Wild Church @ Kirkridge

  • Wild Church is a gathering in nature to appreciate what God reveals through creation. All are welcome for kinship and connection.

  • Please bring an offering of compostable items:

  • Leaves.
  • Grass clippings.
  • Brush trimmings.
  • Manure (preferably organic)
  • Any non-animal food scraps: fruits, vegetables, peelings, bread, cereal, coffee grounds and filters, tea leaves and tea bags (preferably minus the staples)
  • Composting takes waste, things that are dead, and what others might consider trash and creates new life. Come and explore what compost can teach us about death, resurrection, and new life. We will dedicate a compost area at Kirkridge, wander about and share bread and drink. Come and connect. Come and see.


  • At the start of spring, I open a trench
    in the ground. I put into it
    the winter’s accumulation of paper,
    pages I do not want to read
    again, useless words, fragments,
    errors. And I put into it
    the contents of the outhouse:light of the sun, growth of the ground,
    finished with one of their journeys.
    To the sky, to the wind, then,
    and to the faithful trees, I confess
    my sins: that I have not been happy
    enough, considering my good luck;
    have listened to too much noise;
    have been inattentive to wonders;
    have lusted after praise.
    And then upon the gathered refuse
    of mind and body, I close the trench,
    folding shut again the dark,
    the deathless earth. Beneath that seal
    the old escapes into the new.

The event is finished.

Date

Mar 19 2023
Expired!

Time

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Location

Kirkridge Retreat-Farmhouse
2281 Fox Gap Rd, Bangor, PA 18013
Category

Organizer

Kirkridge Retreat & Study Center
Phone
610-588-1793
Email
kirkridge@kirkridge.org
Website
https://kirkridge.org/

Other Organizers

Sync Recovery Community
Sync Recovery Community
Phone
(215) 892-3658
Email
syncrecovery@gmail.com