Ark

Children playing during an Ark session in the Church House hall

Ark

Laughing, learning and loving God

Ark is our Sunday morning group for children. We meet on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of every month during the 10am service at St Martin’s. Children of any age are welcome, and so are their parents and carers.

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What happens on an Ark Sunday

  1. We start together in church at 10am with the rest of the congregation.
  2. During the first hymn, the children head over to the hall in Church House for Ark. Parents are very welcome to come with them.
  3. Ark time is full of prayer, stories, songs and craft, with drinks and snacks for children and adults.
  4. The children rejoin the service in time to receive Communion or a blessing, and for the final hymn.

What we explore

Each term is themed around a different part of the Bible readings and where we are in the church’s year, so the children are exploring the same story as everyone else in church.

Recent highlights have included:

  • Making rainbow fruit kebabs for Harvest
  • Eco-Ark sessions in the churchyard, with a litter pick and chalk drawings
  • Making peg superheroes and Lego Bible stories
  • Doing the Christmas story jigsaw at the Crib Service
A chalk drawing of a flower made by children at Ark

Come along

There’s no need to book. Just come along to the 10am service at St Martin’s on the 1st or 3rd Sunday of the month. If you’d like to ask anything first, our Ark leader Sarah Jeffery would love to hear from you at ark@stmartinsepsom.org.

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You can read about how we keep children safe on our Safeguarding page.