We run four children and youth groups on a Sunday morning, catering for children from birth to teenagers up to 18 years old. Please scroll down for more information. When these groups are not running, our children and youth are incorporated into our service. 

If you would like more information, then please email Adam Robinson, our children and youth ministry lead (adam.robinson@allsaintsilkley.org). 

We also run other children and youth groups through the week, and a family 'Ignite' service every fourth Tuesday at 4.30pm. More information is available here. 

Sunday morning: Tiny Saints

A creche space for 0 to 2 year olds

Our smallest children gather in the side chapel, where they can safely play with lots of age-appropriate toys under the watchful eye of a parent or carer.

Tiny Saints are welcome to pop in and out of Little Saints (next door), and in and out of the service. From the side chapel, parents can still hear what’s going on in the service through the glass partition, and have an ear on the sermon if they wish to!

Sunday morning: Little Saints

FOR Pre-schoolERS AND RECEPTION aged children

Little Saints meet next door to Tiny Saints. These little ones play with toys and are led in singing, a Bible story and an activity, which often includes craft making on the theme of the day.

Our Little Saints move up to Saints when they are ready, usually when they go into Year 1 but this is up to parents/carers as we know that all children are different!

Sunday morning: Saints

For Primary aged, year 1 to year 6, children

The Saints gather in Church House, where they sing together, learn about God and discuss how He makes a difference to our daily lives, and have fun! They take part in different activities, play games and just enjoy being together. 

Sunday morning: Focus

For Secondary aged youth, during the Sunday 10.15am service

Focus is our secondary aged youth Bible study session. They used to meet in our link building but in 2023 they quickly began to outgrow this space. Now Focus meet together at the start of the 10:15am service and once everyone has arrived they head over to Outside the Box where there is a bigger space to meet without interruption. They play games and work through a variety of materials to help focus their thoughts – all whilst having a laugh!

• You can watch them on our YouTube channel;
• You can hear them back on Drystone Radio on 103.5FM (in Craven), 102FM (in Ilkley and Wharfedale) and DAB+ (in Bradford) on Sunday afternoons at 2pm;
• You can listen to just the sermons by using the audio player below; or
• You can follow and subscribe to our Podcast channel. We are on Apple Podcasts and Spotify amongst other podcast apps. Follow the links or search for 'All Saints Ilkley'. 

Sunday

8.00am: Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer)

10.15am: Morning Worship

• 1st Sunday: Service of the Word (with children's and youth groups)
• 2nd Sunday: Intergenerational Service
• 3rd Sunday: 'All Together @ All Saints'
• 4th Sunday: Holy Communion (with children's and youth groups)
• All live-streamed on our ‘All Saints Ilkley’ YouTube channel

Wednesday

11.00am: Holy Communion (Common Worship)

Every fourth Tuesday of the month

4.30pm: Ignite family service - click here for more details.

What is an Intergenerational Service?

Our intergenerational service, which takes place every 2nd Sunday, is a space where the church family comes together to inter-act in our shared faith across the generations. These services are shorter and aim to draw the congregation together to engage with one another and explore faith as a whole church family. We explore simple theology, which can remind us of truths we have learned but maybe forgotten bits about, or even learn some new theology we haven’t heard of or understood before. The service contains many of the same aspects of a usual All Saints service, just done slightly differently. Everyone has something they can bring to the intergenerational services; from the young to the old, God speaks to each of us.

What is an 'All Together @ All Saints' service?

Every 3rd Sunday, our 10:15am service takes on a different format. We start and finish together with sung worship and prayer, but in the middle we have a number of different zones that you can explore to engage with the particular Bible passage:

• Study Zone – to discuss the passage in a small group;
• ‘Silent’ Sermon Zone – to listen to a sermon through headphones;
• Lego/Play-doh zone – to explore your inner ‘master-builder’;
• Prayer Zone- to be quiet and reflective;
• Arts and Crafts Zone - to be creative;
• Coffee and Chat Zone – to do exactly what it says;
• Creche Zone – for parents/carers & under 3’s.

It’s difficult to explain exactly how it works, so the best thing to do is come along and discover for yourself!

"Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord"

Psalm 150:6

"God is spirit, and his worshippers must worship in the Spirit and in truth."

John 4:24

If you would like to find out more, please contact our Life Group co-ordinators.

Several groups – unique character

All Saints has several groups, both daytime and evening, mainly meeting in people’s homes. Each has it’s own unique character.

All welcome

You don’t have to have everything worked out to join – none of us are experts – but we share a strong desire to learn from God and each other. Newcomers welcome!