More Messy Church

Today we had our second 'Messy Church' at Bournville United Reformed Church and, once again, it was great fun - plus we had 50 people instead of our usual 20 or less. Most of us gathered at 10.30 am. - our usual time - for a brief Communion service (around 20 minutes). We then had tea/coffee/squash as others joined us for 'Messy Church' with a Pentecost theme - I know we were a week late! We had two sessions of about half an hour, each with a range of five different craft activities. There was a choice as to whether to be focussed and concentrate on one activity or rush round and give everything a try. We did flower arranging, clay modelling, fish mosaic making, blow painting, icing individual birthday cakes, origami - and a few other things besides. We then had a brief service - just under 15 minutes - when we thought about the Pentecost story. We sang a couple of hymns, read from Acts 2, said some prayers, lit - and blew out - a large birthday candle, sang 'happy birthday' to the church, had some indoor sparklers - lots of fun. After that we went to the hall to share lunch - and then cleared up! After all, you can't have 'Messy Church' without making a bit of a mess.