Eucharist and 1st Communion Classes

Eucharist at St. Mary & St. John the Divine:

Each half-term, one of the Thursday Collective Worships, is a Eucharist service for the school. During the service, children participate in learning about the importance the Eucharist holds in Christian worship. During the service, children, parents and staff can take Holy Communion or receive a Christian blessing. At the beginning of the year, letters are sent to parents to choose if they would like their child to receive Holy Communion, a Christian blessing or neither. 

In the Autumn term, any parents who would like their child to take Communion classes are offered communion lessons by Father Jonathan at our school church. Children who would like to be baptised and take their 1st communion are also welcomed to take these lessons. These take place after school one day a week for 3/4 weeks. These children are then invited to a Sunday service at St. Mary & St. John the Divine Church.