about myself. Born in the DRC and raised in London, I was brought up in a devout Christian household. God plays the upmost important role in my family. During my years in education, the two most important achievements occurred while I was at university. One of the achievements was completing my degree in Performance Art and Solo Performance and the other was the day I was baptised (April 12 2009). Both of these days helped to shape my future but being Baptised remains the best day of my life. From the time I left my studies, I started my career in Youth Work. I have worked in many different areas of youth work from being a host and organiser of Sports events for underprivileged young people, teaching the arts in Church youth groups to working with W14... Working with young people has always been a passion and what I believe is my calling.

My goals for my apprenticeship are to support the already strong connection between the church and the community and continue to grow the engagement with the youth in the community through the W14 Youth Club and the church youth group. Another goal of mine is to grow in the knowledge of the community and in the knowledge of God. I'm excited to be at St Andrew's for all of this.

I'll close with a few moments from W14 Youth and St Andrew's. Seeing the growth of the youth club. We have such lovely and amazing young people that we are proud of. Initially, we struggled with the number of young people we could attract but over time our numbers grew and grew and now we have a good number of regular attendees, many weeks over 30. On a personal note, a great memory of mine from St Andrew's was when I was given the chance to preach at one of the Sacred Space: Compline services. For me, it was an absolute privilege to speak on God and for that I am forever grateful to St Andrew's.

Thank you and I can't wait to get started. God bless

Banny