Christmas Special

Come and celebrate Christmas with our festive family event on Sunday 14 December, 4-6pm.  There will be fun for all the family with lots of Christmas crafts and games, stories and songs, all followed by festive food!

We'd love you to come along and join the celebration, and encourage you to invite family and friends.

Whether you're a regular at Messy Church or thinking of coming for the first time we hope to see you soon!

Light in the Darkness!

The nights are drawing in and here at Messy Church its time to party with our fun celebration of light in the darkness on Sunday 26th October, 4pm to 6pm.

 

We'll start with some fun craft activities, followed by stories and songs, all finishing with a delicious family meal. 

 

Children are welcome to come in fancy dress— super-heroes or super-heroines or something light-related (Please no scary costumes because we’re celebrating light and good things not darkness!).

 

Whether you're a regular at Messy Church or thinking of coming for the first time we hope you can join us!

Baby Hub

Story-telling extravaganza with Bob Hartman

St Nicolas Messy Church in partnership with the Sycamore Tree is delighted to be hosting author and story-teller Bob Hartman for a special event on Sunday 28 September.  As an extension of our normal Messy Church Bob Hartman will be joining us for a story-telling extravaganza which will be especially suitable for school age children but is open to all.

Our Messy Church session will start at an earlier time of 3pm starting with an hour of messy craft activities for children and parents to enjoy together. At 4pm we will put our hands and voices to good use with some action songs and then we'll hand over to Bob Hartman for some wonderful, exciting and entertaining stories. At 5pm there will be a Messy Church barbecue with plenty of yummy food for us to enjoy together.

whether you are a regular at Messy Church or thinking of coming for the first time, we'd love you to join the party and encourage you to invite family and friends. 

Fruitful May

Spring has sprung and May is all about fruitfulness. Come along to Messy Church on Sunday 25 May (4pm) for a fun-filled session focused on fruit... but not any old fruit!
There will be the usual mixture of activities for all-ages, poppy-planting in the churchyard to mark the centenary of the World War One, a game to play altogether, music and story-time all followed by a delicious meal... I can almost hear the sausages sizzling!
Do join us!

Mothers and others

Only a few days until Messy Church, and this month we will be celebrating those within our own families and wider community who bring us up or nurture us. We’ll be exploring the life of Jesus' mother and seeing how God works through ordinary people.

Come and join us for a mixture of craft activities, stories and songs, and finishing with a delicious family meal!

Whether you are a regular at Messy Church or thinking of joining us for the first time, we hope to see you on Sunday 23rd March, 4-6pm.

Love Rules

February's Messy Church is coming up on Sunday 23 February, 4-6pm.

February is a month when expressions of love may be made, but whatever the month love is the bedrock of Christian faith.  As part of our Christian basics theme we will be exploring God's commandment 'love God and love your neighbour' and finding out what this means for us. 

Come and join us for plenty of messy and creative fun to help us explore this month's theme, together with stories and songs...all finishing with a delicious family meal.

Whether you're a regular at Messy Church or thinking of coming for the first time we hope to see you on Sunday 23 February.

Gospel Choir

Do you sing loudly in the car and then go quiet in public? Well this is your chance to find that inner DIVA....Come and have a go in our Messy Church Gospel Choir.

We will be holding two workshops at St Nicolas church on Saturday 1st and 8th February at 10.00 till 11.30am... It's for children from 7 years up to 100 years old...No experience necessary and you don't need to read music, just LOVE to sing. Its all free just come along and have some fun.

As always feel free to invite friends along.

Look forward to seeing and hearing you on Saturday.

Messy fun in January

Only a few day’s to go until our first Messy Church of 2014, and with a bright new year we’ll be starting a new topic where we will be focusing on key Christian basics.

At the start of a new year for many people it may be a time for making resolutions, when people are thinking about making a fresh start in all kinds of areas of life.  This month we will be exploring forgiveness and making a fresh start, and there will be the usual mixture of messy fun, stories and songs.  This month we will be having a shared meal and we encourage you to bring a dish that you enjoy making or eating as a family that you would like to share with everyone.

Whether you’re a regular at Messy Church or thinking of coming for the first time we hope to see you on Sunday 26 January, 4-6pm.

 

Coming up…

There is another chance to come to a Gospel Choir Workshop on Saturday 1^st and 8^th February, 10-11.30am.  We had such a fantastic time at Christmas we are going to do it again for Easter... but first we will learn a bit more about being a gospel choir.

The Gospel Choir is an opportunity for children and adults to get together for a morning and have fun learning a few gospel songs. It is an ideal way to join a singing group/choir without needing to commit lots of time or sign up on a permanent basis. You don't need any musical experience or talent (although that is of course most welcome) - just bring your enthusiasm.