Marking a trail Following up on interest about Forest Church at the Christmas Tree Festival we will be meeting as usual 2pm on the 3rd Sunday outside the Crichton chapel. We will meet in Christs name, read (text and natural environment), pray and worship. We will also explore the readings and our life experiences by […]
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Angels on Queensbury Square
Quartz Artists have been making an Angel collage, bot online and in person, on Queensbury Square. The hope is that this will encourage people to send a message to God at this time of year You can read more about it here:
Quartz Forest Church Sunday the 20th of August We will gather as usual at 2pm outside the Crichton Memorial chapel. More info about what will be happening will hopefully be posted closer to the time, but it the experience is meant to be a little wild! Please dress for the weather. Meanwhile, here is something […]
Finding Jesus in Quartz Forest Church This post continues the theme from the last post, and builds on conversations the summer season has given time to nurture. Some people find it easy to become aware of the presence of God in a forest. Or to feel closer to the person of Jesus by taking time […]
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Doorways
We made these to accompany taking our worship outdoors. The aim was to find ways to help make #SensingSpirituality while walking more accessible that just asking people to “Find Jesus in the Trees” and hoping for the best. They contain information and questions which the authors have found helpful when they want to become aware […]
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Water II
Continuing the theme of water. 23 Some went down to the sea in ships,doing business on the mighty waters;they saw the deeds of the Lord,his wondrous works in the deep.For he commanded and raised the stormy wind,which lifted up the waves of the sea.They mounted up to heaven, they went down to the depths;their courage […]
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Water
It’s the summer, but just in case you are unable to take time out to stand on a bridge and watch the water, here is some light to bathe in. There is something important about the way in which just experiencing somethings builds us up. Or simply brings a smile to our faces and a […]
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Tolling time
Some thoughts on bells Whilst researching making an early medieval bell (to use at Caerlaverock on Saturday) I stumbled on the Latin for ‘bell’ used in Irish/Scottish texts, which is Clocca. The similarity with “clock” struck me, and I went back to working metal. I then started wondering about ways of telling the time, as […]
#SensingSpirituality near midsummer at Caerlaverock 24th of June 2023 On Saturday the 24th of June Quartz will be presenting the opportunity for people to walk a Labyrinth. We will also interpret information about the first recorded farmers of the land. These were monks from Holme Cultrum Abbey across the Solway, which was at that time […]
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Jesus Revolution
The river of life church in Dumfries has arranged with the Robert Burns centre to screen this film. Jesus Revolution Film showing 08.07.23: 7.30pm It tells “The true story of a national spiritual awakening in the early 1970s and its origins within a community of teenage hippies in Southern California.” I wonder if anyone reading […]