It was a Monday morning in early 2018, and as is our routine, Simon and I were due to meet together. Sipping hot tea in my office Simon first laid out what he felt God had been saying. Ever since this surreal moment we’ve known the steady, faithful and unflappable hand of our heavenly Father.…
No, Jesus was not born on the 25th December Yes, some people think Christians adopted a pagan festival (although there is no actual historical evidence of a mid-winter celebration before Christians started celebrating Christmas!) Yes, Christmas is hugely commercial and Jesus can get lost amongst the tinsel No, not everyone loves Christmas Nevertheless, Christmas still…
I love Jubilee Community Church. I love our friendships, our worship, and our initiatives. I love the fact that when people visit us as a community they speak so highly of us. I love the fact that there are some things which we seem to be especially good at as a local church. However, I…
For this summer term of equipping, 16 of us at JCC have been doing the Livability course ‘Lifting the Lid on Mental Health’. It has been a fantastic course, full of information, biblical truth and a community focus. We have looked at anxiety, depression, psychosis, addiction and asked lots of tricky questions, but also looked…
Finally it was the 7th of May, a bank holiday and we couldn’t wait anymore! Some team members that live outside of East Grinstead got to the town centre before the rest of us did! Well done folks! We were so ready! The morning came with bright clear blue skies as we set out to…
12 people from East Grinstead, including several from JCC will be joining a team travelling to Uganda on 19th October for 10 days. Those going with me (Rob Baker) are: Zoe Baker, Alex Bool, Ruth Bradburn, Karly Gurr, Will Norris, Kevin Defriend, Ian Wallis, Adrian Young, Steven Brackfield, Ian Wilkins, Dave Wood, Danny Morris and…
Having never done any sport in my younger days I decided to start running in 1983 primarily to keep fit. After running a few ‘fun runs’, 10 mile races and half Marathons, I decided I would see if I could run a full Marathon (26.2 miles) so in 1986 I ran my first full Marathon…
Welcome to the first JCC Worship Blog of the new term, in this blog we will be focusing on home-grown worship, what it is and what it looks like here at JCC. What is home-grown worship? When we talk about home-grown worship, we are referring to features of our corporate worship which are created by…
God calls people to himself because of his love and compassion and has made it clear to us in the scriptures that he so loved the world (humanity) that he gave his only begotten son and whosoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. There are different ways of preaching the gospel…
On the back of Dan Baptist’s preach on communion and how it brings revelation, it became very clear to us that now was the time to lead an equipping track on prayer in the midst of all the other stuff we are doing. For several years, it has been our desire to lead such an…
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.