How It All Began
Ablaze Youth Ministry began as an ember placed in the heart of Lucia Croft back in 2008, while she was carrying her precious baby, Grace. Her body was growing a child for the world, and her heart was breaking at the world this child was to be born into.
Ablaze Youth Ministry
Mission Statement
He is healing.
At Ablaze Youth Ministry our mission statement is: ‘Find the lost and bring them in. Find the hurting and carrry them to comfort. Find the lonely and show them family. Find the abandoned and show them the shephard. Find the confused and show them clarify. Find the disillustioned and bring them Hope.
We just want to speak the name of Jesus to every single person who God brings into our fold. This is The House of The Lord, and we do His bidding. We profess nothing except the healing, redemptive, restorative power of our Holy, precious servant King and Shepard, Lord Jesus Christ.
We adore Him and we just want to shower that love everywhere, because we have first hand experience of how the Love of Christ can bring His Holy Light into the darkest places. Our Church? The Bride of Christ. Our denomination? The Love of Christ. Our affiliation? The body of Christ. We just have Jesus and we just bring Jesus. Simple.
I have been teaching teenagers for nearly 25 years. I have been a mother for nearly 17 years. My heart is for young people, and my passion is to show them their true identity in Christ. My name is Luci, which means ‘light’, and if I do nothing else for the rest of my life, I pray that I bring His Light with me into the room, the conversation and the heart in front of me. From personal experience, it is the only answer to every single problem.
Meadowcroft Ministries
Welcome to Meadowcroft Ministries, founded by the Company Director, Lucia Croft after a successful 20-year teaching career in the U.K.Meadowcroft Ministries’ reputation spread and the company soon expanded online in order that it might meet the demands of more and more children and their families needing the support of an experienced Educator with a passion and heart for helping children who are struggling at school and/or with learning.
Including provision for additional learning needs, we always plan and personalize every lesson to suit our students. Following the National Curriculum to provide a broad, balanced approach our resources are varied and current, and always reflective of our multi-cultural society. We regularly ask our students for feedback so we can reflect, adapt and improve our provision to maintain a vibrant dynamic. Time is included in the provision for termly communication with parents, alongside regular assessment and feedback to ensure progress is evident.
Our young people’s Mental Health and Wellbeing is of paramount importance. We always hold our learner’s emotional, psychological and spiritual needs at the forefront of what we do. Most of all, many children and families we have positively affected are a testimony to Meadowcroft Ministries’ exceptional gift of inspiring children to be the best version of their unique and precious selves.
We look forward to working with you. Please complete the online enquiry form in the Bookings page and we will be in touch as soon as possible.
Meadowcroft Ministries Team:
Lucia Croft
Company Director / English, Media, Social Studies Tutor
“I love inspiring young people to engage with learning, due to my meaningful, authentic, and passionate approach… even the ones who think they can’t — well, I believe they can.”
“The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts”… C.S. Lewis
Lucy has been teaching English Literature and English Language from age 8 to 18 for over 20 years. She has also taught Sociology, Media Studies and Religious Education. "I never give up on a child; and, more to the point, I never let anyone else — mostly the child themselves. My approach is gentle, nurturing, patient, encouraging - Christ-Centered. My forte is being able to adapt my style to suit the audience, focusing on personalized learning for individual needs. Understanding challenging behaviour is one of my fortes. I know behind every 'behaviour' is a need — I never single out a child. I only ever 'enquire'".
“My approach is always calm, creative, supportive, positive and encouraging. My passion, my talent, my skill is all about the young people in my care — calling them out gently to see their potential.”
"Providing young people with suitable and personalized challenges to help the child be hungry for progress with their own motivation and self-reflection — this is my way."
References, qualifications, certificates, and DBS checks provided upon request.
Ryan Chivers
Maths Tutor
“I enjoy helping people develop their skills and succeed in maths.”
My experience of working in a school for neurodivergent children was especially rewarding. I understand how to work with students who are anxious or have a fixed mindset. I provide a positive experience through quickly building rapport, and by adapting the level of challenge to suit the individual; my goal is to make learning maths enjoyable.
My experience has covered teaching students with a wide range of ages and ability levels. I specialise in year 7 to year 11, with experience of helping students fill knowledge gaps from primary school and teaching A-level maths.
I really look forward to working with you, and supporting your maths learning.
References, qualifications, certificates, and DBS checks provided upon request.
Donna Holmes
Young Persons' Wellbeing Mentor
Donna Holmes has been working in the field of care for most of her adult life, with her specific gifting being understanding and supporting young people. Donna has been trained in the area of Mental Health and Wellbeing and her passion is to support and guide our youth to empower them and to learn to trust their own inner compass. Donna will provide a safe space for her client to off-load; she will assist with her coaching & mentoring approach to encourage self-empowerment and self-compassion.
