Messy Christmas
Here you'll find some of our resources to support you and your Messy Church during Advent and the Christmas season.
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Hide knitted sheep in designated stores (or house windows!) around town and ask your community to complete the leaflet, entering their details for the prize draw and taking home a colouring picture, maze and the nativity story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMessy Nativity gives all the information and resources needed for a church to embark on their own Messy Nativity project.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSecond edition of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/products\/messy-nativity-how-to-run-your-very-own-messy-nativity-advent-project\"\u003eMessy Nativity\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJane Leadbetter is part of the BRF Messy Church team, has worked as a primary school teacher and was Children's Work Adviser in the Diocese of Liverpool for twelve years. She runs L19: Messy Church once a month.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-05-01T16:32:57+01:00","created_at":"2020-05-01T16:39:44+01:00","vendor":"Jane Leadbetter","type":"Paperback","tags":["Aug-20","Christmas","Messy Church books"],"price":499,"price_min":499,"price_max":499,"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":35529998172312,"title":"Paperback","option1":"Paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781800390188","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Messy Nativity: How to run your very own Messy Nativity Advent project - Paperback","public_title":"Paperback","options":["Paperback"],"price":499,"weight":65,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781800390188","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":35529998205080,"title":"PDF download","option1":"PDF download","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781800390201","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Messy Nativity: How to run your very own Messy Nativity Advent project - PDF download","public_title":"PDF download","options":["PDF download"],"price":499,"weight":65,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781800390201","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9781800390188.jpg?v=1588347586","\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/DOWN0188.jpg?v=1610980719"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9781800390188.jpg?v=1588347586","options":["Format"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":7669709701259,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":1524,"width":1000,"src":"\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9781800390188.jpg?v=1588347586"},"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":1524,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9781800390188.jpg?v=1588347586","width":1000},{"alt":null,"id":15638115319999,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.657,"height":650,"width":427,"src":"\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/DOWN0188.jpg?v=1610980719"},"aspect_ratio":0.657,"height":650,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/DOWN0188.jpg?v=1610980719","width":427}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eCelebrate Christmas in your community while following the Covid-19 regulations in your area. 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Hide knitted sheep in designated stores (or house windows!) around town and ask your community to complete the leaflet, entering their details for the prize draw and taking home a colouring picture, maze and the nativity story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMessy Nativity gives all the information and resources needed for a church to embark on their own Messy Nativity project.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSecond edition of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/products\/messy-nativity-how-to-run-your-very-own-messy-nativity-advent-project\"\u003eMessy Nativity\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJane Leadbetter is part of the BRF Messy Church team, has worked as a primary school teacher and was Children's Work Adviser in the Diocese of Liverpool for twelve years. She runs L19: Messy Church once a month.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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{"id":2439781548132,"title":"Christmas Family Time","handle":"christmas-family-time","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn affirming Christmas gift for Messy Churches to give to their Messy families to use at home over the Christmas holiday period. 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\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/files\/LucyMoore_480x480.jpg?v=1676494651\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-right: 10px; float: left;\" width=\"164\" height=\"164\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin-right: 10px; float: left;\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/files\/LucyMoore_480x480.jpg?v=1676494651\"\u003e\u003c\/div\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. 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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\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/files\/LucyMoore_480x480.jpg?v=1676494651\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-right: 10px; float: left;\" width=\"164\" height=\"164\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin-right: 10px; float: left;\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/files\/LucyMoore_480x480.jpg?v=1676494651\"\u003e\u003c\/div\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."}
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{"id":2439741407332,"title":"Messy Christmas: 3 complete sessions and a treasure trove of craft ideas for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany","handle":"messy-christmas-3-complete-sessions-and-a-treasure-trove-of-craft-ideas-for-advent-christmas-and-epiphany","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree complete Messy Church sessions for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany, together with a wealth of creative activities and crafts to extend the range of excitingly messy activities for your Messy Church. Sections include creative Christmas prayers, global action suggestions, games and competitions, Christmas food crafts and many other ideas to take you on into the New Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou may be considering a Messy Christmas at home this year. If this is the case, don't forget to download the adaptations of Messy Christmas activities that you and your Messy Church families can do at home (available \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/files\/LT_MC_at_Home_letter.pdf?v=1597940883\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFind additional resources \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/files\/messy_christmas_extra_resources.pdf?18358327749088893721\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Introduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough these three Messy Church sessions, a local church can help 21\u003csup\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003est century families own the eternal messages of Christmas for themselves so that seasonal tensions, sentimentality and material pleasures have a chance to fall into a better perspective. The three sessions are planned to run once a month on three consecutive months between November and January to encourage families to keep coming back for the next thrilling instalment and in order to have the chance to reinforce the learning and provide echoes that will deepen the worship experience over the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaking things together - even simply making a mess together - can be one way in which God's kingdom explodes into life in a church, a community, an individual or a family. We're not just gluing and sticking: we're reflecting the God who creates and recreates and gives us the chance to be more fully human as we mirror his actions. Just as God wasn't afraid to get his hands into the stuff of the earth, touch swaddling clothes, skin, straw, smell frankincense and myrrh, taste milk and bread, the act of making things gives people a chance to get their hands too into the stuff of the earth, to give their senses a feast, to savour what is good, to feel real things in a screen-based world. Craft time makes a space to give adults and children the chance to have time together, to enjoy being a family, to marvel at each others' skills, to help each other, and it gives a 'third place' a displacement activity around which conversations with friends as well as family can flourish. And alongside the sheer joy of learning new skills, difficult Biblical themes and stories can be explored in a non-confrontational way through drawing, splatting, building and experimenting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe hope your Messy Church will be a huge and happy gift to your community this Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\nLucy Moore is BRF's Messy Church Team Leader, responsible for developing the work of Messy Church nationally and internationally. She also helps to lead Messy Church in her own church. Jane Leadbetter is part of the BRF Messy Church Team, has worked as a primary school teacher and was Children's Work Adviser in the Diocese of Liverpool for twelve years. She runs L19: Messy Church once a month.