Children & Young People
We put children and young people at the heart of what we do at Portishead Church of England. We run many different activities and groups to enable our children and young people and their carers grow in faith and confidence, by coming together to play games, have fun and foster friendships with others.
Please click here to find an update on where we are in terms of our thinking and planning for ministry with children, young people and families in our church community.
Our normal activities are:
Sundays ...
Youth Church
On the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month, 9.45am at St Peter’s Church the young people in school years 6 and above are invited to attend Youth Church.
Youth Church leave part way through the 9.45am service and make their way up the bell tower, into the bell ringers room where they meet for around 40mins to connect with God and each other through digging into the Bible, playing games, chatting about life and praying together.
Pebbles
On the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month, 9.45am at St Peter’s Church children from reception to year 5 are invited to Pebbles.
Pebbles meet as part of the 9.45am service. to explore faith together. Sessions include a story and space to reflect and respond, which may include creating the people of God, junk modelling the temple of Solomon, or snowballing Goliath. Pebbles don’t meet during the school holidays.
The Gathering Messy Church
The Gathering is a place where all ages and stages are welcome to come together and explore faith through fun, games, stories, songs, arts and food.
The Gathering meets on the 2nd Sunday of the month from 2pm to 3.30pm at St Peter’s School. Tea, coffee, squash, cake and biscuits will be provided. It is free but we do welcome donations to cover the costs.
In the week ...
Refresh Parent and Toddler Group
Refresh is a relaxed space for carers and toddlers and is wonderful space to connect with others. There are toys, drinks and snacks for the children, and tea or coffee and slice of cake for the grown ups.
There is no charge for Refresh but we do welcome donations.
Refresh meets on Tuesday mornings during term time from 9.15am to 11am at St Peter’s Church.
Church Tots
Church Tots meet on Tuesdays in term time from 2.00-3.00pm at St Peter’s Church. It features a short service for under 5s and their parents/carers followed by a drink and a biscuit, a craft and free play. Small and intimate, with a friendly team who love to play with your children while you drink your tea!
LLaDS
LLaDS is for dads and their children on a Saturday morning. It is an opportunity to meet other dads and allow your children to socialise with other children. We provide toys, a craft activity, bacon butties, toast and jam, freshly made real coffee, tea, juice and squash. It is free but we do welcome donations to cover the costs.
LLaDs meets at St Barnabas Children's Centre Hall on the 2nd Saturday of each month and runs from 10:30am until 12:00am.
Contact Mark at pilgrim@portisheadparish.co.uk for more info on any of these activities.
St Peter's Church of England Primary School and Trinity Anglican-Methodist Primary School
We have a very close relationship with the Local Schools, St Peter's and Trinity. On occasion we organise events through the schools and work closely together.
For more information about the local school's, please see the links below:
For St Peter's School click here.
For Trinity School click here.
