Children’s Church
sundays I 9:30am I 11:00am I EVery Sunday*
At St Stephen’s we have three goals for the children:
1. They would be safe
2. They would know they are loved by God and by us
3. They would have fun
Everything we do at for the children at St Stephen’s is to achieve these three goals.
*we take a break from Children’s church throughout the month of August, and on Christmas day and Easter Sunday.
volunteers
We run our children’s church with a group of amazing volunteers, if you would like to help out, please contact Lizzie Jones, the Children’s worker. We require for all our volunteers to have a DBS check with the church. If you have any questions about this please contact our safeguarding officer, Alex Seabourne.
New to St Stephens
If you’ve decided to join the St Stephen’s family, please do register your child or children to ChurchSuite.
We use this to register children on a Sunday and to keep a record for school forms. It is also how we communicate with our families and ensure safeguarding measures.
Click here to register to Churchsuite.
Groups
At both services, we have three groups:
Pebbles: Age 3 - Reception
Groundbreakers: Year 1-3
Rock Solid: Year 4-6
For children under the age of three we have a small creche and a space in the church where they are welcome to be. We do encourage you to send your children to the groups if they are old enough.
Any questions, don’t hesitate to contact our children’s worker, Lizzie Jones
Baby & Toddler Group
Wednesday I 10:00-11:30am I during Term Time
Every Wednesday during term time we have a baby and toddler group in the church hall. It is free entry, if you would like to donate we suggest £3.
Come and join us for some tea & cake, whilst growing in friendship with other parents and carers from the local area. Due to limited space, the group runs on first come, first served basis. And unfortunately we have to close the doors when we reach maximum capacity to keep everyone safe.
Events
Throughout the year we run various different events for children and families, so stay tuned.
See our calendar for more information closer to the time of the event.
Events:
October
- The Light Party (31st October)
November
- St Martin’s Day Lantern Walk
December
- The Christingle Service
- The Dress Up Nativity
- The Crib Service (Christmas Eve)
February/March
- Shrove Tuesday Pancake Party
March/April
- Children’s Foot Washing Service (Maundy Thursday)
- Easter Sunday All Age Service