Musings and newsings from the Director of Scargill, Phil Stone
< Newer itemsScargill guest writer for Sanctuary First Daily Worship
Our very own Jo Penn, Community member, is guest writer for Sanctuary First Daily Worship this week (Sun 12 to Sat 18 September). Check out the first two posts here, …
Tim’s summer as part of the community
Tim is interviewed by fellow community member Jacob about his summer spent as part of the Community at Scargill House.
Who Glued Wood and Rock and Sky Together?
What took a year to build and cost £15,000? What has panga panga blocks and Columbian pine beams? Where do we find unpolished mahagony and limestone sourced locally, some from …
Becoming a Wild Christian on community
We are Partners in Action with the Christian eco-charity A Rocha UK. A Rocha are creating a community of ordinary Christians they are calling ‘Wild Christian’ which explores ‘the connections …
A Rocha – Partners in Action (literally!)
A working party from A Rocha UK were with us here at Scargill Monday 24th May to Friday 28th May. They were leading a bioblitz, an intense period of biological …
The Story of our new Scargill Lament Sculpture
A new opportunity for guests is to visit our new Lament sculpture in the walled garden commissioned by Scargill from former community member and sculptor Lizzy Taylor. We asked her …
Online retreats – a sacred place
As a community here at Scargill we are currently studying about different sacred spaces we inhabit. In lockdown we have heard consistently that our online presence has been a ‘sacred …
The day Chloe met Hedgehog Hugh ……
Hugh Warwick is an ecologist, author and leading expert on hedgehogs. As part of our A Rocha partnership we at Scargill have started a hedgehog project, and we approached Hugh …
Do you feel a call to community?
After the Second World War there was a turn to community inspired by God’s Holy Spirit, and communities and retreat centres like Lee Abbey were set up. Some believe there …