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 […]
Celebrate all the Gifts part II
A blog by Robin Cannon, Social Media Consultant for Messy Church USA Giving Gifts I am old enough to remember the excitement that came each year with the arrival of the Sears Toy catalog in the mail. For those of you too young to have experienced this momentous event, every year Sears created a very […]
Celebrate all the Gifts part I
A Blog by Robin Cannon, Social Media Consultant for Messy Church USA Unexpected Gifts Recently, I have been thinking a lot about gifts, but not in the usual way of making sure I have great Christmas gifts for everyone in the family. This Advent season is an anniversary for me. It was 10 years ago […]
Giving Thanks when life is Messy
A Blog post by Roberta Egli As I approach celebrating Thanksgiving this year, I am struggling a bit. I received a diagnosis of Breast Cancer over the Labor Day weekend. For myself this fall has been filled with Dr’s appointments, and a surgery to remove the cancer a month ago. For the past month, I […]