by Adrian | Oct 2, 2024 | 2024, Community news, Events
Heritage Open Days 2024 at Scampton Church Scampton Church took part in the 2024 National Heritage Open Days Event opening its doors and putting on activities to celebrate the heritage of the building and it’s RAF connections. The week ran from the 7th to the 14th...
by Ian | Jun 1, 2022 | 2022, Church news, Community news, Events, Families
Diary of events Thursday 2nd June09.00 – The Platinum Jubilee standard is raised in the churchyard.12.00 – Peal of bells and national anthem played from church tower to coincide with trooping the colour gun salute – Green Park Piccadilly.21.45 – A song for the...
by Ian | May 1, 2022 | 2022, Church news, Events
Food. Talk. Discussions. Explore Life! Our Scampton Alpha has just finished… Alpha is a place where you can explore more about life, faith and meaning. It’s a series of sessions exploring the Christian faith, run over 9 weeks. Each talk looks at a...
by Ian | May 1, 2022 | 2022, Community news, Events, Families
West Lindsey Churches Festival During the weekend of 14th – 15th May West Lindsey are holding their very successful Churches Festival again. Scampton Church will be displaying their Bastions of the Air exhibition, which runs through until the 28th May. We will...
by Ian | Sep 12, 2020 | 2020, Church news, Community news, Events
Marking the 80th anniversary of The Battle of Britain A special commemorative service, arranged in partnership with RAF Scampton and The RAF Aerobatic Team, to honour ‘THE FEW’ was arranged to take place on 15th September to mark the 80th anniversary of...
by Ian | Aug 16, 2020 | 2020, Church news, Community news, Events, Fundraising
A big thank you Thank you to everyone who supported the RAF Scampton Commemorative Window Aviation Raffle. The draw took place on Friday 14th August at The Dambusters Inn, Scampton. The draw was made by Wing Commander (rtd) Bill Ramsey, who captained the last ever...
by Ian | May 17, 2020 | 2020, Church news, Community news, Events, Families, Fundraising, Stained Glass Windows
Help fund the Chilcren’s Art and Remembrance Project A grand aviation raffle was organised to help fund the Chilcren’s Art and Remembrance Project. We have sold few hard copy tickets because of the crisis. We appealed for help by selling a few tickets to...
by Ian | Mar 12, 2020 | 2020, Church news, Community news, Events
Online Easter Family Services Our Church building closed on 24th March on the instructions of the Church of England. Our Church building may be closed but our CHURCH is open and active in lots of ways, including a new community help facebook page, and online services....
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 | Dec 10, 2019 | 2019, Church news, Events, Fundraising
Charity donations Over 10.5 million shoeboxes were sent last year to children in places around the world that suffer from poverty, famine, drought and displacement. 400, 000 of these were from the UK, 28,107 were shipped from Grimsby, 68 of them started their journey...
by Ian | Nov 10, 2019 | 2019, Church news, Events
A memorable evening at Scampton Church Our Remembrance Concert was held on the 8th November. A full church enjoyed a memorable evening featuring The Bassingham Community Choir with soloist Ellie Hull, singing a programme of songs with readings and...
by Ian | Aug 10, 2019 | 2019, Events
Allied Airmen Exhibition The exhibition was staged by Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire. The exhibition told the story of the many Allied airmen in the county during the First World War. Personnel from the United States Army Air Service, the United States Navy, the...
by Ian | May 11, 2019 | 2019, Church news, Community news, Events, Fundraising, War Graves
Churches Festival This year we put on an exhibition of contributions made by members of the Royal Flying Corps and the RAF whilst stationed at Scampton and South Carlton during WW1. The exhibition included video and music. There was a prayerful reflective walk laid...
by Ian | Feb 11, 2019 | 2019, Events, Fundraising
Thanks for your support Thank you to everyone who supported last weekend’s wine tasting evening. The evening was run by Brian Elliott, the founder of midweek wines website. Brian is a wine writer and international wine competitions judge. A newspaper columnist and...
by Ian | Dec 11, 2018 | 2018, Church news, Events, Fundraising
Nativity play a huge success Thanks to Bill and Lynn and all the cast who made this years Nativity play a huge success. Half of the £190 collection made at the event went to Macmillan Cancer...
by Ian | Nov 11, 2018 | 2018, Church news, Events, War Graves
A time to reflect and remember Our special Armistice Centenary event ran during remembrance week. It was made up of three parts. The Lost Voices Concert, The Remembrance Service and a World War 1 Flying Corps Exhibition. All parts of the special event made the...
by Ian | Oct 11, 2018 | 2018, Church news, Events, Families
A sharing service The family service this month was our annual Harvest Celebration. The theme of the service this year is ‘sharing’ and its based on the bible reading from Isaiah 58 verse 7. Pete the Puppet was up to his usual ‘extreme’ antics...
by Ian | Jul 11, 2018 | 2018, Church news, Community news, Events
The Best Family Service Ever! We were blessed during July to host our friends from Goldsboro, North Carolina. Doc and Judine Heidicker came over to the UK to attend the dedication of the 121 and 133 Eagle Squadron badges at the RAF Club in London. Doc is the Wing...
by Ian | May 11, 2018 | 2018, Church news, Churchyard, Events, Fundraising
A very successful open churches weekend The open churches weekend was a real success, raising £343, and was uplifted by the wonderful sunshine. There was lots going on including the royal wedding live on TV and a reflective walk around the Commonwealth War Graves and...
