06 February 2012

We had a fun time at the Hand-in-Hand Children and Family Ministry Conference in Eastbourne this weekend. For the first time we were running a whole stream on Messy Church alongside the other seminars. Four of our Regional Coordinators joined us: Charis Lambert from Morden, Sharon Lakin from Worthing, Janet Tredrea from Truro and Emma Pettifer from ...
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31 January 2012
Exciting job opportunity with the Messy Church team in Abingdon! Please pass this round your Messy acquaintances:
BRF is looking to appoint a Messy Church Team Administrator to support Lucy, Jane and other members of the team. S/he would be based in BRF's offices in Abingdon and be the first point of contact for Messy Church, dealing with enquiries, organising events, maintaining the Messy Church website - providing efficient support and administration and releasing ...
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31 January 2012
Nancy Rowe in Georgetown, Canada, writes about her church's group formed to help people go deeper in faith:
'The pub group is called "A Spirited Study" and meets on a weekday evening once a month in the local pub. Some have coffee, some beer/wine, some a late supper. The group chooses the topic at the previous Spirited Study and I will often find some reflective piece to start the conversation. It was started to give people an opportunity to explore spiritual/faith issues in an ...
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31 January 2012
Could you use a discount on craft materials? We have arranged with Baker Ross for Messy Churches to receive 10% discount on their purchases and for Messy Church/BRF to receive 5% commission.
1) Set up an account with Baker Ross as 'Messy Church St Freda's, Pontefract' (insert your own location).
2) When you place your order quote promo ref BRF10. A great way of ...
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27 January 2012
Frances Ripley is going great guns to champion Messy Church within the Catholic Church. Here she is at a recent conference in the Archdiocese of Liverpool.
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