{"id":838,"date":"2021-08-27T11:46:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T11:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urc.org.uk\/latest-news\/3903-yorkshire-church-becomes-first-to-receive-youth-award.html"},"modified":"2021-08-27T11:46:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T11:46:01","slug":"yorkshire-church-becomes-first-to-receive-youth-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/standrewsurcrustington.org.uk\/?p=838","title":{"rendered":"Yorkshire church becomes first to receive youth award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urc.org.uk\/images\/News\/News_images\/Shiregreen-cyfcs-award_news_banner.jpg\" alt=\"Shiregreen cyfcs award news banner\" width=\"300\" style=\"margin-left: 10px;margin-bottom: 10px;float: right\" \/>Shiregreen United Reformed Church (URC) in the Yorkshire Synod has become the first church to receive the new Children and Youth Friendly Church Scheme award.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Launched in September 2020, the scheme replaces the old Child Friendly Church Award and is a reflective and encouraging process which any church can undertake with the support of a CYDO+ or similar to help grow their engagement with children, families and young people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shiregreenurc.org\/\">Shiregreen URC<\/a> received its award for the work it does to support its local community.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Wigfield, Shiregreen URC\u2019s Church and Community Development Worker, said: \u201cChildren and young people are a massive part of everything we do at Shiregreen. We value their opinions, input and presence. They bring a whole different aspect to worship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"feed-readmore\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/latest-news\/3903-yorkshire-church-becomes-first-to-receive-youth-award.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shiregreen United Reformed Church (URC) in the Yorkshire Synod has become the first church to receive the new Children and Youth Friendly Church Scheme award. Launched in September 2020, the scheme replaces the old Child Friendly Church Award and is a reflective and encouraging process which any church can undertake with the support of a CYDO+ or similar to help grow their engagement with children, families and young people. Shiregreen URC received its award for the work it does to support its local community. 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