Welcome to Young Church
Young Church meets for sessions at 8.30am and 11am during term time only. On the 30th May and 6th June, activity sheets (and virtual slides on the screens) will be available to help children engage with the services. Please ask for a physical copy when you enter the building, or you can print one from Google Classroom and bring it with you. Printing at home helps us save money on printing costs!
This coming Sunday, 30th May, a video will be available on YouTube via this link: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyjnXt-91abZ1a21-UDKuy6UdHtutQNQz
This is to share the work of the children for the Easter Competition, and to announce the winners. Please note, this video will not be on Google Classroom as it does not count towards church attendance.
UPDATED Additional Information:
- For certain activities/in case of rain, Young Church uses The St Marylebone CofE School indoor theatre and sports hall.
- A toilet is available at the school for children attending the Young Church sessions at 8.30am and 11am.
- For further details on facilities, please see the updated Protocol on the website.
The National Youth Agency’s roadmap is now at Roadmap Step 3: Yellow. At both Amber and Yellow levels, youth groups for under-18s are allowed to meet in unlimited group sizes both indoors/outdoors. Social distancing remains during Young Church sessions, with large circles outside and chairs spaced inside to adhere to government guidance. The NYA guidance document is available if you click here.
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.
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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. 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 | |