How have you celebrated the summer months? I am always surprised at this time of year when my East coast and Midwest friends post their ‘back to school’ photos and we are still in the summer mode here on the West coast. Oregon schools don’t usually start until close to labor day in early September […]
Created to Play
by Guest blogger Joy Wendling Our focus word at Messy Church USA for July is PLAY! At the recent Intergenerate conference I attended a presentation by Joy Wendling titled From Blocks to Bunco and Everywhere In Between: A Theology You Can Play in. Joy lives on Whidbey Island, WA and it was a delight to […]
Messy Church Values: Creativity
A Blogpost from Roberta J. Egli Creativity is one of the five foundational values for Messy Church. As a young adult, I did not view myself as creative because I did not like to draw, paint, sew, knit or crochet. I mistakenly thought that if I created, I needed to have a finished product. I […]
All Ages Together on the Beach
On a recent Sunday morning, rather than attending an indoor worship experience, I found myself deeply worshipping God with a bunch of strangers walking ‘Circles in the Sand’ in Bandon, Oregon. During the warmest months of the year, during the lowest tides, a team of people gather at daybreak, rain or shine, to create a […]