About

We believe that restoring the connection between humans and the more-than-human world is key to sustaining wellbeing. We also believe that gathering in community provides mutual aid, support, challenge, and depth to this spiritual practice of restoration and healing.

Founded in 2023 in the spirit of the Church of the Wild, Hearth Cville invites all spiritually curious folks to join us for wanderings in nature year-round.

NEXT WANDERING: Autumnal Equinox, Tuesday September 22, 2026, 5:30 p.m.


🍂WILD CHURCH GATHERING

5:30 PM Tuesday September 22

Carter Overlook, Monticello-Saunders Trail
Meet at the half-circle low stone wall in the main parking lot by 5:30, or proceed about .05 mile up the main trail and follow the sign on your right to Carter Overlook.

  • Bring a chair, blanket, or something else to sit on.
  • Dress weather- and movement-appropriately. 
  • Bring your own water/tea/snacks if you wish. 
  • Option/invitation to bring a brief reading, song, or other artwork to share.
  • Option/invitation to bring something to place on the altar during our ceremony   

Sketch:

  • Allow yourself a few minutes to arrive and settle
  • We will begin at 5:40 p.m. with an arrival practice, placing any items on the altar.  
  • After a brief practice and opening words, folks who brought art/reading/song will be invited to share. 
  • The majority of our time together (~30 minutes) will be spent in semi-solitary communion with nature, so dress for whatever amount of sitting, walking, crawling, lying down, etc. you may wish to engage in. 
  • For the “sermon,” all are invited to share experiences/reflections/observations. 
  • Closing ceremony and departure 7 p.m.

You are very welcome to be as active/social or as passive/introverted as you like throughout our gatherings.  

Bring your own seat and anything else you may need to be comfortable. We meet rain or shine.

Wanderings start with informal conversation. Facilitators then offer suggestions to guide folks into silence with one another and into communion with nature. We close with conversation and sharing in a variety of formats.

For more information or to join our mailing list, email hearthcville@gmail.com.

Hearth Cville at the Botanical Garden of the Piedmont for the April 2023 Tom Tom Festival. Photo: Alisa Foytik

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