Messy Fun

Below you'll find everything you need to help you have Messy Fun together, including information about the Messy Church books, as well as Messy merchandise such as aprons, bags, tumblers and more!

In addition, Lucy Moore has also selected books published by Barnabas which would be ideal to use in your Messy Church.

Starting Your Messy Church
A beginner's guide for churches
Lucy Moore, Jane Leadbetter

The bigger picture... What Messy Church is and isn't... Why the values?... Commitment needed... Checklist of starting strategies... Why the network?... Questions to ask... What to expect... Organising your team... Sustaining your Messy Church... Review questions

Sports Fun for Messy Churches
Lucy Moore

Sports Fun for Messy Churches is a great way to enhance your Messy Church experience by providing fun-filled games and sports activities for families to enjoy together. This little book provides a wealth of simple, interactive games and family-friendly sports ideas for Messy Church leaders to use in their sessions.

Messy Readings
14 messy moments to get you into the Bible
Lucy Moore

This book of 14 readings are taken from New Daylight, and aim to get Messy Church participants into the habit of regular Bible reading using notes.

Messy Cooks
A handbook for Messy Church catering teams
Jane Butcher

This book is a handbook for everyone involved in Messy Church catering teams! As well as being a useful treasure store of practical and easy-to-prepare recipes for all your Messy Church events, it also provides tips on quantities, basic cooking skills, essential equipment and ideas for relating food to a Bible story, theme or festival.

Also available as a PDF Download.

Messy Crafts
A craft-based journal for Messy Church members
Lucy Moore

This book is a craft book with a difference! As well as bulging with craft ideas to inspire your creativity at Messy Church, it is also a journal to scribble in, doodle on and generally make your own.

Also available as a PDF Download.

Messy Church 2
Ideas for discipling a Christ-centred community
Lucy Moore

Alongside the usual mix of creativity, fun, Christian hospitality and thanksgiving Messy Church 2 explores the importance of discipleship, faith development and training for leadership. The material includes many ideas for practical ways to promote a sense of fellowship and community. The book contains a further fifteen units of fun, food, crafts and mess, with a year's worth of material that your Messy Church will love.

Also availabe as a PDF Download.

Messy Church
Fresh ideas for building a Christ-centred community
Lucy Moore

Bursting with ideas to draw people of all ages together and help them experience Christian community outside of Sunday worship. The resource book contains 15 themed programme outlines, with ideas for creative art and craft activities, recipes and a family-friendly worship. Messy Church creates the opportunity for parents, carers and children to express their creativity, sit down together for a meal, experience worship and have fun in a church context.

Messy Church DVD
Lucy Moore

This DVD tells the story of Messy Church and explores the issues it raises through conversations with leaders from around the UK and meeting the children and adults who make up the congregations.

The individual tracks in the Messy Church DVD are also available for purchase in a variety of formats - find out more.

Messy Church Merchandise

Messy Church Tumblers

These sturdy, machine-washable tumblers would be ideal for squash breaks or paint pots - just make sure you don't get them mixed up! They are available in purple .

Messy Church Publicity Materials

We have teamed up with CPO to offer a range of Messy Church resources to help you publicise your Messy Church - from bookmarks to banners, stickers to hoodies.

Visit their website or download a flyer (PDF).