Messy Church began in April 2004 in an Anglican church near Portsmouth.

It is a church for those who find it hard to go to church on a Sunday, and a typical session  includes chilling, creating, celebrating and chomping. It meets once a month at a time most suitable for a local area, (after school at FWC, Wednesdays, during term time)

Perhaps the most significant aspects are those of:

• welcoming the whole family together not just the children
•  being a church not a club
•  eating together (in our case light refreshments)

Our session would typically run along these lines:

             3.30 welcome with a drink and a biscuit

             3.45 crafts and activities

             4.30 celebration

             4.45 refreshments

The aims are:

• to provide an opportunity for people of all ages to worship together
• to help people of all ages feel they belong in church and to each other
• to help people have fun and be creative together
• to introduce Jesus through hospitality, friendship, stories and worship

There are hundreds of Messy Churches listed on the website directory  in the UK and in other countries around the world . See: www.messychurch.org.uk

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