Easter resources for churches
Our recommended resources for churches to support their family ministries through Lent and Easter.
{"id":2439784824932,"title":"Easter Family Time","handle":"easter-family-time","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn affirming Easter gift for Messy Churches to give to their Messy families to use at home over Easter. This minibook aims to transfer the core values of Messy Church to the home and family context, encouraging families to talk together, be creative, be hospitable, be Christ-centred and celebratory, and including activities for all ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\nLucy Moore is the founder of Messy Church, a rapidly-growing ministry that is now in over 20 countries worldwide. She is responsible for developing the work of Messy Church nationally and internationally - writing, speaking, reflecting and developing Messy projects. Before working full-time with Messy Church, Lucy was a member of BRF's Barnabas children's ministry team, offering training for those wanting to bring the Bible to life for children in churches and schools across the UK, and using drama and storytelling to explore the Bible with children herself. Her books include titles in the Messy Church series, as well as AllAge Worship, Colourful Creation, Bethlehem Carols Unpacked, The Lord's Prayer Unplugged and The Gospels Unplugged. She also presents Messy Church: the DVD. A secondary-school teacher by training, she enjoys acting, walking Minnie the dog, marvelling at the alien world of her two teenage children and guiltily watching unimproving television programmes. She is a Lay Canon of Portsmouth Cathedral.\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e","published_at":"2020-03-23T09:40:45+00:00","created_at":"2019-01-18T15:22:49+00:00","vendor":"Lucy Moore","type":"Paperback","tags":["Easter","Messy Church books","Messy mini books","Nov-16"],"price":199,"price_min":199,"price_max":199,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":21769555083364,"title":"Paperback","option1":"Paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780857465283","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"Easter Family Time - Paperback","public_title":"Paperback","options":["Paperback"],"price":199,"weight":32,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780857465283"}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/products\/9780857465283-l.jpg?v=1549043147"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/products\/9780857465283-l.jpg?v=1549043147","options":["Format"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":3238878675083,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":650,"width":650,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/products\/9780857465283-l.jpg?v=1570098004"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":650,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/products\/9780857465283-l.jpg?v=1570098004","width":650}],"content":"\u003cp\u003eAn affirming Easter gift for Messy Churches to give to their Messy families to use at home over Easter. This minibook aims to transfer the core values of Messy Church to the home and family context, encouraging families to talk together, be creative, be hospitable, be Christ-centred and celebratory, and including activities for all ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\nLucy Moore is the founder of Messy Church, a rapidly-growing ministry that is now in over 20 countries worldwide. She is responsible for developing the work of Messy Church nationally and internationally - writing, speaking, reflecting and developing Messy projects. Before working full-time with Messy Church, Lucy was a member of BRF's Barnabas children's ministry team, offering training for those wanting to bring the Bible to life for children in churches and schools across the UK, and using drama and storytelling to explore the Bible with children herself. Her books include titles in the Messy Church series, as well as AllAge Worship, Colourful Creation, Bethlehem Carols Unpacked, The Lord's Prayer Unplugged and The Gospels Unplugged. She also presents Messy Church: the DVD. A secondary-school teacher by training, she enjoys acting, walking Minnie the dog, marvelling at the alien world of her two teenage children and guiltily watching unimproving television programmes. She is a Lay Canon of Portsmouth Cathedral.\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e"}
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{"id":2439783940196,"title":"Seasonal Specials for Children's Ministry: Children's group activities for ten key occasions through the year","handle":"seasonal-specials-for-childrens-ministry-childrens-group-activities-for-ten-key-occasions-through-the-year","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeasonal Specials for Children's Ministry provides engaging material for ten special events through the year. Each section offers a reflective time, craft, game, snack, drama and community outreach idea, and Easter and Christmas include extra activities to inspire, inform and celebrate. Whatever your form of children's ministry, Seasonal Specials is an essential all-purpose, year-round resource to help children develop in their faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\nContributors include Ann Diaz, Jennifer Hooks, Ali Thompson, Adam Walsh, Christine Yount Jones, Andrea Zimmerman \n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n","published_at":"2019-01-18T15:22:44+00:00","created_at":"2019-01-18T15:22:46+00:00","vendor":"Ann Diaz","type":"Paperback","tags":["Children and family ministry","Christmas","Church life","Easter","Sep-16"],"price":1199,"price_min":1199,"price_max":1199,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":21769546039396,"title":"Paperback","option1":"Paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780857465252","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Seasonal Specials for Children's Ministry: Children's group activities for ten key occasions through the year - Paperback","public_title":"Paperback","options":["Paperback"],"price":1199,"weight":402,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780857465252"}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/products\/9780857465252-l.jpg?v=1549043148"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/products\/9780857465252-l.jpg?v=1549043148","options":["Format"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":3238878576779,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.708,"height":650,"width":460,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/products\/9780857465252-l.jpg?v=1570098004"},"aspect_ratio":0.708,"height":650,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/products\/9780857465252-l.jpg?v=1570098004","width":460}],"content":"\u003cp\u003eSeasonal Specials for Children's Ministry provides engaging material for ten special events through the year. Each section offers a reflective time, craft, game, snack, drama and community outreach idea, and Easter and Christmas include extra activities to inspire, inform and celebrate. Whatever your form of children's ministry, Seasonal Specials is an essential all-purpose, year-round resource to help children develop in their faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\nContributors include Ann Diaz, Jennifer Hooks, Ali Thompson, Adam Walsh, Christine Yount Jones, Andrea Zimmerman \n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n"}
