Being One with God’s Creation: The Church of the Woods 

Worshipping Without Walls

Rev. Stephen Blackmer

Monday, September 16 | 7:00-8:30 PM

Our “Eco-spirituality Initiative” here at the Spiritual

Renewal Center continues to grow, weaving an approach

to faith that celebrates our connection to the natural

world!

We will begin our new season of “Being One with God’s Creation”

with a powerful presentation by Rev. Stephen Blackmer, the founder

and pastor of the Church of the Woods, a new kind of church on 106

acres of wild woods and wetlands in Canterbury, NH. Rooted in the

Episcopal tradition, its congregation includes all life of the forest with

the mission of loving, healing and blessing the Earth and each other!

Participants seek to renew a widespread understanding of the natural

world as sacred, and to restore this awareness as a foundation of

both religious practice and practical action to conserve the Earth.

Steve will be sharing how his journey of weaving ecology with

spirituality has grown ‘wild’ in God’s embrace!

Suggested donation is $25

About the Presenter: Before being ordained in the Episcopal Church,

Steve worked for 25 years in forest conservation and rural community

development in the northern forest region of New England and New

York. He has a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Dartmouth

College and master’s degrees in forestry and religion and ecology

from Yale University. He lives a monkish life as forest guardian at

Church of the Woods.

“Our world is charged with the grandeur of God...!”

(Gerard Manley Hopkins)

We are all in awe of the incredible beauty of this world, 

but we also know how much our Earth is now struggling. 

As we seek to find ways to care for our Common Home,  let us

join together as we both comfort and challenge each other

while grappling with this most essential question...

“HOW THEN SHALL WE LIVE...?”

By continuing our journey of

Being One With God’s Creation.

Through a series of 3 stand-alone programs 

in the coming months, we will engage this question 

using the lenses of stillness, simplicity and service 

as touchstones for our journey. 

In Person Programs

Mark your calendars for:

Wednesday, October 2 | 10AM: Stillness & Communion

Wednesday, November 6 | 10AM: Simplicity & Commitment

Wednesday, December 4 | 10AM: Service & Compassion