On another particularly wet and cold Saturday morning we really appreciated the warm welcome of All Saints for our February Messy Church. The theme this month was The Family in all its different contexts. After our usual superb breakfast, the activities included firing a large catapult with a bean bag...
The theme for September’s Messy Church was “The Cornerstone”. We met as usual At All Saints’ Church, and what fun we had! Breakfast as ever was greatly enjoyed by all. This month we had bacon and sausage as well as fruit juice, tea, coffee, cereals and toast, ably prepared and...
Messy Church Falmouth held its first ‘Breakfast on the Beach’ on Saturday 8th July on Gyllyngvase Beach. We had freshly barbecued sausages with scrambled eggs in a fresh roll. Delicious, thanks to Alan and Sue Offord, and Claire Allen. We were learning about John the Baptist and his teaching about...
The popular Obstacle Course, organised by Alan Offord, had a twist; first they did it as fast as they could, then they tried again with a heavy load on their back. A dramatic way to demonstrate how much easier life is when we are not carrying a burden such as...
The theme of Messy Church on 12th November was ‘Trusting God’, and the activities and celebration were based around the 23rd Psalm. The helpers arrived at 8.45 to prepare All Saints Church; a lot of chairs have to be moved to create a lovely open space. Families start to arrive...
Changing Messy Church to Saturday morning at All Saints Church was a risk, involving extra effort by our helpers, but it worked out brilliantly – thank you. Six families came, four of which were new to Messy Church. Our theme was ‘It is good to say “Thank you”’, and we...