Welcome to the Quartz Interweave page. This page was set up for Pentecost Sunday on the 31st of May 2020. On the day it held a live discussion forum for people to meet up Online. The page has now been converted to provide a resource for people to explore #SensingSpirituality and provide "Time for Reflection" with the theme of Pentecost.

The chat facility has been replaced by a video presentation - something like this would have been used at the Dumfries High School end of term assembly. So if you are visiting the page from the Schools Hi!

I hope you are able to find the time and space to enjoy the summer holidays. I will be praying for you and your teachers as you adjust to new ways of working (again) when term restarts.

At a physical interweave you would be able to walk around the building and find things which are interesting, beautiful, and that you can get involved in, this page is set up so that you can browse and take part at your own time and depth.

Craft Activities:

PENTECOST CAIRN: While you are listening to something, like the YouTube playlist or birdsong in the garden, paint a pebble using Pentecost colours. Perhaps it is fire, perhaps wind or perhaps the Holy spirit in the form of a rock pigeon that inspires you. Once the stone is painted you could take it to the St Johns building and help build a Pentecost cairn by the notice board. This is just a pebble, what transforms your heart from hardened stone to give it a beating pulse?
(Please just place a pebble and don't pick up the other pebbles. If you live more than 5 miles away, ask someone else to leave a stone for you. Manage the risks, keep people safe from Covid-19)

WIND SPINNERS: Wind is a widely used symbol of change. We can't see the wind, but we can see its effects. Think about the presence of the Holy Spirit in your life, and your environment. When you look at your surroundings do you just see things, resources to be managed, used for the good of mankind - or do you sense the creative potential placed there by God? If the heavens declare the Glory of the risen Lord, and the whole of creation is God's temple - are the changes we need to make in our relationship with it? Money lenders tables to tip? Or perhaps simply a more subtle sensing of sacredness in the ordinary. While you think about this you could make a "Winds of Change" wind spinner. There will come a time when we can display these and join with other people in responding to the climate emergency. (see the Quartz stall at the environment fair for more details)