Lucy Shares her First Revelation of God
Lucy Cogley lives as part of our community, she is the wife of Christian, our Catalyst programme supervisor. When she shared this recent reflection, I was encouraged and wanted to share it with you all too. “I remember my first revelation of God as my father. I had been reading a book called “screwtape […]
Encouragement and Testimony from some of our Leavers
I wanted to share with you some short testimonies from ex-volunteers that were shared around the campfire a while back. Such wonderful insights and encouragement in here – “God provided everything that I needed in Ashburnham – travel, friends, new life and relationship with Him.” Giovanna from Brazil “You all bought something interesting to me. I […]
Applying to be a Volunteer at Ashburnham Place – Advise for Visa Applicants
During normal times, we have around 50 international volunteers at any one time within our community, and we try to be as diverse and international as possible. The majority of our volunteers are European and British as we are only granted a limited number of visas for people from the rest of the world. We […]
During this time, is the Catalyst Volunteer Program running?
In a short answer, yes it is. Things are a little different, as they are everywhere in the world right now, but we still feel confident that Ashburnham Place is a great place to come and serve for up to a year. The program will run a little differently over the next few months. Instead […]
Creative Jesus Evening
What a delightful evening we were treated to a couple of weeks ago. All the young people on our Catalyst discipleship program had been set the challenge of communicating who Jesus is in a creative way. They were instructed not to use the words ‘me’ or ‘I’, so it wasn’t about their relationship with Jesus, […]
Letter from God, final project from Lucie
Lucie from France was a volunteer with us for nine months from September 2018 until June 2019. She was part of the creative Stream and said “I’ve learned so many things that will I be able to write all of them down? I will try my best … Catalyst definitely helped me to grow in […]
Debora and Noemi create an Eco House Project
Today I’m happy to share with you a short interview with Debora from Italy. She left here in January this year and had created a really interesting Catalyst graduation project, along with Noemi from France. Have a watch of Noemi and Debora presenting their project on graduation night, and also as they made their eco […]
Caring for God’s Creation, a Final Project from Camila
This week I am pleased to share with you a wonderful graduation project from Camila, who comes from Gran Canaria, she was here for 6/7 months in late 2018. Which Catalyst stream were you a part of? I was part of the Catalyst Adventure in Creation. What did you learn from your […]
Beauty from Within, final Graduation Project from Laura
I’m happy to share another one of our graduation projects with you. This time we have Laura from Italy, she was a volunteer here with us for a year and is now working as our Orangery Tea Room Supervisor. Which catalyst stream were you a part? In Ashburnham Place you can decide between tree different […]
His creation proclaims His glory! A Project from Isabella & Denis
This week we hear from Isabella from Brazil, she made her final Catalyst graduation project with Denis from Italy. They both left here in December 2018 after a years volunteering. Which stream where you part of? I was a part of Adventure in Creation. I guess before this program, I had never paid much attention […]