Off and on, as we have been praying the streets of East Grinstead, I have been reading The Way Under Our Feet” by Graham Usher. In his book Graham explains why walking is supremely good for heart, soul and body. It’s a remarkable book. Two passages link directly to the praying down our streets we…
In Romans 12:15, Paul writes to the Roman church “Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.” These testimonies do exactly that. They share the miracles God has done and this builds faith and community in our church. There is so much that God is doing in our church family and we would…
Our third online Marriage Course ended in June 2021. A total of 34 people, some local and a number from distant places, enrolled on the course. The majority wanted to invest in their relationships; the minority to deal with problems in their relationship. Feedback shows that it enabled couples to strengthen the connection between them…
Searching the streets for ‘better’ “It’s better to give than to receive” – Acts 20:35. Paul says this to the Ephesians quoting Jesus. This is likely a ‘wisdom’ you will have been taught as a child by an adult looking to instil a grain of generosity in you. But it really is a very upside-down concept…
May Gift Day 2021 Each May and October at JCC we take a gift, and on the 23rd of this month we will be holding our latest Gift Day. Here are two great reasons we have gift days at Jubilee. As we give sacrificially we strike a blow against the God of mammon. We declare…
The Marriage Course Online – Have you considered it? In 2020, new research commissioned by the charity, Relate, uncovered the impact that lockdown measures are having on relationships in the UK[i]. Almost a quarter of those surveyed (23%) said lockdown was putting pressure on their relationship with their partner. Of those living with their partner,12%…
Anyone who knows me well will know that my favourite musical (and I like a good musical) of all time is ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ the opening song is a song called ‘tradition’ where Tevye (the Protagonist and Jewish father of 6 daughters!) thinks about the traditions that he and his community adhere too. …
Let’s Pray in a New Way I will be deceiving myself if I pretend that there has not been much change in my life and the world around me recently. I will also be under an illusion to expect that life will be going back to business as usual when all is said and…
Singing has always been a hallmark of the Christian Church. Indeed, there are over 400 references to singing in the Bible with singing first mentioned in Exodus 15 when Moses and the Israelites sang a song to the Lord. When Paul and Silas were imprisoned in Acts 16, we find them singing hymns in their…
“God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supply” – James Hudson Taylor Hudson Taylor was a missionary who spent 51 years spreading the Gospel in China. His words are still flavoured with the integrity of a life spent for the gospel. Over the past 6 months we have seen so much change to our world, yet…
The Jubilee Community Centre is a 44,000 square feet building in East Grinstead, bought and refurbished by the generosity of church members, which not only meets the needs of all church activities but also provides a modern and flexible resource for the local and business communities.