Children’s ministry @ St Paul’s
Our weekly children’s ministry is on Sunday at 10 am. We are blessed to have a thriving children’s ministry with devoted leaders and helpers who are invaluable. The groups have been divided on school year groups.
Sunday Groups
Each Sunday, apart from the first Sunday of the month when we have our Altogether Service, we have Sunday Groups for children ages 0 years to 9 years. Below is each group we offer for our children and young people at 10am.
Please register your children in Church for the groups apart at the sign desk before the service begins. If you are new please find a volunteer in a blue tshirt to help you.
On a communion service the children will return to church for a blessing. On Morning Worship weeks collection is from their groups in the Church Hall. Lift off requires parents to pick your children up from the Ark each week. (More information below).
Lift Off
Lift Off is for children under 4. Located in the Ark Room within the main hall.
Lift Off provides a safe, fun and engaging environment for our babies and pre-school aged children. We hope that this allows you the opportunity of enjoying the church service whilst knowing your children are well looked after.
Junior Church: Rockets
Rockets is for children aged 4 and up who benefit from a more playful approach to learning about God.
It is in the Beacon room where there will be a variety of activities and spaces to engage the children in the learning for the morning.
Please speak to a member of the team for more information.
Junior Church: Ignite
Ignite is for children in Year 3 – Year 4 in the Church Hall.
The group come together and have a time of fun with games, Bible story, talking about what they have heard and how it applies to their lives. Growing in their knowledge of God together in an environment that is age appropriate and fun.
Fuse
Fuse is for children in Year 5 to Year 7. Meeting in the Upper Hall at 10am each week.
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Signing Up for Sunday Groups
There is a registration table in church for you to sign up your children to the either Lift off or Junior Church. Fuse go straight up to the Upper Hall and register there. There are welcomers on the door who will guide you or the children’s team will be in blue t-shirts.
There is always someone at the table to help.
Collection
Sunday groups have different collection arrangements depending on what is happening in the main church service. Please ask one of the team if you are not sure what to do.
Morning Worship
On a Morning Worship Sunday, the children will remain in their groups until the adults have finished in church. We ask that all parents/carers collect their children from their groups promptly after the service.
Communion Service
When it is a Communion service, parents/carers will be directed when to collect their children from Lift Off, then return for a blessing in the service.
Children in Junior Church (Sparklers, Sparks, Ignite) and Fuse will return to church with their group for communion. They will come into church, join the line for Communion and receive a blessing from the Vicar if they would like. Then they will go back to sit with their parents/carers.