CYP groups

All our CYP groups are run by a fantastic team of able volunteers who are carefully selected, vetted and inducted. Working on a rota system they get to know all the CYP in their particular group and are a vital part of helping all our CYP to feel valued members of our church. We are so grateful to all those in our CYP's ministry - they don't get thanked enough!

Age 4–7 (until the end of KS1) – Scrimblers

A structured group session, following a regular weekly format to allow younger children to feel secure and comfortable in the session and provide maximum involvement and enjoyment. After delivering the children to their group, the parents leave so that they can re-join the service.

Being in Scrimblers is about having fun and building on the growing relationships between the children and their leaders and helpers. The teaching is based on Bible stories, using a variety of media including action songs; story-telling; role play; craft activities; games and question and answer sessions.

The church calendar guides the planning across the year to mark and celebrate Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, Pentecost and Harvest.

The children get the opportunity to share news with the group and to celebrate birthdays.

Age 7–11 (Year 3–6) – Explorers

All children have questioning minds and this is particularly true of Explorers. We enjoy finding out more about the Christian life but also want to explore the world and the big questions of life. We do this through talking and thinking out loud as well as through games and sharing together. We always spend some time in prayer either for ourselves, our families, the world or whatever has come up in our group time.

Explorer-aged children and above are encouraged to express their full membership of the church by receiving the bread and wine of Holy Communion – find out more here.

Our Fuel group (see below) also offers something different for our Year 6 Explorers.

Age 11+ (Year 7-10) – Pathfinders

Caters for our growing Young People. Pathfinders builds on the relationships and Christian understanding that has been built up in the children’s lives over the preceding years. More focused on discussion and questioning, the emphasis in on creating a safe space in which the children and young people can seek to apply faith to their lives and find support for the issues which they face. The church celebrates when a young person wants to affirm their personal faith and their baptism as a child by offering themselves for Confirmation.