Stay up to date with the latest news and reflections from the Community at Scargill.

Reflections from Di – the book of Ruth

Dear Friends, As we have said goodbye to the summer, we have now been welcoming the autumn over the last couple of weeks. The leaves on the…

Posted on 2 October 2024
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Reflections from Di – How I Love the Law

Dear Friends Thank you for your continued support and prayers which means so much to us. Our Summerfests were wonderful. It was such a joy…

Posted on 27 August 2024
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Reflections from Di – Sun on the hill

Dear Friends As I write this, we are just over half way through our Summerfest season and it has been wonderful. It has been a…

Posted on 8 August 2024
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Reflections from Di – Pilgrimage

Dear Friends Di and I have now been back a week from our sabbatical, and it feels very good to be back. The Leadership and…

Posted on 11 July 2024
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Attention is the beginning of devotion

Shaun Lambert writes: It was Mary Oliver the poet who wrote ‘attention is the beginning of devotion’ in her collection of essays, Upstream: Selected Essays.[1]…

Posted on 15 June 2024
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Reflections from Di – our new programme

Dear Friends We hope you are enjoying our latest Momentum magazine/Programme, covering events September 2024 to February 2025, and are making plans for when you…

Posted on 9 June 2024
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Reflections from Di – sabbatical

Dear Friends The Scargill Community are continuing to welcome guests through our doors, who are enjoying the refurbished Marsh Lounge, seeing all the other fruit…

Posted on 5 May 2024
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Reflections from Di – Happy Easter

Dear Friends We would like to wish you a very joyful Easter. We have just finished our Holy Week and Easter Weekend event, which was…

Posted on 2 April 2024
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Scargill guest writer for Sanctuary First

This week Jo Penn has been writing Morning worship reflections for Sanctuary First (Sun 17 to Sat 23 March 2024). These are based around Mary…

Posted on 22 March 2024

Reflections from Di – Curlews and Spring

Dear Friends Thank you so much for your prayers and support – we really do appreciate your love.  We are delighted that the building work…

Posted on 9 March 2024

Reflections from Di – Snowdrops

Dear Friends Thank you so much for your love and prayers – it does mean so much to us. There is good news regarding Phase…

Posted on 15 February 2024
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Reflections from Di – Listening

Dear Friends On behalf of the Scargill Community we would like to wish you a peaceful and joy filled Christmas. Please remember the St Oswald’s…

Posted on 18 December 2023
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Reflections from Di – Faithfulness

Dear Friends We are glad to announce that the new Scargill Programme (covering new events both in-house and online from March to August 2024), combined with our latest…

Posted on 8 November 2023
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Reflections from Di – The gift of colour

Dear Friends Autumn is coming to the Dales. The trees on the estate are beginning to change colour with beautiful bronze and golden colours, and we are…

Posted on 4 October 2023
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