YOUNG PEOPLE

Young people are an important group within our parish family. We seek to provide space for our young people to ask the ‘big questions’ in life and to grow spiritually. We take seriously to heart the words of Jesus concerning young people and how they have so much to teach us about faith. (Matthew 18:3 & Luke 10:21)
As a parish we aim to provide worship that is appropriate to all ages and yet we recognise that each age group has its own distinctive and creative needs, insights and contribution to make to the family of God.
We provide activity sheets and activity bags for our younger worshippers each Sunday. These activity sheets relate to the Bible reading of the day and also provide an opportunity to continue this during the week with a prayer to say each day and further activities to make the connection with daily life outside formal Sunday worship.
The main part of our children’s ministry at the moment is through our Children’s Choir. We hope to appoint a part time children’s minister in the coming months to further develop our ministry to young people.

IGNITE is our ministry amongst teenage parishioners and usually meets on the first and third Tuesdays of the month for about an hour to discuss the big questions in life. This usually involves food!
As a parish we also encourage our young people to participate in our Diocesan Youth Programme headed up by the Diocesan Youth Officer, Mark Dunwoody.