Prayer & Revival Part 2 Richard continues his history of prayer & revival in the UK during the 20th century. The 19th Century witnessed some wonderful moves of God which were prefixed by prayer. The 20th Century continued in a similar vein in Wales affectionately known as the ‘Land Of Revivals’. 1904 Wales Evan Roberts […]
Prayer & Revival Part 1
Prayer & Revival Part 1 As part of our series on the book of James, Rob took the passage from James 5:13-18 to call the church to pray. You can listen to the podcast. Richard Moores has taken up the baton to write about the history of prayer and revival. “When God has something very […]
Happy 10th Birthday Jubilee
Happy 10th Birthday Jubilee The beginning Our story actually starts back in 1992 – just after Rob and Alison got married where Rob had a very vivid dream of a church being started in Solihull. Although he didn’t know it was Solihull in the dream, he could see this vibrant group coming out of a […]
What about investing in a ‘summer Sabbath’? Part 4: Justice
What about investing in a ‘summer Sabbath’? Part 4: Justice In this final part of the series, Simon considers the implications of Sabbath rest in the light of God’s kingdom priorities. Sabbath helps to realign our priorities It would be easy to fall into the trap of thinking that keeping the Sabbath is just a […]
What about investing in a ‘summer Sabbath’? Part 3: Faith
What about investing in a ‘summer Sabbath’? Part 3: Faith Having considered the roots of Sabbath rest in creation and the exodus redemption, Simon continues our series by looking at how Sabbath rest can grow our faith. Sabbath challenges us to grow our faith As God went on to reveal His perfect law to His […]
What about investing in a ‘summer Sabbath’? Part 2: Redemption
What about investing in a ‘summer Sabbath’? Part 2: Redemption Following the first instalment looking at the origins of the Sabbath at creation, Simon continues with our mini-series on Sabbath rest. Sabbath reminds us of our redemption Now here I need to apologise because I rather lazily used the word ‘Sabbath’ without proper explanation in […]
What about investing in a ‘summer Sabbath’? Part 1: Creation
What about investing in a ‘summer Sabbath’? Part 1: Creation This summer as a church we are taking an extended pause in our centrally planned and run events. Lockdown due to coronavirus has thrown up huge challenges for how we have connected and continued as a church. The usual activities have changed. The usual ways […]
Emerging from Lockdown: Emotional Health and Well-being
Today we welcome Hannah Chittick. Emerging from Lockdown: Emotional Health and Well-being I felt stirred to write about our emotional health as we come out of lockdown. Is anyone else finding this phase has its own distinct challenges? It’s not the same as lockdown, nor is it a return to any kind of the ‘normality’ […]
The Storehouse in Lockdown
The Storehouse in Lockdown Three years ago, the Children’s Storehouse opened its doors. The Storehouse, is a ministry that comes out of Jubilee Church Solihull to serve the needs of the most vulnerable in our community and as a church based ministry, we are not postcode restricted and so wherever there is a need we […]
Broken But Beautiful
Broken but Beautiful We were excited to welcome Justyn Towler from Renewal as our guest speaker recently. He brought a challenging and encouraging message for Jubilee Church. You can listen to Justyn’s message or watch the video: Broken but Beautiful His theme of ‘broken but beautiful’ reminded me of the Japanese art of Kintsugi. This […]
Jubilee Youth in lockdown
Jubilee Youth in lockdown After last week’s post from Jubilee Kids, this week we are looking at the concerns of our young people. Please use this list compiled from their replies as prayer pointers. To begin, I asked Tom, our Youth Pastor, what support and activities he had been offering to the youth group during […]
Children’s thoughts on lockdown
Children’s thoughts on lockdown I’ve seen quite a bit in the media about how adults have been coping since 23rd March. I’ve also seen adults talking about how they think children are coping or not coping. I thought it would be good to ask some of the primary age children in Jubilee Kids about their […]