{"id":119,"date":"2012-01-20T22:22:45","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T22:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mainstreetpresbyterian.org\/?page_id=119"},"modified":"2024-08-12T15:42:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T15:42:31","slug":"youth-ministries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mainstreetpresbyterian.org\/index.php\/youth-ministries\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Ministries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Main Street we run a comprehensive programme of activities for our children and young people.<\/p>\n<p><b>Sunday School<\/b> and <b>Bible Class<\/b> run before our Sunday morning service, giving children from primary one all the way through to year twelve the opportunity to learn about God and explore their faith in a structured, but relaxed, manner.<\/p>\n<p>A <b>cr\u00e8che<\/b> is available during morning worship services for babies and toddlers, introducing them to the church family and allowing parents to enjoy the service without having to worry about their little ones.<\/p>\n<p>For the older children, we recognise that the service can be a little long, so we have a <b>Children\u2019s Church<\/b> that allows boys and girls in primaries one through four to hear a Bible story and have fun in our church hall. And there\u2019s an <b>activity sheet<\/b> for the next age group (up to the age of thirteen) that reflects the content of the sermon through puzzles and challenges to make that part of the service a little more fun too.<\/p>\n<p>The <b>Boys Brigade<\/b> parades in our halls on Thursday and Friday evenings. We also encourage our girls to join the <b>Girls Brigade<\/b> company, hosted by First Garvagh Presbyterian church, that runs each Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>We\u00a0 run an annual <b>Holiday Bible Club<\/b> in the summer holidays. Although it\u2019s aimed mainly at the primary school children, many of our teenagers come along as helpers, learning valuable lessons in service and discipleship in the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Main Street we run a comprehensive programme of activities for our children and young people. Sunday School and Bible Class run before our Sunday morning service, giving children from primary one all the way through to year twelve the opportunity to learn about God and explore their faith in a structured, but relaxed, manner. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mainstreetpresbyterian.org\/index.php\/youth-ministries\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Youth Ministries<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-119","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainstreetpresbyterian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainstreetpresbyterian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainstreetpresbyterian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainstreetpresbyterian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainstreetpresbyterian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mainstreetpresbyterian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4164,"href":"https:\/\/mainstreetpresbyterian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions\/4164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainstreetpresbyterian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}