Jubilee Churches

October 14th, at 9:30 AM

The Jubilee Churches of Gloucester, a coalition of congregations in Gloucester (including Apostles), will be meeting on Wednesday, October 14th, at 9:30 AM at Bellamy United Methodist Church.

Anyone is welcome to attend!!

The Rev. Dr. Ed Walker, pastor of Bellamy United Methodist Church, and Pete Liljeberg are the co-moderators of the Jubilee Churches of Gloucester.

Jubilee Churches work together to prevent homelessness crises for our neighbors in Gloucester County.

Recently, Jubilee Churches were able to help an unhoused client who was moving into permanent housing - the client had an old outstanding $350 water bill that Jubilee Churches was able to pay so the client could proceed to move.

Also, Jubilee Churches were able to help a mother with small children - the mother's boyfriend moved out and she is in the process of requesting child support and looking for full-time employment. Jubilee Churches was able to pay her outstanding Dominion bill and get her back on track.

Jubilee Churches had 23 requests in July - 6 people were helped with $4,600; so far in August, there have been 9 requests for help - 2 people have been helped and 4 requests are being worked on - the balance of the Jubilee Fund is $12,430.

Jubilee Churches hope to have a guest speaker from the Salvation Army at the meeting in October - she will share information about the impact of upcoming changes to SNAP, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.

Finally, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will be January 18-25, 2027 - there will be a joint worship service as well as daily prayer services. eld each day during that week.

If you would like to learn more about Jubilee Churches,

please contact Pete Liljeberg or Janet Gomez.