Welcome to Young Church
Young Church’s Sunday activities remain online for the time being. We are adhering to government restrictions and following the National Youth Agency’s guidance regarding when activities are allowed to take place in person.
For more information please see the Diocese of London’s webpage for children and youth: https://www.london.anglican.org/support/children-youth/
You and your children are very welcome to attend the parish church, as we remain open throughout the week, including for Sunday services at 8.30am and 11am. Attendance is being taken on the door on Sundays, as well as via Google Classroom for the time being.
All Virtual Young Church videos are available through this link:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyjnXt-91abZ1a21-UDKuy6UdHtutQNQz
School Admissions
We care very deeply for all our Church families. We want to get to know you, and grow in faith hope and love together. We realise the challenges of building faith-full communities in busy city life today and the pressures families experience around school admissions. Our sincere wish is to serve our families so they can flourish in faith, love and learning at Church, home, and school.
Please click here to read about the procedures in place for families choosing to worship with us.
Confirmation Classes
Open to adults and children in Year 6 at school. Confirmation is an important part of a lifetime journey of faith as a follower of Jesus Christ. At a special church service, you will be asked to confirm the promises that were made when you were baptised. If you are an adult who wants to explore confirmation, please do get in touch as well.
Please speak to Fr Jack or Matthew if you and/or your child would like to be baptised.
Sunday dates and themes for Confirmation classes starting on Zoom at 10.15am (45 minute sessions):
31st January - Class 1 Passover and the Eucharist
7th February – Class 2 The Last Supper
Break
28th February Class 3 A Lenten Prayer
7th March Class 4 “The Creed: I believe in one God …”
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21st March Class 5 The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ
28th March Class 6 The Resurrection: “I am the resurrection and the life”
Easter Break
Subject to change:
18th April: Rehearsal in church
25th April: 11am Confirmation Service in church.
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Jesus said: ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them,
for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. (St Matthew 19:14)
At St Marylebone we take these words very seriously. Young Church exists to encourage and nurture children, young people and families in their Christian faith. All are welcome and we aim to offer a safe, secure and stimulating environment in which to explore our faith and grow together as Christians. Young Church is blessed with a team of dedicated leaders who bring with them a wide range of different backgrounds and experiences. Parent leaders are DBS checked. When we're not in lockdown we use the ample crypt facilities for our worship and activities on Sundays at 8.30am and 11am. Our teaching and activities are based on the Common Worship Lectionary and week by week we use the stories of Jesus Christ to tell children about how God loves them. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic we have taken precautions for everyone's safety. Please read the rota below and the Young Church Protocol. You can view all the lockdown recordings by clicking on the links below. The Junior Choir is not currently meeting. |
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| Virtual Young Church Book of Hours Over the summer break, Young Church are invited to make their own medieval Books of Hours. These are prayer books than can deepen our prayer lives, just like they did hundreds of years ago. Watch the video here |
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| Young Church Summer Competition 2020 | |
Escape from Egypt! Virtual Young Church 19th July 2020
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Virtual Young Church The Ten Plagues 12th July 2020
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| Virtual Young Church 5th July 2020 This Sunday, Young Church reflect on Moses' encounter with God in the burning bush. How do we encounter God in our own lives? Watch the video here |
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Virtual Young Church 28th June 2020 |
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| Trinity 2 Young Church 21st June 2020 Today Young Church discuss what it means to receive a blessing. Watch the video here |
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Story Time Young Church 21st June 2020
This is the story of Jacob and Esau, and their struggle for their father Isaac's blessing and inheritance.
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| Corpus Christi Young Church 14th June 2020 What do a journey up a mountain, guardian angels and bread from heaven have in common? The sacrifice and love of God for the world. This Sunday Young Church celebrates Corpus Christi, the body of Christ in the bread of the Eucharist. The children share their baking skills with their Trinity Bread, and we make depictions of our very own Guardian Angels. Watch the video here |
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| Trinity Young Church 7th June 2020 This Sunday, Young Church reflects on the nature of the Trinity, looks at how the Triune God first made His appearance in the Book of Genesis, and learns how to bake soda bread! We also display all of our beautiful Holy Spirit Wind Spirals. Watch the video here |
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Pentecost Activity Video Young Church, 31st May 2020After our Thy Kingdom Come prayers this week, Young Church create their own wind spirals and ask the Holy Spirit to enter into our homes.
Watch the video here |
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Young Church Ascensiontide and Noah's Ark, 24th May 2020
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Young Church - Thy Kingdom Come The following pdf prayer pack will be emailed to Young Church families: prayer pack |
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Thank you to Tess for the beautiful picture of the church featured in this poster. To help Young Church celebrate the Feast of the Ascension there will be, from Thursday 21st May, a video on YouTube with suggested Ascensiontide activities. This will be followed by a series of prayers, sent via email and on Google Classroom. From the Families Ministry Lead, Matthew Butler. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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Sixth Sunday of Easter
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| Fifth Sunday of Easter This Sunday, we are going on a journey with God. We start thinking about what Stephen says in Acts about the story of the Jewish people; we then jump back in time to Mesopotamia and look at a votive figure; and then we go to the very beginning with the story of Adam and Eve. Watch the video here |
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| Fourth Sunday of Easter Please join us for our worship this morning as we look at what the Peanuts comics can tell us about theology, how Jesus can be both a gate AND a shepherd, and witness our gratitude trees! The video also announces all the winners for our Easter Competition. Congratulations! And thank you to all who took part in this competition. Your artwork is now in a video on YouTube as well as in the Young Church gallery on the St Marylebone Parish Church website. Watch the video here |
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| The Road to Emmaus Please join Young Church for our Sunday morning worship, where we look at the Road to Emmaus and how amazed Jesus' disciples were that he had returned to them. Our themes include the wonder we feel when we look at God's creation and how we can express our gratitude. Watch the video here |
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The Easter Day service for Young Church, 12 April 2020. A Happy Easter to you all!
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| Young Church Good Friday, 10th April 2020 Watch the video here |
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| Young Church Palm Sunday, 5th April 2020 Watch the video here |
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| Young Church 29th March 2020 Our worship video this morning explores the friendship between Jesus and a family, made up of a brother and two sisters. Lots of people in the story are upset because of the death of Lazarus, but when Jesus comes along things change for the better. Verse 35 is the shortest verse in the Bible: "Jesus wept" - we know that just like us there were things that made Jesus sad. When we are sad, we can known that Jesus understands and wants to comfort us just like he wanted to comfort his friends Mary and Martha. This video will also be made available on Google Classroom for Young Church to register. Watch the video here |
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| Young Church Early Years 29th March - Click here for story time | |
Young Church Mothering Sunday – 22nd March
Please join Young Church for our first ever YouTube Video!
We hope this is a good opportunity for everyone in your home to gather today and worship God,
as part of your household's Spiritual Communion.Please download the Spiritual Communion order of service here.
Together @ Home activities to do as a family, for week beginning Sunday 22nd March:
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| Watch the video here | |