Inspiration can come at the most unexpected times. I was weeding ground elder and suddenly a little thought came out of the blue about what I should prepare and lead at the next Forest Church. The little thought was tea ceremony. I had a rush of excitement as I considered…
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Squelching in the mud with larks, voles and others
Whilst waiting for the Forest Church participants I witnessed a buzzard which didn’t act like the typical buzzard. The markings on it were similar yet different at the same time including a grey head and a grey band around the rump. The circling that common buzzard’s tend to do was…
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Forest Church April 2023
Sunday April 16th, 3-5pm Fox Corner Community Wildlife Area Parking on Berry Lane, Fox Corner https://w3w.co/slang.apples.name Google https://goo.gl/maps/sQrZmnwamsgYd2Dr7 51.2854338, -0.6185560 Pirbright, Woking GU3 3PU Meet @ gate to reserve https://w3w.co/feels.silly.singer Google https://goo.gl/maps/NdM98EG4Hx1Lw9ya6 51.283178, -0.619592 Pirbright, Woking GU3 3PW OS Map SU963547 Bring something to sit on. There will be a…
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An audio feast of a poet, a writer and a ‘fun-gi’ to be with!
There are so many stimulating, inspirational and fascinating nature programmes out there both on television and radio. In regards to the TV ones I’m afraid I fall asleep, not because they’re boring but for some other reason. I even drop off to sleep if I watch one in my lunch…
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Forest Church – March 2022 An early Springtime of space and reflection – Westborough Woods.
by Chris Burchell The clouds were banking up and the breeze was keen as a small group of us gathered for Forest Church led by Rob Marshall. The location was Westborough Woods, a small relict of the once extensive Royal Deer Park that stretched Northwest of Guildford and remembered in…
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Forest Church March 2022
Please Note As of today 3rd March 2022 my eldest son has tested positive for Covid yet doesn’t have any symptoms. If for whatever reason with that knowledge feel that you shouldn’t attend I will understand. Similarly if you do feel able with that knowledge I would appreciate you joining…
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Forest Church makes a come back after viral imposition!
Forest Church has been out of action for some time. I considered it was a good time to plan for one and get it going again in the local area. It all started with news of a Firecrest (Regulus ignicapillus – written about before here) in the churchyard at St…
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Forest Church video, My Story and more
There are some new pages and content which have been added recently to this website. All of these pages can be accessed by the menu buttons at the top of the page which look like this example: See the Connect with me/Contacts page to see how to sign up for…
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Forest Church January 2018
At the weekend enjoyed Forest Church with a band of 11 others. We explored the hills on the Ash Ranges not far from Henley Park lake near Pirbright. One person who came commented that she hadn’t heard any cars and it was the first time in Surrey that had happened!…
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Why it’s called Forest Church
Back in 2011 I was invited to go on a course by one of my head teachers. This was when I was new into the job. The course was to enable the participants to become Level 3 Forest School Practitioners. Forest School is, to quote from the Forest School Association…
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First Forest Church Revealed
Thank you to many of you who have expressed an interest in Forest Church. It has been very encouraging to receive your support. A number of folk were not able to make it on the day for various reasons but we had a good turn-out for the first of many…
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J.E.H.O.M-O?
I don’t know about you but I really connected with Frank’s New Year sermon. He headed it with the overall theme of worship and then used six words to hang his content on which I have used here. There are different styles of worship and we move in and out…