\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviewed by The Church Times - 2 November 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMessy Christmas has three sessions for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany, and numerous craft activities. As usual, web-based resources, including work sheets and further ideas, support the books. There are more good ideas than any church might need for any one year; so choosing what fits this year and what might be saved for a future date will be important.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause these Christmas stories are so familiar to us, however, it is easy to forget the harsh reality of life in another culture and at another time. The suggestion of a 'hide-and-seek from Herod' game in Messy Christmas seems inap pro priate. We need to remember, even in our work with children, that the incarnation is not all sweetness and light, and that Herod's hide-and-seek was in fact infanticide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviewed by Dana Delap\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2019-01-18T15:20:05+00:00","created_at":"2019-01-18T15:20:06+00:00","vendor":"Lucy Moore","type":"Paperback","tags":["Christmas","Messy Church books","Oct-12","PDF"],"price":799,"price_min":799,"price_max":799,"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":21768974106724,"title":"Paperback","option1":"Paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780857460912","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Messy Christmas: 3 complete sessions and a treasure trove of craft ideas for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany - Paperback","public_title":"Paperback","options":["Paperback"],"price":799,"weight":221,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780857460912","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":24422702874724,"title":"PDF Download","option1":"PDF Download","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"DOWN0912","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":false,"featured_image":{"id":17577530196120,"product_id":2439741407332,"position":2,"created_at":"2020-06-22T16:42:33+01:00","updated_at":"2020-06-22T16:42:33+01:00","alt":null,"width":650,"height":650,"src":"\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/DOWN0912.jpg?v=1592840553","variant_ids":[24422702874724]},"available":true,"name":"Messy Christmas: 3 complete sessions and a treasure trove of craft ideas for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany - PDF Download","public_title":"PDF Download","options":["PDF Download"],"price":799,"weight":221,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"DOWNLOAD0912","featured_media":{"alt":null,"id":9751643062424,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":650,"width":650,"src":"\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/DOWN0912.jpg?v=1592840553"}},"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857460912.jpg?v=1573217058","\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/DOWN0912.jpg?v=1592840553"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857460912.jpg?v=1573217058","options":["Format"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":5674762371211,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1000,"width":1000,"src":"\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857460912.jpg?v=1573217058"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1000,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857460912.jpg?v=1573217058","width":1000},{"alt":null,"id":9751643062424,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":650,"width":650,"src":"\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/DOWN0912.jpg?v=1592840553"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":650,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/DOWN0912.jpg?v=1592840553","width":650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eThree complete Messy Church sessions for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany, together with a wealth of creative activities and crafts to extend the range of excitingly messy activities for your Messy Church. Sections include creative Christmas prayers, global action suggestions, games and competitions, Christmas food crafts and many other ideas to take you on into the New Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou may be considering a Messy Christmas at home this year. If this is the case, don't forget to download the adaptations of Messy Christmas activities that you and your Messy Church families can do at home (available \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/files\/LT_MC_at_Home_letter.pdf?v=1597940883\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFind additional resources \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/files\/messy_christmas_extra_resources.pdf?18358327749088893721\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Introduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough these three Messy Church sessions, a local church can help 21\u003csup\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003est century families own the eternal messages of Christmas for themselves so that seasonal tensions, sentimentality and material pleasures have a chance to fall into a better perspective. The three sessions are planned to run once a month on three consecutive months between November and January to encourage families to keep coming back for the next thrilling instalment and in order to have the chance to reinforce the learning and provide echoes that will deepen the worship experience over the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaking things together - even simply making a mess together - can be one way in which God's kingdom explodes into life in a church, a community, an individual or a family. We're not just gluing and sticking: we're reflecting the God who creates and recreates and gives us the chance to be more fully human as we mirror his actions. Just as God wasn't afraid to get his hands into the stuff of the earth, touch swaddling clothes, skin, straw, smell frankincense and myrrh, taste milk and bread, the act of making things gives people a chance to get their hands too into the stuff of the earth, to give their senses a feast, to savour what is good, to feel real things in a screen-based world. Craft time makes a space to give adults and children the chance to have time together, to enjoy being a family, to marvel at each others' skills, to help each other, and it gives a 'third place' a displacement activity around which conversations with friends as well as family can flourish. And alongside the sheer joy of learning new skills, difficult Biblical themes and stories can be explored in a non-confrontational way through drawing, splatting, building and experimenting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe hope your Messy Church will be a huge and happy gift to your community this Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\nLucy Moore is BRF's Messy Church Team Leader, responsible for developing the work of Messy Church nationally and internationally. She also helps to lead Messy Church in her own church. Jane Leadbetter is part of the BRF Messy Church Team, has worked as a primary school teacher and was Children's Work Adviser in the Diocese of Liverpool for twelve years. She runs L19: Messy Church once a month.\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviewed by The Church Times - 2 November 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMessy Christmas has three sessions for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany, and numerous craft activities. As usual, web-based resources, including work sheets and further ideas, support the books. There are more good ideas than any church might need for any one year; so choosing what fits this year and what might be saved for a future date will be important.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause these Christmas stories are so familiar to us, however, it is easy to forget the harsh reality of life in another culture and at another time. The suggestion of a 'hide-and-seek from Herod' game in Messy Christmas seems inap pro priate. We need to remember, even in our work with children, that the incarnation is not all sweetness and light, and that Herod's hide-and-seek was in fact infanticide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviewed by Dana Delap\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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