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Jubilee Church Derby
Jubilee Church Derby (also commonly known as 'Jubilee Church' or simply 'Jubilee'), is an evangelical Christian church located in Derby, United Kingdom which currently meets at Quad in the city centre (map). It is part of the Newfrontiers family of charismatic churches. Jubilee is also part of Derby City Vision - a group of churches in Derby which work together.

Jubilee's five main priorities are: Loving God, Loving one another, Loving those who don't know Jesus yet, Serving the city and Going to the nations.

Vision & Values
Jubilee Church seeks to build a large and vibrant City Church which gathers centrally on a Sunday, with small groups which meet in and impact local communities across the City. Jubilee seeks to see many come to faith in Jesus and as an outworking of this a growth in their relationship with Him. Jubilee also seeks to play their part in reaching the nation and the nations for Christ.

Loving God
Jubilee sees loving God as central to everything they do. Their desire is to give God the best of their time and energy.

Loving one another
Jubilee seeks to be a community of people who love one another, building relationships together and being part of life-giving communities.

Loving those who don't know Jesus yet
Jesus' final command was to "go and make disciples" Jubilee takes this command seriously prioritising reaching out to others with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Serving the city
Jubilee believes that Christian's should have a positive effect upon the places they live. They desire to love and serve the City in order to demonstrate something of God's love in a practical way.

Going to the nations
Jubilee is a part of "a worldwide family together on a mission", and has a vision to reach the nations for Christ and are committed to helping members and others find their place in this vision. It also means Jubilee has a vision to be a church embracing many nationalities.

History
Jubilee Church was planted in the early 00's by a team of five people including Graham Pyman who moved to Derby to help plant the church in 1999. Jubilee was planted out from King's Church Leicester (formerly Church in the Community Leicester ), which itself had only started in 1997 as part of the Midlands Initiative - a church planting project seeking to establish new churches in the Midlands region.

Jubilee Church does not own its own building but has always hired venues to meet in. This is something that many other churches are doing across the country.

Jubilee has held its Sunday meetings at a number of different venues over the years, their first public venue being the YMCA, then Bemrose Community School and The Waterfall Bar & Café.

Jubilee Church currently meets on Sundays at QUAD a new Arts Venue in the centre of Derby.


 * "We used to have 30 members when we met at the Waterfall back in 2004 but now we have 100. The Waterfall has served us really well, but we have outgrown the space.  We needed something larger and something that had good access, and QUAD is great for that."(Graham Pyman, Lead Elder - Jubilee Church)

Sunday Mornings
Jubilee currently holds Sunday services called celebrations between 10am and 11.45am.

The service typically begins with roughly an hour of musical worship using predominantly   contemporary Christian music using songs written by artists such as Matt Redman, Chris Tomlin, Hillsongs, other Newfrontiers artists, together with original songs written by members of Jubilee's worship team.

This is then followed by approximately 45 minutes of preaching by a church elder or visiting speaker, the sermon being centered on a passage of  biblical scripture.

The service will then conclude with a period of prayer and  worship. At the end of the service there is often an opportunity for members to be prayed for and receive prayer for healing by a member of the Jubilee Church team.

Following the service hot and cold drinks are served in a foyer area along with doughnuts, cakes or biscuits. People are encouraged to spend time building relationships and chatting. Often people will arrange to go for lunch together in the city.

==== Special Sundays ==== These are key dates throughout the year which are given special significance due to one or more of the following reasons:

Guest Speakers
Jubilee regularly welcomes guest speakers from other churches, often leaders from other Newfrontiers Churches will come and preach the main sermon.

Guest Sundays
These are often associated with 'guest speaker' Sundays and are opportunities for members to invite visitors to church to hear a specfic theme.

Baptisms
Jubilee holds a number of baptismal services throughout the year. These are often held at one of the lesiure centre facilities in the city and are great celebrations.

Carol Services
As part of celebrating the Christmas season Jubilee holds a carol service, normally the Sunday closest to Christmas. These are generally family services where the children and adults participate together, with carols and a seasonal sermon.

Mid Week Small Groups
Jubilee's mid week small groups are known as 'life groups'. These groups are intended to be the social and spiritual hub of the church. Members and none members alike are encouraged to be a part of a small group. The groups meet in the homes of those who attend often at the small group leader’s home.

Life Groups are generally run by two people, often but not exclusively a married couple. Small group leaders are members of the church, with leadership ability and the desire to lead a group who with the eldership's blessing, encouragement and training have been brought into leadership.

Life Groups are intended to be the community structure of the church and are designed to help people integrate into the church. The groups will often meet together to eat meals, worship, pray and talk about subjects relating to the previous Sunday's sermon. However this is intended to come out of relationship and so a high value is placed on building relationships together. As these kinds of relationships do not normally come from a formal structure those who attend are encouraged to build community by natural social events that occur through these relationships. The desire for these groups is that they become a place where strong friendships are formed and where people can support one another in times of difficulty.

These groups meet 3 weeks in 4 with the fourth week being devoted to a central prayer meeting which is open to all.

