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 […]
Hope
Hope As we look forward to Christmas Day, Peter Davey writes about our need for hope and where we can find it. Hope … a word we have heard repeatedly through 2020-21. All around the world people are crying out for HOPE, desperate for some certainty in the constantly shifting morass of life. To have […]
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 […]
Autumn Ministry School part 4
Autumn Ministry School part 4 Continuing our series on our Autumn Ministry School, Jodie tells us about the Prophecy Group. Prophecy Group Over the last six weeks a group of 14 have been meeting weekly to discover more about the gift of prophecy and how to grow in the gift. Each week we have delved […]
Autumn Ministry School part 3
Autumn Ministry School part 3 This week Beccy Clay writes about the thinking behind the ministry school that she and Simon are running. She has included an overview of its content. Creation, The Climate Crisis & Our Response Climate change has become one of the greatest, if not the greatest challenge facing the world today, […]
Autumn Ministry School part 2
Autumn Ministry School part 2 Continuing with our Ministry School series, this week Paul Plagerson writes about the thinking behind A Course in Abundance and an overview of its content. A course in Abundance This course is to help people lead a fuller more abundant and blessed life. Jesus said that he had come to […]
Autumn Ministry School part 1
Autumn Ministry School part 1 During the next few months we are going to be running a Ministry School at Jubilee. There are 7 themes within the School. Each one lasts 6 weeks and will be presented twice so that everyone has the opportunity to do two of the themes between now and Christmas. On […]
David: A Man After God’s Own Heart part 2
David: A Man After God’s Own Heart part 2 Following on from our previous post: David: A Man After God’s Own Heart, this post introduces the remaining talks in the series. Click on the title of each talk. “And Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the […]
David: A Man After God’s Own Heart part 1
David: A Man After God’s Own Heart Part 1 “And Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the LORD your God, with which he commanded you. For then the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. But now your kingdom shall not continue. The LORD […]
Dealing with Change
Dealing with Change Previously we looked at several questions around ‘What will normal look like post lockdown?’ I hope you have had time to think about what things you might want to leave behind from your pre-pandemic life. Rob wrote about the questions many people are asking about God’s plans for their lives: Questions about […]
Questions about direction
Questions about direction This last year has been incredibly unsettling for many but it has also been a great opportunity to stand back and reflect on our lives. Questions like: what am I doing? Where am I going? Why am I here doing this? These are all very common but don’t worry – God still […]