Messy Church

What is Messy Church? – This is what the founder, Lucy Moore has to say:- “Messy Church is for families who might want to meet Jesus, belong to their local church and bring up their children as Christians but can’t cope with traditional Sunday morning church services. Over 30 churches in the Rochester Diocese now have Messy Church and the P.C.C. thought it about time St. Margaret’s got involved too. But what does “Messy Church” really look like? – over to Lucy Moore:- “The hall is buzzing with conversation. Around a table adults and children burst into laughter as they wrestle with metallic tubing and googly eyes and their teenage helpers despair of ever creating the promised artefact. A toddler slaps green paint on a huge sheet of card under the watchful eye of a Granny (not sure if they’re related or not – it doesn’t really matter). A five-year-old -watches wide-eyed as an enthusiastic leader shows her how to bang in a nail. There’s a delicious smell wafting out of the kitchen. The ten year-olds, intent on their glass-painting, agree it must be jacket potatoes. Two mums catch up on the gossip as they drink welcome cups of tea and slowly decorate gift bags while dad helps the children make something unidentifiable but very chocolaty. One of the mums needs to talk about her problems with her foster children.” Messy Church is a way of being church that families and others can all enjoy together. It’s an all-age church with lots of fun, making things together to explore the Bible, then celebrating Jesus in a short time of story, song and prayer followed by a meal together. Most Messy Churches meet once a month at a time that suits the people who come, most of whom don’t have any other church connection. So while some are on Sundays, others are on Saturdays or after school on any day of the week. It’s fun, it’s exhausting, and it’s very, very messy! There are lots of people belonging to Messy Churches who are starting to see that there may be more to the Bible than they’d thought, as they enjoy the stories with their children and discover its helpfulness for living the best life possible in a difficult century. Visit the Messy Church website www.messychurch.org.uk Messy Church is for all the family to come together for art, crafts, games, music and loads of fun followed by lunch. We held our first meeting in February and our next Messy Church will be on 31st March and this one will be held in Church – come and join us! Messy Church will be a hugely exciting adventure for us all and a wonderful opportunity to share our faith and show some of the love of Jesus to our community here in Rainham. If you would like to know more about Messy Church please contact the Church Office.

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