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, […]
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 […]
The Beauty of God’s Creation, a project from Kiki & Sarah
Kiki (from Czech Republic) and Sarah (Switzerland) decided to come together to make their final project for their Catalyst graduation in June 2019. Here we hear from both of the girls – * Which catalyst stream were you a part of? We were both part of the creative ministry stream. * What did you learn […]
Nicola is Honouring God through his Film-making
I have an amazing Catalyst graduation final project video to share with you this week. Nicola from Italy was with us in 2018 and he is a talented creative, videographer and film maker. * Which Catalyst stream were you a part of? I was part of the Creative Ministry Catalyst stream. * What did you […]
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 […]
In the Forest! An Insight to the Adventure in Creation Catalsyt Stream
I’m pleased to share with you a video made by Christopher from Germany, he graduated from the Catalyst volunteer programme in June 2019. * Which Catalyst stream were you a part of?I was part of the Adventure in Creation Stream. * What did you learn from your experience on Catalyst?The catalyst program showed me another […]
Edwianah is using her voice to Glorify God
I’m really happy to share with you the first project from our December 2019 graduation. This is Edwianah from Madagascar, she was with us for one year from January 2019 and gave a fabulous injection of positivity into our community. She may have been small in stature but she certainly made up for it in […]