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The Year of Jubilee was a time in the Jewish community that took place every 50 years. It was a time when slaves were set free and leveraged land was returned to the original owners and families. It was a time of great giving and great celebration. On May 3rd, 2009, Hillcrest Church decided that it was time for the community of Sioux Falls, SD to have a Year of Jubilee. This blog was created to chronicle the journey.
How to use this blog
When you participate in the Jubilee, comment on this post titled "What you did" (click on it). Once we recieve your comment we will create a post for it.
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- The Jubilee by: Jennifer & Chris
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- The Jubilee By: Leah
- Community Ideas for the Jubilee
- Looking for a Dentist
- The Jubliee By: William and Jessica
- The Jubilee By: Chad and Cassie
- The Jubilee By: Caitlyn and Hannah
- What a Day!
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Why the Jubilee
On May 3rd, 2009, Hillcrest Church embarked on an effort to show sacrificial love to the community of Sioux Falls. Sioux Falls is a great community and it is known as being a community that cares about social justice and helping the under resourced. As a church, we believe that we have a responsibility to join in the work of loving and caring for this community. Jesus was about loving others and meeting physical needs as a way of demonstrating God’s love for all people. As a result of this understanding and responsibility, Hillcrest has taken a step, one we know is very small, to love this community by taking $100,000 and distributing it to our people in $500 increments and encouraging them to discover needs and meet those needs the way Jesus would. We have no idea what will happen as a result of this, but we do have hope.
This blog was created to chronicle the journey of the Jubilee. It is our hope that those at Hillcrest would be inspired to continue to be giving people to this great city when the $500 runs out and that others would be inspired to make a difference as a result of seeing what can happen when a small group of people sacrifice for the benefit of another. This is the example given to us by Jesus and it is the path we are trying to walk.
Please pray for us, encourage us and join us in the global work God has given for his church. There is no line between us, for we all serve the same Christ who gives freely to all. May God bless this community through the sacrifice of others and the works of love.
Pastor Doug Bartel
Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.
This blog was created to chronicle the journey of the Jubilee. It is our hope that those at Hillcrest would be inspired to continue to be giving people to this great city when the $500 runs out and that others would be inspired to make a difference as a result of seeing what can happen when a small group of people sacrifice for the benefit of another. This is the example given to us by Jesus and it is the path we are trying to walk.
Please pray for us, encourage us and join us in the global work God has given for his church. There is no line between us, for we all serve the same Christ who gives freely to all. May God bless this community through the sacrifice of others and the works of love.
Pastor Doug Bartel
Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.
Heather Kogel called in to see if anyone was interested in helping in two ways.
ReplyDelete1. A single mom at Citi who is struggling
2. A daycare provider whose husband has cancer
If you are interested in helping either of these areas, call Heather at 359-5076.
Sue from handi-riders (http://handi-riders.com/) called to say that Matt and Melissa Friedenburg from Hillcrest had given their $500 gift to them and if there were other Hillcresters looking for a spot to give they'd be happy to be considered.
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