So, another great day walking and creating around Lyme Park. You can see some pictures at our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ForestChurchManchester/?ref=bookmarks It was rather sobering, though, to be able to see the smoke from the moorland fires at Saddleworth and Winter Hill in the distance. So, our feeling is that our next gathering – 29th July …
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Who Owns The Land?
Lyme Park is beautiful. I grew up running around it. But it does raise some uncomfortable questions. The luxurious hall was at the heart of an unjust economic system in which the so-called Landed Gentry claimed ‘ownership’ of the land. How can human beings, who are only on this planet for four score years and …
Nature’s Bounty
If Forest Church, Manchester is about anything, it is about reconnecting us with the bountiful goodness of creation. Even in our city hedgerows and shrubland nature provides food to eat. A few weeks ago, Angie took Clare and myself on a walk around Monton and Worsley Woods where we gathered lashings of wild garlic which …
Sett Valley/ Lantern Pike – 29 April
Clare has been out and discovered the Sett Valley Trail. She has returned enthusing about its Bluebell Wood and is already planning a variety of activities and crafts which we can share together. So, we’ll gather at the Sett Valley Trail Car Park in Hayfield. It’s another pay & display – £4.40 all day. And, …
First Gathering
So, plans are coming together for our first gathering next week – 8th April. We’ll meet at the Dove Stones Reservoir car park at 10am. It’s a pay and display, car park, I’m afraid, so don’t forget some change. We’re planning an easy walk around the reservoirs, ending with a picnic lunch together. Please bring …
Welcome to Forest Church, Manchester
There aren’t many forests in Manchester! Forest Church is a label for a new way of ‘doing church’ which seeks to re-connect us to the physical, natural environment which we are privileged to call home. Manchester was the home of the Industrial Revolution. This was a time in which humanity – mostly male humanity – …