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As we begin a new year, should we be making the same old resolutions or is there some bigger changes we can make to our day to day lives? 

If, as Christians, we believe that the Bible is the living breathing word of God, we need to make sure that our attitude when coming to read the Bible reflects that.

Watching my children sing and dance along to their favourite worship song taught me a couple of lessons about joy and faith. Jesus also had a lot of say about having childlike fath when teaching his disciples in Luke 18. 

This will be the first Easter in three years that we’re able in Jubilee to gather together to celebrate, and the Easter message is still as powerful as it was 2,000 years ago!

Starting on Tuesday 15th March we are committing a whole month to prayer. Prayer has always been the bedrock of a Christian life with God. Prayer is what unites us to God in the here and now. Through prayer we experience the friendship and lordship of God through His Word and Spirit. In prayer we come to all three persons of our One Majestic God.

There is something vitally important about being reminded about the things God has done in our lives, especially when we go through drier periods where we don’t see God working as much or maybe we feel more distant from God. Reminiscing is not bad thing!

Want to read the Bible more in 2022? Simon gives some practical pointers to resources which might help.

As 2021 draws to a close, the Jubilee Elders share about some of the best books they have read this year. 

Well, it’s that time again! Where are the Christmas lights and in what state will we find them?!  Will they be tangled and take hours to unwind?  Will some of the bulbs be out, making them all go dark?  Will they even be there?

Is it ok to have doubts? How do we go about processing some of the things that we see happening in the world around us? In this article, Gavin asks some big questions. 

When Mary went to the tomb early on that first Sunday after Jesus' crucifixion, she would not have expected what was to come. Jesus' 'story' and mission however is bigger and greater than ours.

As we come out of our Covid restrictions and look into the next season for us as Jubilee, I wanted to take this time to share some news with you regarding our next steps as a church.

This month, we're privileged to have Michael Akotia write a blog for us. Michael along with his wife Mabel and three children (John, Keziah and Grace) are dear friends to us. Michael leads City of Grace Church in Ho, Ghana and serves on the Christ Central Churches International Team.

Have you ever thought that there might actually be a number of similarities between our Christian walk and baking a cake? Gavin explores some of these similarities in this month's Elders letter!

So Sunday saw the finale of series 6 of the BBC drama Line of Duty. If you haven't been watching it or have watched the latest series then you can read on. If you still plan to watch the final installment of series 6, you may want to stop here (although it's not a huge spoiler)!

Tomorrow is Saturday! 

It's easy to look around us and see injustice everywhere! What should our response to this be as Christians? In this month's Elder's letter, Gavin explores the topic of justice.  

Frontline people are full of faith! Have you noticed that? So what can we learn from Caleb and how he believed in God's promises?

Put down those Christmas leftovers! It's a new year and here is something that I assure will help you in your Christian life in 2021.

Join us here for our Sunday Celebration!

Join us here for our Sunday Celebration!

Join us here for our Sunday Celebration!

Join us this Sunday to celebrate together online.

Join us this Sunday to celebrate together online.

Join us this Sunday to celebrate together online.

Join us this Sunday to celebrate together online.

Join us this Sunday to celebrate together online.

Join us this Sunday to celebrate together online.

Join us this Sunday to celebrate together online.

Something feels strange to me this year as we head into July. For me, this is usually one of my busiest times of the year, being one of Jubilee’s youth leaders. We are normally getting ready for the Newday Youth event. Preparing for this involves taking my life into my hands by entering the camping cupboard at Melbourne House and spending days sorting through all of the tents which were shoved in there a year ago ‘not to be thought about till next year’! With Newday being cancelled this year it left me thinking about and praying for our young people.

Join us this Sunday to celebrate together online.

Join us this Sunday to celebrate together online.

Join us this Sunday to celebrate together online.

Join us this Sunday to celebrate together online.

Join us this Sunday to celebrate together online.

Join us this Sunday to celebrate together online.

Join us this Sunday to celebrate together online.

Join us this Sunday to celebrate together online.

Join us this Sunday to celebrate together online.

Join us this Sunday to celebrate together online.

It's Easter Sunday. Jesus is risen! Join us for our Easter Celebration.

Good Friday is one of the most significant days in the Christian Calender, join us as we reflect on it's significance together.

