Pastor Lindell Ballenger

 I was blessed by this interesting writing from From the Academic Writing Class – Jubilee College International

Jubilee International Church

As soon as I pulled up to this building, I felt a familiar urgency.  I needed to get in there.  This is the most important place I come to in my week.  Some people call it church.  I call it home.  Jubilee International is the best place to be on any given Sunday.  Even as I walk into the building, I am captivated.

The word, ‘Jubilee’, is personified at the front door.  As I am embraced with a warm hug by the high-energy greeters, I am grateful that it is not a dry hello.  The genuine smiles that accompany those hugs bring confirmation that I am among family.  The intense presence of the Holy Spirit is apparent in those first few moments. 

I automatically feel the freedom to worship as I walk further into the building.  The foyer, although expansive, might seem intimidating, but it is actually quite inviting.  Immediately, I am equally welcomed by the anointed artwork.  Like a miniature version of the Sistine Chapel, Jubilee’s intense ceiling pulls your gaze upward.  The canvas that graces the ceiling is adorned with heavenly depictions that usher me into the Holy Spirit filled atmosphere. 

Once in the sanctuary, I am comforted by not only more artwork, but, also, the art of worship.  To me, the definition of worship is what I see before me.  Hands are lifted and waving, feet are jumping and dancing, and flags are cutting the air making a boom all their own.  All of this is done in sync to the electrifying, divine-deposited  praise.  Adding to the realm that is classic Jubilee, the musicians are ministering, using their instruments as their mouthpieces.  The harmony of their worship flows effortlessly between them.  How can you live without this kind of day?

Upon leaving church every Sunday, I always reflect on the revelations that enrich my life.  In encountering the agape love in every hug, the culture of every art piece, the freedom of every expression of worship, I stand by my affirmation that Sundays at Jubilee are the best day of my week.  I wish ever tomorrow was ‘any given Sunday’.