Our Children

Sunday School

St. Ninian's has a regular provision for children to attend Sunday School during our Sunday service with the children rejoining their parents during the sharing of the peace. All children are welcome to join in with a programme of activities which links in with the church’s liturgy. There are facilities for younger children to be in a crèche where they can hear and see the service, but play quietly in the foyer of the church. All groups are run by members of the congregation – currently Julia, Cat, Wilma, Elaine (and sometimes Libby) with help from the children’s parents when necessary. More helpers are always welcome.

Recently some of the older children compiled a  Christian Festivals Cookbook to sell to raise money for charity – there are still a few copies left if you would like to order one (click on the title for more details).

We also run monthly Craft Workshops for children in the 6 - 11 age group (£2.50 donation towards running costs).   See the  Craft Workshops page for more information.

Youth Group

Facilitated by Cat, with the help of some parents, our youth group is small, but hoping to become bigger. It meets roughly fortnightly on Friday or Saturday evenings for socialising and spiritual discussion. Part of the programme is attending Power Point every 6 weeks or so; this is an Edinburgh-wide youth event that usually attracts between 500 and 600 teenagers – some of our youths thoroughly enjoy this; a great opportunity to experience different forms of worship and have fellowship with young people their own age.
 
Emma, Becca and Marguerite also attended the Glenalmond youth camp last year; a camp run by the diocese that is designed to bring young people together from Episcopalian churches around Scotland. St Ninian's sponsored each of our young people by subsidising the cost of the week. They all had a hugely enjoyable time and are looking forward to their next camp!

The highlight of last summer was a 24 hour fast raising money for the diocesan partner church in Ghana – this little group raised a whopping £800, and made bacon butties for the congregation to break their fast. Plans are afoot for the next sponsored event – maybe a 48hour fast would be more of a challenge?! Maybe a sponsored silence……

The group have recently completed a Christianity Explored course, gospel based material which is a great tool to build up teenagers in their faith.
The group are now planning what they would like to do next and exploring how to help the group grow – watch this space – do you have a youth group that would like to link with ours?.... we are planning to approach other local Episcopalian churches and see if we can have some joint ventures.
If you would like to get involved or more information, please get in contact with Libby Morton or Cat Bruce Kingsmill – leave a message on the church phone (315 3163) or speak to us on  a Sunday

(Scottish Episcopal Church Child Protection Guidelines adhered to)