Gift Day: May 2025

The world of the generous gets larger and larger; the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller. – Proverbs 11:24   Dear Church,  I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the past five years of gift days, I was overwhelmed by the faithfulness and kindness shown through your giving.    Since May…

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Solar Panels

Installation of Solar Panels A Journey Towards Sustainability and Stewardship The Vision for a Greener Church One of the biggest costs to running the church is the cost of electricity used for heating and lighting the Jubilee Community Centre, which from September 2023 to August 2024 cost just over £48,000. With our new negotiated supply…

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Communion Re-launch 2025

The meal Jesus gave us: Reclaiming the Heart of Communion Communion, also known as the Lord’s Supper or the Eucharist, is a significant practice. It is not just a ritual; it is an act of remembrance, reflection, and connection with Jesus and other believers. Rooted in the words of Jesus in Matthew 26, communion is…

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Eldership News

Exciting Eldership News The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.  Therefore, an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage…

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Gift Day October 2024

“Men and women, don’t prepare any more gifts for the sanctuary. We have enough!” – Exodus 36:6 This was part of my reading three days ago. Eugene Peterson, in The Message version, puts it like this: “The people were ordered to stop bringing offerings! There was plenty of material for all the work to be done.” Two…

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Boundaries

Does your life have appropriate boundaries? A book I’ve been raving about recently is “Boundaries” by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend. It can be best summarised by its accompanying caption: “When to say yes, how to say no, to take control of your life.” I wanted to take a moment to share with…

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October Gift Day 2023

“The world of the generous gets larger and larger; the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller.” – Proverbs 11  Update from the last Gift Day Spurgeons (formerly Fegans)- Since giving in May, we have run a parenting course for families at Jubilee, and have enabled a new Parent Support Worker to be based…

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