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to get you started... Wild Church leaders have been adapting traditional liturgies, writing new songs, and creating whole new Orders of Service. Many include an extended "wandering in nature," listening to sermons from blue jays and rain clouds and returning to share their experiences with the others. More liturgical churches have adapted traditional liturgies and prayers to include the natural world as co-congregants and revelations of God or sacred relationship. Several wild church pastors have generously offered their creative and innovative worship resources to get started. Be sure and credit the authors if you use them! Join as a Wild Seedling or Wild Church to access the full resources, updated every month as we highlight different churches, and share their innovative ideas for connecting with the Holy through relationship with the natural world. |
INTRODUCTORY ZOOM CALLS | VIDEO SERIES:"From Seeds to Sprouts:Tending a New Wild Church"$40 part of a "Wild Seed Packet" of resources for those considering starting a Wild Church Four ZOOM Videos Fifteen different Wild Church leaders gather together in conversation with one another about their journeys. What makes a Wild Church a CHURCH? What makes a Wild Church WILD? How do Wild Churches support inner and outer transformation in the congregants and in the land? |
RESOURCES TO SPARK YOUR WILD IMAGINATION |
WILD LECTIONARyWeekly eco-justice perspectives on the Lectionary from Radical Discipleship, offered by Anglican priest, Laurel Dykstra, Salal and Cedar. | communion liturgyA wild church liturgy for communion from Episcopalian priest, Steve Blackmer, Church of the Woods. | Wandering GuideTips for wandering & sacred conversation offered by Victoria Loorz, Seminary of the Wild & Echoes Wild Church. |
Blessings for Every Season, by Wendy Janzen, Burning Bush Forest Church |
Spring Solstice Blessing As winter gives over to spring In this time of great unknowing May we awaken, - Wendy Janzen, Burning Bush Forest Church | Summer Solstice Prayer ![]() Great Spirit of the sun, On this dawning of a new day we turn our faces toward your radiance, looking for your grace to shine upon us. Creator of Light, may your fire burn within us, igniting passion, fueling growth, extending warmth to all with whom we connect this day. On this longest day of the year we celebrate life, abundance, fertility, growth, fruitfulness, ripening, colour, strength, vitality, and richness. We also celebrate this day with the indigenous peoples who have called this place home long before settlers arrived. We pray that we might be good neighbours, good listeners, and good allies as we pray together for reconciliation, for justice, and for the earth we all call home. Let us rejoice in this longest day of light! Amen. - Wendy Janzen, Burning Bush Forest Church | Autumn Equinox Prayer ![]() God of the seasons, We come to you on this liminal day: The day that marks the balance between light and dark, And the turning from From summer’s fullness to autumn’s surrender. We stand at this threshold, Full to overflowing with the goodness of summer, Ready, yet not ready, to let go of what was, And to embrace what lies ahead. As hard as it can be, teach us to surrender. In this age of climate crisis and mass extinction Help us to let go of our dependence on fossil fuels. Help us to let go of our rampant consumerism. Help us to let go of our disposable lifestyle. Help us to let go of our illusions of control. May we surrender to your love for all the earth. May we trust in enough rather than Grasping for more. In our letting go, may we know the freedom Of abundant life. Amen. - Wendy Janzen, Burning Bush Forest Church | Winter Solstice Prayer Advent Divine Light, Lover of the universe Love incarnate Love that is alive all over our world today: Warm our hearts and melt our indifference. Ignite love within us that is big enough to overcome our smallness, and big enough to extend to all the earth and all our more-than-human neighbours. Luminous Love, shine deep within, with a light that shares the darkness with a graciousness that does not overpower. May we, too, be bearers of the Light. Amen. - Wendy Janzen, Burning Bush Forest Church |
Join the Wild Church Network for more Resources Liturgies, Orders of Service, Celtic Quatrain Celebrations, Wandering Invitations, Songs and Hymns, resources for holidays such as Advent and Easter. New resources will be posted for members every month throughout the year. Also, if you HAVE some resources to contribute, please share! |