Ths Schore Team manage a group of 12 churches to the North and West of Aylesbury.

Living in a lively eleven parish benefice and ensuring everyone has the information they need, can be a challenge. I hope you like our new web site and find the information contained within it useful. David

Schorne Team - Services

The Schorne Team offers a wide range of services, from traditional Prayer Book Matins to modern praise services. Many churches, including Whitchurch, Quainton, Oving and Granborough, offer a Sunday school where children are encouraged to participate in teaching, fellowship and worship specifically tailored for their needs. During services where a Sunday school operates children begin worship with their parents or guardians before moving to their own worship activity. Many Sunday Schools rejoin their parents for the Eucharist, which is then celebrated together. Other services encourage the whole family to worship together as part of a service that is accessible to a wide age range. Many of these services encourage children and adults to participate in leading parts of the services through, for example, reading the Bible, prayers and joining in action songs. These services are informal, where adults and children can participate as much or as little as they wish.

Sir John Schorne

Sir John Schorne (died 1313) was rector of North Marston in the English county of Buckinghamshire. He was a very pious man and was said to have effected many miraculous cures for gout and toothache.

During a drought, he discovered a well, the waters of which were reputed to have miraculous properties. His reputation for holiness was such that he is believed to have cast the devil into a boot. He is often pictured holding a boot with a devil in it, the origin of the child's jack-in-the-box toy. When he died, his shrine in the church at North Marston became a popular place of pilgrimage and he was regarded by many as a saint, although he was never canonised. His remains were later moved to St George's Chapel, Windsor. The Holy Well was renovated in 2004/2005 and may still be seen in North Marston.