by Ian | Sep 16, 2020 | 2020, Children, Church news, Community news, Families
Help grow the snake Scampton Stone Snake grew during the Summer and culminated in a wonderful piece of art to commemorate the BOB 80...
by Ian | Feb 27, 2020 | 2020, Children, Church news, Community news, Events
Monthly Christian Assemblies We are really excited to have been invited into Pollyplatt Community Primary School this year to run Christian assemblies once a month. Following a meeting with Sam Jackson the head teacher it was decided that a member of the leadership...
by Ian | Oct 10, 2019 | 2019, Children, Church news, Fundraising
Spend a penny and flush away poverty Scampton Church congregation has been spending loads of pennies! Some months ago we gave people collection boxes asking them to “Spend a penny and flush away poverty.” It seems that whenever we go to the toilet we now spend more...
by Ian | Jun 11, 2019 | 2019, Children, Families, Fundraising
June Family Service and ECO day As we are currently running our Toilet Twinning Campaign the June family service was all about being caretakers of Gods creation and looked at World Environment Day on the 5th June. The children scoured the churchyard searching for...
by Ian | Apr 11, 2019 | 2019, Children, Church news, Families
Inclusive, Informal, Interactive, Friendly, Fun And Free! At Scampton Church we believe that following and worshipping Jesus should be fun, exciting and not too ‘stuffy’. We are passionate about developing ‘Fresh Expressions’ of Church to...
by Ian | Mar 11, 2019 | 2019, Children, Church news
A lesson in humility Our March family service followed the theme of Humility: While teaching one day, Jesus started talking about the religious leaders and describing how they acted. The behaviour he describes is the the opposite of humility – they do everything for...
by Ian | Oct 11, 2018 | 2018, Children, Church news
Thanks to all volunteers A new team has been created to set up and operate the sound desk at each service. Thanks to all who have volunteered. Pictured Walter operating the sound desk at the Harvest...
by Ian | Jun 11, 2018 | 2018, Children, Church news, Families
Calling all music lovers Lovely to see Emily and Hannah playing keyboards this month. Well done both of you. Don’t forget if you play an instrument and would like to join in then tell us. We’ll send you the music well in advance and you can play as much or...
by Ian | Jun 9, 2018 | 2018, Children, Church news, Families
Look out next month for the new Family Service Prayer We are creating a new ‘Family Service Prayer’, especially for Scampton Church, which we will say at the beginning of the family services on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month. Ideas from the...
by Ian | May 2, 2018 | 2018, Children, Community news, Events, Families
A wonderful wedding day What a beautiful way to learn about the Church of England Wedding Service and celebrate the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The sun shone on Scampton Church as pupils, staff and parents attended Scampton Primary Schools ‘Mock...
by Ian | Apr 11, 2018 | 2018, Children, Church news, Churchyard, Events, Families
Alleluia – He is Risen – He is Risen indeed – Alleluia! Well 75 people came along to celebrate the Risen Christ. The service represented what the disciples must have felt like when they encountered the risen Christ. In fact following His resurrection Jesus was seen...
by Ian | Mar 11, 2018 | 2018, Children, Church news, Events, Families
Lets have a band! Sue and Joe have been working with some of the children at Scampton School during the Easter term and someone said…lets have a band! So no sooner said than done and seven of the children came along and played ‘Seek ye First the Kingdom of...
by Ian | Feb 11, 2018 | 2018, Children, Church news, Events
Alpha service fun Thanks to Jonathan for sending in some photos he took at our Alpha Sunday...
by Ian | Dec 12, 2017 | 2017, Children, Events, Families
The Bethlehem Mouse comes to Scampton The Bethlehem Mouse is obviously a popular character as 175 people squeezed into the church to see...
by Ian | Dec 2, 2017 | 2017, Children, Events, Families
Christmas starts with Christ Loads of children came along to see a dramatic bible reading of Genesis Chapter 1 verses 1-5 by Hannah Bloom, Pete the Puppet appear as an angel, and Maisie Imogen and Izzy sing 10,000 reasons. What a great start to our season of...
by Ian | Nov 11, 2017 | 2017, Children, Events, Families, War Graves
The season of invitation continues Our season of invitation continues and is gaining a huge response as 200 people come along to our remembrance service, including a couple who, after visiting the website, specifically made the journey from Doncaster to attend....
by Ian | Oct 12, 2017 | 2017, Children, Church news, Events, Families
A great big thank you A young child went up to their mum and said…”you know – I’d like to go to church mummy”. His mum thought this a bit strange as the family were not ‘church goers’, but wanting to encourage her child to...
by Ian | Aug 12, 2017 | 2017, Children, Church news, Events, Families
Love and forgiveness A series of three family services based on the story of Joseph (Genesis 37 – 47) ran through the summer. It began with Gods plan to build His own people with the promise to Abraham, and how Abrahams great grandson Joseph came to be sold into...
by Ian | Jul 2, 2017 | 2017, Children, Church news, Events, Families
Learn, sing, play, dance – and have fun. As part of our commitment to welcoming children into our church family we started a children’s music group. The idea for the group was inspired by Izzy (aged 10 years) who was keen to sing and would like others to join...
by Ian | Apr 28, 2017 | 2017, Children, Church news, Events, Families
He is risen – alleluia He is risen – alleluia. Sixty adults and forty three children enjoyed an Easter story movie, hunting Easter eggs, pass the Easter prayer parcel, Easter bingo, Pete the puppet and a conga round the church at our Family Easter Day service. There...
by Ian | Apr 1, 2017 | 2017, Children, Church news, Events, Families
Sing Praise! A big thank you to Runa, Aakash, Shivani and Amelia who brought along their violins and cello to join the worship group, and make the service lively and uplifting. Wow! what a difference you make towards encouraging everyone to SING...
by Ian | Mar 12, 2017 | 2017, Children, Church news, Community news, Events, Families
A rock musical performance On the last day of the Easter term Scampton School performed a rock musical which combined biblical narrations, songs and expressive mime to retell the Easter story with warmth and feeling. The children then planted seeds to represent new...
by Ian | Feb 2, 2017 | 2017, Children, Church news, Events
Following Gods Commandments The February Family service was all about ‘Following Gods Commandments’. Here is the reading from (Exodus:19-5-7) taken from ‘The Message’ Moses went up a mountain and met God. God said “This is what I want you to tell the people of...
by Ian | Dec 9, 2016 | 2016, Children, Church news, Community news, Events, Families
Harry Potter Themed Nativity Play My grandson was telling me about his huge Christmas list which could potentially double ToysRUs profits. He asked whether I had made a list. Yes, I said but mine is a ‘mothers’ list. What size turkey will I need? Shall I risk an on...
by Ian | Nov 11, 2016 | 2016, Children, Community news, Events, War Graves
A fitting tribute The third invitation in our ‘season of invitation’ started with a message from John Beavan, the head teacher at Scamptons’ Pollyplatt Community Junior School reading…. Dear Sue, We’ve had an idea about Remembrance Day,...
