{"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":"2026-06-11T14:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T14:35:14","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-ac3c512c630ffbdca6693440069ae8f4 '   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<strong> Sunday mornings<\/strong>, 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. This is the term card for the summer term 2026.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Youth-flyer-summer-2026.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1410\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Youth-flyer-summer-2026.png 1410w, https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Youth-flyer-summer-2026-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Youth-flyer-summer-2026-726x1030.png 726w, https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Youth-flyer-summer-2026-768x1089.png 768w, https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Youth-flyer-summer-2026-1083x1536.png 1083w, https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Youth-flyer-summer-2026-1058x1500.png 1058w, https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Youth-flyer-summer-2026-497x705.png 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1410px) 100vw, 1410px\" \/><\/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 \/><\/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 \/><\/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":33,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16400,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6812\/revisions\/16400"}],"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}]}}