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March 2025 Forest Church Our last post describes what we set out to do, this one is a small insight into what happened. It is written from my perspective, but if you were there or joined in online please use the comments to add to it! We read from texts and creation. It interests me […]
16th of March 2pm , The Crichton Chapel. We will gather this March to meet with each other and God. To seek transformation, to bathe in the green, or just be aware of our curiosity. As is our custom we will gather outside the Crichton chapel at 2pm on the third Sunday of the month. […]
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 […]
A crowd of us gathered to eat pancakes last night. A variety of toppings were enjoyed. Some were dairy free, some gluten free. Spam fritters featured. The pancakes included “Drop Scones (Scotch Pancakes)”, “Crepes”, Ukrainian style, and both sweet and savoury. The conversation flowed and saints were discussed as well as more everyday matters. Here […]
Some images from our 3rd Sunday in the month gathering for February. This month we worshipped with trees. We reflected on how much they are connected in ways we cannot see. How we relate to them and what they offer us personally. No one learned Entish, but then we are quite hasty – even when […]
Sunday 16th of February at 2pm, Crichton chapel We will gather in February to find Jesus in the trees. As is our custom we will gather outside the Crichton chapel at 2pm on the third Sunday of the month. Everyone is welcome to join us, and we adapt what we do according to the people […]
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 […]
An opportunity to use Social Media to practice #sensingspirituality throughout February #febreflection returns. Here are some of the images and thoughts from last time. The idea is simple. And remember that searching for the #tags might be a good way to lift your spirits on a day when you are feeling down. Here are some […]
Improve your visual diet #febreflection Throughout February you are invited to join us and post moments where you are #sensingspirituality. Tag them #sensingspirituality and #febreflection and we will build up a library of visualisations of spiritual reality. Or simply search and find. We will probably be on Facebook, Instagram and Bluesky – but please let […]
A quick insight into what was a very relaxing afternoon. This was Faith and Art III