Round 5: ‘Maximising the Mess’ Mondays: How do we finance our Messy Church?
Lucy’s minister was delighted to find that a year’s worth of Messy Church sessions, which had increased the worshipping community of a small church by over 40 people in the course of the year, had cost only around £1000. But for some churches, already on a shoestring, even this amount of money could be hard to find. What avenues are open to Messy Church teams to help finance God’s mission? Make sure you join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.
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