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 […]
Change is coming to our Membership Network
Registered Tier will now be the Member Tier Our website directory is essential in keeping Messy Churches connected in the USA. To keep our website and database up to date, we will begin to charge a nominal yearly fee of $5.00 for our new entry level member tier.[1] We realize that moving from the ‘registered’ […]
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 […]
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 […]