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…
Walking and Talking with Jesus Why pray? Because when we do, when we persevere, it keeps us close to the heart of Jesus. God wants to meet with us. Do we want to meet with Him? Right at the start of the Bible, we see how He walked and talked with Adam and Eve…
Beirut Workshop Our vision at Jubilee Community Church is to see more people, more like Jesus in our neighbourhood, the nation and the nations. Within our church we have links with the charity SeedFund, which is a charity that supports start-ups to help poor communities and there is an opportunity to support a workshop to…
A Prayer Meeting that Lasted 100 Years The year was 1727, on the 13th of August a young German aristocrat started a prayer meeting that would last 100 years, uninterrupted 24 hours a day 7 days a week. His name Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf. He had been deeply impacted by the gospel some years…
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.