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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27 January 2012
I was really chuffed to be invited to have a conversation with the Church of England Liturgical Commission about liturgy in Messy Church. As you know, we have interesting issues around the prescribed wording in the Anglican Church for use in services like Holy Communion, Baptism or Confirmation at Messy Churches. The conversation was a really useful and positive one, with a great amount of appreciation of what Messy Church is doing and the way it's doing it. The long and short of it is that ...
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