Letters from the Springhouse Community

Our Springhouse newsletter is a gathering place for stories across our intergenerational community. Each issue includes letters from those who shape and are shaped by Springhouse. Together, these stories reflect the many ways we are envisioning, practicing, and sharing ways of living that contribute to a world where all life thrives.

The world begins at a kitchen table. No matter what, we must eat to live.The gifts of earth are brought and prepared, set on the table. So it has been since creation, and it will go on.We chase chickens or dogs away from it. Babies teethe at the corners. They scrape their knees under it.It is her...

by Dr. Jenny Finn — Jul 07, 2026 authenticity belonging community community work days gratitude interdependence trust wholeness

We're celebrating the abundance of community!

Dear Springhouse community, We surpassed our goal! Every year in our annual fundraiser, we witness the power of community: people sharing the vitality of Springhouse and inviting others to help support this place. This June, you helped Springhouse raise over $120,000. The total includes prizes aw...

Jun 29, 2026

🌱💧 Help us tend the spring.

Jun 25, 2026

The final 24 hours are here.

Because of the generosity of this community, we've raised 84% of our annual fundraising goal to sustain the staff, the land, and the practices that keep this community alive. Now we're entering the last stretch. Every gift, no matter the size, helps ensure that Springhouse remains accessible to a...

Jun 24, 2026

Ambrose's Story 🌱

Jun 22, 2026

Behind every face is a story.

Jun 18, 2026

10 Days to Go: Help Us Reach Our Goal

My name is Alexia Cruz. I’m a current Springhouse student, and I give monthly to Springhouse because it offers a learning experience that no other school could give me. I enjoy all the different learning opportunities we get at Springhouse. The internships give us a lot of experience and are very...

by Alexia Cruz — Jun 15, 2026

Help Us Tend the Spring!

Twelve years ago, a small group of people in Floyd County started something they couldn't quite name yet: a community built around the belief that when you support what is most alive in a person, it grows, and that growth ripples out, affecting others and the world around them. That is still what...

Jun 08, 2026

Letter from Jenny

You can dance in a hurricane. But only if you are standing in the eye. ~ Brandi Carlile Dear Springhouse community,This month, the metaphor I chose to speak to the mysteries of this life, and the power they have to ground us in our lives, is a hurricane.A couple of years ago, I was diagnosed with...

by Dr. Jennifer Finn — Jun 03, 2026 belonging hurricane inner work letter from jenny peace surrender tending the spring

Letter from the Springhouse Community

Hello Springhouse community! My name is Zephyr Callister, I’m 17 years old and I have been at Springhouse for five years now. Today, I would like to share with you a story of the most potent moment of my Springhouse experience. This story unfolds on a high school trip to Franks Island, during an...

by Zephyr Callister — May 21, 2026 art building beloved community community enough mentoring students

Letter from Jenny

When we gather to wonder about the sacred,we begin as separate scraps of cloth,squares left on the seamstress’s floor.Perhaps we believe we have nothing to offerbecause we are not more whole.Wonder becomes the needle.The sacred is green thread.Communion fills the seams.And who, or what, is the se...

by Dr. Jenny Finn — May 05, 2026 birthday community diversity farm garden unity wholeness woven

Letter from the Springhouse Community

Dear Springhouse community, When initially asked to write this letter I was hesitant. Despite being a prolific reader and an amateur writer, I am not at all confident with my expression when it comes to nonfictional matters. I was asked to try, so I will. I wish I had a place like Springhouse to ...

Apr 22, 2026 beloved community diversity equality gratitude intergenerational

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