Activities for Young People in the Whitehaven Methodist Circuit

Youth Nite - A new youth group, organised and run by young people in the circuit, has just started in Egremont Methodist Church Hall. It meets on the 3rd Sunday of every month, from 6:00 - 7:30 pm. It includes pool, snooker, table tennis, table football and other games. They even have their own football team!

NEW! Now with added Bite! Youth Bite usually takes place on the fist Sunday of the month from 6-7.30pm in the Fellowship room at Egremont Methodist Church. (Dates can be confirmed on the Circuit Plan accessed via this website.) Youth Bite has developed from, and complements, the Youth Nite meetings offering those aged 11-16 a time for spiritual discussion and exploration.

Boys and Girls Brigade

The Girls Brigade meetings are held in the Hensingham Methodist Church Hall:
Girls Brigade - Fridays at 6:15 pm (only during school term time)

Sunday Schools and other groups

Cleator Moor

We have an enthusiastic Education and Youth Group in the Circuit who organise activities during the year. These have included:

Egremont

We have a small Sunday School and Adventurers Club on a Sunday morning.

We also have a St John's Ambulance Badgers group meeting at the church.

See also the new Youth Nite as adverised above!

Gosforth

The Gosforth All Stars meet on a Sunday morning for children aged 3-11 years. Activities include:

Two or three times a year we hold fun days on a Sunday. The youngsters come as usual for All Stars and then stay for lunch and continue with games and activities during the afternoon.

Hensingham

We have a small Sunday School, and Girls Brigade meets on Friday evening during school terms. All our young people participate in our monthly family and parade services on the third Sunday in the month.

Seascale

At Seascale, there is J-Team on Sundays from 10-11 am for younger children aged 3-10 years, activities include:

The K-Team (for 12-18 year olds) meets every Sunday at the Bowling Club from 10-11am. 

There is also a group for children aged 10-14 years, this is mainly discussion based. On Friday night a club for 5-7 year olds runs and a junior youth club for 7-11 year olds, the activities include:

Rainbow and Brownies also meet in the church hall.

We also hold Holiday club mainly in the Easter vacation. About 40 youngsters and 12 leaders enjoy a time of fun and games while learning more about God's love and about Jesus. This year the theme for the holiday club was 'Groundbreakers' based around a building site, we learned about people who have been groundbreakers, both biblical characters and more up to date characters.

St Bees

We have a small Sunday School, and young people take part in monthly family services on the second Sunday of the month and are very enthusiastic.