Jubilee Ministries in the Diocese of Maryland

When Jesus stood in the synagogue in Nazareth, unrolled the Isaiah scroll and read God's promise of good news to the poor, of Jubilee, he opened for us a window into the kingdom of God.

As we see the work of congregations, congregational clusters, and ecumenical clusters doing the work of compassion - feeding, clothing, sheltering, visiting - and the work of justice - speaking, teaching, prophesying, we honor the commitment they make to reflect to the world the generosity of God and the invitation to live in his kingdom.

Jubilee Ministries and Centers are places of refuge and hope, living expressions of our Baptismal promise to seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving our neighbors as ourselves.

The Bishops of the Diocese of Maryland invite every congregation to examine the work they are doing with and among the poor, both here in Maryland and around the world, and prayerfully consider applying for designation and affirmation as Jubilee Ministry Centers.

Almighty God, whose loving hand has given us all that we posses:
Grant us grace that we may honor you with our substance,
and, remembering the account which we must one day give,
may be faithful stewards of your bounty, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Read "The Decade of the Lost Children" Charles M Blow's column in the New York Times on August 6, 2011. Blow writes, "We risk the creation of an engorged generational underclass born of a culture that has less income equality and fewer prospects for mobility than the previous generation.
It’s hard to see how we emerge from this downturn and its tumult a stronger nation if we allow vast swatches of our children to be lost."

2011-2012 Grant Applications

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For more information, contact the Rev. Madeleine Beard, Diocese Jubilee Officer.