Teenagers

Teenage years are important years for discovering the world and questioning faith. We’re keen to help young people in Shirley understand who Jesus is and what role he wants to have in their lives.

Connect runs on Tuesday evenings during term time, 7.30-9pm for years 9-13. It meets at the Church for various different activities including bible study, prayer nights and socials. We meet for the first time this term on Tuesday 17th September.

Our Youth service, Elevate runs on the 1st Sunday evening of the month during term-time from 6.30pm for everyone! It is led by our young people. The time is spent worshipping God, looking at the Bible and responding to God’s word.
On the 3rd Sunday of the month we spend time developing this service with years 9-13. We meet from 7-9pm.

Ignite runs on the 1st and 3rd Sunday mornings during term-time for years 6-8, looking at the Bible and what it means for our lives, with games and food. We meet in the Parish Hall during the 10:30 service.

Torch runs fortnightly on Wednesday evenings from 6:30pm-8pm for years 7-8 at 23 Harland Crescent. We meet together for food, games and to go a bit deeper into the bible.
The dates for this term are: 18th September, 2nd October, 16th October, 13th November, 27th November, 11th December.

This video will be able to tell you more about our youth work!

Times away We also go away as a group (yrs 9+) twice a year. In the summer we spend 5 days camping at Soul Survivor with thousands of other Christian teenagers, there’s worship, prayer ministry and teaching about how to live as Christians as teenagers in our culture. Westbrook is a weekend away on the Isle of Wight – just our youth group, getting to know each other better. There are games, activities and space to worship, pray and learn about Jesus.​

If you would like to see details regarding what we do about safeguarding go to Safeguarding
For more information about the youth ministry at St James by the Park please contact Josh Cook