What Happens When VBS Becomes Intergenerational? by Rev. Meg Sweeney Cook When most people hear “Vacation Bible School,” they picture children moving from station to station while adults supervise from the sidelines. At Grace United Methodist Church in Columbia, South Carolina, we wanted something different. Two years ago, after receiving Messy Church training, I began […]
What’s On My Desk: February 2026
Knowing Who We Are (So We Can Better Serve Who You Are) Messy Church has always been about people—real people, in real communities, gathering around food, creativity, stories, and faith. But as Messy Church USA continues to grow, we want to pause and ask an important question: who are we, really? And just as importantly, […]
What’s on my Desk? April 2025
By Dr. Johannah Myers I don’t know about you, but my desk looks like Easter exploded on it. I could host an Easter egg hunt in my office alone. But alas, my desk will recover – eventually. Somewhere buried in all the Easter glitter, here’s what else has been on my desk this month: God’s […]
Engage with Messy Church-part II
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 […]