Children's Ministry
You are young, but do not let anyone treat you as if you were not important. Be an example to show the believers how they should live. Show them with your words, with the way you live, with your love, with your faith, and with your pure life.
1 Timothy 4 v12
Our children’s work runs at both our Moor Street and Princess Street congregations, where we encourage children to be part of the opening time of worship. All of our volunteers are DBS checked and required to complete our safeguarding processes, being supervised before being allowed to work with your children. You can easily spot them by their blue t-shirts on a Sunday morning. Our team also includes volunteers who have completed first aid training and fire warden training.
We want your kids to have great fun whilst learning more about Jesus and meeting with Him. Our teaching is “hands-on” to help keep the things we learn about God’s character and story central in their memory. Every week is different but every week we learn more about our amazing Saviour, Healer, Baptiser and Coming King!
The same program is followed by both congregations, but due to space and numbers the format is slightly different.
Kids Church @ Moor Street
Our aim is to make sure every child can be themselves in a safe and welcoming environment with teaching accessible to their age.
Little Stars are age 3 to 5, covering the EYFS years. They meet in the same room as
Shooting Stars who are our age 5 to 7 (infant school) group.
Comets meet upstairs and are age 7 to 11 (junior school) group.
Shooting Stars on the subject of who we think God is (14/01/24)
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Kids Church start in the main service and head over to The Corner at approximately 11am where we split into different age groups for teaching, craft and games. We provide a drink and a snack each week.
On second Sundays we also look at modern Heroes of the Faith and ask how their faith influenced what they did. People we have looked at include Corrie Ten Boom, Eric Liddell, George Jeffreys, William Tyndale and even interviewing missionaries from within our own congregation.
Transitions between groups are supported by our joint times and particularly fluid between Little Stars and Shooting Stars, so each child can be in the right place for them.
During the summer we often do more whole group sessions and some leaders do work with more than one age group.
Kids Church on the subject of things that distract us from keeping focused on Jesus (4/08/24)
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Worship & Communion
On the second Sunday of each month we take some time for worship in Kids Church, with all three groups starting off together. We then split into our groups and explore communion, looking at both why we do it and answer questions the children have about it. For example, we’ve looked at what it means to examine ourselves and how to approach communion with reverence. On the fourth Sunday we join in with the first part of the main service where families are able to take communion together if they want to before the children head out.
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Additional Support Needs
Some children need additional support, whether due to age, autism, ADHD, or simply being somewhere new for the first time. Both within the main Moor Street building and in The Corner we have developed spaces referred to as the Calm Corner. These spaces have ear defenders, fidgets, a range of Christian books (both tactile and just fun to read!), a few younger toys and give somewhere to be a bit quieter and calm.
During our sessions we use visual timetables and the plan for the term is always available on the notice board. We also have an emergency phone link to the sound desk back in Church, but if it would help you and your children to see where and how Kids Church works first, please just ask for a tour of the spaces we use.
Our Kids Workers have experience of supporting children with additional needs, as a number of our team have SEN children of their own, so please do come and talk to us about how we can best support your child, as each one of them is unique!
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Kids Church @ Princess Street
Our children's work runs in a room behind the main worship area in the same building as the main congregation, and every Sunday we offer a single 5-11 year olds group.
I will make you fishers of men (24/08/25) |
Building relationships
As well as our time together on a Sunday morning we want to encourage and support families.
The long-running and popular HUB runs on the 2nd Friday each month from 6:30pm at Moor Street, it is a free social evening with short Bible talk for families.
We also have new developments, with re-stART kids sessions during school holidays, In Stitches welcoming all ages and a fortnightly peer-support parent group for those with children with additional needs called Revive!
Other socials are regularly arranged on a Sunday afternoon, usually the 3rd Sunday of the month, as a chance for parents to spend time with each other and the Kids Church workers whilst the kids let off steam together at a playground or similar! These are run joint with Limitless (youth).
If you have any questions about the programmes or want to know more about bringing your kids along on a Sunday then please fill in our Contact Us form.