By Dr. Johannah Myers My local Messy Church takes a short break after Easter, which is a great time for us to rest, regroup, and begin to plan for the next school year. During this short break, I like to help my team – and myself – get back to the basics so that as […]
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 […]
Engage with Messy Church – Part I
Rev. Jim White, Guest Blogger I’m really enjoying the Disney+ show, “Loki.” I’m following along each week as Season 2 unfolds. If you haven’t been watching, Loki is a series that connects with the ‘multiverse.’ The multiverse gives us a very different concept of time, space, and reality. Time could quite actually be one of […]
Live the Adventure
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 […]