Messy Church is all about welcoming families of all ages into a creative space, with crafts and reflective activities, food and friendship, and short acts of worship. Here, in this benefice, through the church year, normally, we host a number of Messy Church celebrations.
We had an amazing gathering on Good Friday for Messy Easter. We explored the story of Holy Week and Easter and the gift of new life through our craft and prayer activities, by listening to the Easter story, and by enjoying our Easter snacks. We finished with an Easter egg hunt and took home a bag full of goodies.
And, on a sunny but windy morning, we enjoyed creating bug hotels, water catchers and kites, and exploring the wonders of nature that are above, below and around us during our first outdoors version of Messy Church on Sunday September 21st.
We had a truly wonderful gathering on Christmas Eve. Over 40 children and their families came to create and explore the characters in the Christmas story, to listen to a creative re-telling before holding their lit Christingles to sing Away in a manger and to enjoy our festive snacks. Everyone took home a full goody and a storybook.
Our next gathering is...
Messy Easter
Good Friday
Friday 3 April 2026
10am
Overstone Church
Come and explore the story of Holy Week and Easter through craft and prayer activities. Listen to a creative re-telling of the joy of Easter before going out to find Easter eggs.
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