HOLY HABITS
EATING TOGeTHER: Acts 2:46
Luke 14: 15-23
MESSY CHURCH IDEAS/COMMUNITY IDEAS: I FOUND
THE BIG LUNCH 2018
the great big walk - May 29-18th June 2018
Jo Brand is helping the Big Walk get under way
ideas from website:
Stuff you can do
Project or activity ideas that you can run or be part of in your community
All, Art and Creativity, Food, Places and spaces, Health and Wellbeing &
Inclusive communities
Also: Inspiring stories/ lots of ideas from list above
Open welcome
Germinate: The Arthur Rank Centre, has released a new 'toolkit' to help ruralchurches consider how we might use our buildings to offer better welcome and hospitality to our communities. to find out more and download your free resource.
The week ahead from Connexion included the above, I downloaded the info-Littlebeck are included
It might be a resource to include in HH
Messy church table sheets (at tea time)
At teatime at Messy Church today we put out a scribble sheet on each table with a pencil. Here are the two questions and the answers. I wonder what you would conclude from the answers? For me they say something about the importance of food, especially cake; an appreciation of the fellowship and welcome people receive; the way the unpremeditated spontaneous elements of Messy Church can be the most enjoyable (we had no plans to make a bus out of chairs); the importance of providing havens of quiet within the messiness and of giving people opportunities to pray both in community and on their own in the space, and the value of participation in the celebration rather than just listening.
But who, why or what a pink steat is, I fear I have no idea.
What's been the best thing at Messy Church today?
When did you feel closest to God?
- Eating the cake - it was heavenly
Big lunch idea
Plant some food to grow to eat next time messy is on
Ie something quick/ radishes/lettuce
MESSY PRAYER by Jane Leadbetter /
p. 83 Chapter Prayer Ideas for the Meal time
first course: ‘I wonder’ questions engaging ‘table talk’
celebrating birthdays – gift of a birthday bag including a Messy Church prayer card
Messy Graces
Sung or said
Messy Parables 25 retellings for all ages by Martyn Payne
Messy excuses: The parable of the great banquet p.68
Through the year with Jesus by Eleanor Zuercher
Ideal for 3-11s
p.81 Blessings: Recipes for Life
bible focus Matthew 5: 1-12
Footsteps to the feast by Martyn Payne
p.64 Fast Forward
A special event for the feast of life
Feasting & fasting
Bible focus Matthew 4: 1-11
Hunger & thirst/ a way to be a king
Further suggestions, ideas, resourcesavailable from:
suggestions for activities:
Prayer
make a grace prayer cube (template available)
either encourage each person to make their own prayer cube or group cubes: 6 faces, 6 prayers or graces
could be a prayer cube to be used throughout the day
or: collate prayers from 6 different persons or family/friendship groups for one prayer cube
the prayer cubes could be taken home to be used at meal times or during family time
prayer cubes could be used for church
encourage the creation of new graces to be used at Messy church/in church/ for home use
could be spoken or sung
create prayer cards to be left on church tables when eating together happens
Table tops
Learn how to fold napkins in different ways
Setting the table
Table decorations: floral – real or paper
Favouritemeals
Messy menus – create a recipe book with story accompaniment, what makes meals special?
Design and make place mats – use them at messy church meal times
Invitations
Design an invitation and invite a friend to messy church or a church event
Lot more ideas- please share