During the Parish Mass on Sunday mornings, young people from St John’s go across to the Church Centre to learn more about God and Christianity, to pray, and to take part in enjoyable activities, learning more about themselves and each other. Our children and young people are a valued part of the worshipping life of St John’s: the entire congregation is present as we gather at the beginning of the service, and we rejoin the service in time for Holy Communion, before we let the rest of the congregation find out what our Children's Worship group has been up to! Our new-format Children's Worship replaced our previous Sunday School in September 2024 and is led by Ann Harris, and assisted by a team of volunteers from the congregation (all trained in Safeguarding practice and with DBS certificates).
On the last Sunday of every month, our children and young people remain in the 10.30 service in church as we 'Praise Together!' Prayers and singing are led by the young people, in a family-friendly service.
As well as providing age-appropriate worship on Sunday mornings, we also have occasional activity days during the school holidays. We join together with our neighbours at St Matthew’s so that we can enjoy being in a crowd! We organise Lent Activity Days, Sunday School Away-days to Alton Castle and an annual Nativity Play.