Youth Work at Christchurch

23rd March 2022

Why hello there!
We are Christchurch Baptist WGC Youth. A group of dynamic, creative, life-loving young people. We love nothing more than getting together, eating, playing games, studying Jesus and having fun!
You would be so welcome!

What’s happening

Christchurch offers a range of youth work, welcoming all young people from school year 7 up to the age of 18.

We aim to provide young people with the opportunity to explore God for themselves, as well as having lots of food, going on trips, filling our sessions with fun activities and offering a safe space to come and hang out with friends, and meet new people.

If you’ve got any questions about the programmes we offer, please contact the Church office or get in touch on: youth@christchurchwgc.org.uk

Weekly Programme

Sunday Mornings

INTERGR8
A discipleship group for those in school years 7-10 @ our Parkway site

UNLIMITED
A discipleship group for those in school years 7-10 @ our Peartree site

Sunday Evenings

AFTER8s
Sunday evening youth for those in school years 10-13. We run a series of courses throughout the year looking at faith, big questions and life topics. We also run a revision space during exam season. Sunday evenings 7-9pm @ our Peartree site

Fridays

THE MIX
THE MIX is our Friday Night youth club @ our Peartree site. THE MIX is for all young people in years 7-10 and runs from 7:30pm-9pm. We also offer THE MIX Dinner from 7pm-7:30pm where we eat a home cooked meal together at no extra cost!! At THE MIX we like to spend time eating, playing games, going on trips, dancing, running themed nights and having a lot of fun! Subs for club are 50p per young person

During the week

Schools Work
Watch this space!

Mentoring
During the week, some of the team are available for some mentoring sessions.

Follow us on Social Media to keep up to date and find out more!

@CCWGCYouth

Our YouTube Channel

Here’s some of the things we have been up to…

Testimonies

I love youth because no matter what circumstance, you will always come away knowing how much others love and appreciate you. I love the bonds and friendships we all share and I know I can rely on youth to cheer me up!
Young Person – Age 17

Youth has offered me a chance to make new friends and learn more about myself. I have been able to ask questions about the Christian faith and enjoy coming every week.
Young Person – Age 14

I like going to youth because it’s fun and you get to do cool stuff
Young Person – Age 10

Youth at Christchurch has been a huge part of shaping who I am. No matter how I am feeling, I know I can go to youth and be myself and I won’t be judged. It has also helped me to become a Christian
Young Person – Age 16

Youth is actually sick. We go on good trips and eat a lot of pizza. We also talk about deep stuff
Young Person – Age 12

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Most Recent Services

28th March 2020

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Bookings

1st February 2016

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Engage Worship Training

27th January 2016

On Sunday 21st February we have Sam and Sara Hargreaves from Engage Worship with us. They’ll be leading our morning service, and in the afternoon doing some training with us, which we’d love to open up to the other churches. Sam and Sara are very experienced worship leaders and have a fantastic ability in equipping churches to bring depth and creativity. They have led at places like Spring Harvest, and Sam was recently a lecturer at London School of Theology.

The training would include a time to unpack worship from a theological perspective before getting more practical with two breakout groups on how to lead worship, and how to play together as a band. The groups would then come together at the end to be part of a Worship Celebration. For those wanting to learn how to play together as a band, please bring your instruments.

The rough idea of timings for the afternoon would be:

2 pm Gather with some sung worship

2.20 Teaching/discussion – ‘what is worship?’

3pm Coffee

3.15 Streams: Choose either: a) planning and leading creative worship OR b) playing together as a band

4.45Coffee

5pm Worship Celebration: Join back together, sharing and prayer

6.00 Finish

We’d love for other churches to join us – if so, we’d ask for a small contribution of £5 per person to cover costs.

Email me at simon@christchurchwgc.org.uk to book up for it.

Thanks

Simon