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Welcome and Peace All are invited. Whether you consider yourself a close friend of Jesus, or are just a wee bit curious we meet in his name and share his peace. We meet in Peace and make peace through meeting. We collect our thoughts together God of our salvation,be with us when we call upon […]
The road goes ever on “Roads go ever ever on,Over rock and under tree,By caves where never sun has shone,By streams that never find the sea;. Bilbo Baggins, “The Hobbit” This is the pre-amble to Septembers Quartz Forest Church. It is not a Tolkien themed walk. Nor is it a church service. It is however […]
Stories help us with #SensingSpirituality This evening will use stories made into a game to help people think creatively and have fun exploring a fictionalised world. We hope that they will leave the time of gathering with insight into the real world, and fresh ideas and realisations. Curious? Come and see. View this post on […]
Gathering as QFC in August 2026 around D&G and beyond. Those who gathered at the Crichton were able to celebrate the joy of learning new skills. We practiced with slings, quoits, and juggling. The soundtrack of sporting on the other side of the trees was particularly fitting as we discussed the ancient games held at […]
In the (many) years before supermarkets the summer months were sometimes called the hungry months. Everything is ripening in the sun, but not ready yet. Nowadays we let things wind down for people to have holidays, or travel to outdoor events. You can read a bit more about the hungry months here. If you are […]
It might not be everyone’s ‘cup of tea’. It is rude, crude, and anti-establishment. Released in the 1990’s it references a time where radio was still remembered as a means to give a voice to hidden voices. The internet was already in existence, but websites and the dot-com boom were still to happen. I’m interested […]
Where is Truth found? People talk about the Celts, and celtic Christians in particular finding God in nature. Where else would one find truth? Perhaps in books, but does that mean that books are unnatural? Perhaps they are treated as such. In our experience we don’t need to think hard to rememberr how some books […]
It is important to live in the present. However, especially with refugee week coming up and the noise being made by certain politicians, we also need to remember that we are part of a living communion of Saints. “The Radical Tradition” (Edited by Gilbert Márkus op DLT 1993) Tells the stories of some of our […]
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 […]
The mythical narrative is deepprecisely because it contains a level of meaning that initially eludes the48 The Cambridge Greek Lexicon (2021) cites Theocritus (21.11) for a meaning of reasoner’s grasp. This makes it impossible to rest; the story forces thoughtinto a question. Theseus and the Minotaur Have you ever wondered how, if a labyrinth only […]