Greetings in Christ Jesus, We pray that you and your family are truly blessed.  These last few months have been exciting as the Jubilee Church plant continues to grow and mature. Our team in the Pachuca Project rejoices that the Lord gives us the privilege to be a part of His ministry in Mexico. You might notice that we have a new logo!  We also have an exciting transition to announce.  On January 1 2010, IMPACTO Latino will become a ministry under the umbrella of New Mission Systems International.  The Board of IMPACTO Latino, … [Read more...]

After months of hard work, Jubilee's youth group and New Life's youth group were able to get enough money together to go on our annual youth retreat. On the November 13th, we took 34 youth and leaders, to the Christian Youth Conference and Retreat in central Mexico. It was amazing to see everything that happened and the excitement the youth showed while we were there. We took one of the largest groups that went, which was very motivating. But the best thing was to see the unity of our group and their positive attitudes. They had a great … [Read more...]

THE PLAN Jubilee Christian Church, (Iglesia Cristiana El Jubileo) is moving into an exciting new campaign to purchase its own church facility. After much prayer, Jubilee’s church leadership is convinced that this is God’s leading. Already, the people of Jubilee Christian Church are working and sacrificing to help pay for the major project. The land owner has been generous to us and is excited about a church buying his property. He has offered Jubilee an incredible price and the opportunity to pay over three years. We are asking … [Read more...]

On November 8th, the Jubilee church plant held a special celebration on the land that will someday become their own. The celebration was exciting -- the weather was incredible, the worship and music was great, the teaching from Eric was just right, and most of all, the people were excited. Holding the celebration on the land helped to make the project more personal for everyone. After the service, we all headed back to the rented building to share tacos. The fellowship was authentic, and there was an energy and hopefulness about what God … [Read more...]

It's our goal that all the members of the church plants in Pachuca be members of cell groups that meet throughout the city. As each of these groups grows, they "multiply" by becoming two groups. Recently, we've had two cells multiply. The Tulipanes Cell group was reaching 25 people on Wednesday evenings. The group leaders, Agustin and Pilar, had done a wonderful job as the cell pastors, but the size of the cell was well beyond its 14-member goal. On Wednesday, October 14, we held a "multiplication party" at the Duggins home. Almost all 25 … [Read more...]

October is about over and an amazing amount of things have happened. A visitation group came from the Harborside Christian Church, Clearwater, Florida came and just a few days after they leave, on October 30-31, Dee Duggins will be leading with Juanita Del Angel in a Women’s Retreat for the Jubilee Church. In the week following we will be getting ready for a special worship service on November 8. This service will be held on the land that the Jubilee church would like to purchase for a future church building. These weeks will be an exciting … [Read more...]

The first all-church Family Retreat was held Friday through Sunday, September 11-13. One hundred nineteen adults, youth and children spent two nights at small hotel about an hour from Pachuca. Some drove to the retreat hotel and another group came in the rented bus that arrived about 6 pm on Friday evening. The retreat started with the evening meal, and then the adults and youth moved to the dining room for the showing of the movie Fireproof. Many left that evening with tears and a sense of hope for their own family. The next two days … [Read more...]

August 2 was an exciting day at the Jubilee church in Pachuca. For weeks the cell (small group) pastors worked with people who attended their cells and had expressed interest in being baptized. As the day approached we started to realize that this could be the largest group of baptismal candidates since the beginning of the Jubilee church. When Sunday morning arrived, 18 people came forward to give their confession of faith during the combined Sunday worship. Two additional individuals were unable to be there and will be baptized … [Read more...]

What an amazing week! About 60 parents and family members watched the closing program on Friday, July 24 as 73 kids recited memory verses and sang songs with choreography and hand motions. Prizes were given to the kids who had the most friends join them at the VBS. As we worked on the attendance numbers we realized that only about 20 of the kids that participated in this year’s VBS were from the Jubilee Church. About 53 kids were visitors and from the nearby neighborhood. The VBS theme, “Summer Camp 2009”, was carried out through a … [Read more...]

After two Sundays of suspended worship services because of the H1N1 virus in Mexico, the Jubilee Church met again on May 17. Already planned before the medical alert in the State of Hidalgo, the second celebration also fulfilled the requirement set by the State government of churches to only fill their meeting places to a level of 50%. We approached Sunday not really sure what the congregation’s response would be. Before the suspension, the church was reaching 160 at the Sunday celebration. Still, with two weeks of difficult communications … [Read more...]