An outdoor prayer space is one that embraces the natural environment as its setting and draws on nature for its prayer activities. Many people say they feel closest to God in the outdoors and a prayer space here engages this instinctive response to nature to enable an exploration of prayer that isn’t possible indoors.

Many classrooms have direct access to an outside space where students can flow from inside to outside activities. If the activity involves water, bubbles or paint it’s particularly helpful for it to be stationed outside. Outdoor prayer spaces particularly lend themselves to school camps.