Quartz
From Tatyana: Saturday 22nd August 🕐 10:00-12:00 📍The Standard, Dumfries High street 🤗Families and kids welcome! A group of children from Lyubotyn in Ukraine, (where one of The Depot’s partner organisations is based), have sent us their drawings of Scotland as they know and imagine it. 🏴 So we’ve organised an exhibition for them at […]
Dates for your diary “To be a Pilgrim” Sat 19th September This retreat day is being run by Church Without Walls near Wigtown. Simon is contributing a pilgrim badge casting workshop, The day will start with morning prayer and end with some reading of God’s message in creation. Follow this link to find out more […]
Lughnasa, Lammas, First Fruits Quartz Forest Church in June. Gather at 2pm outside the Crichton Chapel. Please dress for the weather! We will adapt what we do to accommodate those who gather. Young, old, agile or infirm. Pure Dead Brilliant. At a time when the fruit we will feed on through the winter matures, lets […]
Summer holidays, Vikings events, it is a busy time. We are next gathering as Forest Church at the Crichton on the 16th of August. Please send in your photos and experiences of “reading” creation and finding God in everyday life. Something to think about while we are apart … To what extent do you expect […]
The Tapestry has now been safely lowered and rolled ready to travel to its next destination. You can get a taste of the experience on YouTube though! This has been a technical challenge, but what a reward to walk under prayers woven into cloth. There has been a steady stream of people dropping in to […]
Your chance to see an internationally significant work of art – contributed to by people living in Dumfries. The Rushnyk is installed now! The St Johns building is open for prayer and reflection during the day, everyday, so please call in if you are passing. Photos really do not convey the feeling you get if […]
Ground Breaking Quartz Forest Church in June. Gather at 2pm outside the Crichton Chapel. Please dress for the weather! We will be enjoying the lawn this Sunday, and will perhaps have a picnic – if it is cold we will retreat to the Crichton central. Radical means rooted. Peace All are invited. Whether you consider […]
A prayerful way of looking, noticing and listening. This comes from a letter to the combined diocese of Glasgow and Galloway. It is a handy overview of what is going on in the section of “The Church” which includes St John’s, Dumfries – who support Quartz and all the things you read about here. Many […]
For Victory and Peace Details are still being worked out, but St Johns will host this global collaborative art project soon! We hope it will be there from the 25th to 30th of June Drop in and be part of a historical moment. Workshops are planned too! Find out more on facebook Similar projects? Let […]
Some of you may remember the visit of Ukranian children to Dumfries last year. This is to give them some relief from the war. Fiona Crudgington is raising finds to help this years group make the journey you can support her here: Link to her “Just Giving” page Or if you are able to contact […]