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{"id":2439742980196,"title":"Messy Church 3: Fifteen sessions for exploring the Christian life with families","handle":"messy-church-3-fifteen-sessions-for-exploring-the-christian-life-with-families","description":"\u003cp\u003eA new resource for Messy Churches, providing a further 15 sessions focused around key 'Christian basics' themes such as prayer and reading the Bible. There is also an introduction exploring and addressing situations that have arisen in different Messy Churches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach two-hour session includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBible reference and background\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eeasy-to-prepare recipes for the meal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eten simple theme-related craft activities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e'take-away' ideas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand a family-friendly service outline\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eContents list\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 1 A new start\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 2 Love rules\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 3 Mothers and others\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 4 Easter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 5 The Holy Spirit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 6 The Lord's Prayer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 7 Our community\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 8 Journeys\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 9 Harvest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 10 Light up the darkness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 11 Remember me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 12 Christmas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 13 Money matters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 14 Pets and peace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 15 Healthy body, healthy soul\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex of activities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBible index\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFurther resources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eFrom the Introduction\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book you'll find 15 sessions for Messy Church that are, in the great Messy tradition, suggestions for you to adapt and improve for your own circumstances, rather than an inflexible programme to be adhered to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt may look more constructive to have a series that extends over several months, but in practice, most people find it hard to hold the narrative thread across a month's gap, so a series isn't necessarily very helpful and can be restrictive. Instead, we've taken the Christian year as a whole, offering one-off sessions, which nevertheless have themes that link them, as you'll see.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sessions have a focus on the Christian year: Christmas, Easter, Pentecost and Harvest with a nod to Rogationtide and All Saints' Day. These major festivals help us to establish key points of the Christian faith: God's creation and on-going care for the world (a theme also recognised in Session 14: 'Pets and Peace'); Christ's birth, death and resurrection; and the coming of the Holy Spirit. They also give us a chance to reflect on prayer (Session 6: 'The Lord's Prayer') and on the Bible (Session 10: 'Light up the darkness', or the 'non-Hallowe'en-but-still-lots-of-fun-dressing-up-and-doing-wacky-things' session).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eWhat is Messy Church?\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a way of being church that is for all ages, on a day and at a time that suits families in your area. It usually involves a welcome; a time of making things on a biblical theme; a celebration on the same theme with story, song and prayer; and a meal around tables for everyone. Its values are being all-age, being Christ-centred, hospitality, creativity and celebration. It started in 2004 in the Anglican church of St Wilfrid's in Cowplain near Portsmouth in the UK, comes under the wing of BRF, the Bible Reading Fellowship, and has since spread across all the major Christian denominations and around the world to at least thirteen countries. By the end of 2011 there were over 1000 different Messy Churches listed on the Messy Church online directory. So much for the bare bones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.messychurch.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Messy Church website\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eVisit the Messy Church website\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMessy Church is a great vehicle for connecting with families who'd never go through the front door of a church. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClynt French, Church Army, Sheffield\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe more I do Messy Church, the more I'm excited.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKaren Markusson, Lutheran Church, Denmark \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLucy Moore works for BRF as Messy Church Team Leader. She is responsible for developing the work of Messy Church nationally and internationally - writing, speaking, reflecting and developing Messy projects. She continues to help lead Messy Church in her own church, where her husband is the minister. Before working full-time with Messy Church, Lucy was a member of BRF's Barnabas children's ministry team, offering training for those wanting to bring the Bible to life for children in churches and schools across the UK, and using drama and storytelling to explore the Bible with children herself. Her books include titles in the Messy Church series, Bethlehem Carols Unplugged, The Gospels Unplugged, The Lord's Prayer Unplugged and Colourful Creation (all Barnabas) and All-Age Worship (BRF, 2010). She also presents Messy Church: the DVD. A secondary-school teacher by training, she enjoys acting, walking Minnie the dog, marvelling at the alien world of her two teenage children and watching unsuitable television. She is a Lay Canon of Portsmouth Cathedral.