Youth at St Gabriel's

Latest news and events

May 21 2010 : Charity Showcase 7pm St Gabriels All Welcome

July 4 2010 : Youth and friends take on the Energize gang in a fierce rounders match! Don't miss out. Meet for Church in the park (Gladstone park) 12pm then rounders after lunch.

HOPE is the name of our Youth meeting on Friday nights. We meet every Friday night 7.30-9.00pm. Contact Gaby below for details.

Here's our vision:

HOPE @ St Gabriels - Our HOPE is in Jesus

Our Vision:
to be a welcoming community which worships Jesus and experiences his love together.

Our Values:
towards GOD
We want to go DEEPER with God through:
Praise, Worship and Adoring God together (WORSHIP)
Listening, receiving + learning from God’s word together (TEACHING)
Welcoming the Holy Spirit and His work in us (MINISTRY)

towards EACH OTHER
We want to get CLOSER to one another by:
Loving one another
Praying for + serving each other
Keeping one another accountable in our friendships

Towards OTHERS
We want to go FURTHER to reach out to others by:
Loving people like Jesus loved others
Seeking to share the good news any way we can
Going where Jesus calls us to go

How do we worship? Creatively . . . and sometimes with marshmallows.

Sundays

St Gabriel's Youth meet every Sunday morning (except the first Sunday of the month) at the St Gabriel's Hall. Everyone is welcome.

Autumn 2010

Watch this space for a day of serving, a youth weekend away and even more!

If you really want to know what it's like, why don't you join us sometime soon???

Youth Report 2010
Fridays
The last year was a time of growth and hard work for the Youth Team. Gaby left for maternity leave at Easter and the Youth Team had to handle life without an active Youth Minister. The very proficient team shaped and developed HOPE the Friday night youth meeting but there were a few frustrations in trying to build the continuity of the group, particularly during the summer months. Sean moved the group to 31 Olive Road and the group began to stabilise and grow. Every Friday night HOPE meets to worship God together, to have fun, eat, drink and learn from the Bible and pray for each other. There is a committed regular group of about 12 young people and 4 leaders. This has grown in many ways at this time and as the group are more familiar with each other, quieter members are now confident in speaking out in the group and not afraid to voice their own opinions and louder members are listening better to others. There is also a strong sense of community, one of the young people called it a "cool little family".
 
Trips
Last year a group went to the Logos Boat in Canary Wharf last summer and had an excellent time. Since the start of the year there has been a party, a board games night, a trip to see 29th Chapter, a very successful boys/girls night, a Pink Rupee curry night and there will be a Saturday trip ice skating in early summer. There are also plans for a HOPE hooded top so watch out for those!
 
Sundays
Sunday mornings were also taken on by a very capable team. The team has remained constant ever since and there is a regular pattern of excellent committed leaders and some wonderful people who step in and cover any gaps in our rota when we need it. Last Summer term the Youth enjoyed varied testimonies of interesting people throughout the church which included a doctor, a rugby player, a magician and a parent.
 
Several  highlights of the year were the Talent Showcase organised by Abbie and enjoyed by 50 people and the piece the youth wrote and performed at the carol service, coached by Andrew Dand and Abbie Murray. The after-Christmas party was also fun.
 
We hope to have a balance growing and stretching the young people's faith, building community and having fun. It's great how the youth are growing together as a group and deepening in faith.
Gaby would like to thank all those who made her maternity leave so smooth and kept amazing continuity so she returned to a stronger group than she left. 
 

For more details email Gaby