Quartz is a partnership between St John’s Dumfries and Wordsmith Crafts CIC. Simon is supported a day a week to work flexibly to support Quartz activities, maintain this site and help people use the arts to experience, explore, and express spirituality through the arts, and for those that choose to, to enter into our heritage […]
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 […]
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November Forest Church
Quartz gathering as Forest Church November 2025 We will meet at 2pm outside the Crichton chapel on the 16th of November. Please dress for the weather! We adapt what we do to accommodate anyone who comes and the weather we find. Peace We will meet in Peace and make peace by meeting. Whether you consider […]
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QFC Oct 25
It was a bit of a dreich day when we gathered, but that didn’t dampen proceedings. We practiced looking at the trees, and we read from the bible. As the day was colder than usual this gathering was a bit more active than the contemplative speculation we often default to! Is the a dry wit […]
We will be gathering to give people the opportunity to reflect on their connection with Nature. We will have indoor space and also a woodland to wander in. We will be guided by textile artist Alison Bixler. Don’t worry if you know nothing about weaving, or #SensingSpirituality. You were born for this! We plan to […]
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Partnership
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 […]
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Longing for home
The theme of the contemporary service on Sunday the 26th of October will be longing for home. In Luke’s gospel, Jesus describes two people going to pray. One is comfortable in their position. They feel at home and are content. The other is well aware of how much they feel like they don’t fit in. […]
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Nature Video Link
The idea is simple. It uses the technology we have available to help restore connections between people and between people and their natural environment. Two people arrange to go and take some time out to reflect in a place where they expect to be inspired. They call each other and share that experience. If you […]
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Forest Church in Exile – Way Signs
This month we are spending a few days on the banks of Loch Lomond at Rowardennan Lodge Youth Hostel – always good to be around younger folk! As we’ve walked in the beauty I’ve been thinking about the different signs we encounter along our walks of life, all different but doing a vital job of […]
Sunday the 26th of October Our contemporary service on the 26th of October will have the theme of “Longing for Home” Do you have a song which reminds you of the feeling of “home”? We invited people on this site, several WhatsApp groups, and by e-mail to contribute. This page has the playlist and a […]
Adapting In 2020 Quartz had planned to be involved in an environmental fair. Precautions taken to reduce the spread of Covid meant we had to adapt. We went online! It was before this version of the website was set up, but you can still find an account of what we did here: The link will […]