Welcome to the
North Wiltshire Methodist Circuit
November may not really feel the season for it, but I do love being outside. Whether it’s a trip to the seaside, or just kicking up leaves on my walk up the hill into Old Town there is something special about being in the colours and varied temperatures of creation.Because of that I was glad to be at the forest church training day on the First Saturday in November to learn more about doing and being church outside. We often talk about church without walls but what does it really mean to get outside and meet God there instead. Forest Church is more than just taking a regular service into the outside but finding new ways of connecting with God through what we see and hear and smell and touch and – occasionally if we are careful – taste.
Finding God in creation is like noticing the artists fingerprints, and from that learning more of them in what they have made. We don’t have to go outside to do this. Just looking in a mirror shows us one of the mighty creations of God, human beings, made in God’s image and loved beyond measure. So whether its people, or the world outside our windows may we find the creator in all that he has made.Revd Rach
Welcome to the
North Wiltshire Methodist Circuit
November may not really feel the season for it, but I do love being outside. Whether it’s a trip to the seaside, or just kicking up leaves on my walk up the hill into Old Town there is something special about being in the colours and varied temperatures of creation.
Because of that I was glad to be at the forest church training day on the First Saturday in November to learn more about doing and being church outside. We often talk about church without walls but what does it really mean to get outside and meet God there instead. Forest Church is more than just taking a regular service into the outside but finding new ways of connecting with God through what we see and hear and smell and touch and – occasionally if we are careful – taste.
Finding God in creation is like noticing the artists fingerprints, and from that learning more of them in what they have made. We don’t have to go outside to do this. Just looking in a mirror shows us one of the mighty creations of God, human beings, made in God’s image and loved beyond measure. So whether its people, or the world outside our windows may we find the creator in all that he has made.
Revd Rach