What's on offer to the young people in our communities
Each of churches provides a range of activities and groups for young people. See the tabs below for further details.
Junior Church at St Oswald’s
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Junior Church is for children aged 3 to 10 and under 3’s accompanied by an adult. We meet every Sunday in term time at St Oswald’s Church Hall just before 11am. We explore our faith together through activities, games, songs, drama and fun before joining the congregation in church for Communion and then telling them about what we have been doing at the end of the service. We have a very varied programme which includes some guest speakers, visits to places such as local charities and Hyning Monastery, environmental projects and raising money for good causes. Visiting children are always very welcome.
Our Lent Challenge
For our Lent Challenge we asked every household to give at least one item per week to those in need throughout Lent. This year we collected for Lancaster and District Homeless Action Service which is a day centre for homeless people in the area. We also learnt about homelessness, the causes and the impacts and about the services the charity offers. In April we visited the centre and learned a great deal more.
March Coffee morning
We had a stall and helped raise money for ADM Nepal, a charity which supports two children’s homes in Nepal.
Mothering Sunday
We made gifts for those who mother us before joining the congregation for an “All Together service”. We did lots in the service including leading a signed response to the intercessions and distributing flowers.
Palm Sunday
We walked through the events of Easter together, learning, sharing, crafting, creating an Easter Garden and transforming a cross with flowers.
What is coming up
King’s Coronation
We are offering a craft activity and treasure hunt as part of the “Warton Coronation Knees Up” on Monday 8th May.
Visit to Hyning Monastery – 2nd July
Junior Church will be held at Hyning Monastery and will include their Midday Office. It will be led by the Sisters and will be followed by a Junior Church Family picnic in the monastery gardens.
All Together Service – 9th July
We will join the congregation for the whole service and will have lots to do.
Last Session of the term – 16th July
Sessions start again on Sunday 10th September
For more information about Junior Church contact Vanessa Alpin on 07746 790979.
Junior Choir at St Oswald’s
Junior Choir is open to children aged 9+
They meet on a Thursday 6 – 6.30pm in St Oswald’s Church
New singers always welcome!
For more information contact Madeleine on 07922 837824
Our new group for young people aged 9+
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The Young Generations group was formed through the Looking Forward group where we noticed there was a lack of social events for our youth in the benefice.
We had been approached by 2 members of Tweens and Teens group to see if this would be reignited post Covid and so we formed this new, younger group for people aged 9+. The group named themselves – The Young Generations
We meet on the first Sunday of every month 6-8pm in St Oswald’s Church where we catch up with each other’s news, share a meal, play games, have craft activities, encourage discussions about ourselves and our community.
At the Christmas Tree Festival the group opted to decorate a tree and raise money for the Marine Conservation group and we recently completed a beach comb collecting 12.5kg of rubbish!
The group have helped at recent Monthly Coffee Mornings in St Oswald’s and also at the Christmas Christingle service in church.
Last session this term is Sunday 2nd July and we will restart on Sunday 3rd September.
Come and join us – contact Emma Brantley-Tziros for details on evbrantley@hotmail.com or 07968 672001
Activities linked to the Gospel reading are available for children every Sunday in St John’s Sunday school room.
Toys, books and games also available.