Children’s Events
Forthcoming Events
Summer Holiday Fun
URC Large Hall
Wednesday 18th August, 10.00am to 1.00pm
Come and join us for some Holiday Fun. Suitable for ages 5 – 11 (younger children welcome but must be accompanied by an adult). Organised jointly by Summertown United Reformed Church and St Peter’s Church, Wolvercote.
Cost £2 per child. Places are limited and can be booked up to Friday 30th July, subject to availability.
For more information click on Poster
Children’s Summer Holiday Fun Service
St Peter’s Church, Wolvercote
Sunday 22nd August, 4.30pm (followed by refreshments)
The service will last for about 30 minutes and there will be plenty of opportunity to get involved. Organised jointly by Summertown United Reformed Church and St Peter’s Church, Wolvercote.
Click here to see a poster.
Regular Events
Prams, Prayers and Play
Wednesday mornings during term time
10.30am – noon in the Large Hall
A new group this year for young children with their parents or carers to enjoy songs, stories and play together. Refreshments are available from the Wednesday Open Door Cafe in the small hall next door. The Group is open every Wednesday except during half-term and school holidays. The Group reopened after the summer break on Wednesday 3rd September.
For more details click on Toddler Group.
Recent Events
Good Friday Children’s Service and Activity
St Peter’s Church Rooms
Friday 2nd April, 10.00am to 11.00am
A retelling of the Easter Story followed by the making of an Easter Garden. All welcome.
To see the poster about the Good Friday activity click on Good Friday poster.
Getting down to writing prayers
Mothering Sunday Activity Morning 2010
St Peter’s Church Room
Saturday 13th March, 11.00am – 1.00pm
This All-Age Activity was organised jointly by St Peter’s, Wolvercote, and Summertown URC. Cakes were baked for sharing at our Mothering Sunday Services, small posies of daffodils were prepared for distributing to the Mothers at the services and prayers were written for use at the services. The activity was followed by a ‘bring-and-share’ lunch.
For further details see the Poster.
Games at the Christingle celebration
Christingle Celebration
Cutteslowe Community Centre
3.00pm, Sunday 13th December, 2009
Led by Jan Rushton, Mark Butchers and Pauline Main, this celebration was organised by the Summertown-Wolvercote Church Partnership. The Community Centre was full with children and adults of all ages attending. We listened to the Christmas story and then each of us was guided through the making of our own Christingle. A collection was taken in aid of the Children’s Society.
One of the younger members present
Enjoying the party tea
The celebration was followed by games and a party tea.
Harvest Activity Morning
St Peter’s Church
October 3rd, 2009, 11.00 am to 1.00 pm
(followed by a ‘Bring and Share’ lunch)
An all-age Activity in preparation for Harvest Festival services organised jointly by St Peter’s, Wolvercote and Summertown URC.
Christingle Service
Cutteslowe Community Centre
3.00 – 4.00pm, Sunday, 14th December 2008
This was organised by the Church Partnership and the Service was led by our Minister. For more details go to the Church Partnership website.
Millie enjoying herself
Harvest Activity Morning
St Peter’s Church, Wolvercote
11.00 – 1.00pm, Saturday, 27th September 2008
Harvest Activity morning
An all-age Activity organised jointly by St Peter’s, Wolvercote and Summertown URC.
Mothering Sunday banner
Mothering Sunday Activity Afternoon
URC Hall
2.00 – 4.00pm, Saturday 1st March 2008
This all-age Activity in preparation for Mothering Sunday was organised jointly by St Peter’s and Summertown URC. It was followed by a bring-and-share tea.
Shephers poster
Baptism and Nativity Presentation
10.30 am, Sunday 16th December 2007
The theme of the service was The Child at the Centre, Sophie Wrightson, who was baptised in the first part of the service, and then the Christ-Child whose birth was celebrated in the Nativity Presentation in the second part of the service.
The church was decorated with posters drawn by the children. A poster of Mary and the Christ-child was displayed below the pulpit and above the crib. Posters of Shepherds and Angels were displayed on the front of the Communion Table.
During the Nativity Presentation children and young people brought forward to the Communion Table images of the Holy Family, of Angels and Shepherds and of the Wise Men.
Harvest Activity Morning
Summertown URC Hall
11.00 – 1.00pm, Saturday, 6th October 2007
A Harvest Activity Morning for all ages, followed by a shared lunch, attracted some 30 to 40 children and adults. The activity was organised by our Children and Families Worker, Annie Barker, and members of both St Peter’s and Summertown URC.
A wide range of activities was available:
banners were painted for display in our churches
small mice with currants for eyes were baked from dough and subsequently hidden in the churches before the harvest thanksgiving services
corn dollies were fashioned from straw
place mats were made and laminated for future use
stencils of harvest images were used to decorate the stoles to be worn by the Ministers at harvest services the following day.
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