Wild Church BC

Wild Church BC is a new expression of faith being offered in British Columbia.

The Christian story starts in a garden with humanity in conversation with the Holy One. Somewhere far down that luxurious path through the woods, structures began to be built and “church” became walled in.

Wild Church is our attempt to return to the natural world to find connection with God, Source, Creator, whatever you name that which is bigger than we are. We will meet out in “the wild” to explore and experience the spiritual and the sacred. We invite you to join us as we gather to enliven our wild souls!

Rev. LeAnn Blackert is in ministry with Wild Church plants in Kamloops, Sorrento and the Okanagan area. When she’s not out wandering the land or sitting under a favourite tree, she can be found at her home in Kelowna, on the unceded, ancestral lands of the Syilx Nation. She serves as a member of the steering committee for the Wild Church Network, a coalition of Wild Churches across the US and Canada. She is a graduate of the Seminary of the Wild, and spends as much time as possible in the natural world seeking the Wild Christ.

Lesly Comrie has lived and worked in Kamloops for the past ninteen years. Her spiritual roots were first nurtured in the Anglican Church, later in the United Church and over time in the beautiful wild ecology of places lived and visited. Now retired, she leans into her longing for a deeper connection with the land, the wisdom held in the natural world and the community of others answering the call to Wild Mystery. She currently volunteers with Wild Church BC and is a graduate of Seminary of the Wild.

Michele Walker is a life and spiritual coach, a self-taught artist, playing with many mediums as forms of expression and an adventurer who seeks to know the sacred in and through wild spaces.  Michele sees her calling as providing a space and guidance for people to explore who they are, their deep longings and connection to their soul and the earth. A co-founder of Wild Church BC and a graduate of Seminary of the Wild, Michele has found an expression of faith that supports her on an ever evolving spiritual journey. Michele is a settler who grew up in the mountains of the Sinixt people (Rossland, BC) and still holds those mountains and waters in her being.  She now wanders the hills and grasslands of  Secwepemcúĺecw and lives on the unceded lands of Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc (Kamloops, BC). 

Linda Clark grew up and raised her own family in Richmond, BC, surrounded by the mighty Fraser River and the Gulf of Georgia. She was drawn to Kamloops where the beautiful North and South Thompson Rivers meet in 2008, heeding the call to live in the outdoors more.  After her retirement from her role as a Professional Coach and Organization Development Consultant in 2016, she settled into discovering where her life would lead her next. Linda found her greatest spiritual connection in the high desert of New Mexico when she set out on an apprenticeship into the Earth Wisdom Teachings and lives into these practices today. Since joining the leadership team of Wild Church BC in 2020 Linda is a graduate of Seminary of the Wild and brings the rigor of all her experience to this wild and fulfilling adventure of helping others to live fuller, more resonant lives.  

Picture from left to right: LeAnn Blackert, Lesly Comrie, Michele Walker, Linda Clark