Join us for an evening out of Egypt on Saturday 15th April, with a three-course Passover meal as part of the Easter season hosted by the Youth at Emmanuel.

The evening will include waiter service by the youth, entertainment, live music, story telling and a chance to hear some stories about Newday last year and how you can partner with our Youth to see God grow them more this year.

The event is pay as you feel on the day or giving online. Bring your own drinks, all ages welcome and all dietary requirements will be accommodated. Limited tickets so please book at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/590065240017 or email ashaleigh.higgins@emmanuel.org.uk or dan.baker@emmanuel.org.uk if you are having trouble booking via eventbrite.

Children and young people are an important part of our church family, and we’re proud of the children’s and youth ministry we offer - both within our church family and in our local communities.

At regular intervals through the year, our fantastic children and youth work team, or sometimes the young people themselves, take over the main meeting for a Family Service, suitable for all ages.

These are always times of great fun, exploring Jesus together.

When Covid-19 restrictions allow, meetings are held at The Durham Centre. Details of specific meetings will be published as the date approaches.

We’re blessed to have many children and young people in our church - and amazing children’s and youth work leaders!

Several times each year, we hold Family services, where we all stay in the main service together, for a service suitable for all ages.

These services are shorter than usual, lasting one hour. And they’re always great fun!

As a church we want to care for all our people well, whatever their ages, backgrounds or experiences. To help us in this, we are providing some Safeguarding training: two free, two-hour sessions: on May 19 and June 2, 3-5pm, at The Durham Centre. The second session will be a repeat the first - so you need only attend one of the two.

Please attend if you are involved in children or youth work in any way, or if you might be interested in helping out in future. 

We're looking to develop a 'bank' of people willing to help out if the need arises, so if this could be you, please come along too.

For more information or to sign up, please see Stephen Jones. Email: pastoral@emmanuel.org.uk 

As a church we want to care for all our people well, whatever their ages, backgrounds or experiences. To help us in this, we are providing some Safeguarding training: two free, two-hour sessions: on May 19 and June 2, 3-5pm, at The Durham Centre. The second session will be a repeat the first - so you need only attend one of the two.

Please attend if you are involved in children or youth work in any way, or if you might be interested in helping out in future. 

We're looking to develop a 'bank' of people willing to help out if the need arises, so if this could be you, please come along too.

For more information or to sign up, please see Stephen Jones. Email: pastoral@emmanuel.org.uk 

Join us for an evening of fun and dance as we look to raise money for the upcoming youth trip to Bosnia, as well as for Newday 2018, with a youth-led fundraising Ceilidh.

The event will be taking place on Saturday 16th June, from 6:00pm until 9:30pm at The Durham Centre.

To purchase a ticket, email Naomi Ryan at naomi.ryan@emmanuel.org.uk. Tickets are priced at £5 per person, or you can buy a family ticket (for 2 children and 2 adults) for £15.

Please bring your own refreshments. Drinks and snacks will also be available to purchase on the night. 

We are excited about how God is working in the lives our young people, and expanding our ministry with young people.

Project Arrow is a programme through which young people can be discipled: supported and stretched in faith.

The programme will be relaunched on Sunday 29th April, at The Durham Centre, immediately after our morning service.

This session will run for approximately 90 minutes and include some teaching on discipleship, looking at the handbook for Project Arrow, looking through resources and sharing good practice.

All are welcome. Please bring lunch. If you plan to attend, please email: naomi.ryan@emmanuel.org.uk

Following this session, there will be drop-in sessions, probably on a monthly basis, where those discipling young people can meet Pete Gray or Naomi Ryan, to discuss challenges, good practice and useful resources.

What goes well with pancakes…that’s right, prayer! This Shrove Tuesday (28th February) we will be having a prayer event to lift up to God all of the youth work that’s run by Emmanuel.

It will be a great opportunity to be thankful for all that’s happened over the years, as well as pray into the future work we hope to do. Everyone from the church is invited to join us (even if you’ve never been involved with the youth work before!) so please come along if you can.

The event will run 7:30pm-9:00pm at the Lawrence’s house (17 Herefordshire Drive, Durham. DH1 2DQ) with tea and coffee (and of course pancakes!) available.

If you’d like to come along, please could you send Helen Edwards an email: emmanuelchurch.youthwork@hotmail.com or speak to her in person at church – this is just so we have a rough idea of how many people may be attending.

Recently, some of our young people and youth leaders spent some time volunteering in an orphanage for disabled and abandoned children in China.

You can hear more about their trip during an evening of sharing stories, at The Durham Centre on Saturday 24th September at 7:45pm.

This August, some of our young people are travelling to China to work with disabled children in an orphanage. 

A key event to help raise the money needed to cover the costs of the trip - and hopefully buy some presents for the orphans - will be a Family Fundraising Day at The Durham Centre on Saturday 16th July from 1:00pm to 4:00pm.

There will be stalls, including Decorating Ninja Gingerbread, Chinese lantern making, card making, a tombola, a BBQ, cake stall, crafts, teas and coffees, Mario Kart games, a Great Wall of China penny trail (so bring your pennies!) and a nail bar with Chinese tattoos, cards and much more.

All are welcome.

We're so blessed at Emmanuel to have the wonderful Pete and Ali Gray and Helen Edwards leading our children and youth work.

On Sunday 6th March, which is Mothering Sunday, our 9:30am service will be a special Family Service.

Our 11:15am service will be a regular service.

Once again there will be a cake stall to raise money for our youth trip to China.

Recently Pete Gray, one of our children and youth work deacons, and Helen Edwards, our youth worker, shared about our growing youth and children's ministry and the need to steward it well.

Wonderfully in the last year we have set up a what we call Project Arrow, named after Psalm 127 (see below).

Project Arrow is an opportunity for people (and those who wouldn't normally see themselves doing traditional youth work) to come alongside young people connected with our church in a discipleship capacity.

We have about 12 young people currently being discipled but there is opportunity for more people to get involved. If you are interested please speak to Dan Lee, Pete Gray and Helen Edwards. We have an event on Saturday 27th February where you can find out more.

A one day youth summit to equip and inspire leaders and young people to establish a legacy of irresistible faith.  This event is for anyone involved in youth work, paid or voluntary and for young people in year 10+ who would be looking to move into leadership. Join us at The Durham Centre to be inspired, trained and refreshed.

The day's programme includes:

• Inspiring worship and teaching
• A football cage
• Exhabition stands 
• A total of 12 seminar sessions
• Topics including schools work, work in the community, working in university, the arts, sports 
• Sessions from Eden Network, M10: Ministries, Fusion and many more

 All of this and more for just £6 per person!