Messy Church
Messy Church provides an afternoon of activities for the whole family with arts and crafts, games, lively songs and bible stories, finishing with a shared sit-down cooked family meal.
It began in April 2004 in an Anglican church near Portsmouth. Their vision was to create a fresh way to reach out to the people in their community of all ages and from all walks of life who find it hard to go to church on a Sunday.
Messy Church – as the name suggests – really does mean getting messy with lots of different arts and crafts, as well as new and inspring ways to connect with all ages from babies right up to grandparents, all under the same roof.
Splash has been working with local churches in Storrington, Billingshurst and Fittleworth as they establish their own “Messy Churches”.
Karlene acts as Splash Messy Church Co-ordinator providing project management, creative ideas for crafts and games as well as puppet sketches, music and bible stories which really capture the attention of the children and families.
Storrington Community Messy Church has now outgrown its original venue at Sullington Hall and has moved to Trinity Methodist Church on the 1st Tuesday of every month from 3:30pm onwards.
In Billingshurst, the United Reformed Church, St Marys C of E and Billingshurst Family Church are working together to run Messy Church on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at Billingshurst Village Hall from 3:30pm onwards.
Fittleworth Messy Church is on the 3rd Thursday of each month at Fittleworth Village Hall from 3:30pm onwards.
For more information on Messy Church, or for help, advice or ideas, contact Karlene at karlene@splashschools.org.uk
