{"id":6812,"date":"2016-05-19T10:25:34","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T10:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/?page_id=6812"},"modified":"2026-03-16T11:01:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:01:41","slug":"young-people-st-marys-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/get-involved\/young-people-st-marys-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Young People @ St Marys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-32cmik-65e976f5b82d9737427f43a4fecd1487\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-32cmik-65e976f5b82d9737427f43a4fecd1487{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-32cmik-65e976f5b82d9737427f43a4fecd1487 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-32cmik-65e976f5b82d9737427f43a4fecd1487 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-32cmik-65e976f5b82d9737427f43a4fecd1487 av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Young People @ St Mary\u2019s<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-alvjg-c20fdf9bb6039734f31088726f8730a6 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>We have a busy programme of <strong>youth activities<\/strong>, both at St Mary&#8217;s and working with other churches across the town. On Sunday mornings, our young people (year 6 and above) have their own group time called &#8216;The Core&#8217;, where they enjoy hot chocolate and snacks, as well as exploring faith together.<\/p>\n<p>We have two Sunday evening youth events, &#8216;<strong>Cafe Connect<\/strong>&#8216;, at Holy Trinity on the 2nd Sunday of each month, and &#8216;<strong>St Mary&#8217;s Youth<\/strong>&#8216; at St Mary&#8217;s on the 3rd Sunday of each month. These provide further opportunities for our young people to get to know one another, and grow in faith.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15867\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/St-Marys-youth-Flyer-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1384\" height=\"2460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/St-Marys-youth-Flyer-2.jpg 1384w, https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/St-Marys-youth-Flyer-2-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/St-Marys-youth-Flyer-2-579x1030.jpg 579w, https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/St-Marys-youth-Flyer-2-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/St-Marys-youth-Flyer-2-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/St-Marys-youth-Flyer-2-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/St-Marys-youth-Flyer-2-844x1500.jpg 844w, https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/St-Marys-youth-Flyer-2-397x705.jpg 397w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1384px) 100vw, 1384px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every year we take about 30 young people to &#8216;<strong>May Camp<\/strong>&#8216;, a diocesan youth festival. This is held at Plumpton Racecourse, and is a great opportunity for our young people to get to know other young Christians, and grow deeper in their faith. Members of St Mary&#8217;s offer support through making cakes, and cooking food to bring on site for us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/horshamteamparish.churchsuite.com\/donate\/fund\/esssg1fe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">If you would like to make<\/span><\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/horshamteamparish.churchsuite.com\/donate\/fund\/esssg1fe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">a donation towards May Camp,<\/span><\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/horshamteamparish.churchsuite.com\/donate\/fund\/esssg1fe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">please click here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Each summer, some of our older young people go to &#8216;<strong>Satellites<\/strong>&#8216;, a national Christian festival held at Shepton Mallet.<\/p>\n<p>Our youth work provision is led by <strong>Lee Buck<\/strong>, who works across our parish and St John&#8217;s Broadbridge Heath.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><\/strong>To find out more and get involved, please contact the church office or email via the <strong><a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/contact-us\/\">contact us page<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><u>Philippians 4:9-<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me\u2014put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2375,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6812","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6812"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15923,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6812\/revisions\/15923"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}