The Jubilee By: Vicki

I cried as I opened the envelope because of the needs I had seen the day prior when we worked for the furniture mission. We delivered furniture to a young woman with 4 children who lived in a horrible looking apartment.there were no toys to be seen and the children were 5 and under. The place was very very small with no curtains but blankets up to the windows. I took a gift cert back to mom (she said she was going to use it for one of the childrens birthday) and two sacks of toys for the boys! they were ecstatic! My next stop was the Heart Hospital. My cousin who is late 60's was there with her husband who they thought may have had a heart attack. There are times they dont have enough to buy medicine in one month! She is on oxygen and carries a tank. She cried when she saw the money and told me this month she had already told the Lord, He would have to help because she didnt know what they were going to do. The last stop was a young single mother i know who has stopped going to church, in bad financial shape and cried and cried when she saw the 100.00 I gave her. I still have 225.00 left and am in prayer for the rest. Thank you for blessing me while I was able to bless someone else. One of my dreams was to give money away to the needy. What a treat!

The Jubilee by: J & A

After hearing about and having the chance to volunteer with the Furniture Mission, we decided to use $100.00 of our money to buy items for the organization. We spent a morning at the Brandon City-Wide Rummages looking for goods. We are able to buy bedding, end tables, silverware, cookware and other things (a lot of them were even new!). We hope that the people who receive the items will feel the love of God.

J & A

The Jubilee by: Jennifer & Chris

We held on to the $$ until we could discuss it as a couple how we would use the $. I instantly thought of my aunt who has been out of work since the end of last year. Shes been applying, going in for interviews but nothing has panned out. My parents have been helping her out financially as best they can but they can only help out so much. When I called her to tell her what we were doing for her she was very shocked and grateful. She is a believer but this just re-affirmed to her that God is watching over her during this trying time. She was just starting to wonder how she was going to afford some of her monthly bills this next month and now God has once again provided for her.

Jennifer & Chris Leither

Getting Started

I have been talking to a lot of people regarding the Jubilee. Early on, Sunday and the first of this week, the needs that were on the front burner for some have been met, but there is a large group that have yet to give anything away. Many families are praying about what to do and looking for opportunities that they might not have been looking for or even seeing just a week ago. This has revealed a great side benefit of the Jubilee; it is requiring families and individuals to go discover needs. $500 is just too much money to be frivolous with and requires an attitude of stewardship to discover the things God’s heart beats for. Participating in discovering the places where needs exist, will help all of us develop the kind of heart God has for this community. If you are looking for ideas, need help discovering needs or would like to offer your thoughts about engaging the Jubilee, place a comment on this post so we can learn and challenge each other.

Pastor Doug

The Jubilee by: Deb and BJ

Deb and BJ have no internet access but wanted to include their Jubilee story. BJ has had his truck in the shop and funds have been really tight. The day his truck was in the shop, BJ went to Hy-Vee with the Jubilee money and bought donuts and juice for the garage guys. When the baker at Hy-Vee heard what was going on, he joined in with the Jubilee and threw in lots of extra stuff (donuts). Then when BJ went to the garage to pick-up the truck the mechanics got in on the Jubilee and took a huge amount off the bill. BJ said that the Jubilee money just seems to go and go! Deb is in the process of giving away her half right now…more to come!