Children, Youth and Families

Sunday Youth meets during the 9:30 am Sunday service during school term times.

  • Youth Connect!
    Small group, worship & social events for ages 13-18yrs Calendar of activities from April to June 2025 RSVPs required for transport, catering and supervision Contact Rev’d Sue Grimmett: 0413 108 584 or suzanne.grimmett@anglicanchurchsq.org.au Pattern of gatherings: 1st Sunday of the month:   4:00pm-6:00pm – Spiritalive at Holy Spirit Kenmore, 1036 Moggill Rd, Kenmore 3rd Sunday of the month – Youth Connect! Small Group at St Andrew’s Indooroopilly or Christ Church St Lucia 5th Sunday of the month- Something completely social (e.g. movies, pool, games nights) Date Time Event & location 6 April 4:00pm – 6:00pm Spiritalive @ Holy Spirit Kenmore 20 … Read more
  • Upcoming youth events: ages 14-18
    Transport available and the chance to gather at any of the following events.RSVPs required for transport, catering and supervision! Youth Connect: Small group Sunday 16 March 2025 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Christ Church, St Lucia Board Games Night Sunday 30 March @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Indooroopilly Spiritalive Sunday 5 April 2025 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Holy Spirit Anglican Church, Kenmore Spiritalive Sunday 4 May 2025 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Holy Spirit Anglican Church, Kenmore Youth Connect: Small group Sunday 18 May 2025 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm … Read more
  • Upcoming youth events: ages 14-18
    Transport available and the chance to gather at any of the following events.RSVPs required for transport, catering and supervision! Youth Connect: Small group Sunday 23 February 2025 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Indooroopilly Spiritalive: Preparing for Lent Sunday 2 March 2025 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Holy Spirit Anglican Church, Kenmore Nocturnes with Dom Fay and students from Coomera Anglican College Friday 7 March 2025 @ 9:00 pm St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane Visit from Brother Merric from Taize Community in France Sunday 9 March 2025 @ 6pm Holy Spirit Anglican Church, Kenmore Youth Connect: … Read more
  • Prayer Experiment- The Examen
    The prayer called the Examen is a way of learning from each day the movements of the Spirit and seeking to notice how our thoughts, words and actions lead us to be more loving or less loving…more like Jesus or less like Jesus. You can try praying this before you go to sleep each night. The Examen Step One – Becoming aware of the Presence of God Sit or lie quietly and become aware of yourself and everything around you. Step Two – Review the day with gratitude Take some time to think and feel back over your day. You … Read more
  • Tweens Event at the Cathedral
    This week, five of our youth made the journey into the cathedral for a “Tweens” day where they explored the symbols of our faith and of the Eucharist.  They even baked their own bread that was shared in the Eucharist at the end of the day! Early in the day the children talked about symbols which represented what was most important to us in living a life of faith. All the children then drew a symbol that reflected an aspect of faith that was important to them- a tree for the sacredness of creation, the sacred heart for the love … Read more
  • Prayer Experiments for Youth and Families
    At the start of this Season of Creation an idea was emailed out for praying creatively with collage. Here is another suggestion to finish off the season of creation – walking outside and praying! In prayer walking, two ancient traditions of prayer are combined: intercession and pilgrimage. The first thing you might think of when you think about prayer is praying for God to help other people. This is called ‘intercession’, asking God to act on behalf of others. There are so many needs of the world, and sometimes we can feel overwhelmed. Just as well that scripture assures us … Read more