Pilots

PILOTS

	St George's Youth organisation is called Pilots. This is seen as a continuation of the church's work with young people from the local area, Pilots is a Christian club for children and young people. We meet on a Thursday evening for fun, games, laughter and learning more about God's love for us. Pilots is a national organisation which is sponsored by the URC and has been running since 1936. For further information call Angela Such, Pilots Captain and St George's Youth Worker, on 01442-216597, or come along to the church hall in School Row on a Thursday evening
Pilots run on Thursday evenings in Term Time

Deckhands	Years R - 2	4:30 - 5:30pm
Adventurers	Years 3 - 6	5:45 - 7:00pm
Voyagers	Years 7 - 9	7:00 - 8:15pm

Pilots
is the place to be on a Thursday night!!

We have lots of fun each week playing games, taking part in activities and craft and learning new things.

We recently did a project on The British Isles and played games, tasted foods, did dance and sports and crafts and learnt about the different customs and culture in England, Ireland Scotland and Wales.

The older teenagers went to Spring Harvest at Easter, this was a great holiday held at Butlins in Skegness and we met up with Christians from all over the country and together we learned, worshiped and had fun. We also went swimming and to the fair and in the evenings there were late-night concerts, which were great.

Coming up later in the year we have camps, picnics, outings, BBQ’s and much more for all ages.

Are you interested in joining Pilots??

Contact Angela Such on angela.such@sky.com or 01442 216597

	PILOTS is a Christian Organisation for children and young people from the age of 5, it is based in churches but every child is welcome. Pilots is non-uniformed but they wear a badge and work for year badges through a programme of exciting activities and projects called crests and seals

A few facts:

+ Pilots is ecumenical, sponsored by the United Reformed Church and the Congregational Federation.

+ Pilots was born out of a great historical 'story'. It's because of this story that Pilots has such a great tradition of affiliation with the world church. This is one of the aspects that make it unique.

How it all began:

John Williams was a missionary and with his wife Mary went out to the islands in the South Pacific to take the Christian message. They had a very interesting time and their mission was fraught with danger. John was eventually murdered. In 1936 the London Missionary Society invited children all over the country to save their ship halfpennies and contribute to buying a ship in John's memory so that his work could continue. Several ships were bought in this way and PILOTS came into being.

Link to PILOTS website