Aike Kennett-Brown

Each issue contains twelve session outlines for Messy Churches, running through the year from September to August. Everything you need to run your Messy Church, including activity photos, mealtime cards, social action ideas and templates, all downloadable from the Messy Church website. With an introduction by Aike Kennett-Brown. Topics and contributors September: God's mission – MCIC25 planning team October: Getting the news out – Andrew Pearson November: How we treat others – Helen Laird December: Light and love for all the world – Anne Offler & Sharon Pritchard January: Self-care – Crystal Goetz February: Love your neighbour – Messy Church New Zealand March: Easter – Deborah Humphries April: Social justice – Dawn Kay May: Equipped for mission – Martyn Payne June: Go, go, go! – Becky May July: Stewardship of nature – Messy Church Australia August: Treasures in heaven – Joanna Gilchrist & Amy Hitchmough

Each issue contains twelve session outlines for Messy Churches, running through the year from September to August. Everything you need to run your Messy Church, including activity photos, mealtime cards, social action ideas and templates, all downloadable from the Messy Church website. With an introduction by Aike Kennett-Brown. Topics and contributors September: Hope – Trish Hahn October: Compassion – Anna Lloyd and Ximena Wilson November: Peace – Mary Judkins December: Joy – Johannah Myers and Jillian Mayer January: Perseverance – Greg Ross February: Love – Helen Laird March: Integrity – Anne Offler and Sharon Pritchard April: Courage – Becky May May: Community – Martyn Payne & MCIC25 planning team June: Purpose – Helen Laird July: Justice – Dawn Savidge August: Patience – Anne Offler and Sharon Pritchard

Get Messy! Volume 2 contains twelve session outlines for Messy Churches. This volume takes you through the basic themes of Christianity including: Who is God? Who is Jesus? Who is the Holy Spirit? (Pentecost). Other key Christian festivals include: Christmas – God entering the world as Jesus – and Easter – exploring Jesus’ last supper before his death and resurrection and why Christians celebrate communion. The material also covers God’s best ways of living, demonstrated through Jesus’ life; a challenge to follow Jesus and trust God with a new direction; and exploring following and belonging to Jesus through baptism. Other than the key Christian festivals Christmas, Easter and Pentecost, the sessions are standalone and can be done in any order. Messy Churches who wish to dig deeper into discipleship between Messy Church gatherings might like to try a complementary resource, Messy Basics, a discipleship course exploring what Christians believe through faith-based conversations in all-age groups. Messy Basics is available as a download only.

An all-in-one introduction to Messy Church. When you need to introduce your children's workers, family coordinators and church leaders to the concept of all-involving, activity-based, new-to-church worship, this is the quick-to-read resource that explains it all. Starting Your Messy Church is structured into bite-sized sections which take you through the essentials of how to construct a strategy and put your plans to start your own Messy Church ministry into action. The book includes (among many other things) checklists, milestones and questions to ask of a Messy Church that you might visit, together with an honest and down-to-earth look at the 'Things we wish we'd known' from experienced Messy Church practitioners.

Each issue contains twelve session outlines for Messy Churches, running through the year from September to August. Everything you need to run your Messy Church, including activity photos, mealtime cards, social action ideas and templates, all downloadable from the Messy Church website. With an introduction by Aike Kennett-Brown.