Messy Church

Dear Messy Family

Please let us know that you will be attending by emailing
  nmcmessy@gmail.com

As you know, Messy Church has happened monthly on a Wednesday from 4-6 p.m. for many years. It’s a time for children and their carers to have a fun and creative time together while learning more about the Christian faith and events from the Bible. There is a celebration time in church which is usually led by our minister and this is followed by a meal which we all share together.

July Messy Church

The theme for July’s Messy was OLYMPICS 2024 – and looking at the wonders of winning through God’s power.

What have you been doing today

• Bean Bags in Buckets
  • Sack Race
    • Egg and Spoon Race
      • Painting Olympic Rings
        • Jenga
          • 9 Pin Quoits
            • Scratch Art
              • Iced Biscuits with Olympic Rings
                • Maze Board 
                • Coloured Medals 
                • Sunflower Update

All these activities are about doing our very best, training hard, teamwork and not giving up as we fix our eyes on Jesus,
follow his ways and win in life, alongside Him.

When we weren’t competing, we were making scratch-art pictures of the Opening Ceremony Fireworks.
These pictures remind us of the joy in competing with other people from all across the world and
the excitement whilst wating to hear who has won the medals.

We printed the Olympic Rings and iced biscuits with the rings to remind us of the
joy in getting everyone together. 

Showing that when we follow Jesus we are all winners.

We took part in a maze, following the steps of Jesus. Like long Olympic races,
we had to keep going until the end.

We rejoiced over God’s Creation when we inspected the sunflowers which we planted by seed.
They have grown so much since last month and are now very tall and blooming.

WE HAD OUR OWN RACES AND PLAYED GAMES TOO WHEN WE WEREN’T DOING TABLETOP ACTIVITIES…

Bean Bags in Buckets*, Sack* and Egg and Spoon* races, Jenga and 9 pin
Quoits kept us occupied whilst we competed against each other.

THE PICNIC

A picnic tea with sandwiches, sausages, crisps, carrots, tomatoes and cucumber, followed by fruit and cakes brought the afternoon to a delicious end, but not before a surprise prize-giving for each family!