Job 12:7-10
If you’re taking your first steps on your Outdoor Church journey then make sure to watch this video, which offers you some great advice on location, group sizes and number of activities you should run during your session, plus materials you can use.
St Mark’s Dolphinholme have been running a Forest Church for many years. Read about them in our news article where you can discover how they run their sessions plus contact details.
An incredible group started by the Salvation Army. Their site provides great model and ideas for getting started, especially focused around Toddler groups.
Eco Church is a Rocha UK’s award scheme for churches in England and Wales who want to demonstrate that the gospel is good news for God’s earth. Discover more by visiting their website.
Muddy Church has grown into a collection of people and groups looking to build worshipping communities and opportunities outside. Muddy Church is intergenerational and unique to each space and event as people connect with the places they are in and others around them. Everyone is welcome to journey together, talk, explore, grow, have fun and be.
Based in Milton Keynes, Church without Walls don’t have a set building. They run regular Forest Church, and during lockdown have found creative ways to meet outdoors.
The Diocese of Gloucester have put together a document details the tradition values and ideals of Forest Church.
If you’d like ideas or session structure then click through to discover the growing range of resources which can give you activity inspiration and more to use in your Outdoor Church setting.
This resource is your starting point for session planning. In here you’ll find the basics of your session structure. This is a messy topic, emotionally, and you know your children better than us. Please feel free to add, take away and adapt these materials to suit your group of children in your setting to make this just right for whatever it is they’re going through, and wherever they are in faith.
An activity sheet for families containing 10 challenges to complete indoors over the summer.
An activity sheet for families containing 10 challenges to complete outdoors over the summer.
Back to the Garden
Six Weeks of Fun based around Learning to look after all God’s Creations.
Six weeks of Bible sessions for 5-11 year olds, encouraging you to reconnect with God by going outside and connecting with His creation.
Connecting with God through His creation.
A journey from Palm Sunday to Easter and beyond!
Crafts, games, storytelling and so much more.
Read below to find out more.
Two activity sheets for you to download this Easter for families to use together. Create memories whilst learning more about the Easter story.
Here are a selection of inspirational books to help your plan your session. You can either hover over the book for more details or click to be taken to one of many stockists of the book.
Click the image or scan with your phone to open our special Pinterest Board dedicated to all things Forest and Outdoor Church. You will find activities which cover all seasons, so if you love one of the themes in our resources, but you are running it in a season that isn’t summer, you can easily find an alternative activity to suit.
We LOVE hearing about how you use and adapt our resources, so please do get in touch via any of our social media platforms to let us know how you’ve been getting on.
