Honour, Authenticity and Courage In our previous post, Celebrating Jubilee Church, we began exploring what makes Jubilee who we are today. We’re a diverse community, with different backgrounds and stories, yet united around Jesus and committed to our shared vision, values, and culture. Last time we looked at our vision, our values, and two aspects […]
El Roi: the God who sees
El Roi: the God who sees There is a deep-seated need in human beings to be seen and truly known. Being seen is not just about physical visibility. It’s about being understood, acknowledged, and validated at a deep level. People may express this need through phrases like “I feel invisible” or “Nobody really knows me”. […]
A Spirit of Community
A Spirit of Community Our aim at Jubilee Church is to build a community of people who know who they are, who know what they’ve got and who know what they are called to do. We looked at these three aspects previously. But what is community? As we start a new year, here on the […]
Are you a cheerleader?
Are you a cheerleader? Are you a cheerleader? Not the sort of cheerleader in a skimpy uniform on the side of an American Football field performing gymnastic tricks! But the sort who cheers people on. God has given some a special gift of encouragement, but we are all able to support and encourage one another. […]
IDEAL
IDEAL I recently listened to a 5 minute podcast where the speaker spoke about IDEAL. The first letters of the words Identity, Design, Expansion, Alignment and Love made up the acronym IDEAL. I thought I might take this word and look at it through the lens of Jubilee Church. Identity Identity in Christ is a […]
A Family Get-together
A Family Get-together Recently Jubilee Church went away for the weekend to spend time together and with God. We had an amazing guest speaker, Angela, who has helped the church over the last decade. She brings her personal experience of living both in South Africa and the UK alongside her prophetic gift. Over the years […]
Christmas 2020
Christmas 2020 Christmas 2020 was very different for many people. Joyce, one of the talented writers from Jubilee Church, sums it up. Christmas was different this year Empty tables Empty chairs Empty hearts Christmas was different this year Pandemic surging Lockdown pending Flood waters raging Christmas was different this year Sent no cards Bought no […]
Knowing God’s Call
Knowing God’s Call The last 9 months has been scary, uncertain, full of media negativity and unrivalled. (There, I managed not to use the overworked word of 2020!) But it has also been a time to slow down, to appreciate God’s creation and to listen to God. One of the things I noticed was that […]
Creativity and Jubilee Culture
Creativity and Jubilee Culture Last time we looked at how creativity is an innate part of our human makeup. This time Bernice shows how creativity is a large part of the culture at Jubilee. What do we mean by culture? Culture for Jubilee is about the kind of church we want to be. Culture sets […]
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’ […]
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 […]
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 […]