The Frog Club
This is the name of Jubilee's 'Sunday school ' or 'children’s church' available for for children in school years reception to year 6. FROG stands for "Forever Reliant on God".

The Frog Club is seen as a fun and safe place with activities such as worship, bible stories, memory verses, prayer and craft activities.

Rezound
This is the name of Jubilee's youth activities. The young people gather during the main Sunday morning meeting, they sometimes gather for the whole of the service or leave the main meeting during the sermon for their own teaching. Rezound also regularly meets during the week and these events are designed to accommodate the needs of young people in the church but also to be a place where the young people can invite their friends.

Students & 20's
Jubilee views students as important members of the city’s population and desires to see students fully involved and integrated into church life. Jubilee sees them as key members of the community who are flexible and able to support various activities that go on in church life.

Student lunches are organised every Sunday during the first semester to help students settle into life in Derby and for them to meet people in the church. These are held not only in people’s homes after the meeting but also once a month at a local pub. Jubilee encourages small groups to host these student lunches together so that the students who visit can get to know people in the church and quickly feel at home.

The church generally tries to integrate students into the community and as such does not have 'dedicated' student small groups; however there are groups which are predominantly young professionals and young married couples which can be more attractive to students.

Smile
Smile is a respite care facility which Jubilee started in 2009 to help those families living in derby who have children with additional needs. It is run by members of the church who either have a professional training in childhood care or an interest in supporting families who have children with additional needs.

Smile occurs on the 1st Saturday of every month. The parents are able to bring their children to a dedicated additional needs facility where the team hosts games, activities and craft for the children. Parents are invited to stay to chat or to take some time out for themselves.

Smile is open to families of any beliefs or none.

List of teams at Jubilee

 * 1) Warehouse Team
 * 2) Setup Team
 * 3) PA/AV Team
 * 4) Welcome Team
 * 5) Frog Club Team
 * 6) Rezound Team
 * 7) Events Team
 * 8) Smile Team

The Alpha Course
The Alpha Course (or simply Alpha) is an opportunity to explore the Christian faith over a meal with a chance to ask questions and discuss the subjects that are covered within the course.

High Profile Alpha Suppers
Jubilee has held a number of high profile Alpha Supper Launches inviting well known celebraties to share their faith on the 'Alpha Supper' evening.

Shane Lynch
Shane Lynch was the guest speaker at Jubilee's August 2007 Alpha Supper which was held at The Spot on Sacheverel Street in Derby. The former Boyzone star spoke about his life, and shared about his faith in God.

Kelle Bryan
Kelle Bryan former member of Eternal was the guest speaker at Jubilee's August 2008 Alpha Supper which again was held at The Spot on Sacheverel Street in Derby. The star spoke about her life and about her faith in God.

Newfrontiers
Newfrontiers is a worldwide family of churches together on a mission, with almost 200 churches in the UK alone. Jubilee is an active member of this family of churches, the leadership teams are encouraged to attend the yearly Together on a Mission conferences ; the UK leaders prayer conference, whilst the church is encouraged to attend regional celebrations and weekend conferences.

Newday
Jubilee Church has been involved with Newday (a gathering of almost 7,000 young people over 6 days in August ) since it was started by the Newfrontiers Youth Team in 2004. Graham Pyman who leads Jubilee was involved for a number of years as part of the management team, gathering a number of people from Jubilee to assist him in his role.

In 2006 Newday moved from its original location at Newark Showground to Uttoxeter Racecourse in Staffordshire. It was based here for three years between 2006 and 2008. Whilst Newday was based at Uttoxeter Jubilee Church was far more involved than it had previously. With over 3,500 young people in 2008 entering the City to undertake social action and outreach programmes in the city. This part of Newday was known as 'Newday in the City', which was re-branded in 2009 because the outreach and social action work is not only based in the City of Norwich but in many of the key towns in Norfolk, the work is now known collectively as "This is Life"

Newday in the City
Newday in the City (or NITC)are the social action and outreach projects which are a vital part of the Newday Event.

August 2006
In August 2006 2,300 volunteers aged 12-19 worked on projects across the City over five afternoons. 78% of these workers were hosted by Jubilee Church. The teams of young people worked on a variety of outreach and social action projects including: cutting hedges, painting over graffiti, running activities for children, painting playground and clearing rubbish from parks and streets.

The young people worked alongside workers from the City Council as well as other community groups which were very well received by local communities, local shopkeepers even supplied drinks to one of the projects they were so impressed with the work they were doing.

12 projects were run in 7 different areas of the city; approximately 5,750 were spent working on these projects in partnership with 4 other local churches as well as 5 different agencies and community groups.

The young people also gave out 25,000 invitations to Jubilee Church and an Alpha course which was to be held in the City a few weeks later.