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eChurch Times\u003c\/em\u003e - 2 August 2013\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore than 1000 messy churches are affiliated to the Messy Church network, and, over the past ten years, thousands of children and families have been introduced to God and to church in this way. The greatest strength of messy church has been the lightness of touch with which Lucy Moore and the BRF have steered Messy Church, providing a plethora of good resources without making demands about how these are used. They have responded rapidly and imaginatively to critics, and have offered helpful resources to address issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMessy Church 3\u003c\/em\u003e, Moore offers 15 new sessions for the church year, but suggests that this may be the last book in the series. Future resources will be available on the excellent website, and through a subscription magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviewed by Revd Dana Delap is Assistant Curate of St James and St Basil, Fenham, in the diocese of Newcastle.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Aslan Christian Books - \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.aslanchristianbooks.co.uk\" target=\"blank\"\u003ewww.aslanchristianbooks.co.uk\u003c\/a\u003e - 10 December 2012\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom one small event in a Portsmouth Church through to over 1,000 locations around the world, Messy Church is undoubtedly one of the most innovative movements to come out of the Church of England since Alpha.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe idea is that the local parish church puts on an event, probably monthly, which is an informal event geared towards families involving food, craft activities and a short service. The word 'messy' relates not only to the craft activities, but to the idea that people can come whatever their life is like - messy lives - and find a welcome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the third book from Lucy Moore, the founder of Messy Church. This book takes an idea for most months, and in particular most seasons within the Church and social year - New Year, St Valentines, Easter, Harvest festivals etc. The book starts with a clever and amusing series of fictional letters to an imaginary church who have chosen to start a Messy Church, before going on to provide flexible outlines to each of the 15 suggested sessions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach session has a theme based on a scripture passage, a wide range of craft ideas - with a choice of budgets and complexity before moving on to ideas for the 'celebration' part of the event which will often provide suggestions for congregational involvement, prayers and a take-home idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn many communities Messy Church can provide the only way to gather primary-age children and their families and has proven to be an invaluable and inspiring addition to the mission of the Church. As well being a great introduction to Messy Church, the resources contained in this third book are sure to continue that.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2019-01-18T15:20:10+00:00","created_at":"2019-01-18T15:20:12+00:00","vendor":"Lucy Moore","type":"Paperback","tags":["Christmas","Easter","Messy Church books","Nov-12"],"price":999,"price_min":999,"price_max":999,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":21768992391268,"title":"Paperback","option1":"Paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780857461209","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Messy Church 3: Fifteen sessions for exploring the Christian life with families - Paperback","public_title":"Paperback","options":["Paperback"],"price":999,"weight":221,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780857461209"}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/products\/9780857461209-l.jpg?v=1549043178"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/products\/9780857461209-l.jpg?v=1549043178","options":["Format"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":3238874644619,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.655,"height":650,"width":426,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/products\/9780857461209-l.jpg?v=1570098003"},"aspect_ratio":0.655,"height":650,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/products\/9780857461209-l.jpg?v=1570098003","width":426}],"content":"\u003cp\u003eA new resource for Messy Churches, providing a further 15 sessions focused around key 'Christian basics' themes such as prayer and reading the Bible. There is also an introduction exploring and addressing situations that have arisen in different Messy Churches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach two-hour session includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBible reference and background\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eeasy-to-prepare recipes for the meal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eten simple theme-related craft activities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e'take-away' ideas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand a family-friendly service outline\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eContents list\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 1 A new start\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 2 Love rules\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 3 Mothers and others\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 4 Easter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 5 The Holy Spirit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 6 The Lord's Prayer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 7 Our community\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 8 Journeys\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 9 Harvest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 10 Light up the darkness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 11 Remember me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 12 Christmas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 13 Money matters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 14 Pets and peace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSession 15 Healthy body, healthy soul\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex of activities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBible index\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFurther resources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eFrom the Introduction\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book you'll find 15 sessions for Messy Church that are, in the great Messy tradition, suggestions for you to adapt and improve for your own circumstances, rather than an inflexible programme to be adhered to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt may look more constructive to have a series that extends over several months, but in practice, most people find it hard to hold the narrative thread across a month's gap, so a series isn't necessarily very helpful and can be restrictive. Instead, we've taken the Christian year as a whole, offering one-off sessions, which nevertheless have themes that link them, as you'll see.