Who are we?
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Powerpack originated from the concept that children can be little 'powerpacks' for God. The ministry was founded in 1986 by Heather Thompson who is still the director of the ministry.
Powerpack is interdenominational and charismatic in character and team based, drawing volunteers from various churches throughout the UK and overseas. There is a core leadership team which is made up of Heather Thompson, Nick Jackson and Chris Jackson. The ministry is administered by the Powerpack Trust and is an associate ministry of the Ground Level Network. |
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Heather Thompson |
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Heather has been involved in children's ministry since she was too old to be a child in the Sunday school and was leading children's groups early in her teenage years. God called her to full time children's work when she was 15 years old and after training as a teacher and teaching for 5 years in both Primary and Secondary schools she left her job to do what God had called her to do.
Heather and members of the team have ministered in countries such as Romania, Armenia, Uganda, Italy, Argentina, South Africa, the Czech Republic, Thailand and the USA and extensively throughout the UK. |
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Chris Jackson |
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Chris Jackson has been working with Powerpack for well over 20 years. A large proportion of songs, music and training materials are her work.
As well as working full-time for Powerpack, Chris has recorded two albums and leads worship in her own church where her husband is one of the pastors. |
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Nick Jackson |
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Nick works full-time with Powerpack as the leader of children's ministry.
Nick is married to Kath and has two young children, Josie & Ella. Nick is a qualified primary school teacher and until very recently worked as a Deputy headteacher in a Primary school.
Nick's been involved with Powerpack for over 20 years leading large scale events like Spring Harvest, Faith Camp and Grapevine with between 300 and 600 children aged between 5 and 11. With a team from his church, he runs an annual holiday club and weekly after-school club in Oxford. |
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Emma Brackley |
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Emma is a dietician in her spare time and works for Powerpack out of work hours! She's known as 'utility belt girl' as she seems to always have the tools for the job, and has usually done the job before anyone has asked! She lives in Guildford and works as a children's leader in her local church, Millmead Baptist. Emma often choreographs the actions and movements to songs and runs lots of the activities at events. |
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The Oliver Family |
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The Oliver family, Adrian, Jenny, David, Tom & Jessica are Powerpack's team in Asia. Based in Chaing Mai, Thailand they are developing networks, training children's leaders and supporting local projects. One project they involved with is Hoay Maw Children's Home. |
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2nd July 2010