Blog – Page 18 – Quartz at St Johns Dumfries

– He Restores My Soul

Meeting in Christ’s name and sharing the peace

We meet in Christs name – whether you consider yourself close friends, or are just curious, all are welcome – we share his peace.

Reading

– Psalm 23: 1-4 – The Lord is my Shepherd

Response

Finding water in the Japanese Garden at the Crichton
Framing the landscape through a simple frame
–4 different viewpoints for meditation- water, valley, green pastures, paths of righteousness
Worshipping with our own angle through the frame

Reading

– Psalm 23: 5-6 – You prepare a table

Benediction and sharing of food together in the presence of friends

(Please bring food to share!)

Fresh Expressions

June Forest Church

Photo by Andy Brooke

Please click the links to go to YouTube videos. We are working on the tech issue.

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We sang about God’s light; we listened to light filled stories from Jesus’ resurrection and ascension and the coming of the Holy Spirit with wind and fire. We made rubbings of plants in the garden and made photos through lenses. Others joined us with their meditative photos from far and not so far. We celebrated the solstice with hand and eye….

This video was sent to Quartz by someone who joins us from across the atlantic

https://youtube.com/shorts/6bk9J3V2FJg?feature=share

Community

Words

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Words

Drawing out

Bringing awareness and form

To the beauty which lies within.

Photos of books made by Alison Fair-Bixler

Community

Forest Church Teddy Bears

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A quick look at the Labyrinth we made for the recent St Johns Dumfries Teddy Bear festival.

As part of the much larger gathering of teddy bears, Quartz contributed some hanging platforms and a labyrinth. The Labyrinth offered time for reflection – and in the centre a colloquoy of Cathbad’s (some more bear-like that others) discussed deep issues.

Here are some pictures of the whole event.

Thought of the Day

Support

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Alison has been part of quartz before that name was even chosen. She had a cause she feels deeply about, and tells that story here.

Please take a moment to consider supporting her, and the cause she is supporting.

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Alison-Fair

Forest Church Thought of the Day

Teddy Bear Festival

Where, 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 pony” or simply a blanket.

It might be difficult to put into words the significance of your particular childhood toy, but it is likely that someone else has had a similar experience with their childhood toy. #SensingSpirituality is about recognising this, and then learning the words to communicate it. Or, perhaps, the art, craft, action or music to communicate it.

Quartz is installing a labyrinth to provide time for reflection, after all, bears are found in the woods and that’s where Forest Church is heading.

There will be a Teddy Bear festival in St John’s from the 7th to the 9th of July. More details on the St Johns website and the featured image of this post.

Forest Church Fresh Expressions

Quartz Forest Church

2pm outside the Crichton chapel today!

Workshop God with the whole of creation on a beautiful day in the summer.

Forest Church

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Arts Creative Worship

Pentecost

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50 days after Jesus returned from the grave his followers were gathered together, still afraid that the religious and legal types would continue to place “the greater good” of the nation over the value of individual lives.

Then something wonderful happened.

The stories of the acts of the apostles contain many amazing moments. Some of them may stretch our ability to believe. Perhaps, though, one of the most difficult things for us to imagine around two thousand years later is how the ordinary everyday lives of people began to be affected in almost invisible ways.

Building on individual and group experiences where Jesus met with his friends a community began to develop. Like yeast rising in dough making bread easier to eat, or salt bringing out the flavour in food, the presence and awareness of the Holy Spirit is felt throughout the community.

What does this feel like? Can you imagine what it would be like to be part of a massive outpouring of love within a commonwealth of friends. Not driven for a greater good or cultists sacrificing to win the favour of, or bring back the presence of an alien being – but a community of friends who know the mind of their saviour. The god who is with us, and in the coffee and biscuits we share when we meet each other.

This section of text is where the words on the bunting come from.

Now we see like looking in a mirror, but one day it will be as obvious as the answer to a riddle.

– He Restores My Soul

Meeting in Christ’s name and sharing the peace

Reading

Response

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KEEP IN TOUCH!