Join us for Messy Church at St John’s Uniting Church Essendon.
The theme for Messy Church on 19 May is “Prayer”. This Messy Church falls within the world-wide ecumenical prayer movement “Thy Kingdom Come” (a wave of prayer during the time between Ascension and Pentecost). Messy Church will be looking at and experiencing creative ways to pray.
Messy Church is church for families. It includes hands-on creative experiences, a celebration and a meal. It does not prioritise either the needs of children or adults but intentionally welcomes and provides for all ages.
A typical Messy Church has these elements:
- a relaxed welcome time with drinks and snacks.
- creative exploration of a Bible story or theme through many creative experiences for people of different learning styles and of all ages.
- children and adults are not separated and are encouraged to explore the story or theme together.
- a short celebration time builds on the creative exploration that has already occurred. It usually consists of story, song and prayer.
- a meal – we invite you to join us to share a light finger food meal and you will be made welcome.