Messy Church USA is 5 years old!!! Let’s Celebrate 5 years of learning and growing together! Happy Birthday to us! Messy Church USA launched five years ago this month when about 100 people gathered at Community United Methodist Church in Huntington Beach, CA. Getting Started in Messy Church was the name of our first (and […]
Creating Messy Space *
Dr. Johannah Myers, Reprinted with permission, Originally printed at Plain Account August 16. 2022 It’s hard to believe that I’ve been involved with Messy Church for nine years now. We’re already starting to plan our 10-year anniversary celebration for next year. It seems a no brainer that after all this time having so much Messy […]
September 2022 Messy Church of Month
How did you hear about Messy Church? A friend of mine in Henderson, NV first told me about Messy Church 4 years ago. When I came to Arizona to pastor a church that needed to reach families in the neighborhood I knew it was time to look into Messy Church. Why did you decide to […]
Messy Church at a Jurisdictional Conference
By Rev. Luke Edwards, Associate Director of Church Development, Western North Carolina United Methodist Church Conference. Luke is author of Becoming Church: A Trail Guide for Starting Fresh Expressions, a United Methodist minister who helps churches innovate in light of the rich wisdom and tradition of our past. We are grateful for Luke’s leadership in […]