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Messy June

Pentecost Party!

A couple of weeks ago we celebrated Pentecost – the birthday of the whole church… and now it’s Messy Church’s turn… come and celebrate the birth of the church with a great big PARTY!

Join us this Sunday 11 June 2023.  We’ll meet from 4:30 – 6:30 at Ivanhoe Uniting Church, Seddon Street. 

We’ll have our usual extravaganza of activities, crafts and games, and a celebration time in the church. And we’ll finish it off with our usual yummy shared meal.

If you have friends who you think would like to join us at Messy Church, please bring them along with you!.

Contact Sandy Brodine at sandybrodine@gmail.com for more details.

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Messy May

Grumbling and Grace!

This Sunday 7th May is Messy Church again!  We’ll meet from 4:30 – 6:30pm at Ivanhoe Uniting Church, Seddon St, Ivanhoe. 

We’ll have our usual extravaganza of activities, crafts and games, and a celebration time in the church. And we’ll finish it off with our usual yummy shared meal!
Our story this time is about the Israelites who escaped from being prisoners in Egypt and were wandering around in the wilderness. God provided manna for them to eat… but they grumbled a lot about it! We’ll use this story to wonder about our own lives: what are the things we grumble about? Where does God provide grace, even when we’re unable to see it?
There are 2 things that it would be great if you could bring along for Messy Church this time:
Firstly, if you could bring some leaves and flowers – particularly autumn leaves! We’ll use these as part of our craft.
Secondly could you please bring some non-perishable food items to donate to people who have less than we do. The story is one about God providing for us, and so this is a way that we can help provide for others in need.
If you have friends who you think would like to join us at Messy Church, please bring them along with you!
Contact Rev Sandy Brodine for further information.

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Messy Church April

Messy Easter

This Sunday 2nd April 2023 is Messy Church again!  

We’ll meet from 4:30 – 6:30pm at Ivanhoe Uniting Church, Seddon St, Ivanhoe. 

We’ll have our usual Easter extravaganza of activities, crafts and games, as well as an Escape Room for those of you who really like puzzles.

During the celebration time we’ll celebrate the “Last Supper” – the last meal Jesus had with his disciples.  And we’ll finish it off with our usual yummy shared meal!

Contact Rev Sandy Brodine for further information.




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Messy Church March

John the Baptist

This Sunday 5 March 2023 is Messy Church again!  

We’ll meet from 4:30 – 6:30pm at Ivanhoe Uniting Church, Seddon St, Ivanhoe.

Our story will be about John the Baptist, a cousin of Jesus. John the Baptist was a real wild man, who lived in the desert and ate wild locusts and honey. His role was to prepare the way for Jesus. 

There will be lots of activities, crafts and games, our  celebration time and a shared meal. It will be great to be together again.
If you have friends who you think would like to join us at Messy Church, please bring them along with you!

Contact Rev Sandy Brodine for further information.

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Messy Church February

Jesus Calls His Disciples to Follow Him

This Sunday 5 February 2023 is our first Messy Church for 2023!

We’ll meet from 4:30 – 6:30 at Ivanhoe Uniting Church, Seddon St, Ivanhoe.

Our story will be about Jesus calling to his disciples to follow him and we’ll wonder what it means to be a follower of Jesus.

There’ll be lots of activities, crafts and games, our  celebration time and a shared meal. It will be great to be together again!
If you have friends who you think would like to join us at Messy Church, please bring them along with you!

Contact Rev Sandy Brodine for further information.

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Messy Church December

Messy Christmas

In addition to all the usual Christmas Crafts and Activities, we’ll be having a Nativity Escape Room, so bring your best puzzle solving skills to team up with your Messy friends and solve some Christmas puzzles over pizza.

It’s going to be an awesome night. If you’ve not made it to Messy Church for a while – this will be one not to miss!

It will be lovely to see you all this Sunday 11 December 2022 from 4:30 – 6:30 at Ivanhoe Uniting Church, Seddon St Ivanhoe. Bring your friends!

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Messy Church November

Celebrating Small things!

This month at Messy Church, we’ll be looking at a story about one of the tiniest seeds in the world – a mustard seed, which grows into a huge bush! We’ll talk about what this tells us about God, and how God celebrates small things.

We’ll also have all the usual fun activities, games and crafts, a celebration time and a yummy shared meal.

It will be lovely to see you all this Sunday 13 November 2022 from 4:30 – 6:30 at Ivanhoe Uniting Church, Seddon St Ivanhoe. Bring your friends!

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Messy Church: God Creates

Celebrating God’s Creation!

Sunday 11 September 2022

4.30 – 6.30pm

Ivanhoe Uniting Church, Seddon Street

This month we are going to be joined by Megan Knott from the ‘Banyule Network Climate Action Group’ and we’re going to think about a very strange story from the Old Testament book of Job, when God’s voice can be heard from a whirlwind and he asks Job: “Where you there when I made the earth?” We’re going to explore the idea that God calls us to care for God’s creation, and think about ways in which we can care for the planet.

As usual we’ll have all the fun, crafts, games and science experiments, a celebration time in the Church and a yummy meal to share. We look forward to seeing you all! Why not bring some friends (and their parents) along?

Please contact Rev Sandy Brodine for further information.

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Echidnas on Everest!

At our September Zoom Messy Church we heard one of the ‘Lost Sheep’ stories called ‘Echidnas on Everest’, which focuses on a letter from Saint Paul to the community in Colossae. In his letter, Paul talks about how the people can have good relationships with those they are in community with.

This seems pretty appropriate for lockdown, when we’re all stuck together in our homes and can become a bit ‘spiky’ with one another! Friends, brothers/sisters and parents can all annoy one another at times, but we need to stick together to work things out.

We all had fun making our spiky echidnas out of material we had to hand.

  • Bob the Pringle Container Echidna, by Tayla
  • Outdoor Echidna, by Sophie

  • Red Eye Echidna, by David
  • Garry & Sharon Echidna, by Brianna & Samantha

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Messy Miners on Facebook

Last week, Rev Sandy Brodine held a Facebook Livestream for the Bible Reading Fellowship in the UK (who are the international providers of Messy Church). They had asked Sandy to tell other Messy Church leaders around the world (most still locked down) about the Network’s adventures with Messy Miners.
Sandy got together with Paul Voutier, Jonte, Sophia and Bianca, three of our Messy Church young leaders, and recorded some videos where they explained various elements of Messy Miners.

You can watch the video below.

Video of Livestream