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Whilst driving down a country lane in Devon, I was suddenly aware of thousands of birds flying overhead. We followed the flock and pulled over as the starlings settled in a field of sheep, both parties seemingly unaware of each other. I felt like I’d stumbled into a David Attenborough ‘Wild Isles’ episode and stood excitedly, wondering what would happen next.

As our media fills up with stories of abuse and coverups within religious organisations, it was very timely that children and family ministry denominational leaders met to discuss ‘Safeguarding’ at the Children’s Ministry Network Conference November gathering at High Leigh Conference centre.

After a busy 3 day of leading seminars, networking, and being on the Messy Church stand at Church of Norway conference, I had the opportunity to visit a sauna, called The Well, Oslo. It’s the Nordic region’s largest Spa in Scandinavia, with baths, saunas and spa treatments from all over the world.

It seems that I always get booked to deliver in-person training at seaside locations. This trend continued last weekend, as I headed off to the coastal village of Seaton, Devon.

Back in February 2024, Church of England kindly sponsored a survey, completed by 330 Messy Church leaders. This is what we...

Hi Messy Friends! My name is Andrew McDonough. I live in Australia, draw sheep and tell stories. It began long long ago w...

When we hear these two words ‘Messy Church’, we may well have a picture in our minds of what we hope will happen and h...

Messy Church is founded on five values and during the 5 weeks of August we will be focusing on each one in turn and sharing some top tips to ensure you’re Messy Church is in good shape.

I've never been able to sit quietly in church - as a student I was always on the sound desk or keeping busy in some other way. When my children were born, I helped with the parents and toddlers’ group, and ran a small Sunday school group.

As you might have guessed from last week’s Facebook live, I love sport, in particular football and F1 so it’s been quite a few days! When faith and football collide, that makes me very happy!

How do you begin to encompass in a few words a trip lasting 4 weeks, across two vast counties and three time zones, as well at least three different climates.

Our Home. What images do these two simple words conjure up?