MORE photos - May 22nd 2011

Here are some more photos of the fun we had at our Messy Church in May:

Piggy fingerpuppets

Heading in for dinner!

Smiles all round

Will be break it?

Gooey slime

Piggy friends

mmm cupcakes

Making pigs!

Very popular activity

Messy Church photos - May 22nd 2011

Check out all the fun we had last weekend at Messy Church! :)

The NEXT Messy Church event will be held  

Sunday 21st August 2011 from 4:30pm!

Our Messy Church team for 2011

Our first ever Messy Church at Dapto Uniting!

Cupcake decorating!

Making plasticine pigs!

Yuuuuuck slime!

8 litres of green jelly + vegie scraps = pig slops (gross!)

We made a welcome banner

Blowing bubbles

Plasticine pigs

Say cheese!

The pigs were VERY popular!

Mmm cupcakes!

Slime fun

Look at what we made!

Decorating masks

Together time in the church

Together time

We learned about the story of the Lost Son

Dinner time

Mmm yum!

We ended the night with a pinata!

Will he break it?

Lolly time!

DON'T FORGET: The NEXT Messy Church event will be 
held Sunday 21st August 2011 from 4:30pm!

We want your feedback!

Dapto Messy Church would love to hear your feedback to help us plan future events.

Firstly - how did you find out about Messy Church @ Dapto Uniting? 

Secondly - what activities would your family enjoy most at future Messy Church events?

Please vote in the 2 polls on the right hand side of this webpage - you can select more than one response to each of the questions. :)

Messy Fun had by all!

PHOTOS COMING SOON! :)

About 60 kids and adults attended the first ever Messy Church event at Dapto Uniting - a fantastic time was had by all!

A wide range of activities were on offer including mask making, playdough animal farms, cupcake decorating, finger painting, beading, bubble fun, mural painting, outdoor games, finger puppet making, slime and jelly pig slops. A highlight for many was crafting our own little pigs out of pink plasticine, complete with googly eyes and curly pipe cleaner tails!

After our Together Time in the church learning about the story of the Prodigal Son, we all headed back into the hall for our celebration feast! We all tucked into our party dinner and enjoyed the culinary creations that the kids helped to make in the Messy Church Kitchen.


The evening concluded with a good old party favourite - a Pinata!

Next Messy Church will be held  

August 21st 2011, from 4:30pm!

Messy Church: Who will you invite?

According to Families Australia, two of the main issues facing families today are balancing work and family life and finding time to be together.

Messy Church provides the ideal opportunity for you and your children to relax, meet new people, have fun and enjoy a meal together as a family. What a great way to spend a Sunday arvo!

Who will you invite to come along this Sunday to the Messy Church launch @ Dapto Uniting?

Messy Church Countdown!

Just one week to go before Messy Church starts at Dapto Uniting! Can't wait!! :)

Dapto Messy Church on Youtube!

 Messy Church @ Dapto Uniting is now on Youtube! Stay tuned for video clips, animations and more in the upcoming months!

Follow this link to check out our official Dapto Messy Church channel!

Happy Mother's Day!

The Messy Church team hopes wishes every Dapto mum a relaxing and enjoyable Mother's Day!

We hope that all the kids out there let their mums know just how much they love them and appreciate all the many things that they do for us.

Love is patient; love is kind. Love is not jealous; is not proud; is not conceited; does not act foolishly; is not selfish; is not easily provoked to anger; keeps no record of wrongs; takes no pleasure in unrighteousness, but rejoices in the truth; love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things. 
1 Corinthians 13: 4-7

Oink! Let's get messy on May 22nd!

Not long now until Messy Church launches on Sunday May 22nd!

We will be having a 'piggy theme' to celebrate our first event! There will be heaps of art and craft activities available including fingerpainting, jewelry making, collage, clay, painting, puppet making and much more!

In the Messy Church Kitchen there will be cupcake decorating and cooking fun. There will also be some great games and messy challenges for those feeling a bit more active, and quieter activity stations for those kids wanting to chill and relax!

We will be learning about a story in the Bible of a son who runs away his family and ends up living with a bunch of pigs (and eating their sloppy food - eeeww gross!)

PARENTS/CARERS: you can R.S.V.P. for the May 22nd event by following this link! It would be great to know if you and your family are coming for catering purposes.

Weekend of crafty fun & facepainting!

The Messy Church team had a great time serving the community at the Dapto Art & Craft Fair this weekend!

It was a great chance to meet lots of families from the local area and let them know what Messy Church is all about.

While the adults were off looking at the craft show, the kids enjoyed the fun range of free activities on offer including face painting, Mother's Day craft, show bags and games.

Looking forward to catching up with everyone again at the Messy Church launch on May 22nd!

Find us on Facebook!

Messy Church @ Dapto Uniting is now on Facebook! Head over to our Facebook page and say hello! :)