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Children at St. John’s

Godly Play We meet in the hall during the 11am service on the 2nd and 4th (and 5th) Sundays see inside for dates etc. Meet us at the back of the church in the meeting room before the service – we will bring the children into the hall during the first hymn. All children aged

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Dates

[ezcol_1half] 8th January Epiphany 22nd January Holy Baptism 29th January The Parable of the Fig Tree without Fruit 12th February The Parable of the Ten Girls and their Lamps 26th February The Parable of the Lost Coin 12th March Faces of Easter 1&2 26th March Faces of Easter 3&4 (with a Mother’s Day activity) 9th

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What is Godly Play?

‘In most religious education children are told who God is. In Godly Play children discover who God is.’ Godly Play is a method of religious education that was developed over 27 years ago by an American Episcopalian priest – Jerome Berryman, drawing on the Montissori Method of education and child development. In Godly Play we

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