{"id":73,"date":"2014-09-16T07:19:25","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T07:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stpeters-southweald.org.uk\/bm\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2025-04-25T10:35:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T09:35:20","slug":"childrens-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/?page_id=73","title":{"rendered":"Children&#8217;s Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Sunday morning<\/h2>\n<p>Children are always welcome in our church, but we know that sitting still in services doesn&#8217;t always suit small people!\u00a0 Our 9.30 family service has various activities aimed at different ages:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_0552.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4414 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_0552-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_0552-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_0552-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_0552-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_0552-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_0552-710x533.jpg 710w, http:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_0552-1030x773.jpg 1030w, http:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_0552.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/a><strong>Seedlings<\/strong> runs in the Belli Centre for children up to school year 2. Under 4s should be supervised by their parents. We meet in church and leave before the readings for our own Christian worship with songs and activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saplings<\/strong> &#8211; for children in school years 3 to 6 &#8211; meet in the Belli Centre, leaving the service as the readings start.<\/p>\n<p>These groups return to church during the service so that we can all join together in coming to the altar.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-73 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/?attachment_id=1051'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Funtime-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Funtime-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Funtime-440x440.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/?attachment_id=4245'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_0437-e1591962292544-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_0437-e1591962292544-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_0437-e1591962292544-440x440.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/?attachment_id=4427'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_1712-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_1712-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_1712-440x440.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h2>Week-time groups<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Sunbeams\" href=\"http:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/?page_id=31\">Sunbeams<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0for pre-school children and their carers &#8211; Friday\u00a09.15 &#8211; 10.45 am.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Choir and Music\" href=\"http:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/?page_id=62\">Junior choir<\/a> &#8211; for children in year 3 and above &#8211; Friday 6.15 &#8211; 8 pm.<\/p>\n<p>We also run <a href=\"http:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/?page_id=4687\">confirmation classes<\/a> for children.\u00a0 Contact the vicar for more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday morning Children are always welcome in our church, but we know that sitting still in services doesn&#8217;t always suit small people!\u00a0 Our 9.30 family service has various activities aimed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4656,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-73","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","gs-tiny":"","xl":"","xxl":"","xxxl":"","xxxxl":"","xxxxxl":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","post-thumbnail":"","project-thumb":"","project-thumb-half":"","project-thumb-full":"","slider-thumb":"","full-thumb":"","full-slider-thumb":""},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>Sunday morning Children are always welcome in our church, but we know that sitting still in services doesn&#8217;t always suit small people!\u00a0 Our 9.30 family service has various activities aimed at different ages: Seedlings runs in the Belli Centre for children up to school year 2. 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