Posts tagged "community"
Here are all the News & blog posts on this site which have the tag "community":
Dear Friends, We wish you a joyful and peaceful Christmas, through the celebration of Immanuel with us. Thank you so much for all your love…
Posted on 19 December 2024
Tagged: Christmas, community, Jesus, scargill movement
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…
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
Tagged: community, scargill movement
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
Tagged: community, Journey, Pilgrimage, Reflections from Di
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…
Dear Friends We are just coming to the end of SummerFest 2 with Fest 3 beginning on Saturday. Fest is exuberant, fun and wonderfully inter-generational,…
Posted on 9 August 2023
Tagged: Christ at the centre, community, lives shared lives transformed
Dear Friends Looking to 2022 we are faced with a real challenge. Our current number on Community is about 23 and our desire, to fulfil the…
Dear Friends This week we have had hopeful and encouraging news! The Government laid out their roadmap to bring us out of lockdown, subject to…
Posted on 26 February 2021
Tagged: community, scargill movement
Hello – I have been musing about the church festival celebrated today which I love. Today is the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, often…
Posted on 2 February 2016
Tagged: Anna and Simeon, candles, community, God-receiver, Henri Nouwen, Jesus, presentation of Christ, scargill movement
One thing about living in community, that we have been learning here at Scargill, is to live generously. And what I mean by living generously…
Posted on 19 July 2015
Tagged: community, generosity, Scargill, Walter Brueggemann, wine
Last Sunday afternoon, I was invited to preach at the service at Manchester Cathedral launching the Peregrini Community, on the Festival of the Baptism of…
Posted on 17 January 2015
Tagged: Baptism of Jesus, Christianity, community, Dance, Discipleship, Grace, Lindisfarne, Manchester Cathedral, Manchester Diocese, Peregrini, Rhythm, Scargill, St Cedd, St Chad, Trinity
This week, in what has been a mini heat wave at Scargill, we encountered a six foot Bore (tidal wave), which came down the River…
Posted on 27 July 2014
Tagged: community, Jesus, River Wharfe, rule of life, scargill movement, twinning toilets, Wateraid
Hey I’m back! In fact we have been back just over a month from our travels to Australia and New Zealand. You will be hearing…
Posted on 26 April 2014
Tagged: community, easter, Emmaus, jars of clay, Jesus, Resurrection, Rowan Williams, scargill movement
Not sure how this happened but this blog has gone missing – so here it is again…. Traveling can be bit of an ordeal. Di…
Posted on 22 January 2014
Tagged: Adrian Plass, Australia, community, henri nowen, Journeys, prayer, Scargill
This last week we have had a lovely time at Scargill. We have had a Community retreat, which was led by good friends of Scargill…
Posted on 14 December 2013
Tagged: Blessings, community, Laura Story, scargill movement
Although it might seem like old news, I was delighted that Tony Robinson was given a knighthood for his work in politics and in the…
Posted on 15 July 2013
Tagged: Baldrick, Blackadder, Brennan Manning, community, Scargill Chapel, scargill movement, Tony Robinson
Over the last week, or so, life has been very hectic: We turned Scargill into Narnia which was such good fun, then I was…
Posted on 15 June 2013
Tagged: community, David Rowe, gratitude, Joan Chittester, Lee Abbey, Mark Yaconelli, Narnia, phil stone, scargill movement
This last week the House has been full of young people with their parents as we put on our ‘Back through the Wardrobe 3’, another…
Posted on 1 June 2013
Tagged: C.S.Lewis, community, Gardening of the Soul, Homecoming, Last Battle, Narnia, phil stone, scargill movement, Sister Stan
I have been reflecting over the last couple of days on St Paul’s words, “I have become all things to all people.” (1 Cor 9…
Posted on 26 May 2013
Tagged: 1 Corinthians, acceptance, community, Jesus, phil stone, scargill movement, St Paul, yorkshire dales
Guess what? The letter is going to be Q! First up – Quantity. One of the great joys of being part of the Scargill community…
Posted on 10 May 2013
Tagged: community, interesting, Jesus, phil stone, quality, quantity, questions, quirky, scargill movement
Forgiveness is never easy. It’s a process and can take a long time. I hope I’m not the only one who, thinking I’ve forgiven someone…
Posted on 22 April 2013
Tagged: community, forgiveness, Jonathan Sacks, Nelson Mandela, phil stone, rule of life, scargill movement
Emptiness does not usually thrill us. An empty fridge for that late night snack frustrates, getting in the car and finding it running on empty is…
Posted on 30 March 2013
Tagged: community, Jesus, lives shared lives transformed, phil stone, Resurrection, scargill movement, Tombs, yorkshire dales
This week Phil Stone gives us a challenge to bless, to say good things.. We have just finished our Palm Sunday service here in the Chapel…
Posted on 24 March 2013
Tagged: beloved, bless, community, Henri Nouwen, Holy Week, Jesus, palm sunday, phil stone, rule of life, scargill movement
Sadly the towering trees which used to line the long driveway up to Scargill House have had to be cut down. At this melancholy time…
Posted on 18 March 2013
Tagged: chestnut, community, easter, Jesus, lent, palm sunday, passiontide, phil stone, resurection, scargill movement, tree, yorkshire dales
This week Phil Stone Director of the Scargill Movement discusses conflict. Last week I was down at Coventry Cathedral attending a conference entitled Faith in…
Posted on 5 March 2013
Tagged: community, conflict, corinthians, coventry, faith, gospel, henry wadsworth longfellow, Jesus, phil stone, reconciliation, scargill movement
This week cheer on Diverse United with Phil Stone the Director of the Scargill Movement as he talks about how through community we can overcome…
Posted on 25 February 2013
Tagged: community, diversity, germany, ghana, hospitality, Jesus, latvia, nepal, phil stone, rwanda, scargill movement, scotland, transforming, uganda, unity, yorkshire dales
Phil Stone, Director of The Scargill Movement (an intentional community of Christian men and women in North Yorkshire), talks about the fragile nature of community….