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sessions have a focus on the Christian year: Christmas, Easter, Pentecost and Harvest with a nod to Rogationtide and All Saints' Day. These major festivals help us to establish key points of the Christian faith: God's creation and on-going care for the world (a theme also recognised in Session 14: 'Pets and Peace'); Christ's birth, death and resurrection; and the coming of the Holy Spirit. They also give us a chance to reflect on prayer (Session 6: 'The Lord's Prayer') and on the Bible (Session 10: 'Light up the darkness', or the 'non-Hallowe'en-but-still-lots-of-fun-dressing-up-and-doing-wacky-things' session).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eWhat is Messy Church?\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a way of being church that is for all ages, on a day and at a time that suits families in your area. It usually involves a welcome; a time of making things on a biblical theme; a celebration on the same theme with story, song and prayer; and a meal around tables for everyone. Its values are being all-age, being Christ-centred, hospitality, creativity and celebration. It started in 2004 in the Anglican church of St Wilfrid's in Cowplain near Portsmouth in the UK, comes under the wing of BRF, the Bible Reading Fellowship, and has since spread across all the major Christian denominations and around the world to at least thirteen countries. By the end of 2011 there were over 1000 different Messy Churches listed on the Messy Church online directory. So much for the bare bones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.messychurch.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Messy Church website\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eVisit the Messy Church website\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMessy Church is a great vehicle for connecting with families who'd never go through the front door of a church. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClynt French, Church Army, Sheffield\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe more I do Messy Church, the more I'm excited.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKaren Markusson, Lutheran Church, Denmark \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLucy Moore works for BRF as Messy Church Team Leader. She is responsible for developing the work of Messy Church nationally and internationally - writing, speaking, reflecting and developing Messy projects. She continues to help lead Messy Church in her own church, where her husband is the minister. Before working full-time with Messy Church, Lucy was a member of BRF's Barnabas children's ministry team, offering training for those wanting to bring the Bible to life for children in churches and schools across the UK, and using drama and storytelling to explore the Bible with children herself. Her books include titles in the Messy Church series, Bethlehem Carols Unplugged, The Gospels Unplugged, The Lord's Prayer Unplugged and Colourful Creation (all Barnabas) and All-Age Worship (BRF, 2010). She also presents Messy Church: the DVD. A secondary-school teacher by training, she enjoys acting, walking Minnie the dog, marvelling at the alien world of her two teenage children and watching unsuitable television. She is a Lay Canon of Portsmouth Cathedral.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eChurch Times\u003c\/em\u003e - 2 August 2013\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore than 1000 messy churches are affiliated to the Messy Church network, and, over the past ten years, thousands of children and families have been introduced to God and to church in this way. The greatest strength of messy church has been the lightness of touch with which Lucy Moore and the BRF have steered Messy Church, providing a plethora of good resources without making demands about how these are used. They have responded rapidly and imaginatively to critics, and have offered helpful resources to address issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMessy Church 3\u003c\/em\u003e, Moore offers 15 new sessions for the church year, but suggests that this may be the last book in the series. Future resources will be available on the excellent website, and through a subscription magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviewed by Revd Dana Delap is Assistant Curate of St James and St Basil, Fenham, in the diocese of Newcastle.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Aslan Christian Books - \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.aslanchristianbooks.co.uk\" target=\"blank\"\u003ewww.aslanchristianbooks.co.uk\u003c\/a\u003e - 10 December 2012\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom one small event in a Portsmouth Church through to over 1,000 locations around the world, Messy Church is undoubtedly one of the most innovative movements to come out of the Church of England since Alpha.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe idea is that the local parish church puts on an event, probably monthly, which is an informal event geared towards families involving food, craft activities and a short service. The word 'messy' relates not only to the craft activities, but to the idea that people can come whatever their life is like - messy lives - and find a welcome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the third book from Lucy Moore, the founder of Messy Church. This book takes an idea for most months, and in particular most seasons within the Church and social year - New Year, St Valentines, Easter, Harvest festivals etc. The book starts with a clever and amusing series of fictional letters to an imaginary church who have chosen to start a Messy Church, before going on to provide flexible outlines to each of the 15 suggested sessions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach session has a theme based on a scripture passage, a wide range of craft ideas - with a choice of budgets and complexity before moving on to ideas for the 'celebration' part of the event which will often provide suggestions for congregational involvement, prayers and a take-home idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn many communities Messy Church can provide the only way to gather primary-age children and their families and has proven to be an invaluable and inspiring addition to the mission of the Church. As well being a great introduction to Messy Church, the resources contained in this third book are sure to continue that.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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