Are you confronting challenges in your Messy Church? We recently checked in with churches that attended our Get Started in Messy Church training in October 2021 and in January 2022. We focused on their Moments of Joy in a post last week. Today we focus on the challenges these new Messy Churches have faced. Next […]
January 2022 Messy Church of the Month
Congratulations to First United Methodist in Michigan City, Indiana We are excited for you to learn about our January 2022 Messy Church of the month. I know first hand that this church knows how to do hospitality! Back in the summer of 2019, I led one of the in-person Get Started in Messy Church trainings […]
Advent Gift of Joy
Choosing Joy Can we really ‘choose joy’? I have identified with news articles and personal posts regarding the exhaustion of many people. There has been reports of the ‘great resignation’ and people leaving ministry due to burnout. The pandemic has its second anniversary this month and for many of us, we want it to be […]
Advent Gift of Peace
Unexpected Upheaval…Advent Peace An Advent Sermon by Dr. Johannah Myers Tis the season for unexpected upheaval. And I’m not just talking about the unexpected lines in stores or shipping delays, or the upheaval of my house as I stopped decorating to write a sermon. On this, the second Sunday of Advent, we light the Peace […]