Kids & Youth

Welcome to our Kids and Youth Page!

Whether you are a parent, a child, a youth or just someone who wants to know that we value children and youth then you are so welcome to take a look around.

Our values:

We are committed to providing groups and places that reflect the love of God for children and young people. To this end we are believing for the following and our activities are helping to make it a reality.

  • Our heart is to impact families, children and young people in the community with the love of God.  We want people to learn who Jesus is, to know that our God is interested in our lives and has good things for the world.
  • Community and friendship is central to the heart of God, we want our 0-18’s groups to be a place where community and friendships thrive.  A place where all are welcome and loved by God and those around them.
  • We believe all our children and young people can change the world around them by using their God given abilities and gifts.  They can bring the culture of Heaven to Earth.
  • We want to raise a generation that pursue God, know his presence and love his word.
  • Our heart is to see children, youth and their families reaching further and wider than the local community into the UK and also to the nations of the world.  We provide opportunities for our 0-18’s to engage with the world that God loves through prayer and practical action.
  • We can only achieve all this through a team of trained, committed leaders passionate for God.  We provide opportunities for people of all ages to develop their skills and be trained in leadership.

Our Midweek Groups

Family Initiatives

As families we like to create time and space together to build community, if you would like to join the Whatsapp Group contact the church office.

First Steps

First Steps is our parent/carer and pre-school group – we re-launched it in Sept 2021 after a long break because of COVID restrictions - we meet on Wednesdays at 9.30am-11am at The Runway, you are very welcome to come along.

Sunday Evening Youth

On a Sunday evening those in Year 7+ chill out and have fun together – for more information on what we are doing see our events page or contact hello(at)godfirst.church – you are so welcome.

Truth be Told 

Friday Mornings: This is an interactive story telling group for parents/carers and their toddlers and pre-schoolers.  Join Sophie and others for a session of storytelling songs and time with older friends at Avon Reach Care Home - if you are interested in attending email hello(at)godfirst.church in the first instance,

Year 11-Sixth Form

We have a group for our Year 11 and sixth formers that runs on a monthly basis usually on a Sunday evening, we just hang out together and talk about college, work, life and faith.

Sunday Mornings

During church services on a Sunday Morning we usually run groups for the following age groups. The children are usually in for the 1st 15mins of the meeting with the rest of the church then go to their groups.

For our events please see this link on the events page

If you want more information or want to speak to us then drop us an email hello(at)godfirst.church.

 

Safeguarding

GodFirst is committed to providing a safe environment for everyone. All of our 0-18s teams are required to undergo a DBS check (police check) and regular safeguarding training is provided for all workers/volunteers at GodFirst.

If you ever have any concerns for a child or vulnerable adult at GodFirst please contact Paul Cox, who is our designated Safeguarding Officer, or in his absence one of his deputies. The Deputy Safeguarding Officers are Sam Pink, Morné Smit, Kath Hudson. You can do this via email safeguarding(at)godfirst.church.

Our safeguarding statement can be downloaded below. If you have any further questions or would like to discuss this with us, please speak to one of our safeguarding team.

Safeguarding Statement

We are so looking forward to welcoming you to our groups soon.