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Recently, a new part of our church family met at All Saints: Messy Church.
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The helpers started arriving early
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They set up the hall and Perry Room with activities, including painting
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paper weaving
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cooking and decorating
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and cutting and glueing.
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Meanwhile, others re-arranged the church.
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Before the morning started, the huge team of helpers – from both All Saints and Peachcroft – met in the church for prayer.
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We had been anxious about whether anyone would respond to our invitations, but soon people started to arrive.
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And they just kept on coming. We were overwhelmed by the response.
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Some quite interesting characters arrived.
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The theme of the morning was love – and friendship – and neighbours. Babies played in the cosy corner.
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Making badges was very popular.
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We made animals from heart shapes.
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People enjoyed painting their friends and neighbours.
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Making felt was very popular, though it was hard to make a heart shape.
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And we meant to build a road with our Rocky Road chocolate cakes, but we didn’t quite get round to it.
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Then we gathered in the church for the celebration.
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We think there were two families from Peachcroft Christian Centre, and one from Long Furlong. All the others were, as far as we know, entirely new to
church.
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We lit the candles on our Messy Church tree
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and Bob told the story of the Good Samaritan.
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We sang songs and danced.
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Meanwhile, the helpers were laying the tables for lunch.
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We served hot dogs and onions
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and ketchup
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and people of all ages sat down to eat together.
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A huge thank you to the heroic helpers in the kitchen, who cooked
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and served ice cream
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and washed up
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and then washed up some more.
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It seemed to go on for ever.
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Meanwhile, the church was magically put back to rights.
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After lunch, people collected their works of art
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and the clearing up began.
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But some people
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insisted on finishing
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every last bit of ice cream
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until at last, everyone was gone.
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Outside, people were saying goodbye
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and leaving with balloons and chocolate cakes.
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But inside, our cameraman snapped a new pianist and his friend.
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Messy Church was amazingly successful at reaching families who don’t usually come to church. We’d like to say a huge thank-you to everyone who worked so hard to make Messy Church a success. It’s now a regular feature, happening
about every two months. Let us know if you’d like to help!