Wylye Valley Forest Church Team
Although on occasion some of the regular attenders of WVFC might lead one of the gatherings, there are a couple of us who regularly lead. They are:
Although on occasion some of the regular attenders of WVFC might lead one of the gatherings, there are a couple of us who regularly lead. They are:
David Cassian Cole
David has long had a fascination of the spiritual and supernatural concept of the natural world. Before he encountered the Cosmic Christ in a vision he spent time as a Pagan and learned to see and encounter the spiritual in the natural world. After his spiritual journey began to be centred on Christ he soon discovered through Celtic Christianity that the wonder of the spiritual in the natural world was not lost in the Christian faith. He began to study and learn more about Celtic Christianity and the Christian Mystic tradition which also saw the wonder of the Divine in nature.
As well as continuing to personally engage with the Divine presence in the natural world, he began to run occasional days and sessions open to the public to facilitate opportunities for others to do the same. He soon discovered that many other Christians were doing the same, and was connected to the founders of the Forest Church movement from the start. He started New Forest Forest Church in the summer of 2014. It was one of the first to join the then new national movement.
David often joins the facilitators of the other Forest Church groups from around the UK to help lead sessions at the Greenbelt festival; and has been part of, and led prayers at Extinction Rebellion rallies in London.
David has long had a fascination of the spiritual and supernatural concept of the natural world. Before he encountered the Cosmic Christ in a vision he spent time as a Pagan and learned to see and encounter the spiritual in the natural world. After his spiritual journey began to be centred on Christ he soon discovered through Celtic Christianity that the wonder of the spiritual in the natural world was not lost in the Christian faith. He began to study and learn more about Celtic Christianity and the Christian Mystic tradition which also saw the wonder of the Divine in nature.
As well as continuing to personally engage with the Divine presence in the natural world, he began to run occasional days and sessions open to the public to facilitate opportunities for others to do the same. He soon discovered that many other Christians were doing the same, and was connected to the founders of the Forest Church movement from the start. He started New Forest Forest Church in the summer of 2014. It was one of the first to join the then new national movement.
David often joins the facilitators of the other Forest Church groups from around the UK to help lead sessions at the Greenbelt festival; and has been part of, and led prayers at Extinction Rebellion rallies in London.
Chelsea Rose Armstrong-Cole
Chelsea was brought up in mainstream Church, but at 16 she stepped out of this due to some spiritual trauma. She started exploring different cultures/religions/spiritualities through travel to such places as China where she looked into Buddhism, and in Ireland she discovered the Celts and their faiths. Her pursuit included reading, in particular the Native American spirituality, and Pagan festivals. She found a deep connection to nature/mother earth via outdoor meditation which she practiced daily for 5 years & through yoga and knowledge of crystal's and naturally formed precious gems. In 2017 Chelsea became friends with David and went to Forest Church, she later met Greg Valerio who is one of the founders of a Celtic New Monastic Community, The Society of Saint Columba (SSC), which is based on a working farm and integrates the spirituality of the land with the inner life. Chelsea became involved with SSC and made more Christian connections with similar outlooks and has begun to more intentionally walk this path, although she still does not identify as ‘Christian’ due to the early trauma, preferring to live out a life that will show her Christ-like qualities through her actions.
Chelsea was brought up in mainstream Church, but at 16 she stepped out of this due to some spiritual trauma. She started exploring different cultures/religions/spiritualities through travel to such places as China where she looked into Buddhism, and in Ireland she discovered the Celts and their faiths. Her pursuit included reading, in particular the Native American spirituality, and Pagan festivals. She found a deep connection to nature/mother earth via outdoor meditation which she practiced daily for 5 years & through yoga and knowledge of crystal's and naturally formed precious gems. In 2017 Chelsea became friends with David and went to Forest Church, she later met Greg Valerio who is one of the founders of a Celtic New Monastic Community, The Society of Saint Columba (SSC), which is based on a working farm and integrates the spirituality of the land with the inner life. Chelsea became involved with SSC and made more Christian connections with similar outlooks and has begun to more intentionally walk this path, although she still does not identify as ‘Christian’ due to the early trauma, preferring to live out a life that will show her Christ-like qualities through her actions.