Welcome to our page for young people of secondary school age.  Andrena Palmer is our youth worker and she is helped by other members of the Congregation.  For information about our Ministry with younger people and our uniformed groups click here   

QUEST

Young people meet on Sunday mornings during the first half of the 10am service, and then join the church service for communion. We explore the Christian faith in ways that link to our own lives.  Quest is for those in school years 7 to 9; older teenagers have a separate group, SHaPE, which meets informally.





Collage made by Quest mambersWe have often worked on special projects such as the collage hanging on the wall halfway up our stairs and the stained glass windows in the Gwinnell Room.  

Click here for a slide show of a joint project with SHaPE which used shoeboxes to depict Scripture stories.
decathlon club logoHoliday Clubs
Last year we ran two summer holiday clubs:
Senior club, Decathlon for young people aged 11-15
Junior club, On your marks for children aged 5-11
 
The clubs included games, crafts, music, and Bible teaching. Some members of the senior club have continued to meet about once a fortnight for more of the same!

This year we plan to run two clubs again, Monday 29th July to Thursday 1st August, in the mornings, with a grand finale church service on Sunday 4th August. Details of our theme, and booking forms, will be available soon.
 

picture of Andrena Palmer - St Mary's youth workerAndrena Palmer

is our youth worker. Andrena says about herself:
I’m… old enough to know better (!) I currently live in Catford, South East London and studied Business Information Systems at University in Bristol.  I am a big fan of holidays; I love the sun and I enjoy lying on a beach with a good book, as well as going to America or Jamaica to visit family.  I am also a big fan of CAKE - any  flavour - and going to the theatre for comedy and musicals (the Lion King is my favourite).  My previous job roles mainly been in retail management, but I listened and responded to my call to youth ministry and started a new career two years ago.
See Andrena's latest newsletter here
Contact Andrena if you want to know more about her vision for and work with teenagers at St Mary's.

What's on at St Mary's

Our next few events are listed below. Click on any of them for more detail
Click here to see our full calendar
If you want to book our Church buildings for any event, use the full calendar to see if the church is free and than click here to contact the Parish Office.

Next events at St Mary's

Private Booking (QMIP)
21.05.2013 17:30
- Private Booking (QMIP)

Holy Communion followed by Coffee
22.05.2013 10:30
- Holy Communion followed by Coffee

Holy Communion with prayers for the sick
22.05.2013 19:30
- Holy Communion with prayers for the sick A reflective service of Holy Communion

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Please click here to contact us for marriage,baptism or bereavement support or any other questions. The Parish Office is in the church and is open Monday to Friday 10am to Noon. Outside these hours, you can call 0208 505 3000. Our email address is info@stmaryswoodford.org.uk.
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