There are many groups and activities available for youth of all ages in our Circuit, organised by church members and our full-time youth worker.
 | Sunday Morning |  |
Y Zone is on Sundays at 10:15am (Bridge). It's a Sunday morning joint youth event for age 11+, running in term time and meeting at the Y Zone Centre off Wellington Road in Radcliffe. Activities range from ice-breaker games, bible study, prayer-and-share times to football on the all weather pitch, or even breakfast (toast and drinks).
The Y Zone ensures that small groups from various churches can join together and see there are many more young people attending church than they might have thought!
Sunday School is on Sundays at 10:30am (Close). Our children's group meet during Morning Worship.
Genesis Junior Church is on Sundays at 10:30am (Heaton Park). We meet during Morning Worship for our children's session.
Sunday School is on Sundays at 10:30am (Prestwich). We meet during Morning Worship for enjoyable children's activities.
Sunday Kids' Club is on Sundays at 10:30am (Whitefield). We meet during Morning Worship,sharing the start of the service before heading upstairs for some fun and learning stuff.
Each church has activities aimed at children and youth, occuring at the same time as Morning Worship. Often, the children will be invited to share in part of the service before leaving to join their own group.
| Juniors | |
Quest is on Sundays at 6pm (Circuit). Quest kids meet every Sunday, at Whitefield Methodist Church, from 6 o'clock to 7.30pm. This is a vibrant youth night for kids in school years 3 to 6. It's a blend of games, bible fun, activities like cooking & crafts, praise, new friendships, and a bit of mayhem thrown in!
Quest is for all kids across the Prestwich, Whitefield and Radcliffe area.
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CAT Club is on Mondays at 6pm (Bridge). A weekly children's youth group
Galaxy is on Wednesdays at 3:30pm (Heaton Park). We meet on the last Wednesday of each month, 3.30 - 5.45pm in the downstairs room at Heaton Park. Galaxy Stay & Play is a mix of family fun day and after-school club, based on Christian values of friendship, love, care and hope.
Sadly, children and young people get such a bad press these days, but we believe that every child (and adult for that matter!) is a star, where each one is unique with God-given skills, talents, hopes & dreams.
Children (with carers) from 0 to 11 can join in the fun activities and buffet meal. Costs have been kept at a minimum: £1 per child, £1.50 per adult.
| Teens | |
Liv' It Live is on Sundays at 7:30pm (Circuit). A lively worship evening on the first Sunday of each month, headed up by the Liv' It crew. The venue changes so keep an eye out here or on the Liv' It Site.
Liv' It & Liv' It Up is on Sundays at 7:45pm (Circuit). The Liv' It groups meet weekly at Bridge Methodist Church. The evening is for all young people, from any church or none, who wish to find out how to live the Christian life to the full.
Our younger end (11 to 13) have their own programme, under the banner of Liv' It Up.
The programme includes guest speakers, bible study, prayer-and-share times, with a pizza or two thrown in. There's also space to chill out with friends before the week ahead.
Liv' It have their own band, drawn from as far afield as Middleton and Heywood. The aim is to introduce young people to Jesus and to equip them to ‘Live It’ (their Christian life) to the full, wherever that may be.
Liv' It has also spawned such classics as Liv' It Academy and the Liv' It Camp. Check out the Liv It Website.
Computer Club is on Mondays at 3:30pm (Bridge). Way less geeky than it sounds.
Top Youth Club is on Mondays at 7:45pm (Bridge). We're called Top because we meet each week upstairs at Bridge. And it's top.
Youth Cell Group is on Tuesdays at (Circuit). Meeting every Tuesday at Bridge church.
Check It Out is on Wednesdays at 7:30pm (Circuit). This is a young people's bible study and prayer group, meeting at the manse in Prestwich. At Check It Out, after the wonderful home cooking, we might have a time of worship followed by prayer and then all sorts of things - discussing hot topics, pop culture, or parties and fun evenings.
The group is for any young people of school years 7 and over.
Our sessions of late have been making use of the Youth Alpha materials.
Zion Youth Club is on Thursdays at 7:30pm (Zion). The doors are open every week, 7.30 - 9pm. We particularly welcome local young people to call in and see what we're about.
Urban Saints is on Fridays at 7pm (Bridge). The Urban Saints meet each week at Bridge. Saints? You might not think it to look at them, but they still are!
Liv' It Loud is on Fridays at 7:30pm (Circuit). A quartlery evening of worship, prayer, the Word, and generally getting together. 7.30 'til late.
| The Phoenix Centre | |
Hot-Choc Drop-In is on Thursdays at 3:30pm. Weekly drop-in session at the Phoenix for young people to meet up, have a chat and a hot chocolate or shoot some pool.
The Phoenix is a youth centre run jointly by the Prestwich Methodist Youth Association and Bury Metro. It caters for children and youth of all kinds, including a before and after school club, a homework club, youth clubs, young people's drop-in and a club specifically for young people with disabilities.
The building is used by social services and other groups throughout the week, and is also the office for Vron, our Circuit's full-time youth worker.
| Guiding | |
Brownies is on Mondays at 6:30pm (Close).
Brownies is on Mondays at 6:30pm (Heaton Park).
Guides is on Mondays at 7:30pm (Close).
Rainbows is on Tuesdays at 6pm (Close).
Brownies is on Wednesdays at 6:30pm (Prestwich).
Rainbows is on Thursdays at 5:30pm (Whitefield). Fun activities for Rainbows 5.30-6.30 during school term time.
Brownies is on Thursdays at 6:30pm (Whitefield). Whitefield's Brownie pack meet each Thursday, 6.30 - 8pm during school term time.
1st Whitefield Guides is on Thursdays at 7:15pm (Whitefield). Whitefield's Guides meet each week, 7.15 to 8.30pm.
The Guiding Association covers all the 'uniformed' organisations of Guides, Brownies and Rainbows. Various guiding groups are connected with our Circuit, meeting on our premises and taking part in regular Morning Worship services.
| Scouting | |
Cubs is on Mondays at 7pm (Heaton Park).
Rovers is on Mondays at 8:30pm (Heaton Park). 1st Lancashire Scout Group (Mohawks).
Scouts is on Tuesdays at 8:15pm (Heaton Park). 1st Lancashire Scout Group (Mohawks)
The Scouting Association covers all the 'uniformed' organisations of Scouts, Cubs and Beavers. Various scouting groups are connected with our Circuit, meeting on our premises and taking part in regular Morning Worship services.