St Andrew's Church
Junior Church
St A’s JUNIOR CHURCH
St Andrew’s has a thriving Junior Church. It meets every Sunday at 10am during school term time. The only exception is the second Sunday of the month when everyone stays in for our All Age Mass. On these occasions Junior Church often helps to lead the service or to teach us by presenting work they’ve done in the preceding weeks!
On a ‘normal’ (!) Sunday morning Junior Church assembles by the font at the back of church. As the service begins they process in with the clergy and sit around the nave altar steps or in the first pew. After the first part of the service they go out through the link to the Church hall and divide into four groups
Ark angels for children up to 2 ½.
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X-plore for children from 2 ½ to reception age.
X-cite the group for Children in school years 1-6.
X-treme
This is the group for all the ‘Yoof’ in years 7 and above. Until such time as we can build a secure unit it meets in the choir vestry. They may be X-treme but they quite nice really. (Well, all except……)
All this is possible because St Andrew’s has an amazingly good team of extremely talented and enthusiastic Junior Church leaders! Thank you.
YOUTH WORK
St Andrew’s and St Margaret’s jointly employ a full-time Church Youth worker who works across the parish and who is supported by the Youth Work Management Team. Our Parish Youth work has its very own website so please click here for more information.
LITTLE FISHES
On Monday Afternoons during school term time a very popular ‘Careers and Toddler’s Group called Little Fishes meets in the Church Hall. This is an open group for babies and pre- school children to meet, play and develop social skills whilst enabling mums and carer’s a chance to get together and drink tea.