About Messy Church

Messy Church is missional and designed to reach families who are not ‘churched’ as well as those for whom a Sunday morning does not work. Most Messy Churches gather in a church or hall once a month, most often on a weekday, for example the third Thursday each month from 5:00pm-7:00pm with a Biblical story or concept as the theme. Doors open, there are welcome snacks and refreshments, and folks go straight into about 8-10 activities and crafts relating to the theme for the first hour from 5:00-6:00. This is followed by the Celebration from 6:00-6:20 with prayer, music and story-telling. Around 6:20 a hot supper is served lasting up to dismissal time at about 7:00 when folks depart with a take-home piece to discuss over the next month till meeting again at Messy Church.  Everyone is together throughout the evening – kids don’t go off to do something different – for all aspects of Messy Church. And the Messy Church community grows!