Quartz
Monday the 14th of April 10.30 to 12.30 Stories have been plucked from the wind and passed down to us from ancient days, with the aid of goose feathers. The quills of scribes fluttered over a thousand years ago to record tales that were much older. Come and experience storyteller Simon Lidwell bringing a selection […]
Yesterday evening at the Contemporary Service in St Johns we reflected on the theme “God is good”. We were encouraged to think about where and what we recognise as good. As part of our creative response we spent some time reflecting on where we see good things. We used a drawing of a tree to […]
Here is a gallery of images that will perhaps give an insight into Quartz activity in 2025. Supporting worship and creative responses at the St Johns contemporary service, and January Forest church.
A quick recap of four sessions at St Michaels in Dumfries in Jan 2025. These four sessions were the fruit of Fiona opening St Michaels sanctuary are for people to draw. Three of us from Quartz met up and sketched the window and then chatted about it. Following that Simon and Fiona met up and […]
Colouring Light In this, the last of four sessions, we will use stained glass to think about expressing the experience of #SensingSpirituality. We will meet at 1pm in St Michaels church Hall. Stained glass shapes the way we experience light. As a boundary between the source and viewer it is ambiguous. Does the stain detract […]
A quick insight into what was a very relaxing afternoon. This was Faith and Art III
Weaving Thoughts We will meet at 1pm in St Michaels church Hall on Wednesday the 22nd. This week we will move from “Drawing Meaning” using calligraphy onto exploring weaving thoughts and words together. In the second session there was the opportunity to try out some techniques of calligraphy. We also took time to reflect on […]
What can 5 physical senses reveal? The first of our 2025 Faith and Art workshops has the title “Sensing Beauty”. We won’t be spending our time trying to find a way to define beauty, or even agree on what each person finds attractive or beautiful. If you are interested in that, there are scientific papers […]
This short film contains a short invitation from “Cathbad” to using your mind to see the invisible heritage accessed through the ruins at Lincluden. In January series of “Faith and Art” workshops are planned with St Michaels church. These are an opportunity to gather and develop the skills of Seeing, Exploring, Understanding and Expressing matters […]
Most of us are enjoying a rest now, a lull in activity after a busy Christmas and before Hogmanay. Echoes of an older practice in England can be found in this article by English Heritage: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/members-area/kids/kids-tudors/twelve-days-of-christmas/ Whilst there are many shared traditions between Scotland and England, this article illuminates some of the differences. What are […]