Scargill offers a wide range of Christian holidays, conferences and retreats with our resident Christian community. You’re very welcome, whatever your background or Christian tradition.
Join one of our organised programmes below, with a range of topics, activities and speakers, or pick any dates we’re open and do your own thing. You can visit Scargill on your own, come with your family, bring a church or group, or become a Working Friend.
Jesus regularly visited wilderness places during his ministry. Hosea spoke of hearing the tender voice of God in the desert. Dave and Phil will take a look at various Biblical | read more...
A retreat for lacemakers. Explore how our craft can help us to create space for meeting God in stillness. Bring your lace, crochet, tatting…something that you are confident with as | read more...
How can we believe in a God of love in a world of suffering? Have Dawkins and the New Atheists killed God? Do science and reason disprove faith? How can | read more...
A week learning a selection of warm and cold glass processes, along with short, thought-provoking talks, beautiful scenery and good food. A gentle paced break with time to relax, have | read more...
How extraordinary the storytelling of the Bible is! And what might happen when we dare bring God into our own storytelling? Together we will explore the artistry of some of | read more...
This weekend is a shorter version of ‘Something Beautiful’ the previous week. It will give you a basic introduction to glass fusing and you will have a chance to make | read more...
Ever been intrigued by what John meant in his gospel when, speaking of Jesus, he writes: ‘From his fullness we have received grace upon grace’? As the hymn says, it | read more...
Phew! Just when you thought you couldn’t go on, along comes a weekend at Scargill designed just for you! Drop everything and book in for a rest and a treat. | read more...
A weekend of travelling in and around Narnia and Middle Earth. We will be in the company of CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien, two men who had a complex and | read more...
Join the Scargill Community on a journey through the events of Holy Week. There will be reflections, rest and prayer stations as we journey with Jesus to the cross. Beginning | read more...
Join the Scargill Community on a journey through the events of Holy Week. There will be reflections, rest and prayer stations as we journey with Jesus to the cross. Come | read more...
Beginning on Maundy Thursday, we travel together through the agony of Good Friday, the trembling hope of Saturday, and the wonder and glory of Easter Sunday as once again we | read more...
Help manage Scargill’s wonderful gardens and estate and have plenty of time to relax too. We’ll be working hard outside in the mornings – often on rough, hilly terrain, which | read more...
This retreat is about growing into our already-given mindful identity. In our baptism we put on Christ, the Wakeful One. Mindfulness of God enables us to grow into that identity. | read more...
Wondering if you are doing the right thing? Looking for a change of direction? Helping others struggling with their place and purpose in this world? Over this weekend we will | read more...
When Jesus fed the 5000 in John’s Gospel, he said, ‘Let nothing be wasted’. Everything was collected in. This week gets us to think about whole life transformation, for that | read more...
Come and discover more about who you are and how God might want to shape you. We will use the Enneagram as a tool to help us grow in understanding | read more...
Come away on a break specially designed for church leaders. Escape from the pressures and responsibilities of leadership and find refreshment and space for time with God. There will be | read more...
The past reaches into the present. The Bible is full of it. Zacchaeus assumed that his past behaviour would rule him out of the Kingdom of God. Jacob faced Esau | read more...
This week we’re going on a Big Adventure with Winne-the-Pooh and his friends. Although Pooh is a Bear of Very Little Brain, he often has Big Ideas, invents games like | read more...
This weekend we are going on a journey. Operating on slightly different lines from previous writing weekends, it will include workshops and opportunities for both individual and collaborative work. We | read more...
As a leader, have you ever felt you’ve been parachuted into hostile territory? Jesus faced that stuff too – yet without being thrown by it. This retreat is for leaders | read more...
Come and discover the wild moorlands and mountains of the Dales and the beautiful valleys below. We will be climbing some of the highest mountains in the Dales like Great | read more...
The famous and wonderful message that Jesus would like to come in and sit and eat with us if we will just open the door to him, comes in the | read more...
How do we grow into Jesus’ likeness? Some of us believe it is by working hard at it! However, we are given a clue in 2 Corinthians 3:18 ‘All of | read more...
A residential workshop working in Christian gestalt therapeutic groups with Rev Sue Rose and others from the ‘Journey into Healing’ team. For those who are stuck on their life journey | read more...
Have you ever felt so weary and discouraged in your Christian life that you’ve felt like giving up? Well don’t despair, the story of Joshua is here to help! This | read more...
The Community are looking forward to a weekend celebrating 60 years of Scargill ministry in the Dales. This event is by invite only and you will need the password from your invitation to complete the | read more...
The Community are looking forward to a day celebrating 60 years of Scargill ministry in the Dales. This event is by invite only and you will need the password from your invitation to complete the booking | read more...
From the windswept heather moorlands down to the tranquil riverside meadows, the Yorkshire Dales are exceptionally rich in wildlife. On a series of gentle walks with frequent stops, we will | read more...
What do we believe about the Ascension? Feet disappearing overhead at high velocity? For that matter, what was the cross really about, behind the jargon? And resurrection too – how | read more...
Time and space for those who have been bereaved. An opportunity to meet other bereaved people in a beautiful and peaceful setting. Meeting in small groups there will be time | read more...
Jesus at his baptism heard the affirmation of his Father, ‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.’ Jesus lived, moved, died and rose again | read more...
Good films do more than entertain. They often raise fundamental questions about God, human identity, reality, sin and even redemption. Whether it’s through Sci-fi, drama, comedy, animation, romance or thriller, | read more...
Most of us have art and poetry inside us. It reflects who we are in the image of a creative God. For centuries, Christian art and poetry has suffused Europe, | read more...
The Dales are beautiful, with stunning scenery, and lovely places to visit. It is after all “God’s own county!” So in this week there will be time and space for | read more...
Come and discover more about who you are and how God might want to shape you. We will use the Enneagram as a tool to help us grow in understanding | read more...
The Scargill Community is much more than those who live and serve at Scargill. We have a wonderful band of Friends and Companions who love this place. So this holiday, | read more...
This week we will prayerfully consider how we and our churches can become more welcoming and friendly towards people living with dementia, their partners and family carers. We will use | read more...
Enjoy a few days of company and conversation while hiking in the hills around Scargill. We’ll head out with a packed lunch each day to explore the beauty of the | read more...
Welcome to our summer extravaganza, whatever your age or budget (you can even bring your own tent).You’ll enjoy our packed programme plus a rich mix of teaching and worship. Summerfest | read more...
Welcome to our summer extravaganza, whatever your age or budget (you can even bring your own tent).You’ll enjoy our packed programme plus a rich mix of teaching and worship. Summerfest | read more...
Welcome to our summer extravaganza, whatever your age or budget (you can even bring your own tent).You’ll enjoy our packed programme plus a rich mix of teaching and worship. Summerfest | read more...
Roger and his team will be teaching and leading singers and instrumentalists in the musical ‘Wildfire’. This tells the story of Stephen, the first of Jesus’ followers to die for | read more...
This residential, designed for clergy, is particularly suitable for those who have at least ten years of experience since ordination and some years ahead of them before reaching retirement age. | read more...
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