Autumn festivals
Did you know you can download the Messy Church logo with festival headers and even create your own customised logo on our website.
Harvest
Free Messy downloads
- *New for 2023* We’ve partnered with Christian Aid to produce this one-off Messy Church session to use this harvest season
- Ruth: loyalty, love and harvest
- Messy Church in a bag: Happy Harvest
- Search the BRF Resources Hub for more Harvest ideas
- Check out the Messy Church Harvest Pinterest board
Messy Church Goes Wild
If you’re looking to do Harvest differently this year, why not consider ‘Going Wild’ outdoors? A number of the Messy Adventures lend themselves to this season. Wild and weedy! is based on the parable of the sower and leads us to discover more about God by how plants grow, and how through them God provides vegetation and food that sustains our planet. Wild woods! features the parable of the mustard seed and helps us learn about trees and their role in sustaining our planet, and how they are used to illustrate Biblical truths about God’s kingdom. You can download the individual sessions here or buy the book of all 12 Messy Adventures here!
Units in books
- Messy Church 2: Unit 8 the story of Ruth
- Messy Church 3: Session 9 Harvest
- Messy Parables: Messy harvest: The parable of the wheat and the weeds
Get Messy! magazine session material
- *New* Get Messy Volume 1: Care for our world (September)
- Get Messy! September – December 2015: The biggest party ever (based on the parable of the great banquet)
- Get Messy! September – December 2016: The ten lepers
Halloween
How should we approach Halloween? Christians have different ideas about Halloween. Is it a valuable opportunity to confront difficult subjects, or should we refuse to give it time? Browse this link for a selection of articles on the subject.
Units in books
- Messy Church: Unit 6 I am the light of the world
- Messy Church 3: Session 10 Light up the darkness
Get Messy! magazine session material
- Get Messy! September – December 2015: Escape! (based on the story of Moses in Exodus)
- Get Messy! September – December 2016: Salt and light
- Get Messy! September – December 2017: The ten bridesmaids
- Get Messy! September – December 2018: Safe and sound (based on the parable of the lost sheep)
- Get Messy! September – December 2020: Paul and Silas (moving from darkness to light, Acts 16:25-35)
- Get Messy! September – December 2021: Alone and scared (based on Elijah’s story in 1 Kings 17)
Free Messy downloads
- *New for 2023* In darkness and light
- Messy Church at home: Holy Halloween (Psalm 23)
- Check out the Messy Church Halloween Pinterest board
Remembrance
The Seriously Messy book could really help at this time of year, not just in Messy Church situations but in any community dealing with death and loss. There are chapters about why we need to talk about death; talking about death as a family; taking care when talking about death with children; theological reflections; and five Messy Church sessions including Remembering, with activities such as Kintsukuroi and marbling chocolate.
Units in books
- Messy Church 3: Session 11 Remember me
Get Messy! magazine session material
- *New* Get Messy! Volume 1: All together now (October) and Fabulous new city for everyone (November)
- Get Messy! September – December 2015: Remembering
- Get Messy! September – December 2017: Peace and comfort (the Holy Spirit as comforter, John 14:15-27)
- Get Messy! September – December 2020: Shine like a star (Matthew 5:14-16)
Free Messy downloads
- Messy Remembrance – one off session written in 2018 to commemorate 100 years since the end of World War I.
- Messy Church at home: Messy Remembrance
- Search the BRF Resources Hub for more Remembrance ideas
- Check out the Messy Church Remembrance Pinterest board
