Holy Hikes-Western Washington is a contemplative eco-ministry, made possible by the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia.
People of all ages gather on trails up and down the I-5 corridor for a guided hike and to share readings from scripture, prayers, conversation, and time for reflection. Sometimes all it takes to change the world is a little time experiencing nature in community with fellow travelers. Holy Hikes of Western Washington is sponsored by the Diocese of Olympia, the Episcopal Church in Western Washington.
We hike on Saturdays throughout the year at 10:00 am unless otherwise specified.
Our Roots
It has been said that “people will protect what they love.” The ultimate goal of this ministry is to help individuals be renewed in their love-relationship with the Earth, the universal church, and with their Creator.
Holy Hikes® brings people together in the midst of creation, and foster an encounter with the sacred. The environmental crisis today is, at its core, a broken relationship between the human community and the earth. There is legislation being pushed to address environmental issues and advocacy groups working to bring change to our destructive and unsustainable ways. Those are important. History has also proven that a broken relationship is ultimately mended, not by the force of law, but rather by the slow laborious work of rebuilding that relationship. Even in the environmental movement, the Earth can be subjugated and treated as just an object that we care for, rather than as a subject with which we are in relationship.
Holy Hikes was founded by the Rev. Justin Canon in the San Francisco Bay Area.