09/22/2010
Jubilee Fifteen helps Barton Middle School sow seeds of change... The school's greenhouse was lying unused and without funds to get it functioning again. Saint Stephen's Jubilee team cleaned out the w**ds and debris, laid down w**d blocking fabric and 2" of composted granite. Polycarbonate greenhouse panels were replaced as well. Finally, the school's front landscape was w**ded and beautified.
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"We proclaim not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for his sake." 2 Corinthians 4:5
Jubilee engages the whole of Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church in following Christ by serving our neighbors through prayer and work, without condition or expectation of repayment.
The idea of Jubilee was established in Israel as part of the cycle of Sabbath time. Every seventh year was a Sabbath year, and every seventh Sabbath year plus one, was a Jubilee - a time when fields and vines were rested, slaves were freed, and encumbrances were removed from land. When Jesus came, he proclaimed that the great Jubilee had come. All are freed from tyranny, oppression, poverty, and hunger.
Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church is determined to share in the Jubilee by stopping our normal activities every seventh week. We set aside time to break the bonds of poverty and despair in our communities and abroad, working to help those who cannot serve us in return, bringing the love and peace of Christ into a broken world. It is our hope to serve as a sign and an outpost of the Kingdom of Heaven in our own time and place.
