Pete Maidment

Fully revised and expanded new edition ‘Extreme Mess… is the world ready for this? I am!’ Lucy Moore, founder of Messy Church In this fully revised and expanded new edition, Barry Brand and Pete Maidment o­ffer 80 activities for Messy Church sessions, carefully crafted to appeal to male as well as female participants. They challenge the assumption that Messy Church 'isn't really for men or boys' and offer approaches to engage men and boys in an intentional way. Featuring sections on Big Stuff, Construction, Science, Arty and Edible Crafts, this book provides inspiration for creating a Messy Church that everyone will love to be part of.

This ‘prequel’ to the confirmation gift book Living your Confirmation (SPCK, 2012) contains 19 ready-to-use, interactive sessions to use with young people who are preparing for confirmation. The first part of the book focuses on the promises made in the confirmation service and relates to the topics covered in Living your Confirmation, including prayer, Holy Communion, going to church and social action. The second part includes sessions on sex, alcohol, image, exams, science, pornography and suffering. An introduction considers the point of confirmation and its role in a young person’s faith journey. The book also includes a full programme for a pre-confirmation retreat and a liturgy for the enrolment of confirmands.

A confirmation gift book designed especially for the teenage market (11-16). Drawing on contemporary culture and a wide range of practices from the church tradition, this book uses the promises made in the confirmation service as a structure and explores how we can put these into action in keeping going as a Christian beyond the day itself.