How can church leaders help people encounter God through creation?

Revd Peter Lewis shares his experience on the Gower of helping people explore faith, encounter Scripture and connect with Christian community in the great outdoors.

Through Wild Church, reflective pilgrimage walks, pop-up art galleries and prayerful outdoor gatherings, Peter is creating spaces in the great outdoors where locals and visitors can slow down, reconnect and explore faith creatively.

Peter explains that many people come to the Gower ‘looking to get away from something and find something’, and the church has an opportunity to gently help them discover where God is in that search.

If you’re wondering how to respond to spiritual curiosity today, listen as Peter explains what can happen when we’re willing to slow down and connect with God and his word in nature.

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Timestamps:

• (00:00) - Intro
• (02:00) - Creative ways to engage people with faith
• (03:40) - Pilgrimage routes as an encounter with God
• (05:50) - Encountering God through creation
• (07:00) - Creative experiences to encounter God
• (09:30) - Building community with Wild Church
• (10:55) - Integrating new people into church
• (13:10) - Mission beyond church services
• (15:40) - Encouraging creative church mission
• (17:00) - Creation inspired prayers
• (18:40) - Helping people encounter God
• (22:50) - How God speaks through creation – Psalm 19
• (25:30) - How creation and scripture go together
• (27:25) - How creation points to Christ

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