Welcome to a place of celebration and creativity!! Here conversation and laughter fill the air, and food, fun and faith are shared. Messy Church is where people of all ages come together to discover Jesus at work amongst us.
Our December Messy Church, took a closer look at what happened that first Christmas.
We made edible scenes of the stable, with Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus using different sweets.
We reflected on the gifts a generous God has given us - so many!
We wrote prayers for people we know who are feeling sad or unwell and might need a little of God's special JOY in their lives. We spent time making Christingles too. An orange for God's World, a red ribbon for God's Love in giving us Jesus, his son, who died for us and rose to life again; sweets are a reminder of the four seasons and fruits of creation. And the white candle is a reminder that Jesus is the light of the world and can guide us in the difficult times we have.
Thinking about sharing God's love and joy, we stuck coloured dots on to other people at Messy Church... yay! we shared!!
Then it was crackers and party time to celebrate Jesus' birthday.
'Emmanuel' this is a name for Jesus, it means 'God with us'..
If you use the check sheet, I wonder how many of God's gifts you might be able to list against the each of the letters E-M-M-A-N-U-E-L e.g. 'E'- encouragement
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Join us with 'new year" as the theme of the next Messy Church on
Sunday 11th January 2026 (3pm-5pm) .
We look forward to seeing you!
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