{"id":7873,"date":"2022-11-29T07:55:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T12:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/?p=7873"},"modified":"2022-11-29T07:55:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T12:55:59","slug":"messy-church-information-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/2022\/11\/messy-church-information-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Messy Church Information Session"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Center for Leadership Excellence is hosting a short information session about Messy Church to determine whether to bring Messy Church leaders in for a day-long training&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tag line for the Messy Church movement is,\u00a0<em>Church<\/em>,<em>\u00a0but not as you know it<\/em>. If you have attended church for a long time, Messy Church may not look like church to you. At Messy Church, all ages meet together to learn about Christ through games, crafts and activities, music, and storytelling from the Bible. A foundational ingredient of Messy Church is to gather around a table for a snack or meal and build relationships with each other, God, and the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Messy Church Information Session<\/strong><\/em><br><strong>Presented by the Center for Leadership Excellence<br>with Johannah Myers<br>Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 1pm\u00a0&#8211; 1:30pm ET<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-button gb-block-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/event\/messy-church-information-session\/\" class=\"gb-button gb-button-shape-rounded gb-button-size-medium\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#e4002b\">Register Now<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Johannah Myers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ci6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/AZ_PrXNoX78xoe8WUFTntM9oOovRPVy5NwVWcsKmN8iBIR_IvQWwhrkkQMqyATQ26o_BL6Vf9QWOLl_zr_1IY46tRHBDBOIxrx3mhyTm2WFUVbeQ2vAaMwq26FUGMyut=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2022\/11\/johanna.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"360\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Johannah Myers is the Associate Director of Messy Church USA. She also serves as the Director of Disciple Formation at Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Greenville, SC, where she\u2019s been since 2009. When she\u2019s not leading Bible studies or talking about Messy Church, Johannah can most likely be found watching Duke basketball, planning her next trip, or hanging out with her Great Pyrenees Winifred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johannah has a B.A. in Psychology from Furman University and a M.Div from Duke Divinity School. In May 2019, Johannah received her Doctor of Ministry from Wesley Theological Seminary after studying with an international cohort at Wesley House, Cambridge UK. 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