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Cornwall is such a happening place! Messy Churches are popping up all over, and it was great to be invited to go and lead ...

An interesting meeting today with Dr Cathy Ross at CMS in Oxford. One joy of this role is that I get to meet experts in di...

A visit to Marlene Wylie and the Creative Arts Fellowship (CAFe) she and others run at their church in East London. Amongs...

Not my favourite subject, as you may know, but apparently, as an Anglican, I am defined not by a statement of faith as som...

Chatting with Ben Mizen, our Diocesan Children and Youth Advisor, we were both struck by the importance of the parable of ...

I was gutted to read the Mr Men book Mr Messy (by Roger Hargreaves and originally published in 1972), who should be, afte...

It was a very significant day: our first meeting of the Messy Church regional coordinators. Getting twelve busy people fro...

At many Messy Fiestas one of the crafts has been to write prayers on a leaf of your own design and hang it on to the Tidbi...

Let me tell you about my Saturday! After a morning spent signing copies of Messy Church 2, The Lord’s Prayer Unplugg...

Have you come across Phoenix Community Ministry in Montreal? They too are very messy in their approach and have centred ch...

A rallying call from Elizabeth Caldwell’s book (pp. 6-8): To rebuild the household of faith we need to be hospitable...

Again, coming from Elizabeth Caldwell’s book Come Unto Me (see blog entry of 05 Jan 09): TABLES are really important...