Children

At St John the Evangelist we love to see and engage children and young people in the worship of God. We are always available to discuss baptism of your children.

Children are encouraged to become a part of our serving team at Mass, and are seen as a vital part of our church community. We work on the maxim that the only thing worse than noisy children in church is no children in church! So please, don't be self conscious of children making noise, just help them to join in with what we are doing.

We take the safeguarding of children very seriously at St Johns, after all Jesus showed a great concern for how children ought to be loved and treated. All people engaged in ministry with children are Working With Children Checked (as required under NSW law), and undertake Safe Ministry training every three years. Most volunteers are parents of children who are involved in these activities, and some are retired school teachers! No adult is left in sole charge of any child who is not their own at any time.