Children & Youth

St Paul's Dorking has an array of provision for Children and Young People.

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Sundays

 

Crèche

0-3 year olds

  • Each Sunday morning (apart from Cafe Church) there is a crèche available in the lower ground floor room. We also have sofas and baby toys in church and a speaker in the foyer should you want to sit somewhere more private.

Scramblers

3–5 year olds

  • We have a large downstairs room, resources and outside garden dedicated to early years for ‘best practice in play’ based learning. Each session explores more of God's plan for our lives and includes take home resources for parents to use at home. It's all co-ordinated and run by a great team of leaders and helpers that includes professional early years teachers.

Climbers

5–7 year olds

  • Climbers join Scramblers in our large downstairs room (after initially meeting in the 10.30 service) for ‘best practice in play’ based learning. Each session explores more of God's plan for our lives and includes take home resources for parents to use at home. It's all co-ordinated and run by a great team of leaders and helpers that includes professional early years teachers.

Explorers

7–11 year olds

  • Explorers meet during our 10:30am Sunday service (except Cafe Church services) before gathering in one half of our church hall for worship, prayer, teaching and fun. On the 2nd Sunday of the month the Explorers and Pathfinders meet together starting at 10:30 for hot chocolate and toast.

Pathfinders

11-14 year olds

  • Pathfinders is our group for school years 7 to 9 (ages 11 - 14) that meets  during our 10:30am Sunday service before heading to the church hall for worship, prayer, teaching and fun. The 2nd Sunday also includes toast and hot chocolate.

 
 

Midweek

SPOT

St Paul’s 0Threes

SPOT (‘St. Paul’s 0-3s’) is a term-time group for children aged 0-3 and their parents/ carers.  It meets in the Church on Wednesdays from 10:00-11:30 for open play with lots of development-minded toys. There is freshly baked cake with hot drinks for adults, and fruit with juice for the children. At 11 o'clock we have song time with instruments. Come and join us, we'd love to see you. 

WNY

Wednesday Night Youth

Wednesday Night Youth is a social group for 14-18s meeting from 19:15-21:00 in the Church. The space changes every term; sometimes there’s a Bible study theme, sometimes we run Youth Alpha. We’ve been to grown-up soft play, Christian festivals, ice skating, and the less exciting (but quite useful) revision clubs near exams. Each week there are snacks, worship, games, and opportunities to chill.

TBH

To Be Honest

On the first Sunday of the month, we join with other churches across Dorking for TBH, a Bible study group for teenage girls. After a home-cooked meal we pray for each other and work through the book or theme for the term. Venues change depending on numbers (we’ve been known to head to the beach!) so please get in touch if you or your young person is interested in joining us.