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St. George’s Sunday School

Our Sunday School is well established and meets during term time in St. George’s church hall, which is behind the church and with car parking space. The children have their own time with the teachers then join us in church at the end of the morning service to share with us what they have been doing. Occasionally, the children stay in church for the whole service, such as Mothering Sunday, Easter, Harvest and Christmas. Our teachers are very experienced and they meet together regularly to plan and to review.

Manor Park School Lunch Club

The team vicar of St. George’s is an ex officio governor at Manor Park First School. Through that link and with the support of the school, we run two lunch clubs in school, the first for years 1 and 2, the other for year 3. We teach bible stories, do activities and chat together with the children as they eat their packed lunches! Parents are kept regularly informed of dates and other detail. As at June 2009 there are 18 children in each of the groups. We have 5 adults to run each group.

Related to these groups is the termly family service and shared Sunday tea in St. George’s hall, specially for first school children and their families. This service is run jointly by our three town churches – St. George’s, St. Peter’s and St. Mary’s.

Toddler Group   

St. George’s and St. Peter’s combine to run a group for parents and toddlers in St. George’s church hall, behind the church. The group meets from 1.30 to 3.15pm on Fridays. We meet in term time and also during school holidays. The group serves a social purpose, a drop in place for people in our local community. There is no directly religious purpose though we hope our hospitality makes everyone feel welcome. We charge a very modest amount but there are concessions so no one is turned away. There is a good link with our local Children’s Centres with their representatives calling in and supporting us on a regular basis.
 

Information Technology Tuition

In partnership with Age Concern Dorchester, St. George’s runs weekly IT tuition courses in church from 10.30 am to noon on Tuesdays, from March to November. These have generally been booked well in advance though we do keep an open waiting list and welcome any enquiries. There is a very basic course in IT skills and a more advanced course in digital photography. We have four computers, and also four tutors who give their time and expertise free. Charges are very modest and cover running costs of maintaining the equipment.

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