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From Tatyana: Saturday 22nd August 🕐 10:00-12:00 📍The Standard, Dumfries High street 🤗Families and kids welcome! A group of children from Lyubotyn in Ukraine, (where one of The Depot’s partner organisations is based), have sent us their drawings of Scotland as they know and imagine it. 🏴 So we’ve organised an exhibition for them at […]
Assembly This is an assembly which Simon will present at DHS in the run up to Christmas. This is part of “Time for Reflection” in Schools. These can be described as events which provide the pupils with an opportunity to reflect on the invisible qualities which make human being more than simply the physical senses. […]
In Dumfries we are nearing the end of a time when people say goodbye to the barnacle geese who visit from Svalbard. This has been curated into a “Wild Goose” festival which WSC contributes to in various ways. There is another Wild Goose – and this is the Wild Goose publishing of the Iona Community […]
A celebration of heritage with a Feast in Summerhill We are planning an event to celebrate harvest, build community, and help people enter into their heritage in the company of the saints, living and departed! Thos interested in exploring heritage through cooking, eating, making, and immersive character building needed! Since 2020 Wordsmith Crafts has been […]
Lyubotin to Dumfries, and a cultural exchange. A story is told that around the time Caerlaverock castle was built, a certain king known as Edward the exile married a daughter of the Kievian Rus ruler known as Yaroslov the Wise. This woman was called Agetha, and when Edward returned from Exile they brought their daughter […]
“Light” is used frequently in the Gospels, especially in the good news as told by John. I chose this theme for my final assembly with the Dumfries High School year group I have been chaplain to since they started secondary school during lockdown. As they gather I usually run a video which introduces the theme […]
The SEC youth week There is something special about going away from home to spend time with a group of people. There are lots of links to follow to explore the possibilities this week could open up. Do you know anyone who might be interested? https://yeek.scot/