Category Archives: Messy Church

Messy Church : What is Prayer ? – Saturday 6th May

The first Saturday of the month is nearly here, so we hope you can join us for another Messy Church on May 6th. This month we’re thinking about “What is Prayer?”.  Prayer is an essential part of the Christian faith, and as usual, we’ll be exploring it through our mix of Fun, Faith and FoodContinue reading “Messy Church : What is Prayer ? – Saturday 6th May”

Easter Services 2017

Please join us for our Easter Services Thursday 13th April 8.00 pm Maundy service – St Catherine’s Church Good Friday 14th April 10.30 am Good Friday All Age Event – St Catherine’s 12.00 noon Churches in Tilehurst Act of witness at Tilehurst Triangle 2.00 pm ‘Last hour’ service – St Catherine’s Church Sunday 16th AprilContinue reading “Easter Services 2017”

Messy Church : What is Easter ? – Saturday 1st April ’17

The shops are filling with chocolate eggs and bunnies.  Apparently it’s all to do with Easter – but what is Easter, and why do we celebrate events which happened nearly 2,000 years ago anyway ? The first Saturday of the Month comes round early this time, so please join us on Saturday 1st April toContinue reading “Messy Church : What is Easter ? – Saturday 1st April ’17”

Messy Church : What is Lent? – Saturday 4th March ’17

You’ve hopefully all had your pancakes on Shrove Tuesday – but why ?  What’s this ‘Lent’ thing about anyway ? Please join us at Messy Church this coming Saturday – March 4th – to find out a little more about the church season of Lent through our normal mixture of Fun, Faith and Food. We’reContinue reading “Messy Church : What is Lent? – Saturday 4th March ’17”

Messy Church : What is Love? – Saturday 4th February

With Valentines day coming, many of us ask “What is Love?”  It’s a big question that we spend a lot of our life thinking about.  Naturally, the Christian faith has a lot to say about it. Through our normal mix of Fun, Faith and Food, we’ll explore just a few of the things that the Bible says andContinue reading “Messy Church : What is Love? – Saturday 4th February”

Messy Church : New Beginnings – Saturday 7th January

How are your New Year’s resolutions going ?  Whether you’ve still going strong, struggling already, or never bothered in the first place, we all know that the New Year is a time to think about the year ahead and what changes we might want to make. The theme for Messy Church this coming Saturday isContinue reading “Messy Church : New Beginnings – Saturday 7th January”

Messy Christmas Eve Family Service – Saturday 24th

Our Messy Christmas Eve Family Service is on Saturday 24th at 3:30pm.  As well as craft and songs, we’ll be retelling the Christmas Story together.  We’d encourage the young and young at heart to come dressed as a Nativity character.   If you don’t have anything, we can provide something on the day. Afterwards there’ll be drinks, minceContinue reading “Messy Christmas Eve Family Service – Saturday 24th”

Messy Christingle : 3rd December

This coming Saturday, we are combining our normal Messy Church with our ever popular Christingle service. Don’t know what a Christingle is ? Come along to find out !  But a clue is that it helps us think about *who* Christmas is about.  We’ll be making Christingles together as part of our “Fun, Faith andContinue reading “Messy Christingle : 3rd December”