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Roberta J Egli During the past several months of hunkering down at home, I have gained a greater appreciation for the global Messy Church Community and the USA network.  Hearing how people from all over the world are adapting their Messy Churches to on-line, or at home, or zoom calls has been a highlight.  I…

Messy Church Values Christ-centered  Messy Church is a church, not a craft club that helps people to encounter and enter into a transforming relationship with Jesus.  Messy Church believes with the historic churches, in one God who is Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer (or in traditional language, Father, Son and Holy Spirit). All-age Messy Church is…

A Reflection by Roberta J. Egli iStock “Do we have to call it Messy Church?”  That is question I received eight years ago from the leadership team of the church I served as Pastor when I excitedly shared videos to introduce the concept of starting a Messy Church. I continue to receive that question today…

iStock Is the person in the picture above going to make it into 2020 or fall short? How are you doing with the start of a new year?  Are you already feeling behind?   (Yes, I realize that the picture is probably altered but it still causes some anxiety!) At the start of every turn of…

A blog post by Crystal Goetz, Messy Church USA Regional Coordinator for Washington Messy Memories Part I Blog    Crystal with Australian New Friends from MCIC 2019 Since I have returned from the Messy Church International conference, I have had many people ask me, “How was it? “. At first, I struggled to summarize how…

A Blog Post by Roberta J. Egli The Lord your God is in your midst….         He will create calm with his love;         he will rejoice over you with singing. ~Zephaniah 3:17 (CEB) Ahhh…February has arrived…a month filled with hearts and love.  How are you celebrating the season of love in your Messy Church this month?  Lucy Moore,…