God loves young people. It’s personal.
That’s why we believe it’s important to keep relationship at the heart of everything we do.
It’s our core value and underpins our vision as we seek to build:
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- Our relationships with young people
- The young people’s relationships with each other
- Strong relationships in the life of our local community
- Their relationships with their Father, God
Mornings
Sunday Morning Youth is a place where we hang out & play games together, worship together led by our Youth band, and have a short talk relevant to young people. We often look at particular Bible characters or books of the Bible, or we’ll look at a theme and incorporate lessons from scripture into it. Sometimes, we will do different activities like prayer stations, or simple socials like movie mornings.
Our Youth venue is off-site – Founders Studio (Millbrook, GU1 3UT- opposite the Yvonne Arnaud theatre)
All Youth – school years 7-13
Get yourself to Founders for 10am or walk over with leaders from church (arrive no later than 10am)
We’ll bring you all back to Millmead for 11.40am-ish.
Afternoons
Our new small group discipleship programme is called ‘Step Up, Step In’. These sessions are designed to help young people step UP in their faith and step IN to discovering a life closer to Jesus and into a fun community of other young people also exploring life and faith.
4-4.30pm – Social time (Nintendo Switch, card & board games, Table Tennis, etc.)
4.30-5pm – Food
5-6pm – Main Session & small groups (including a short video, then age-specific small group discussions)
Younger Youth (School years 7&8) & Older Youth (School years 9-13)
Fortnightly (every 2nd & 4th Sunday)
4-6pm in the ground floor hall
A light dinner will be provided (sandwiches, crisps, cake & fruit)
Why don’t you join us at our 6.30pm service after?
Clubs
Join us at our after-school Youth Café!
Fridays (fortnightly)
4-6pm (come any time between these times)
Year 7-13
Free entry (just bring card/cash for food & drinks)
Waffles . Milkshakes . Smoothies . Games . Games Consoles . AND MORE!
Invite your friends
Check our Youth Instagram page for the dates!
To find out more about our midweek events, please contact us: youth@guildfordbaptist.org
Get involved…
To get more regular information about our activities & events, we add our Parents & Guardian’s to a WhatsApp group. This is an information only group, and only Adrian & Abby can send messages. If you would like to be added to the group, please inform Adrian or Abby.
If your young person is new to the group, please complete our online Parent/Guardian consent & medical permissions form. This is a one-time form that helps to shorten any event/trip bookings, as well as granting general consent for regular activities. Your young person cannot participate in our activities without a form being completed- http://www.guildfordbaptist.org/youthconsent
Events & Trips
Youth Catalyst Band Nights
If you play an instrument or sing, we’d so love for you to join us.
Band Nights will begin with a teaching section, where we centre ourselves on our biggest goal, which is Jesus! This runs for a short 10 minutes, before we break off into groups specific to instruments, where we’ll rehearse the songs together. We’ll then rejoin to finish the evening rotating in bands and showcasing the songs we’ve been focusing on.
Upon signup, you should receive an email with helpful details and the songs for the session (charts included)
We cannot wait to worship with everyone! No matter if you’re starting out or have been leading for a number of years, you’re so welcome!
7pm – 8:45pm
Emmanuel Church, Stoughton, GU2 9SJ
Speak to Adrian or Abby to get signed-up!
Meet the Team
Adrian
Youth Pastor
Adrian joined us here at Millmead in May 2022. Bringing over 30 years of Youth work experience, Adrian has worked in many roles from church-based work to statutory Youth services and charity-based Youth services. Originally from Scunthorpe (but don’t hold that against him!), Adrian trained as a Hydraulic Engineer but always felt Youth work was where he was meant to be. After meeting his wife, Rachel, at Uni in Cambridge, God called him into Youth work full-time through studying Youth Work & Theology in Oxford. He’s now here to share his experiences and strengthen our already well-established team.
In his free time, he loves walking with Rachel and his two dogs, Monty and Doodle.
Abby
Youth Worker & Social Media Lead
Abby has been a part of Millmead since 2016 when she moved to Guildford to complete her 3-year placement for her Theology & Youth Ministry degree at St Mellitus College, London. Before that, she grew up in Crawley and studied Education Studies at the University of Winchester, but felt called into Youth work before going into her final year. After her Theology & Youth Ministry studies, she stayed on as our Youth Worker and has seen Millmead’s Youth Ministry go through many different seasons and changes!
In her free time, she likes to be with her family and friends, Irish Dancing, and you can always make her happy with a Wagamama or an Indian takeaway!
Volunteer With Us!
If you would like to find out about how you can help out, contact Adrian or Abby: youth@guildfordbaptist.org
All of our volunteers are DBS checked and are required to attend Safeguarding training
