Chaplaincy Clubs
We have various Chaplaincy Clubs throughout the week
- Monday break time (years 7 to 10) – the PAIS team (volunteer youth workers) from Christ Church Pennington come in to share a message
- Monday lunch time (years 7 to 10) – a place to chill, colour, catch up with friends, do homework etc
- Tuesday after school (years 7 to 10, 2:50pm to 3:50pm) – games/lego club. A place to get to know students in other year groups and play board games (or do homework)
- Wednesday break time (years 7 to 10) – Worship Ambassadors, for those who want to be involved in worship & social action within school
- Wednesday lunch time (years 7 to 10) – a place to chill, colour, catch up with friends, do homework etc
- Thursday after school (years 7 to 10) – the PAIS team come in to run a bible study. A chance to study a theme or passage in a fun way.
2022 – 2023 key events so far:
- Involved in the Year 7 Welcome Service
- Wrote & sent Christmas Cards to local care homes
- Involved in a thank you event for staff at Christmas time
- Involved in Friday Form Worship recordings
- Spent 2 mornings in Lowton St Marys Primary School to help with their Christingle event
- Helped to put together a display on the Childrens Society for the Loton St Marys Christingle Event
- Helped with a reflection for Holocaust day
- Helped with the Turkey & Syria Earthquake Appeal collection
- Helped with ideas for prayers for the Turkey & Syria Earthquake Appeal collection.
2021 – 2022 key events:
- Creating Prayer boats regarding climate change and COP26
- Writing & sending Christmas Cards to local care homes
- Creating a Christmas tree with words of encouragement
- Reading and prayers for the Christmas School drama
- Creating Random Acts of Kindness chatterboxes for Random Acts of Kindness Day
- Making Fairtrade posters
- On Ash Wednesday we held a reflection for Ukraine & coloured in/wrote messages on doves of peace
- Chaplaincy Club were asked by Lowton St Marys Primary school to create a display on the Resurrection of Jesus and 2 members also attended the school to be involved in their stations of the cross assembly
Why I enjoy attending Clubs
- It is fun!
- Good place to hang out with your friends
- To have fun & learn about Christianity
- There is always an activity planned that we can take part in
- To take a break from the fast pace of school life
- Something new to try
- I get to spend quality time with my friends whilst learning about Christianity in a fun way. Everyone is really nice that comes to club.
- I can be with my friends in a place that isn’t too busy
- It's a space to chill out
- My mates are here
- Nice people
- Making new friends & learning new games
- It’s fun because I get to play games with my friends
- It’s lots of fun and great to connect with other years
- We sometimes have snacks!