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Forest Church to start the year! Time is a funny thing. To what extent do we experience it, and to what extent do we create systems to manage our experience of it? There are many calendars which could be used to track the beginning of the new year. Julian or Gregorian? Church festivals, or community, […]
Here is a collection of posters with information about what is on around Dumfries this Advent and Christmas! 4pm Christingles! Candles, fruit, deep symbolism – and sweets. What could be more family friendly 🙂 The River of Life are offering food to give away and a warm place to gather. More information about what’s on […]
Here is a collection of posters with information about what is on around Dumfries this Advents and Christmas! The last contemporary service for the year (or 1st for the new church year) will be on Sunday the 14th of December – the theme is “Signs” The River of Life are offering food to give away […]
Did you know that the new year begins at the end of November for the Scottish Episcopal church (and others). With the beginning of advent we start to prepare to remember the birth of Jesus. There is an annual cycle of events, linked to the changing of the seasons. Because time has been measured using […]
Quartz is a partnership between St Johns Dumfries, and Wordsmith Crafts CIC (WSC). Wordsmith crafts is a community interest company. This means that it has been set up to serve a purpose other than simply to generate worth for it’s owners. Profits and assets it acquires are used for community interest. WSC exists to help […]
We will meet at 2pm outside the Crichton chapel on the 19th of October. Peace We will meet in Peace and make peace by meeting. Whether you consider yourself a close friend of Jesus or are just a wee bit curious we meet in his name. As we gather in the green we will take […]
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 […]
What do the letters stand for? If you root around the website you will find an explanation of what the abreviation means. However, those three letters also stand for years of meeting together to study scripture, praying together, sharing cake and coffee. We each bring something with us from the varied backgrounds we have, and […]
Tuesday 24th June 2025 Nativity of St John Join us to burn the shadows away! (Wordsmith Crafts Workshop, 3 James Avenue, DG2 9AU ///oiled.overnight.blotting) In the afternoon from 14.00 We will be getting together to have a go at making nettle cordage. Through learning about the natural world around us we can re-think the relationship […]
Songs of Praise This is a Dumfries town tradition. As well as the very noticeable public parade, there is also a songs of praise. This year it will be on Sunday the 15th of June, in Dumfries High school at 19.30 It is organised by the Dumfries Christian Network (DCN)