Each September there is a special Sunday called Back to Church Sunday which is all about the Church worldwide sending a big invitation to anyone who wants to come along to a service - perhaps if you haven't been along for a few months, years or ever!
This year Back to Church Sunday is 30th September... but why wait until then?
Messy Church will be taking place on Sunday 23rd September and new-comers and old-timers are always welcome.
September will mark the start of a new term of course but it is also the time when we traditionally celebrate Harvest. Messy Church will reflect this in crafts and story time but there is also an invitation to bring along some Harvest produce - namely some tinned and packet food that will be donated to the local Foodbank.
We hope we'll see you soon!
Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
What is your favourite sandwich?
That is one of the 'take-home' questions for August's Messy Church. My choice?
Well quite a few years ago on a trip to America I had an amazing filled bagel - it had proper corned beef, sauerkraut, melted swiss cheese, and salad wih a Russian dressing. I think there was also some gherkin involved - it was perfection!
However my real favourite is cheese, tomato and sald cream. It has to be mature cheddar and full of flavour vine tomatoes to make it really special... there's nothing quite like it.
Where would we be without bread?
So what is your favourite sandwich?
Looking forward to the comments and picking up some good ideas!
Well quite a few years ago on a trip to America I had an amazing filled bagel - it had proper corned beef, sauerkraut, melted swiss cheese, and salad wih a Russian dressing. I think there was also some gherkin involved - it was perfection!
However my real favourite is cheese, tomato and sald cream. It has to be mature cheddar and full of flavour vine tomatoes to make it really special... there's nothing quite like it.
Where would we be without bread?
So what is your favourite sandwich?
Looking forward to the comments and picking up some good ideas!
Website news
St Nicolas Church, host of Messy Church, has a new website... and very smart it is too. Big thanks to Ruth, one of our Messy Church team, for the wonderful website makeover. Check it out here http://www.stnicolaschurch.org.uk
Monday, 20 August 2012
Bank Holiday Messy Church
Although it is a holiday weekend we are still having an August Messy Church on Sunday 26th and regardless of the weather we're planning a picnic tea! If you have any picnic treats that you'd like to contribute please bring them along but we'll be providing lots of lovely food too.
Our focus for August is bread! Jesus once said 'I am the bread of life' - quite a strange thing to say. We'll be doing some craft activities with bread to try and help us understand what Jesus meant and our storytime will focus on a giant picnic that Jesus had with his disciples and with crowds of people who came to listen to him speak.
We look forward to seeing you soon.
Our focus for August is bread! Jesus once said 'I am the bread of life' - quite a strange thing to say. We'll be doing some craft activities with bread to try and help us understand what Jesus meant and our storytime will focus on a giant picnic that Jesus had with his disciples and with crowds of people who came to listen to him speak.
We look forward to seeing you soon.
Tuesday, 3 July 2012
This little light of mine
On Sunday we decided to go for a picnic in Stratford upon Avon. On the way into the town I noticed a sign about the Olympic torch relay and it transpired that the torch was due to arrive within the next hour so we parked the car and joined the road-side crowds to see it pass through. It was quite a wait and with waning enthusiasm the assembled masses resorted to cheering for anything and anybody who passed by - stray cyclists, embarrassed motorists looking for somewhere to park, police outriders, etc!
Eventually the torch did arrive but not before we had seen a minor procession of sponsor vehicles and a minibus of runners and spare torches! How many torches are in existence? There were about 10 on the bus and presumably some had already been used that day... and that was just for one day!
I had naively imagined that there was 'a torch' and that it would arrive in the Olympic stadium a few weeks from now, perhaps looking slightly worse for wear but having travelled the country and been held by many sweaty hands and viewed by thousands of people. Apparently not.
Anyway, that is a rather long-winded link to our Messy Church in July which will have an Olympic theme. We'll be making our own version of the torch, fashioning medals, designing team kits and getting messy in a host of other ways.
Hope you'll join us on Sunday 22 July, 4-6pm.
Eventually the torch did arrive but not before we had seen a minor procession of sponsor vehicles and a minibus of runners and spare torches! How many torches are in existence? There were about 10 on the bus and presumably some had already been used that day... and that was just for one day!
I had naively imagined that there was 'a torch' and that it would arrive in the Olympic stadium a few weeks from now, perhaps looking slightly worse for wear but having travelled the country and been held by many sweaty hands and viewed by thousands of people. Apparently not.
Anyway, that is a rather long-winded link to our Messy Church in July which will have an Olympic theme. We'll be making our own version of the torch, fashioning medals, designing team kits and getting messy in a host of other ways.
Hope you'll join us on Sunday 22 July, 4-6pm.
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Challenging!
June's Messy Church was one of the most fun events we've had. Amazingly the weather was ok for our barbecue and we really enjoyed some great food - thanks again to butcher Steve Mellor, Coleshill Road, for providing us with such excellent sausages and burgers... and of course to Nick for cooking it! Food aside the day was particularly special because we had some great Father's Day challenges including making a tower from spaghetti and marshmallows (as shown in these pictures) and creating a parachute and cradle for a raw egg that would protect it on a treacherous decent from the church tower!
There was just a hint of competitiveness when, towards the end of the afternoon, we gathered outside to find out the results of the challenges and specifically to see what would become of the eggs. Pete bravely ascended the tower with a bag full of eggs and ingenious egg-protection devices and then the eggs began to fall. (You can just about make out the black bin-bag parachute in this picture.) Much to our surprise some of the parachutes worked and the eggs, rather than plummeting to earth at great speed, actually floated rather gracefully to the ground. In the end about 4 eggs survived. Trophies were given to the winners of each challenge category and sweets all round for effort!
Other highlights from the day include...
- the creation of some splendid family crests
- significant engineering prowess being exhibited as dads made elastic powered cars from CDs, cardboard, piping and elastic bands
- plenty of delicious cakes
- a game of footie in the courtyard
- lots of brainy people showing that they are very good at picture quizzes
If you missed out don't worry because our next Messy Church is only a few weeks away and it has a special Olympic theme - join us on Sunday 22 July, 4-6pm.
Saturday, 16 June 2012
It's a challenge...
Or have a go at constructing a tower with some rather strange building materials. There are plenty of activities to bemuse and challenge and if all that gets a little too much grab and beer and a burger and warm your hands at the barbecue! Come rain or shine Messy Church will be action-packed so do join us.
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