Children

Our work with children and young people at St Columba

Here at Gosport URC St Columba we aim to provide a range of groups that meet the needs of all ages of children, young people and their families that includes an introduction to, and the opportunity to develop, a Christian faith of their own.

We often hear people say that children should “decide for themselves”, but how can they make an informed decision on matters of personal faith unless they have some information on which to make that decision?

We will never pressurise anyone into making a commitment, but we will tell them about the one true God who loves them beyond anything they could ever imagine, about the saving grace of Jesus Christ who rescues them from the power of evil, about what it means to be a Christian and live a Christian life in the power of the Holy Spirit. We will show them what it means to have a relationship with a living God who cares, who listens to their prayers and answers them.

Our work with Children and their families is broadly split into age ranges based on school years: