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Elsieshields Quiet Morning

The next first Saturday of the month gathering will be a Quiet Morning.  It will be lovely to see those of you who can make it.  It is a chance to gather together, to be strengthened by our friendship and to find peace and refreshment in the spirit of Our Lord. Tea, coffee and biscuits […]

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Elshieshields

An Evening talk and quiet evening Some of you were able to come to our stargazing evening at Elshieshields. Ann Shukman (Our host that evening) has sent out the following invitation: Evening Talk Dear friends, my son Henry will be over here from USA at the end of the month.  He will give a talk […]

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Praying for the World

Here is a video clip produced as a collaboration between Alison and Kate. for the intercessions at an evening service in St John’s Dumfries we were encouraged to write prayers on long bandages. Then we wrapped them round a globe as an act of prayer. Kate videoed the finished glob and sung a song by […]

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Ignation Spirituality

Time for reflection

Truth and beauty, Wigtown, Sunday 6.20 am

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Wordsketching

Quartz has been using Haiku this weekend as part of the Wordsmith Crafts CiC setup at Kirkcudbright Art and Crafts trail. The following is taken from notes written by Kate, who has been leading this activity. We have been giving people a space to stop. The whole of Kirkcudbright becomes a walking trail and on […]

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Folding a prayer

 If anyone else is stuck with their mind frozen trying to make sense of the war – Here are some steps based on how being involved in this installation helped me. Step 1 Is recognising all the souls caught up in this – however they got there. Step 2 Is recognising the outrage you may […]

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Quartz Lent 7/3/22

The next Quartz lent meeting will be one of contemplative reflection. This basically means that people can talk, and be actively listened too, but it isn’t a time for critical bible study or deep rational analysis. This balances up the other Lent meetings where we will by exploring set questions and discussion to work out […]

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CLC Monday the 7th of Feb

Yesterday evening the Quartz Christian Life Community met up. We discussed what was going on in our lives, and spent time listening to God. To us do this Andy had chosen a reading, prepared some prayers, and provided a reflection/response activity. The passage chosen was Isaiah ch.6 vs 1-8 . The prayers were inspired by […]

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CLC Monday the 10th

The vestry at St John’s in Dumfries have decided to pause meeting in the building as a precaution to reduce the risk of spreading Covid-19. This means that our CLC group won’t be meeting as planned on the 10th. However, activity has not stopped! This is a meditation prepared by Alison that can be used […]

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CLC monday the 15th of December

Alison will be leading our CLC meeting on Monday the 15th of November at 7.30 She will use the text from 1 Samuel 1: 4-20 as a focus and we will have paper and pens etc. to respond as we listen to some music. She also suggests that the canticle for Sunday from 1 Samuel 2: 1-10 might be […]