Quartz is a partnership between St John’s Dumfries and Wordsmith Crafts. Simon is supported a day a week to work flexibly to support Quartz activities, maintain this site and help people use the arts to experience, explore, and express spirituality through the arts, and for those that choose to, to enter into our heritage in […]
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Season of Creation 2025
Lots of resources for celebrating a season of creation this September. Thanks to Alison for the reminder! https://ctbi.org.uk/resources/season-of-creation-2025/
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Lectio Divina
Many of those who are involved in Quartz have some familiarity with the way St Ignatius went about things. Here is a handy website and guide for those who are interested. If you are interested in something closer to home (well Dumfries) There are Jesuit centres in Glasgow and Edinburgh And the Scottish Episcopal church […]
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Upcoming events!
Doors open and Storytelling This weekend on Saturday the 6th September (14:15 – 15:15) in St Johns St Johns Storytelling Session and Sunday the 7th of September (14:15 – 15:15) in St Michaels St Michaels Storytelling Session Simon will be opening windows on the past, telling the stories pictured in the stained glass windows of […]
We meet in St Johns Dumfries on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month at 6pm. This time for “The Contemporary Service”. Kate and Mark lead us in guitar based musical worship. We also take it in turns to prepare and lead reflections that use a wide range of art styles. This combination of […]
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Home Printing
Getting back to nature and spirituality are often linked together. Even those whonare comfortable in Church buildings will often take retreats into the countryside and green spaces. The houses we live in though, where we spend a lot of our time, can be places which become a spiritual home. What do you do that lifts […]
QFC August 2025 This month as we gathered as forest church we discovered abundance. The readings from the SEC lectionry today look harsh at first glance. They include the time when Jesus is described as saying he brings a sword instead of peace. The psalm we read describes wild creatures trampling the cultivated crops. Our […]
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QFC August 2025
17th of August 2pm , outside the Crichton Chapel. We will gather this August to meet with each other and God. To bathe in the green, and look for signs of harvest. As is our custom we will gather outside the Crichton chapel at 2pm on the third Sunday of the month. Everyone is welcome […]
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Season of Creation
If you haven’t heard of A-Rocha before then please visit their website! We went to a presentation by them in Dumfries Baptist Church a few years ago, and have recently been sent a link to some resources for Autumn 2025
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August 25 Forest Church
We will gather on the 17th at 2pm in the Crichton estate as usual We will meet in peace We will read from the book We will walk around the estate and re-acquaint ourselves with old friends after the summer holidays – reading from creation. We will pray Will will share fellowship with each other.
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Be the Light
I’ve been working on something for the holiday club at St Johns this week. While I was searching my files I found this clip I made for a school assembly. Carry on making the world a better place!