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Getting ready for launch

21st Apr 2025

by Aike Kennett-Brown

As we prepare for the launch of Messy Momentum, our new project that seeks to find innovative ways to engage young people that have grown through Messy Church to continue their faith journey, we thought it would be a good idea to describe the journey the BRF Ministries Messy Church team have been on to get to this point.

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Peace and reconciliation

8th Apr 2025

by Sally O'Hare

Messy Cathedral 2025 at St Paul’s Cathedral provided an opportunity to explore the theme of Peace and Reconciliation, especially as we commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day on May 8th.

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Super storytelling with Superbook Academy

25th Mar 2025

by Aike Kennett-Brown

Messy Church is a place where people of all ages encounter Jesus in a creative, welcoming, and engaging environment. We love to explore the Bible story through our activities, but when it comes to storytelling during the celebration, we know that some team members quiver at the thought of delivering a captivating Bible story, that engages both adults, young children and every age in between.

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Feed the Birds!

4th Mar 2025

by Aike Kennett-Brown

Consider the ravens: they do not sow or reap; they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! Luke 12:24 (NIV). I was inspired after our Messy Church Goes Wild session, ‘Wild on the Wing’, to dig into the Messy Church value of ‘hospitality’ and see if I could welcome more birds into my suburban London garden.

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Discipleship in programme planning

5th Sep 2007

by Lucy Moore

Planning meeting last week: lots of time saved, I hope, by having had time over the summer to plan a programme longer than...

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PCC and the social outing

26th Jul 2007

by Lucy Moore

Two things to talk about today: the first is the PCC meeting last week where I did a catchy-uppy report on Messy Church to...

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Messy Church review

14th Jul 2007

by Lucy Moore

We had a plethora of visitors at Messy Church from Worthing, Bournemouth and Hayling Island, which was very pleasant, but ...

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The importance/impossibility of clear communication

13th Jul 2007

by Lucy Moore

Last night was the last Messy Church of the term, the last of the three on ‘Love your God / neighbour / world, and w...

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Dinner with Jo

6th Jul 2007

by Lucy Moore

Have decided to do what I should have done three years ago, if I had a brain or the vision of a small wombat, which is to ...

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