A Blog post by Rev. Jim White, Pastor at Palmdale United Methodist “The goal [of Messy Church]is to help people fully engage with God, themselves, and one another.” It’s a running joke… at least within United Methodist Churches… that the ‘best seats’ on any given Sunday morning is the back row. Actually, it’s not really […]
November 2023 Messy Church of the Month
Congratulations to the Messy Church team of Palmdale United Methodist! Tell us a little bit about Palmdale United Methodist Church! Palmdale United Methodist Church (PUMC)started in1955 after a group from the community began to envision a United Methodist Church for the at the time small but growing community. At the time Palmdale was primarily a […]
Engage with Messy Church – Part I
Rev. Jim White, Guest Blogger I’m really enjoying the Disney+ show, “Loki.” I’m following along each week as Season 2 unfolds. If you haven’t been watching, Loki is a series that connects with the ‘multiverse.’ The multiverse gives us a very different concept of time, space, and reality. Time could quite actually be one of […]
Messy Connections – Part II
A post from Dr. Johannah Myers, Associate Director of Messy Church USA For our September Messy Church, we tried something different – we went on a field trip (a Messy Adventure) to our local zoo. We were inspired by the “Wild Safari” session (#9) that’s included in the Messy Adventures published by Messy Church-BRF (you […]