by Ian | Mar 1, 2022 | 2022, Church news, Community news, Fundraising
Our £150,923 bid is in! The bid to create Scampton Community and RAF War Graves Heritage Centre has been submitted to the NLHF. If successful, this bid will secure the full works at Scampton Church see https://scamptonchurch.org/building-development-project/ Our...
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 | Jul 16, 2020 | 2020, Church news, Community news, Fundraising
Installing temporary digital bells Thank you to the 5 people who took up my invitation to donate to the digital bells appeal. Getting off to a start like that has been really encouraging. We are very keen to make this vision a reality, and appeal for your help. Also...
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 | 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 | 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 | 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, Church news, Fundraising
Sadly missed It is with sadness that I report the death of the Revd. Dr David Young who passed away on the 9th February. David was a particular close friend of mine and a disciple in Christ, and I am truly indebted to him for his warmth, advice, and gentle...
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 | Dec 11, 2018 | 2018, Church news, Fundraising
Strange hair do’s There were some strange hair do’s at this years Christingle service. There was red hair, blue hair, a pink haired local minister, and lots of wiggy type hair, but the person to top it all was Vicky who had her hair shaved off to raise...
by Ian | Jun 1, 2018 | 2018, Church news, Fundraising
All change at Scampton Curch After about 4 years of research and campaigning, we have now received approval from the Church of England to dispose of the pews and replace them with chairs. Four of the more ornate pews will be retained, as will the more modern pews in...
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 | 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 | Jun 8, 2017 | 2017, Church news, Community news, Fundraising
Providing basic food for people in crisis An initiative discussed earlier in the year by the leadership team was for our church to look outwardly more. As a result we have decided to support the Lincoln Community Larder, as our new community and mission partner for...
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 2, 2017 | 2017, Church news, Fundraising
And the winner is… At the annual general meeting of Scampton Church a decision was made on the model of chair which will replace the pews…. and the winner is chair B. Arrangements are now in hand to formally confirm the replacement of the pews, with this...
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 | Oct 8, 2016 | 2016, Church news, Community news, Families, Fundraising
Well done to everyone who donated Our second event in the ‘season of invitation was our Harvest Festival, and 300 invitations were posted through doors in the community. Scampton Church, Playmates Nursery, and the two village junior schools, joined together in...
