Welcome to this month’s News and Prayer Updates email. We’re so grateful for your partnership in all God is doing at Sannox Chrisitan Centre, and we hope you find these updates useful for your prayers and your own walk with the Lord.
Come and Visit Us
Bookings at SCC are always open! Come aside and enjoy rest and restoration, with some time away from it all. Or, you might just need to have some time to seek God in this season and explore what He is saying to you just now. You can join in with daily morning worship and prayer, explore the island, take light or challenging walks, see the wildlife and seek after God in this beautiful island. The team look forward to welcoming you!
Looking for a Christmas or New Year getaway?
If you’re looking for an alternative Christmas, why not come and stay in Dundarroch Cottage and have some peace away from all the hustle and bustle? Dundarroch is also a great way to get the family together over Christmas, with 9 beds available in 4 rooms.
November Prayer Gathering
Our next Friends of Sannox prayer gathering will be at 8.00pm on Monday 3rd November. We hope you can join us for a time of prayer and worship.
Sannox Daily Prayer
For the last three years, we have been developing our daily prayer rhythm at Sannox Christian Centre, and we have recently added to our collection a set of Celtic Prayers Before Sleep. Along with this new addition, the rest of our prayer settings have been at the printers and we will shortly be making copies available for you to use at home. Watch this space for more details!
PRAYER REQUESTS
Give thanks for:
– Our new website redesign and all involved with that
– A good day retreat on engaging with Scripture in October
– For a good season of partnership with the Corrie Tea Room, which has now closed for the winter.
– God’s faithfulness to Sannox Christian Centre throughout 2025.
– A number of people coming to faith in the Lord Jesus on the island.
Please pray for:
– The upcoming Celtic Advent retreat at the end of November.
– Our Christmas Eve carol service.
– Bookings for the Sannox programme for the rest 2025.
– Preparation of the Sannox programme for 2026.
– The development of a ‘House Team’ to take the work of the centre forward and those who are responding.
– Ongoing plans for the Beehive Chapel, funding for the Manse and ongoing running costs
– An individual who could join the Sannox Board as a Trustee and Treasurer, working with our Administrator who looks after our bookkeeping.
Upcoming Events and Retreats
Sannox Saturday
Our next Sannox Saturday takes place on Saturday 1st November. As usual, we will start at 2pm with coffee, then a time of worship, prayer and a message following. We look forward to seeing all who are able to gather with us! Andrew Clark will be speaking this month, continuing the theme of building altars of prayer.
Day Retreat: Celtic Advent: Saturday 22nd November
The Celtic saints, like the Orthodox traditions, celebrated a 40-day period of Advent. Come and share in some Celtic Christian flavoured reflections as we head towards Advent 2025, which will culminate in a reflective sharing around the Lord’s table using beautifully poetic Celtic liturgy.
Those coming to participate are invited to give a donation towards the work of the centre – suggested donation £25.
If you’re planning to come from further afield, you’d be most welcome to come and stay for a night – our suggested donation towards the ongoing ministry of Sannox is £40pppn.
To book for the day, and also any accommodation, please email Heidi at admin@sannox.org
Christmas at Sannox – Wednesday 24th December
We will gather for carols at Sannox on Christmas Eve again this year – come along and sing some of your favourite carols, reflect on scripture and prepare your heart for the Christmas celebrations. We start at 2pm with refreshments, with the carol service beginning at 2.30pm. Come early for a seat!
The Sannox Prayer
“Today I choose to stand in this place you have called me to,
And I declare that You are a Mighty God, the Creator of Heaven and Earth.
Your Kingdom shall endure and will never be shaken.
Open the windows of Heaven and pour out Your promised blessings in this generation.
Revive us, restore us and heal our land.
Thank you for going before us to open the way and remove all obstacles.
Increase our Faith, stir up Hope and keep us grounded and walking in Love.
Thank you that You are creating a dwelling place for God and man here – in Sannox, on Arran, for the nations.
Amen”
We bless you in the name of Jesus, to receive all that the Father has for you, and we thank you for your continuing support of His work at SCC.
The trustees and staff of Sannox Christian Centre
