Forest Feast

At our October worship gathering we celebrated a ritual created by Wild Church BC called a Forest Feast, which we adapted for our community and bioregion. We want to acknowledge their inspiration in what we are doing here today, and our connection with other faith communities both in the Wild Church Network and in Mennonite Church Eastern Canada.

This ritual was a celebration of our interconnection with the trees and plants of our bioregion – and a celebration of gratitude to God as the Source of all life, and a reminder of the vision of the Tree of Life in the book of Revelation, providing fruit in all seasons and leaves as good medicine for  all nations. (Rev 22:2) 

We shared mushrooms, walnuts, apples and blueberries. At the end of the ritual, we remembered the interconnectedness of all living beings and Christ’s healing and reconciling ministry for all creation. We offered blessings for the web of life and prayed thanks be to God. 

During our wandering time, we took some of the food we had received, and offered it back to the earth as an act of gratitude to God and reciprocity with creation.