bryan mowrey | jubilee church | lead pastor

Jubilee Church | Annual Report | July 1, 2014-June 30, 2015building community4As a family, we were looking for a church that teaches the word of Godwith love and without compromise to be part of. Our Community Grouphas been a huge blessing to us and they made our decision to be members ofJubilee very easy. In their company, we have grown in grace and in the knowledgeof God’s word. It’s been over a year now since we started attending Jubilee andthe experience keeps getting better!benjamin and blessing ojie | st. louis cityWhen we started attending Jubilee Church last September, we began5spending Wednesday nights with a bunch best described as motley. OurCommunity Group had singles, marrieds, blacks, whites, screaming kids, set-inour-waysfolks in our sixties (us) and, best of all, Jesus. It wasn’t long before wedrew closer to each other as what Peter said were living stones built into God’stemple. We all developed real relationships, and not just the plug-in variety thatends when you leave the building. We haven’t arrived yet, but we’ve had a smalltaste of the unity the Christians sensed after the first Pentecost.jim and lorraine merkel | st. louis city6 Several people invited me to their Community Groups - and were genuinelyexcited about my coming. I was so overwhelmed by the welcome that Idecided to try one out. I was actually terrified the first time I went to CommunityGroup. I resolved to just keep my mouth shut. By my second week at the group,though, I was completely overcome by how honest, loving, and vulnerableeveryone was, and everything just came spilling out. Suddenly, people who I’dnever met before knew about my messy life, and they loved me in spite of it. God,I knew, was at work. He’s blessed me with a group of people who I already countas family. They challenge me, care for me, and point me toward Christ. When Ifeel their love, I feel His- and I am in awe of it.brittany gerke | st. louis city4568