QuartzWhere, when, do you learn emotional truth? Toys and childhood play help us become the adults who have the luxury of asking such questions. Teddy bears have their own nostalgic niche. The process of experiencing feelings of attachment, separation and developing skills of emotional resilience can developed whether with a bear or a “my little […]
2pm outside the Crichton chapel today! Workshop God with the whole of creation on a beautiful day in the summer.
Those who like Forest Church may like this : https://www.crichton.co.uk/event/sing-for-the-trees/ If you go, please comment here on what it is like? What could we learn from the experience? Where do you recognise the Holy Spirit at work? And don’t forget the value of a smile, or the worth in experiencing the was a particular ray […]
This Sunday, the 22nd of May, we will be ‘refurbishing’ some fig trees. Not actual trees, they have their own built in regenerative processes. These are trees that were made for the All Age/informal service back when it used to meet in the hall. They were used to create a ‘grove’ meditative space on good […]
This is a bit overdue! Here is a wee film to reflect on from our Easter Sunday Gathering. Several aspects of the new Wordsmith Crafts C.I.C. overlapped this Easter Sunday. Quartz was the lead project (#SensingSpirituality). We have been meeting as Forest Church for over a year now. Cluaran (living breathing heritage) skills were used […]
It’s been a busy start to May. There was a full weekend at Allanton. We were working with Cluaran and many others using heritage crafts, storytelling, and the experience of fire to help people find peace. On the Sunday we prayed for peace worldwide, and joined with people worldwide via the internet. There was a […]
As the culmination of our Lent journey we invite you to join us to cook fish by the water, and meet the risen Christ. This is the start of a journey as well as the end of one. We have chosen this place to meet partly because of the connection some of the group have […]
As Quartz Forest Church we are spending a year exploring the Chrichton Estate in Dumfries. For many of us, even though we live in Dumfries, the grounds around the university are not a familiar place. We started in autumn, and are seeing signs of spring now. We have also been meeting some of the other […]