Dear Friends of Scargill,

We are delighted to announce that our new Programme and latest Momentum magazine is launched today (3rd November)– going live in the morning (during office hours).

This publication opens bookings for new events from March 2026 to the end of  August 2026, as well as having lots of lovely articles and updates from the life of Scargill. 

Our website events pages are now live, coinciding with printed copies of our publication starting to reach your doorstep. When the programme is released, do put in your booking requests via the website (rather than by ‘phone) to help our lovely Admin Team deal with your booking requests in the order that they are made, and we thank you in advance for your patience as we work through each booking in turn.

Also do look at our website for online and in-house events (November 2025 to February 2026) that still have space – we would love to see you!

Our online events allow you to join us from the comfort of your own home:

Also check out below Di’s latest reflection on being real, and living out of a heart of love. Enjoy!

Yesterday, morning prayers were focused about love. Later that afternoon sitting in my office, looking out the window (a rare occurrence), I was faced with this sign that has been there for years and I said to myself ‘I have had enough, for now, of sitting quietly with Jesus, of resting with God, the time for action has come!’. Now, I haven’t moved completely away from embracing contemplation and marching around being busy isn’t on the agenda either, but BEING REAL IS.

This sign encompasses much of what I believe God is asking of us. This is a ‘way of life’, a pathway to follow, with ‘WE’ at the centre!  Challenging perhaps the me, myself and I culture that stops us from looking out to others, looking out for others. And although Christian families can be a base for extending hospitality and supporting other families and individuals in need within their community, this sign is for all and it seems to sum up the Stone family, the very extended Stone family and I pray always will.

I can fully embrace many of these statements. Maybe allowing myself to have FUN and be REALLY LOUD is a little less natural to me. I am very happy to embrace the noise and fun of others – in fact it’s good for me to do so. And to be honest HUGGING has not been a favourite pastime of mine although over the years, dare I say it, I have begun to ’almost’ enjoy giving and receiving them.

Have you noticed WE DO FAMILY, WE DO LOVE lie at the bottom of the list, have you noticed all these words are in capital letters and have you noticed LOVE is the largest word on the sign? Is this because love encompasses all that has been written or is it because, as I heard the other morning, LOVE must be in all we do and say? – probably both.

At the beginning of 1 Corinthians 13 we read the very familiar words: ‘If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.’                                                                                                                                                  
We go on to read, ‘Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.’ And I would like to add ‘love asks us to be real, to accept our and others’ mistakes, to say sorry and give forgiveness, to have fun and be loud, to do hugs and to be family to others.’

Now, no one wants to be a clanging cymbal or a resounding gong, so let’s get out there, let’s meet our neighbours, lets draw them into the love of God, let’s be real and let’s extend our families with LOVE.

With love and prayers from Phil, Di and the Scargill Community 

We are delighted to announce that our new Programme and latest Momentum magazine is launched today (28th April)– going live in the morning (during office hours).

This publication opens bookings for new events from September 2025 to the end of February 2026, as well as having lots of lovely articles and updates from the life of Scargill. 

Our website events pages are now live, coinciding with printed copies of our publication starting to reach your doorstep. When the programme is released, do put in your booking requests via the website (rather than by ‘phone) to help our lovely Admin Team deal with your booking requests in the order that they are made, and we thank you in advance for your patience as we work through each booking in turn.

Also do look at our website for online and in-house events (May to August 2025) that still have space – we would love to see you!

We would like to highlight the following upcoming on-line events for you to join from the comfort of your own home:

Wed 21 May – Online Quiet Day

Sat 7 June – Online Quiet Day

Fri 20 to Sun 22 June – More humour, more wholeness, more healing? Adrian and Bridget Plass

Thu 17 July – Online Quiet Day

With love and prayers from Phil, Di and the Scargill Community

We are delighted to announce that our new Programme and latest Momentum magazine is launched today (18th November)– going live in the morning (during office hours).

This publication opens bookings for new events from the end of February to the end of August 2025, as well as having lots of lovely articles and updates from the life of Scargill.

Our website events pages will be made live to coincide with printed copies of our publication starting to reach your doorstep. When the programme is released, do put in your booking requests via the website (rather than by ‘phone) to help our lovely Admin Team deal with your booking requests in the order that they are made, and we thank you in advance for your patience as we work through each booking in turn.

Also do look at our website for online and in-house events (November 2024 to February 2025) that still have space – we would love to see you!

We would like to highlight the following upcoming on-line events for you to join from the comfort of your own home:

Online Quiet Day (for December) -Sat 30th November led by Annie Naish (one of our chaplains)
Online (hybrid event) ‘Doing it Yahweh’ – Mon 9th to Thu 12th December led by Dave Hopwood and Phil Stone

With love and prayers from Phil, Di and the Scargill Community

We are delighted to say that our new Programme with Momentum magazine is released today. It covers new events from March through to August 2022, and lists events with spaces remaining for January and February 2022.

We are very pleased with the variety of events and speakers you have to choose from. You can find it on the website, and those of you who signed up for a paper copy will have one coming through your letter box. 

The programme lists both in-house and online events. We have made a couple of our events in January and February 2022 into hybrid events (previously these were only in-house), so you can now also join us from the comfort of your own home. Do check out the list of ways that you can join us and form community by either visiting in person or gathering together online.

The Programme is not as full as it has been in the past as this reflects the size of the Community, which remains small, but also the desire to care for our guests and Community as we continue to navigate through the Pandemic. We look forward so much to welcoming you again through our doors.

We still long for new Community members so would you continue to pray for us and spread the word. Thank you! Details of how to join Community are on our website.

So, we would like to welcome you to come alongside us as we pray on Monday 13^th December from 10am, specifically for God to increase the number of people on Community. A prayer sheet will be available on our website to help you in your prayers.

In the evening, you are very welcome to join us for our Praise and Prayer Meeting which will be on Zoom from 8-9pm. Please be open to the Holy Spirit for words, scriptures and pictures as we pray and worship together.

As Jacob said in his wrestling with God, “I will not let You go unless You bless me!’ (Genesis 32:26). We believe that we need to wrestle for a blessing.

If you want to book for the Praise and Prayer evening via Zoom, which we would strongly encourage you to do, then book your free ticket here.

With much love in this Advent Season,

Phil, Di and the Scargill Community