Reaction to NITC 2006

"The children and play workers enjoyed having the volunteers around for the afternoon as it showed that others are willing to take an interest in them and their community. The volunteers really got stuck in and did a great job". (Rachel, Crewton Way Play Scheme)

"It is great to see young people giving up their time to make a positive impact on the local community. We are thrilled to be involved with the Newday project and the opportunity to work together to improve environments and contribute to the overall wellbeing of communities across Derby." (Chris Williamson, Leader of Derby City Council in 2006)

August 2007
In August 2007 just over 3,000 young volunteers spent around 7,630 hours working on projects over 5 afternoons. The volunteers again cut hedges, painted over graffiti, washed cars, dug gardens and ran sports activities for young people. The work was undertaken primarily with Derby Homes and Derby City Council and was again very well received across the city. Excellent coverage for the projects was received in the local media with a number of interviews on BBC Radio Derby and articles in the Derby Evening Telegraph (11 newspaper articles and 6 radio interviews).

14 different projects were run in 10 areas of Derby as well as a project in Uttoxeter Town Centre. Jubilee Church ran "Party in the Place" a free family Fun Day in Derby City Centre, over the weekend of Newday. 25,000 invites were distributed inviting people to an Alpha Supper Evening with Shane Lynch.

Summary of Newspaper Reports in 2007


 * Shear hard work equals gorgeous gardens! "Local People have worked hard to spruce up their gardens with the help of 40 young volunteers from the Christian organisation, Newday in the City..."


 * Youngsters lead giant clean-up across Derby ''"Thousands of youngsters from across the country hit the streets of Derby to give the city a facelift...as part of a six-day Christian youth event which encourages children to give something back."


 * Here to help in the community "Youngsters had a splashing time helping out in the community as part of the Newday 2007 Christian camp. The event, now in its fourth year, saw thousands of young Christians...travelling to Derby to lend a helping hand."


 * Success for clean-up mission "The Christian youth project which saw youngsters clean up areas of Derby has been hailed as a huge success, and organisers have vowed to return next year"


 * Newday back in town with something for everyone "There was a carnival atmosphere in the Market Place over the first weekend of August, when Newday came once again to the city...a big highlight of the week was in the Market Place, with lots of fun activities, but also with a message behind it all"


 * Children invade streets for huge city clean-up "Thousands of youngsters from across the country are hitting the streets of Derby to give the city a facelift..."


 * 650-strong team of youngsters in clear-up "Churches have faith in teenagers to remove graffiti and pick up litter...Hundreds of teenagers from around the world are to arrive in Derby next month to clean up the city...young people will remove graffiti, collect litter, cut hedges and carry out other neighbourhood improvement schemes..."

Reaction to NITC 2007


 * "It was an absolute pleasure to see groups of young people presenting themselves in a positive, helpful light. All too often attention is drawn to a negative few who dominate the conscience of society and in particular the vulnerable." (Resident, Mackworth Estate, Derby)


 * "The young people who came to clear away weeds and generally clean up the pathways did a marvellous job. Please pass on our heartfelt thanks.  What a pleasure to meet such well-mannered and polite youngsters." (Resident of Whitecross Gardens, Derby)


 * "It gives them a great opportunity to express their faith in a positive way" (Graham Pyman, Jubilee Church)


 * "People's perception of young people can be quite negative...Newday in the City is an opportunity for these teenagers to put their faith into action; to express their Christian commitment in a practical way that benefits the local community." (Graham Pyman, Jubilee Church)


 * "I'm encouraged to hear about the enthusiasm of this generation of young people, who are so keen to live out their faith in a very real and practical manner." (Rev Dr Alastair Redfern, The Bishop of Derby)

August 2008
Summer 2008 was the last Newday in the City to occur in Derby as Newday the Event was moving from Uttoxeter to a much larger site at Norwich Showground in Norfolk. 2008 was the largest Newday in the city with almost 3,500 young people undertaking outreach and social action projects right across the city of Derby. These projects were similar to those undertaken in previous years with the addition of a Youth Event, Kids club and a community party which was organised by Derby City Mission.

Again Jubilee and Newday in the City partnered with various churches, the City Council, Derby Homes and Derby City Mission. 8,065 hours of work were undertaken during the course of the five days by the young people with 15 projects.

35,000 alpha supper leaflets and 1,500 sticks of rock were distributed with special guest Kelle Bryan formerly from Eternal being the guest speaker at this event which was again massively popular.

Over 80 children attended the SonWorld Kids Club at Sinfin Primary School, led by a team from Kings Church, Horsham. Whilst the Trinity Legends from Camberley performed their urban dance routine at Rezound in the Park a youth event based at Alvaston Park.

Summary of Newspaper Reports in 2008

Reaction to NITC 2008

"On behalf of Derby Homes and the residents of Radnor Street I would just like to say a big thank you to you and all the volunteers who have helped out with the gardens on Radnor Street over the last few days. They really have worked hard and done a brilliant job for us" (Member of the Derby Homes Team)

"I just wanted to say a big thank you for bringing the volunteers to do the improvement work. They have done a fantastic job; I can't quite believe that it actually came off! The transformation has been amazing and we have had a lot of positive feedback from the residents, which is always a good thing." (Mundy Street - Derby Homes Representative)