Kathy Bland

I am Children's Pastor at Southcourt Baptist Church in Aylesbury, Bucks and trustee responsible for The Treehouse Pre-School, which is an area of our community work at the Church. I also lead our Messy Church programme and have contributed to the Get Messy magazine.

My Messy Church journey began over 5 years ago. I have trained Messy Church leaders in lots of different aspects of MC in the North for the past few years. For my day job I am a Children, Families and Young People Advisor both locally for the Leeds Diocese and nationally for Jesus Shaped People. Feel free to contact me.

After retiring from a career in banking I started attending services at Lichfield Cathedral and was subsequently confirmed. I somewhat reluctantly agreed to help when they started a Messy Church but enjoyed it so much I have been helping to organize and run it for over five years.

Based in Herefordshire, I've been part the leadership team of a Market Town Messy Church for 10 years. Working as an Intergenerational Missioner I've founded a new Messy Church on a Housing Estate. Committed to helping everyone take part and lead Messy Churches that fit the context God placed them in.