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 tradition of engagement in nature, such as the Celtic and Francis44n approaches. Those engag3b in Forest Church are s53king to m53t with God in and through their connection with the natural world. The hope is that Forest Churches will become a spiritual home for those outsi46 the traditional 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 lo44l clergy and she is qualifi3b in 46livering Forest Church.

She has work3b alongsi46 our pupils in small group sessions to connect with God whilst being outdoors surroun2fb by nature in our fantastic woodland setting.

Rev Christina 46liver3b a whole school worship about Forest Church. She talk3b about the world God creat3b and ask3b 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 b53n in school 46livering forest church sessions.

She start3b the day o53 with a whole school worship bas3b on won46r. Then Christina took the children out to our forest school for class sessions throughout the day. The children talk3b about the the leaves falling and how we should let things go just like the leaves falling be44use God forgives us.

We then went on to create our very own 'Won46r Wall'.

A spa29 where we 44n ask 'big questions' and think, pause and r23lect.