The Parish Magazine June 2021
Serving the communities of Charvil, Sonning and Sonning Eye since 1869
Serving the communities of Charvil, Sonning and Sonning Eye since 1869
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the parish noticeboard — 2<br />
STAY<br />
St Andrew's Youth<br />
By Westy<br />
For more information or to know<br />
what’s coming up get in touch on<br />
youthminister@sonningparish.org.uk<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Parish</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> - <strong>June</strong> <strong>2021</strong> 9<br />
With lockdown easing and things starting to open up, life for<br />
STAY feels a little more normal. We have loved being back<br />
in schools, back together on Sundays and we have especially<br />
loved being back together on Friday evenings for STAY on<br />
Friday youth club. Timings for Fridays are 6.45pm-8.15pm.<br />
All activities are open and face masks must be worn inside.<br />
STAY on Friday Youth Club<br />
We relaunched STAY on Friday with a party style evening. We had a surf simulator, popcorn<br />
machine, candy floss maker and the usual fun and games indoors and out! We even made<br />
time for the final thoughts where each young person was given a unique emoji key ring to<br />
remind them just how special and unique they are. We thought about who or what influences<br />
us and I used my old Walkman to demonstrate the point. Obviously the youth thought it was<br />
a camera and couldn’t believe you had to turn the tape over to listen to the other side!<br />
STAY in Schools<br />
Our school work has continued to go from strength to strength with mentoring, assemblies<br />
and prayer meetings. We have also been involved in the exciting new Reflection Room at<br />
Piggott. It’s a space where pupils will be allowed to go and reflect, pray, have space and think.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Greenhouse Project<br />
<strong>The</strong> Greenhouse Project is an idea to get anyone working with young people together, over<br />
Zoom, and brainstorm about how to reach, support and care for young people who aren’t<br />
in church. <strong>The</strong>re are a staggering 95% of UK youth who aren’t currently in church and if the<br />
Youthscape Centre for Research is correct, there will be no young people in churches come<br />
2035. Never has there been a more pressing time to reach young people with the amazing<br />
good news that they are loved, chosen, unique and created by an amazing creative God!<br />
STAY Detached Project<br />
We have been out on Wednesdays and Fridays meeting young people where they are<br />
through our detached project. We continue to see varying numbers of young people from<br />
1-50 on any given day. Relationships are starting to build trust and it is amazing to start<br />
having deeper conversations with young people about meaningful subjects.
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