Where God's World Comes Together

The dust has finally begun to settle after a great week of Vacation Bible School. This year's VBS theme - Everywhere Fun Fair: Where God's World Comes Together - proved to be both a challenge (it was way too complicated for a VBS!) but also a whole lot of fun. Throughout the week, we learned together - 106 kids + 75 volunteers, gotta love that ratio - about what it means to be a good neighbor in God's kingdom. Each day had a specific focus and by the end of the week, we had 5 main points. Neighbors are: friendly, giving, forgiving, welcoming, and bold.

As we switch gears now from VBS to getting ready for our first ever Messy Church at Aldersgate, I am again amazed by God's timing. From its inception, Messy Church has been about hospitality and reaching out. Hospitality is actually one of the 4 objectives of the whole Messy Church movement. Basically, it's all about being a good neighbor! So while I feel sure our kids learned some great lessons at VBS, perhaps the lesson is for us adults at Aldersgate as we prepare for Messy Church!

Messy Church kicks off on August 25, 2013 and we still have a lot to do to get ready. But things are moving right along. We have banners and signs ready to go out, volunteers signing up, activities to plan and games to organize. If you haven't volunteered yet, give me a call soon!

This blog is intended to be a place with several purposes. First this will hopefully be a place for volunteers, parents, grandparents and all those working with Messy Church to get inspired! We'll have devotions posted before and after each Messy Church along with some ideas for encouraging faith exploration in our kids. Secondly, this will be a place for information about the goals of Messy Church and upcoming Messy Church events.

For now, that's all! I'm off to find something to help me get the VBS songs from running constantly through my head!