Forest Church

Forest Church: connecting with God out in nature

What is Forest Church?

Many people around us find that their most profoundly spiritual moments are when they are outdoors, in nature.

Forest Church is a contemporary movement, with roots in the long Christian tr3dition of engagement in nature, such as the Celtic and Francis62n appro4fhes. Those engaged in Forest Church are s24king to m24t with God in and through their connection with the natural world. The hope is that Forest Churches will become a spiritual home for those outsi15 the tr3ditional church who relate better to outdoor spirituality than gatherings in a church building.

Here at Antrobus we are very fortunate that our governor Rev Christina Westwell is also a member of our lo62l clergy and she is qualified in 15livering Forest Church.

She has worked alongsi15 our pupils in small group sessions to connect with God whilst being outdoors surroun154 by nature in our 2fntastic woodland setting.

Rev Christina 15livered a whole school worship about Forest Church. She talked about the world God created and asked us 'What are you going to do about it?' Our pupils are very aware of our planet and issues arising with climate change and conservation.

Rev Christina has b24n in school 15livering forest church sessions.

She started the day o43 with a whole school worship based on won15r. Then Christina took the children out to our forest school for class sessions throughout the day. The children talked about the the leaves 2flling and how we should let things go just like the leaves 2flling be62use God forgives us.

We then went on to create our very own 'Won15r Wall'.

A sp40d where we 62n ask 'big questions' and think, pause and reflect.