We asked 66 Messy Churches from anywhere in the world to choose a book of the Bible and to write a Messy Church outline on a story, verse or theme from that book.
The end of the project saw 37 completed. These Messy Church sessions are available to use for free.
View the books of the Bible below and download.
Please note that these were made in 2011, and we specified a boys activity and a girls activity – not for one gender to do the one and the other to do the other, but to get the writers to think more broadly about what might appeal to more people. We would not encourage this kind of gender stereotyping in your Messy Church session – just offer all the activities to everyone, in the same way that adults might enjoy activities ‘for younger participants’.
Books available
| Genesis | Judyth Roberts | Download |
| Exodus | Eleanor Williams | Download |
| Leviticus | Lucy Moore | Download |
| Numbers | Anne Offler | Download |
| Ruth | Sharon Lakin, Denise Langham | Download |
| 1 Chronicles | Beth Barnett | Download |
| 2 Chronicles | Beth Barnett | Download |
| Nehemiah | Jane Leadbetter and others | Download |
| Esther | Charis Lambert and others | Download |
| Job | Becky Sedgwick and others | Download |
| Psalms | Janet Tredrea | Download |
| Proverbs | Janet Tredrea | Download |
| Ecclesiastes | Peter Hayes and others | Download |
| Jeremiah | Austin Janes and others | Download |
| Lamentations | Anne Le Bas | Download |
| Ezekiel | Diane Nicholson and others | Download |
| Daniel | Sue Mitchell | Download |
| Hosea | Edmonde Openshaw | Download |
| Amos | Lesley White | Download |
| Obadiah | Christine Belsham | Download |
| Jonah | Sharon Lakin and Denise Langham | Download |
| Nahum | Denise Yeadon | Download |
| Micah | Alison Thurlow, Miriam Thurlow | Download |
| Habakkuk | Bridget Woodall and others | Download |
| Zephaniah | Sarah Evans and others | Download |
| Haggai | Rachel Wood | Download |
| 1 Corinthians | Eleanor Williams, Nicola Grieves | Download |
| 2 Corinthians | Dawn Watson and Ingrid Rebeugeot | Download |
| Philippians | Susie Fox and Alison Hulse | Download |
| Colossians | Liz Townsend and others | Download |
| 1 Timothy | Hannah Middleton | Download |
| Philemon | Pam and David Stranks | Download |
| Hebrews | Jo Birkby | Download |
| 1 John | Helen Ellis | Download |
| 2 John | Anne Offler | Download |
| Jude | Cerys Hughes and Mark Hatcher | Download |
| Revelation | Laura Meleleu | Download |
