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Children & Youth
Helping children and youth on their faith journey by having fun and learning more about Jesus together.
Children and youth are a vital part of our church family and we would love to welcome you and your family to our services on Sundays.
Children are welcome in any of our services but the 10am service is the most child friendly and has a group called Searchers on some Sundays for primary school children.
If you and your child need space away from the service please do feel free to use the area to the right of the font where you will find toys, colouring etc.
On the first Sunday of each month there is no children’s group because all ages worship together for all our All Age service. This service is planned to be accessible to all ages and needs.
Check out our other activities below.
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A time for all the family to get together and celebrate God's amazing creation in a fun and messy way!
Messy Church is held 3-4 times a year.
Our Youth Group is for young people of secondary school age in Years 7-11. We meet in the church hall on a Sunday from 6-8pm every couple of months.
Youth Group at St Mary's is a safe space for young people to unwind and chill.
We start by enjoying some food and drink, a time to connect and chat.
Afterwards we sit down and enjoy a movie together (popcorn available!), or play games.
It's very low key - expect lively conversation and lots of laughs!
The children's Searchers group for primary school children meet in the church at 10:00am on some Sundays in the month.
We all start together in the service for a short time of worship and then the children are invited to attend Searchers should they wish to do so.
The Bible is brought alive through :
- times of worship
- teaching
- games
- craft
- acting
- discussion
The sessions usually follow the teaching programme of the church in a fun and age appropriate way.