Sunday mornings
Sunday Mornings from 10:30am
This week (22nd December) is our All Age Carol Service so the children will stay upstairs but, normally, the children will start with their parents upstairs in church for the first 10-15 minutes or so of the service. After the children’s song, the following options will be available downstairs for children aged 0-Year 10.
- Crèche for children aged 0-2 years old: we have a supervised crèche set up in the Garden Room for parents/carers to use.
- Scramblers & Starters for children aged 3 years old to Year 3: meet downstairs in the Undercroft.
- Followers for children in Years 4-6: meet downstairs in the Undercroft.
- Pathfinders for children in Years 7-10: Pathfinders normally meet in the Boardroom downstairs in the Undercroft. Please note that, next week (29th December), Pathfinders will stay upstairs in the service.
Don’t forget to pick your children up promptly from Sunday Club at 12 noon.
Please email our Assistant Minister for Families David Rue if you have any questions about what’s happening on Sunday mornings.
Mid-week activities
Our mid-week groups are now on Christmas break but normally meet during term-time as follows:
‘Mini Mischief’: 9:45-11:00am on Thursday mornings is our group for 0-3s plus their carer(s). Contact David Rue if you have any questions or want to find out more about what is involved. Mini-mischief will resume on Thursday 9th January 2025.
Our Friday Clubs for children at primary school and for teens normally meet for games, crafts, snacks, and a short time of bible teaching as follows:
i) Awesome (for children in Reception to Year 5): 3:45-5:00pm (will resume in February 2025)
ii) Engage (for Years 6-8): 7:30-9:00pm (will resume on Friday 10-th January 2025)
iii) Engage+ (for Years 9-13): 7:30-9:00pm (will resume on Friday 10th January 2025)
Contact David Rue if you have any questions or wish to reserve a place(s) for this term.
SAFEGUARDING
At St John’s, we take issues of child protection very seriously; as such, all our clubs are overseen by people who have been DBS checked. To see a copy of our child protection policy, visit our documents section, or email the Church Office.
As part of our safeguarding procedures, we also ask the parents or guardians of any under 18s who attend our clubs to complete a separate Parental Declaration Form (PDF) for each child. This ensures that we have the correct information concerning contact details, allergies etc. The online PDF can be found here.