Trusting God in a time of financial crisis part 3 Paul’s final post reminds us that we can all help and encourage others. We have discussed the dangers of becoming fearful and approaching the current cost of living situation negatively in the previous blogs. Let’s now look at how we can help and encourage each […]
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Trusting God in a time of financial crisis part 2
Trusting God in a time of financial crisis part 2 In the second of three posts, Paul talks more about trusting God whatever the circumstances. In the last blog I wrote about not giving way to fear in the current cost of living challenge. Instead, we need to build our faith in the certain knowledge […]
Trusting God in a time of financial crisis part 1
Trusting God in a time of financial crisis part 1 This is the first of three weekly posts about the current cost of living challenge from Paul Plagerson. Paul is the author of ‘If God is so good, why do I always seem to be broke?’ Don’t Panic The governor of the Bank of England […]
Modelling a legacy
Tom introduces us to the legacy he and the youthwork team are promoting amongst our young people. Modelling a legacy It is quite a moment when you realise that the next generation are watching you and taking on board what you are doing. We maybe don’t realise that our reactions to events and interactions with […]
Planting a Spiritual Legacy
Planting a Spiritual Legacy Recently Peter Davey wrote about Elijah and the spiritual legacy he left through his investment in Elisha. Today Wendy, our lead children’s worker, looks at the spiritual legacy she is planting in Jubilee Kids. When pondering spiritual legacy I am automatically hit with the truth that I am not, as I […]
Jesus gives us all a hand
Jesus gives us all a hand Over the past several weeks, Hazel Webb has been given some words for Jubilee which she shares with us today. The key themes are Jesus’ healing hands and His love and encouragement for Jubilee and our community. God’s love revealed In the last couple of months there have been […]
Revealing Jesus
Revealing Jesus Our latest series is taking us through the gospel of John. The first part has looked at seven signs or miracles that reveal Jesus to us. Click on the headings to find the talks. Water into Wine Rob started off with the well known story of Jesus turning water into wine at the […]
Dealing with Delay
Dealing with Delay Alison writes about our approach to dealing with delay. How have you coped during the last two years? “Hope deferred makes the heart sick but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13 v12 Definition of Delay To defer something means to put off to a later time or postpone, […]
What’s in a name? Part 2
What’s in a name? Part 2 As Christians we often talking about praising God’s name or we pray in the name of Jesus. But what do these phrases mean? The names of God Throughout the Old Testament we read about the different names of God. These represent aspects of His nature. Finding out about all […]
What’s in a name?
What’s in a name? Do you know what your name means? How do you feel about your name? Do you use the name you were given at birth? I didn’t particularly like my name as I was growing up. Apart from some of my relatives being incapable of pronouncing it correctly, I was led to […]
Autumn Ministry School part 6
Autumn Ministry School part 6 Tom, our Worship and Youth Pastor, tells us about the thinking behind the Autumn ministry school he is leading on worship. Worship School Worship is never defined in the Bible. The attributes of worship are described but a definition is never given. Worship is often assumed to be singing or […]
Autumn Ministry School part 5
Autumn Ministry School part 5 Becky writes about using Pete Greig’s book, Dirty Glory, as the basis for the prayer school. Prayer School “The bible teaches that prayer is the most transformational force in the lives of individuals, churches and even nations. Whenever and wherever God’s people truly rediscover their purpose, their peculiarity and their […]