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For information on Sunday activities for young people, see the separate Church tabs

Many churches have Parent and Toddler Groups and a number host Pre-school Playgroups. St John also has an after-school club for kids. One of Enfield Borough’s Childrens’ Centres is based at Ponders End Methodist Church

There are youth clubs and young adult groups at Trinity, Enfield, Edmonton and Southgate. Edmonton regularly has up to 30 young people between the ages of 13-25 attend a monthly youth service and more are coming in all the time. In Trinity, Enfield there is an orchestra too (cf article below about Hallowe'en)

Scout and Guide Association have groups at Circuit Churches: Bush Hill Park, Grange Park (Guides all ages from Rainbows to Rangers), Edmonton, St John's, Southgate and Trinity. Winchmore Hill has Brownies

St John's Church has a troop of Boys Brigade (16th Enfield)
The Girls Brigade has a troop at Oakwood.

The Girls' Brigade (1st Southgate) meets at Oakwood from 1830 on Tuesdays. Explorers, aged 5-7, Juniors, aged 8-11, Seniors, 11-14, and Brigaders, 14-18.  The young ones finish at 19.30, but the older ones go on until 20.30. 

The girls enjoy  a wide range of activities, including badge work, crafts, cookery, dance, swimming, camping, outings and, of course, singing and worship.

.If you are interested in knowing more, see the GB website.  If you would like to visit and see what goes on, contact Mrs Wright on 8360 1842, email; wright.oakwood@sky.com

London District Youth ‘Get Connected’
Abigail and Prince went to the London District event, which included workshops in singing, dancing, and networking for youth workers. In the evening there was worship /concert which included the Walworth Methodist Church marching band, a music group and a speaker from Hillsong.   "‘I really enjoyed the event due to the activities that took place.  The fact that we were able to take part in the concert at the end made it entertaining. I really enjoyed it and would go again if I had the chance." Prince

All Hallowes Eve
Trinity Enfied was concerned about the recent rise of Hallowe'en events, and the pressure put on children and young people to attend events which either a) frighten members of the community or b) align themselves with the darker side of life. It is no good being concerned without taking action!

To create a Christian distraction Trinity Church organised a Hallelujah party for the 5-10 year olds with the emphasis on fun, games, food and Hallelujahs! The first child through the door announced that “mum won’t let us go trick-or-treating, but I want to have fun.” A card through the letter box two days later said; “thank you for a brilliant Hallelujah party. It was GREAT!”

Kathleen and Kesha wrote “We had fun singing. We had fun making pizzas and making friends. We danced to the music. We had ice-cream and sweets and drinks. I want to do it again.”

For the over 11’s there was a Christian rock and worship event called “One Sat” featuring “The Real Alternative band ” who played a set of songs from modern Christian writers; Tim Hughes, Hillsong and Phil Wickham. Over 50 teenagers came through the doors listening to Christian music, (loud) rock-music that they all really enjoyed and worshipoed to, performed in an atmospheric church, accompanied by a high tech light-show. Reverend Bill Tardy preached and the young people were led in powerful focussed prayers. They didn’t want to go home.  They had never experienced Church in quite this way!
Young people from our community will be walking past the Church thinking “This it is relevant to us; a cool place to go.  They do play music we understand in a way that we can relate to.”

Oakwood Church welcomed a group of young Christians from Germany last summer. They stayed in the church and had outings to London from there. At the week-end they spent a sunny day at the Woodland Camp, Lambourne End. What a wonderful place for a day out with kids - or for the church family.

Introducing our new Circuit Youth Worker, Emily Young - who took up her post on 1st September 2011 for a 3 year programme. Emily comes to Enfield after training at Brunel and then serving for ten years as the Youth Worker at the United Reformed Church in Kingston upon Thames. She has a degree in History and English from Roehampton College, the University of Surrey. She has been a member at Hinde Street in the West London Mission circuit and trained there as a local preacher.

Emily will spend 75% of her time at Edmonton in her first year. The next two years will be wider Circuit focused, while still based at Edmonton and linking the Circuit churches and their Youth opportunities.

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For details of the Girls Brigade, contact wright.oakwood@sky.com