QuartzForest Church, Mothering Sunday I wonder what your experience of mothering is? Or how many various experiences both positive and negative contribute to your understanding of what mothering and motherhood is? How does that relate to husbandry? As Quartz Forest Church we have been meeting in a very managed estate for over a year now. […]
We are entering the final stages of planning our Easter weekend activities. Are you interested in a pilgrimage to St Ninians cave on Easter Saturday? On Easter Sunday we are having a Forest Church picnic on the banks if the Nith near Nunholm, across the water from Lincluden. Will you be joining us? More info […]
This Sunday we were blown further afield than usual by the wind. We revisited the wood on the crag behind the Crichton. The wind had a slight chill to it, laden with water, but the sun shone on us giving moments of warmth. We look at the Horizon but it isn’t there, not really, it […]
#SensingSpirituality outdoors We will be meeting up as Forest Church this Sunday. We meet outside the Crichton chapel at 2pm. We will greet each other in Christs peace, then take some time out to explore and practice #SensingSpirituality. Please dress according to the weather, bring a folding chair if you are worried about standing up […]
The view from the Crichton QFC on January the 15th, 2023 It had been a drich few days before we met. Record flooding levels in Dumfries saw businesses washed out, some perhaps beyond their ability to recover. I wasn’t sure if some of our proposed activities (follow the link to see the plan) would work […]
Meet outside Crichton chapel at 2pm on January the 15th, 2023 “Why must people kneel down to pray? If I really wanted to pray I’ll tell you what I’d do. I’d go out into a great big field all alone or in the deep, deep woods and I’d look up into the sky—up—up—up—into that lovely […]
Quartz Forest Church, December 2022 It has been a busy, and traumatic, time for some in Quartz, so this forest church is going to take it easy. It might even become a “cafe church” where we can work on more mirrors for the “Christmas Light” installation. We will enjoy the wonderful surroundings of the estate […]
We are choosing to work in relationship with the natural environment when we meet as Forest Church. We are taking a chilled out approach to this though. This means that our midwinter meeting is on a Sunday close to the solstice but not the day of it. We will meet outside the Crichton chapel as […]
Quartz Forest Church November 2022 This month at forest church we engaged in a wee bit of displaying arboreal affection (DofAA) and made some lanterns. The framework for us meeting to work together to worship can be read here, so I won’t repeat it. Instead, here are a few of the photos and insights from […]
20/22/22 2pm Outside the Crichton chapel Peace We meet in Jesus name. Whether you consider yourself a close friend or are just curious, we meet in Christs peace. Peace be with you. Invocation Creator of the seasons, as the cold and dark winter begin to surround us, we ask that you set in us the […]