We have a vibrant and thriving children’s work at our church. Children are VERY welcome within the church and enjoy engaging with the worship using flags and crafts before they go off to their sessions. Groups happen while the adults listen to the sermon.

About a third of our congregation is under the age of 18! Teaching and fun for young people are really important to us. We have three age-specific groups for children: creche (0-3), primary school age (yrR-yr6), and a youth group for older children (yr7-yr13). All of our children’s workers are DBS-checked and are required to attend safeguarding training.

Crèche (age 0 – 3 preschool)

Jesus took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them. Mark 10:16. We want our smallest children to experience God's love and blessing in the creche. The creche is set up each week with a variety of toys, books and activities for the children to enjoy. 

grow zone (reception - year 6)

We begin each session with a fun countdown, welcome and registration, and then start the main activities. These may include games, crafts, Bible stories, drama, quizzes and prayer. Each child is a valued member of the group, and our goal is to share God’s love with them and encourage them to grow in their faith and do things God’s way. The children sometimes have memory verses to learn. We encourage children to bring their Bibles to the session if they have one so they can learn how to look up verses themselves.

Y Zone (year 7 – year 13)

A typical Y-Zone session takes place on Sunday mornings during the sermon slot at church and includes a mixture of games, activities and discussion based around a Bible passage. Our intention is that every young person develops a personal relationship with Jesus, knows the power of the Holy Spirit in their life and learns to feed on the word of God. You never knew scripture tasted so good!

Naomi White currently oversees our Children’s work. Jo Preston is taking on this role while Naomi is on Sabbatical.