WHAT CAN SPENDING MONTHS OUTDOORS TEACH US

Find out how a five-month journey helped to shape Jennifer Pharr Davis”™ life, faith and worldview at a 5 p.m. lecture and signing of her book titled “Faith & The Outdoors: Hearing a Voice in the Wilderness,” Nov. 21 at Christ Church Parish Hall in Greenwich. There will also be another discussion at 11:15 a.m. on her book titled “A Cry in the Desert.”

Pharr Davis is an internationally recognized adventurer, author, speaker and entrepreneur who has hiked over 14,000 miles on six different continents, including three Appalachian Trail traverses (one of which established a Fastest Known Time at 46 days ”“ an average of 47 miles per day). As a mom, she has also hiked more than 1,750 miles. She is a member of the President”™s Council of Sports, Fitness and Nutrition, played a prominent role in the 2020 IMAX film “Into America”™s Wild” and served on the board of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy.

She has published 10 books, including “The Pursuit of Endurance” (Penguin Random House), her seminal Appalachian Trail memoir “Becoming Odyssa,” and an award-winning project with celebrated Southern watercolorist Alan Shuptrine titled “I Come from a Place.”

Christ Church is a lively community of faith composed of people with diverse backgrounds, circumstances and spiritual journeys. More than 300 volunteers annually serve on over 40 commissions, committees, guilds and task forces. In addition, the church hosts and supports more than 20 community meetings per week, including 12-step programs, choral and music groups, neighborhood groups and children”™s programs.

The Mission of Christ Church Greenwich is to be a vibrant Episcopal community proclaiming God”™s love for every human being, no exceptions.