Australian Newsletter Term 1 2016 www.messychurchaustralia.com.au View this email in your browser VIC: Chris Barnett chris.barnett@ctm.uca.edu.au NSW/ACT: Judyth Roberts judythroberts@gmail.com TAS: James Oakley kids_families@riverlinks.net.au SA & NT: Jenny Carver […]
Join the Dots in Victoria Term 2 2016
If you are involved in leading a Messy Church or a playgroup in Victoria, there are three Join the Dots groups beginning soon. For more information see below or […]
Fridge faith for Families Lent 2016 calendar
The fridge door is the message bank of most kitchens, where the whole family communicate about their lives. Therefore, a Lent Calendar ‘countdown’ to Easter seems a good way for […]
Messy Church: Keeping it all going ….
Messy Church: Keeping it all going … As another year begins and you plan for your Messy Church, it can be helpful for your team to think about the […]
Messy Team building – tips from NZ
STOP, LOOK, LISTEN: Strategies for growing and sustaining your Messy Church team I wonder – How do you spend the time when you meet as a Messy Church team? As […]
Intentional Conversations in Messy Church
Ideas & Suggestions for encouraging your team… HOLDING INTENTIONAL SPIRITUAL CONVERSATIONS How can we be intentional about starting conversations, asking people about their story, their dreams? Messy Church is ‘church’ […]
Where do we go from here?
What if – my mind throws the juggling balls up in the air one by one – what if, in Messy Church, we’ve done something more than just devise a […]
Messy Church Christmas ideas
Christmas is such a busy time for families and it is good to encourage them to stop and reflect even for a few moments on the Christmas message of love, […]
Top Ten Tips for Starting a Messy Church
Pray Watch the Messy Church DVD and share it with others Talk to others in your church about Messy Church Read and share the Messy Church books Visit another Messy […]
A reflective prayer for Messy Church leaders
God help us remember that the recycled construction models will disintegrate, the balloons will burst, the writing in the sand will be brushed away, the decorated biscuits will vanish in […]