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 | Mar 1, 2018 | 2018, Church news, Events
Would the family service go ahead? Wow! what a cold week with freezing temperatures and 15 cm of snow! Would the family service go ahead? Here’s how Sue described the morning on her Facebook entry … ‘Went over to church at 7.15 this morning in my...
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 | Feb 2, 2018 | 2018, Church news, Events
Curry and pie and peas! Our first ever Alpha course started on the 5th of February and the group has ten members who signed up for the nine weekly sessions. So far we’ve munched through lasagne, pancakes and sheherds pie with vegan/vegetarian alternatives. We...
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 8, 2017 | 2017, Community news, Events
Seasonal fun had by all A lovely atmosphere at the Christmas concert with Mel on his classical guitar, Jeff Heskins as George Formby, Proseccos close harmony, The Last of the Summer Whiners, Pete the Kamikaze Pilot, Hannah and Maisie singing Calypso carols, Kings,...
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 | Nov 3, 2017 | 2017, Church news, Events
Join us Over 27 million people worldwide have now attended an Alpha course, an opportunity to explore life and the Christian faith in a friendly, open and informal environment, running in tens of thousands of churches, coffee shops, bars and homes across the world. No...
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 | Sep 12, 2017 | 2017, Church news, Events, Fundraising
Informal and contemporary in style Our new evening service which kicked off in June and ran through the summer has been extended to run through the Autumn… It’s informal and contemporary in style. As you no doubt know the key principal at Scampton Church...
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 12, 2017 | 2017, Church news, Events
An uplifting service The Reverend Sebastian Mattapally was inducted as the Rector of the Springline Group of Parishes at Scampton Church on Thursday 27th July, by the Bishop of Lincoln – The Right Reverend Christopher Lowson. In an uplifting service attended by...
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 | Jun 12, 2017 | 2017, Church news, Community news, Events, Families
The spirit of truth The Pentecost service was based on the Spirit of truth and over 60 adults and children learned how the light of the Holy Spirit can guide us in our lives if we remember to ‘switch it on!’ Emily and Hannah who were recently baptised were...
by Ian | Jun 2, 2017 | 2017, Church news, Community news, Events
Prayer walk gets a big thumbs up! The Lawres Deanery Prayer Walk took place between Ascension Day and Pentecost to support the Archbishops of York Canterbury’s call for a wave of prayer to sweep the country. The walk in the Deanery was co-ordinated by the Revd. Chris...
by Ian | May 5, 2017 | 2017, Church news, Events
Scampton Church day out at Spring Harvest Skegness A great day out at Spring Harvest Skegness. The theme for the week was ‘what it means to be united in Christ’. One of Scampton Church Families key values is being united through Christ in all our human...
by Ian | May 3, 2017 | 2017, Church news, Events, Fundraising
Party time! It was the 21st birthday party of West Lindsey’s Open Churches Festival this year and Scampton Church was open on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th May between 10am and 4.30pm. The leadership team put on a display which illustrated the work of Scampton...
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 | Mar 1, 2017 | 2017, Church news, Events, Families
Lead us not into temptation Over fifty people turned up to join Scampton Church family service this month. Our theme was ‘leading us not into temptation’ to break Gods rules which was our theme in the February family service. Pete the puppet was tempted by...
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 | Jan 1, 2017 | 2017, Church news, Events, Fundraising
Where has the time gone? Well it is the beginning of a new year already. Where has the time gone? At Scampton Church we are looking forward to a really exciting 2017. As well as being a place where Christ’s love is preached – in a not stuffy way – we want to do more...
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,...
by Ian | Sep 17, 2016 | 2016, Church news, Events
A quick tidy up From Spring through the Summer the church building and churchyard became a building site and was looking a little sad with scaffolding, builders sheds, cement mixers, skips, and a scattering of broken roof tiles. Frustration and anxiety grew as wedding...
by Ian | Jan 17, 2016 | 2016, Church news, Events
Come and join us Following Sues ordination and her vision of doubling the congregation in her first year, the start of our long term reordering of the church building did not help. The builders moved in during the Spring and moved out in the Autumn so, with a view to...
