Book to join us for 90 minutes of online training via Zoom. Choose from one of the topics listed below.
The Masterclasses are free, but we would be delighted if you could make a donation to help us develop BRF’s Messy Church ministry.
Messy Masterclasses
Reimagining your Messy Church for a changing context
This 90-minute training session on Zoom is for those who already run a Messy Church and who wish to explore and discuss different approaches to reboot or refresh your Messy Church.
Watch this space for future dates.
Messy Church Discipleship
This 90-minute training session on Zoom is a space to explore the growing body of research on how to make disciples of all ages through your Messy Church. It will give your team a language to talk about discipleship and a number of tried-and-tested approaches to consider for your own context.
Tuesday 9 November 19:00 - 20:30 GMT
Starting Your Messy Church
This 90-minute training session on Zoom will give you a great starting point for finding out what Messy Church is, the resources you need to start and how to make it a disciple-making community from the very beginning.
Thursday 11 November 11:00 - 12:30 GMT
Communion and Baptism in Messy Church
This 90-minute training session on Zoom aims to help Messy Church teams and leaders feel confident and equipped to celebrate baptism or communion within Messy Church, in an appropriate way for their context and denomination. This online 90-minute training session will include an opportunity to think through the principles of including sacraments, ask questions, share resources and hear stories of Messy Churches that have already celebrated a baptism or communion.
Thursday 11 November 14:30 - 16:00 GMT
Addressing Loss and Well-being in your Messy Church
This 90-minute training session on Zoom will look at some key pastoral concerns relevant to restarting your Messy Church after the storm of the pandemic and in particular issues around facing loss, managing well-being, talking about death and developing faith-filled resilience. The session is led by two experienced Messy Church practitioners who will make space for an interactive conversation on how we can help our MC families mature as disciples within an intergenerational community of faith.
Tuesday 2 November 19:00 - 20:30 GMT