Recent news:

The Autumn term was a busy one for G2 kids, here are a few highlights:

- New children’s leaders and helpers, who have brought new ideas and support to the children’s work

- 70 children came out to groups on the Sunday of India’s baptism and Charis’ dedication!

- Girls’ cell had a social to see High School Musical on stage at York Uni!!

- The CORE course has started and all leaders are offered places free of charge (!) (funded by G2). [for more info see http://g2york.org/core_training]

INVITING FRIENDS – Everyone is welcome at G2 kids, and we’d love it to be a place where people can bring their friends to.  We have special sessions each term for inviting friends, but please don’t wait for those – do you have a spare seat in the car? Bring a friend!

Children at G2!

Children, especially lively ones, are very welcome at G2!

All the children are usually with us for the first part of the meeting before they go to their own clubs.  These are split by age range – 3-6, 7-11.

Typically, the children leave at about 11.15 when they gather just outside the main meeting room and are taken to their clubs (please take younger ones to the toilet before you drop them off).  The children’s clubs are held in a creche room just behind the main reception downstairs and on the main landing outside the meeting room.  Both clubs finish at 12 noon when the children are returned to the main room.

Pre-school children are welcome to stay in the meeting with their parents and use the crèche area in the corner of the room, where there will be a helper on duty and plenty of toys and books to play with :)

What do they get up to?

At G2, the children’s work is more than just babysitting while the parents have all the fun – we want the children to be engaged, excited, and free to explore and enjoy discovering more about Jesus.  There’s space for games, crafts, and also for them to learn and to share their own experience of living and growing as young disciples.  For more information about what our passions are as a children’s work team, and where we see the kids work at G2 going, check out the children’s section of the G2 vision.

Getting involved

We have a fantastic team of volunteers who make up our children’s team.  If you’d like to get involved, please speak to Pippa Winterburn (picture on leadership team page, so you can spot her in the crowd!).  All our children’s workers and helpers are vetted, and complete a CRB check.  Many of our children’s workers are qualified teachers, though there are also students, and people from other professions, and a good mix of men and women.  We want to give our children an opportunity not just to have great fun with their leaders, but to meet every week with role models who they can respect and learn from as individuals as well.

There is also space for ‘Parent helpers’ and if you’re a parent and you’ve been coming along for for a few months we’ll ask you to join this rota (unless you are already a children’s worker).

We also have a fortnightly mid-week club that meets in Acomb which many of our boys go to, as well as one for the girls.

At G2, kids are really important, and we want to show this through kids work which is respectful and encouraging towards our children.  As with the main meeting for those that meet there, we want G2 kids to be somewhere our children feel comfortable with, and genuinely enjoy, and so we put a lot of effort into making sure the children’s work is good quality and delivered with love and a genuine heart for seeing our kids grow and develop.  Everyone is welcome, no matter where they’re from, or what experience they do or don’t have of church.  We want this to be somewhere any child feel accepted and can find a community.