Children & Youth
At St Joseph’s we love to see children diving in to the Bible and having a stack of fun at the same time!
We love seeing children and youth at any our regular Sunday services, but we run children’s groups for those aged between 0 – and school year 6 at our 10.30am service. Our youth groups for those in school years 7-13 meet at the 6.30pm service in term-time. Whether it is during a Sunday service or at one of our weekly youth groups, the children will always get to hear from the Bible and play lots of games and activities, whilst being cared for by our fabulous and dedicated teams of trained and DBS checked leaders.
Sunday groups
Crèche
0–2.5 years
Scramblers
2.5 years – pre-school
Climbers
Reception – Year 2
Explorers
Years 3–5
Rooted
Years 7–9
meets during the 6.30pm service
Encounter
Years 10–13
meets after the 6.30pm service
Midweek groups
KidsZone
Monday afternoons from 3.20pm to 4.20pm for primary ages. Bible talk, games, free-play, activities, sport, snacks! We love welcoming new people! Enter through the South Benwell Road side door.
Fri-Up
Friday evenings during term-time from 6–7pm for school years 6–8. Bible talk, games, free-play, activities, sport, PIZZA! We love welcoming new people, entry is by the South Benwell Road side door.
Once a month we have an all-age service where school-aged children stay in with the adults for an age-appropriate talk. The Crèche and Scramblers groups still operate.