New Mexico is the home for our Messy Church(es) of the Month Congratulations to Christ United Methodist Church (UMC) and Cornerstone UMC in Albuquerque, New Mexico our Messy Churches of the Month for November! The incredible Barb Tegtmeier led the Messy Church team at Christ UMC for several years and now is working with a […]
Overflowing in Thanks
Live your lives in Christ Jesus the Lord in the same way you received him. Be rooted and built up in the way of Jesus, established in the faith as you are taught, overflowing in thanksgiving. Colossians 2:6-7 NRSV (adapted) A Moment to give thanks My heart was overflowing with thanksgiving as I looked out […]
October 2021 Messy Church of the Month
Congratulations to our October Messy Church of the Month: Aldersgate United Methodist from Greenville, SC Messy Church at Aldersgate began back in August 2013 when Dr. Johannah Myers, Director of Christian Formation, read several Messy Church books and articles from the UK and risked starting something new. At the time, there wasn’t a Messy Church […]
Safe &Together: Gathering at [RE]START MESSY
Can we safely be WITH each other? For the first time in over 20 months, I met with other state faith leaders in-person (outside in my role as a board member of Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon. I can’t quite describe how meaningful it was to be in the same space with others as we shared […]