It's Sunday morning, the Sun is shining and we're ready to gather together to worship Jesus!

During the current crisis we are facing, fear can seem like a natural response as there is a period of unknown, uncertainty and change. Unsurprisingly, the Bible has a lot to say about the area of fear - a lot of encouraging things.

Join us for our online Sunday Celebration!

Get out of bed, put the kettle on and join us for our online Sunday Celebration!

We're closely monitoring the Coronavirus situation in the UK and are taking appropriate actions to ensure we keep everyone as safe as possible.

In an age of Love Island, The Voice, The Greatest Dancer, The X Factor and Strictly, everyone wants to be famous. Everyone wants to be known. Everyone wants stardom. Nonetheless, Jesus pips them all. He is the most famous and influential person in all of history.

It sounds too good to be true, but this has happened throughout history since the first church in Jerusalem was persecuted. Those scattered believers planted new churches in the places where they settled.

The age old question of whether Christmas gets earlier each year. Perhaps it points to something deeper than we think.

What do Candy Canes have to do with Christmas and the birth of Jesus? Read about this free gift given out across Teesside this Christmas time.

Birthdays usually mean presents and so as we approach Pentecost Sunday, the day many Christians would mark as the birth of the Church, do we see the Church as a gift to the world? What does this mean for Church unity and the mission God has called us to?

Ths month we asked our friend Michael Akotia to write our blog. Michael helps us to see why and how we can 'put things in the hands of Jesus'.

Have you heard the phrase, 'What would Jesus do?' Maybe you have a bracelet with WWJD on it, or perhaps a pen? We can sometimes turn this into 'What would I like Jesus to do', which certainly isn't the same! In the light of that, what should our response be to world events and where can we reach out with the love and message of Jesus?

Unity doesn't always seem easy but Jesus' prayer that all believers would be 'one' was more than vain hope or wishful thinking.

Gavin encourages us to come to Jesus with our cares and burdens instead of trying to go it alone.

As 2019 begins, team is so important, and here's why.

Soroush wants us to be less concerned this Christmas about what chocolates are in our advent calendars and more interested in how we show hospitality.

Sometimes, I can be overwhelmed by so many things that I find myself missing the main thing. What can we learn from Mary and Martha in this area. Who enjoyed Jesus' company more?

For the last 12 months, Nathaniel Pullan has been on our IMPACT training programme. Here he writes a little bit of what he’s been up to and how it has helped him grow.

We all work for God's glory and sometimes that is from the sidelines or behind the scenes or even on the bench.  Are we willing to make that important choice to enable God to work through our lives and that of the church?

Macmillan is closed on Sunday, 4th March 2018. Join us at Stockton Baptist Church.

As I think about 2018, one of my prayers is that we continue to be a people who are filled with the Holy Spirit and who draw ever closer to God through reading, understanding and putting into practice all He has revealed to us in the Bible.

It’s usually this time of year when people reflect on the past year, their successes and challenges, and everything else that comes with them. However, this article is not going to be that.

Open Door is giving out gifts this Christmas, to those who are in need.

In this Letter, Gavin encourages us in our worship, both personal and congregational. When we live a life actively choosing to magnify God, it changes everything!

With summer almost over, Simon gives us a review of some of the exciting things that happened this Summer.

With the uncertainty of the recent General Election, Soroush encourages us to be uncompromising in our confidence in Christ and the Gospel message.

We're sure you’ll be aware that in this last week, Don and Lisa Smith from Centreville, Michigan, USA have been with us. They have been such a blessing to us as a church and as they now move on to serve Hope Church Bedlington at their weekend away in the Lake District, we asked them to write a brief reflection of their time at Jubilee.

Our new sermon series is called 'In Christ - Who am I'. As we began this, Sue Kearney shared a poem that she had written and shared on a Sunday morning. We thought it would be great to put on the blog just in case anyone missed it.

Knowing we are in Christ will lead us to think and live differently too. Paul says in Colossians 3:1, ‘Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God’.

C.S. Lewis wrote 'If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most possible explanation is that we were made for another world'.

Find out how what happened when Jubilee gave out Candy Canes to Late Night Shoppers just before Christmas.

Read as Soroush proclaim's the risen King for each day of 2017.