Posted on 19 February 2013
Tagged: brother roger, community, fragility, gospel, Jesus, phil stone, scargill movement, strength, taize, vulnerability, weakness
In only half an hour I will be sharing fun and eating pancakes with my friends. There will be a great sense of belonging and…
Posted on 12 February 2013
Tagged: ash wednesday, community, friends, Irenaeus, Jesus, lent, phil stone, scargill movement, shrove tuesday
Phil Stone, director of Scargill Movement, talks this week about the graffiti we get on our hearts and what is obscured underneath. Out of interest…
Posted on 3 February 2013
Tagged: academia, calling, community, graffiti, heart, honesty, Jesus, phil stone, scargill movement
This week Phil discusses community life and what his dream and heart is for Scargill. I am under no illusion having now lived community life…
Posted on 27 January 2013
Tagged: beauty, Bose, Christianity, community, job opportunity, lifestyle, phil stone, quality, scargill movement, simplicity, Star Wars, vacancy
This week Scargill’s Director Phil Stone is thinking about the generous love of God. Those of you who follow the Anglican lectionary will know that…
Posted on 20 January 2013
Tagged: 900, community, doughnuts, generosity, Jesus, love, miracle, phil stone, scargill movement, transforming, wine
As a New Year begins Phil offers some advice on a good way to start your year… Today is January the 6th, the Feast of…
Posted on 6 January 2013
Tagged: community, epiphany, life, life-giving, new year, phil stone, priorities, resolutions, scargill movement, wise men, yorkshire dales
As 2012 draws to a close, Scargil’s Director Phil Stone reflects on the Christmas narrative and what we can take from it into the New…
Posted on 31 December 2012
Tagged: bruce cockburn, Christmas, community, happy new year, hogmanay, j. oswald chambers, nativity, new year, phil stone, romans, scargill movement, vulnerability
Henri Nouwen says, “Christmas is the renewed invitation not to be afraid and to let him (God) – whose love is greater than our own…
Posted on 23 December 2012
Tagged: Christmas, community, henri nowen, phil stone, scargill movement, yorkshire dales
This week at Scargill we have been hosting a group who have been attending the local Grassington Dickensian Festival. Accordingly our food, entertainment and reflections…
Posted on 16 December 2012
Tagged: brazil, charles dickens, community, grassington, phil stone, poverty, scargill movement, solidarity, tucum ring
The nights are getting longer as the shortest day of the year draws near and Scargill’s Director Phil Stone is contemplating darkness and starlight… Having…
Posted on 11 December 2012
Tagged: advent, Christmas, community, darkness, phil stone, scargill movement, shine, starlight, stars, yorkshire dales
As this week is the start of Advent Phil has been thinking a lot about waiting… Those of us who have or have had children…
Posted on 2 December 2012
Tagged: advent, community, henri nowen, phil stone, scargill movement, spiritual discipline, waiting, yorkshire dales
scargillphil is now well and truly up and running! This is where our Director Phil Stone riffs on all manner of subjects close to his…
Posted on 18 November 2012
Tagged: authenticity, community, new monasticism, old monasticism, phil stone, rule of life, scargill movement
scargillphil is now live! This is where Phil Stone, our loveable, huggable director, gives us regular updates into the weird and wonderful life at Scargill…
Posted on 11 November 2012
Tagged: bradford diocese, community, Jesus, phil stone, scargill movement, transforming, yorkshire dales