Cogs meets each week at 11.00 am as part of Sunday Worship.
There are currently 3 age groups: Primary under 7's Juniors 7 yrs to 11 yrs Seniors 11 yrs and older
The young people in Cogs join the church family for the first part of the Sunday worship and then go to their activities elsewhere in the building.
The activities within all the sessions reflect our Methodist teachings but are crafted so that new members and visitors can enjoy their time with us.
Communion - Share Bread & Wine as Jesus did with his disciples
Methodists encourage eveyone to share communion bread and wine. On the days when
we celebrate communion, we give the young folk the longest time to enjoy their activities
and then ask them to rejoin the main body of the church to partake.
Nunthorpe church bless and use ordinary bread and alcohol free wine.
Neither you or your child needs to be a member of the church to accept communion but if you would prefer a blessing instead, simply don’t lift your hands to take the bread. The Minister will often place their hand on the head or shoulder, saying a short blessing.
If you or your child do not wish to come to the communion table, this is also acceptable.
You will not be focused upon. Some may have already attended a service earlier or
perhaps have an allergy to the wheat, so you will not stand out.
Feel comfortable…
you and your child are our guests.
Parents are very welcome to stay with younger children whilst they are getting to know the church and their fellow group members.
Junior Church Party will be on February 18th 3pm-5.30pm.
All children welcome.
Junior church staff will make and bring savoury foods.Please could children bring
cakes, biscuits etc.
Any offers of help would be appreciated either in the kitchen
or to play games!
Julie Kay Marilyn and Jean
For further enquiries about COGS please phone Kay .
COGS Report for Church Life and Mission Committee February 2012.
I am pleased to report that we continue to see a good group of children every Sunday. As usual the winter term is always the busiest particularly in the lead up to our Nativity. We peaked with 22 children for the nativity and at the first service in the new year we also had over 20. As local preacher, Martyn Laverick pointed out just this last Sunday we at Nunthorpe are very fortunate to have such a vibrant and enthusiastic group of young people in COGS.
Most importantly this year Marilyn and I have reviewed our Safeguarding procedures and looked carefully at the spaces we occupy to ensure that our young people are happy and safe whilst at church. We have adopted best practice now keeping a register and incident book on a weekly basis. To date, there have been no incidents to report.
We will continue to follow best practice and we encourage as many of you as possible to take the opportunity to attend the 'Creating Safer Space' development evenings, which will be held in the Circuit towards the summer. Much IS common sense but the structured presentation in the Module is interesting and thought provoking.
The Nativity was once again 'the best yet' as we invited the 'Children of the World' into church to share their traditions. Our thanks to mums and dads who managed to find costumes to suit from around the world. We used a wonderful 'Out of the Ark' score and musical CD and true to form Julie had to write extra words in for some of our 'divas'. Thanks to Julie for whipping all into shape and also to Linda King for being a reliable and cheery accompanist.
In December 2011 we ran our second Christmas Messy Church event - "Going Crackers" 20 children and about a dozen adults enjoyed Christmas Crafts, worship led by Rev Sue - and of course enjoyed the meal at the end. We have planned 'The Arty Party' for Easter and although not in the 'messy church' format it will contain elements of worship and allow the children to express themselves in a BIG art way.
Sadly The Kara project closed it's doors in September 2011 however craft materials deemed not suitable for the auction room were able to be gifted. Nunthorpe and the Circuit children have benefitted from these left over resources of paper, paint and sticky bits.
Over the last year Marilyn and I, ably supported by Jean, Claire and Peter, have once again formulated our own plan of lessons loosely based on the lectionary and the seasonal festivals PLUS of course we echoed the exciting themes in our Golden Year. The internet continues to be a wonderful source of information and not being hidebound to Roots worship material or the lectionary means that we can tailor our lessons according to the children's particular age/needs. Looking back, this is our third year of 'going it alone' and we think that we are seeing the benefits not only in terms of the children's understanding but also in the fact that they keep on coming!
Up to the summer we will look at examples of Jesus healing, some of the Parables, some great old testament stories and of course the Easter story. We would welcome help with crafts or you are also welcome to just come and 'sit in' to see what we do.
Kay Braithwaite
COGS Coordinator
