St Mary's Church Upton
Making a difference, wherever we are, as we share Faith For Life in ChristChildren and Young People at St Mary’s
We welcome and value all children and young people and their families at St Mary’s. There’s lots of exciting things happening at the Parish Church and at The Centre on Sundays and throughout the week for all age groups. Keep scrolling to find out more.
Meet the Team
Malcolm Kydd
Cat Farrell
Becca Johnson
Inga Lanigan
These are the folks on the staff team, but we couldn’t do what we do without the amazing team of volunteers who enable all elements of the children’s and youth here at St Mary’s! For more information about any of the groups and activities, or if you’d like to help with one of the groups, get in touch with one of the team at the Church Office by emailing cyp@stm-upton.org.uk.
Sundays for Children and Young People
Sunday Morning Groups for children and young people run alongside the 10:30am service at St Mary’s Church (except for the first Sunday of the month, which is an All Age Service), and there are children’s activities available at the Centre. Each group helps children to explore the Bible in a way that is suitable for their age in an engaging and relevant way to enable them to develop and own a faith of their own. Find out more by clicking the images below, or here, or contact one of the 0-18s Team at the church office.
Midweek Groups and Activities
We have a variety of midweek groups available for children and young people of all ages, from 0 to 18. These support and enable a wide range of interests and needs, and are run by our 0-18s team alongside a wonderful team of volunteers.
Click on the images below or contact a member of the 0-18s Team at the church office to find out more.
Find the map and other details of where we are here.
Schools Work
Our 0-18s Team are welcomed into the local primary and secondary schools through our children’s and youth work. They are invited to join in assemblies, lessons and lunchtime clubs, as well as arranging school visits to the church building. St Mary’s Church forms the Chaplaincy Team for Woodchurch High School.
Safeguarding
Here at St Mary’s we take Safeguarding very seriously and have strict procedures and recruitment policies in place.
Our safeguarding statement is as follows:
St Mary’s takes its duty and obligation to protect all extremely seriously. We have adopted the national Church of England’s robust procedures and guidelines. You can find out more about the national policies and procedures at www.churchofengland.org/safeguarding.
If you have any safeguarding concerns or issues of a safeguarding matter then you can find useful contact information at www.chester.anglican.org/social-responsibility/safeguarding
The appointed Safeguarding Officer for St Mary’s is Chris Allen, who can be contacted via the church office on 0151 677 1186 or by email safeguarding@stm-upton.org.uk.
You can find more information about Safeguarding and other Policies at St Mary’s here, or contact the Church Office.