Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Merry Christmas from The Jubilee Gang

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Merry Christmas!

We would like to take this time and wish you a merry Christmas!
Remember that Jesus is the reason for the season!
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We had an awesome year despite the bad economy. Our bookings were about half of what they usually are, however we still ministered over 100 times plus Sundays at our home church when we were not on the road. We ministered in 22 different churches plus 3 camps and one Kids Convention in 17 different states. We saw around 1,100 people born again during our events this year!

We are looking forward to another awesome year in 2010.

Below is our schedule so far for the 1st part of 2010. We are booking events nearly every week. Keep an eye on our website at the following link to see our most updated schedule for 2010 http://www.jubileegang.com/Itinerary.html

January 2010
· 23 West FL District AG Kids Convention: Miranna, FL
· 28-31 Bethel Assembly of God: Duncan, OK

February 2010
· 12-22 Russia missions Trip: Sosnovy Bor, Russia

APRIL 2010
· 2-4 Owasso First Assembly of God: Owasso, OK·

JUNE 2010
· 20-23 Sandtown United Methodist: Philadelphia, MS
· 28-30 Cornerstone Assembly of God: Richmond , VA

JULY 2010
· 1 Cornerstone Assembly of God: Richmond , VA
· 19-22 NY District Church of The Nazarene Kids Camp: Watertown, NY

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God Bless
Jerry & Candy Moyer
The Jubilee Gang
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Jubilee Gang Christmas Newsletter

The Jubilee Gang Ministries 2009 Christmas Newsletter is ready for download at the following link http://www.jubileegang.com/pdf/Jubilee%20Gang%20newsletter%2012.pdf

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Taking the Good News to Russia in Feb. 2010

Dear Friends & Partners:

I have the opportunity to go to Russia on February 12 - 22, 2010. I will be going with my Church. While in Russia I will be conducting several children's ministry outreach events in churches and orphanages, as well as teacher training events for local Russian churches. This will be such an awesome opportunity to take the ministry of The Jubilee Gang to Russia and be a blessing to their children and children's workers.

I do not make it a habit to ask for money for the Jubilee Gang or us. I have always relied on what comes in for our events and the sales of our merchandise to support The Jubilee Gang. Merchandise sales and events have been way down this year because of the economy.

The cost of the Russia trip is $1800.00. I need around $1000.00 to come in to be able to go on this trip. If you would like to help me go on this trip or become a monthly supporter of this ministry we would deeply appreciate it.

This year we saw over 1000 people born again during our travels across America. Our bookings were about half of a normal year because of the economy. In 2008 we traveled 36,000 miles, ministered in 36 different churches in 22 states and saw over 2000 people born again. In 2007 We ministered 122 times in 41 churches in 21 states and saw 1683 people born again.

Since 1998 we have ministered in 38 States, Puerto Rico, and Canada in over 20 different denominations and a host of non denominational churches and have seen over 15,000 people born again during our events.

Thank you so much for your prayers and support


Below are a few ways that you can give toward the Russia trip.


Causes:

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PAY PAL

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Send donations to:
Jubilee Gang Ministries
2119 Kittyhawk Ave
Springfield, OH 45503


God Bless
Jerry Moyer
The Jubilee Gang
Website www.jubileegang.com
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Monday, November 16, 2009

Children's Evangelists: a Dying Breed?

Children's Evangelists: a Dying Breed

In an age where the role of a children's evangelist has gone from a soul winning, bible teaching, encourager of the body, revivalist of sorts, to more of an entertainer that has a Christian theme. I have been forced to ask myself a few questions about the role of a Children's Evangelist in the post Christian America that we live in.

Let me start off by giving you a little bit of my background, and things I struggle with so you know where I am coming from.

I have been a children's pastor in a few different churches for a total of 9 years, a children's evangelist for 19 years, and have had a few volunteer positions during my over 23 years in ministry to children and youth. I have been blessed to see both sides of the fence which has helped me to be more understanding of the role of a Children's Pastor and local churches when I am ministering on the road. All of the churches I served at as a Children's Pastor, I could never afford to have children's evangelist in. Except for a few of my friends that I was not able to pay what they deserved, and one nationally know evangelist that came on love offering and travel because he was in the area. I always felt bad bringing someone in and not being able to bless them the way they should be.

In my early years as a Children's Evangelist I went through extreme poverty and hardships including getting my phone, electric, other necessities turned off, and my family going without all for the sake of the call.

I eventually had to make the decision, that if I was going to continue doing children's evangelism; I had to run the financial side of the ministry like a business. I was not ever going to put my family through this again.

I really struggle with having to charge churches what I do to have me come and minister. In bible collage we were taught not to charge for ministry, but we should trust God for what we needed to come in during the offering. If I did this I would not be able to survive, not because of God not being faithful but because churches and pastors really do not have any idea what it takes to run a ministry such as ours. When you take up an offering with children you get nickels, dimes, quarters, and a few dollar bills. In my early days as a Children's Evangelist we always came on love offering and barley ever broke even on most events. I struggle to keep my prices down, however with all the equipment I tote around I have been forced to charge higher prices than most. When I was a Children's Pastor I could never have afforded to have my ministry come in. So, I understand what a lot of Children's Pastors are going through with low budgets.

I have struggled with the fact that I must offer a program that is a few steps above what most churches can offer their children. One time I had a church on the west coast call and want me to come to their church to minister. This was one of my first contacts from the west coast quite a few years ago. I asked if they could fly me out there. In the back of my head I was wondering if my transportation at the time would make the trip. Their response was that if I did not bring my equipment they did not want me. One of the secrets to my success is that I have been able to invest in awesome equipment that makes our program more spectacular. At the same time I wonder why we as the body cannot just see the call on a persons life instead of forcing a person to have a bigger than life persona with a rock star performance and all the bells and whistles. Don't get me wrong, I love all the stuff but it's truly all about the ministry for me. Reaching the lost and touching lives is what it is all about.

On the flip side when I was Children's Pastor the few times I had bigger name evangelist in, my workers came to me afterword and thought what we did in children's church was better than the program the nationally known speaker presented. After a while I did not have speakers come in that could not out top what we did, or offer something that I could not do myself, however I could not afford the speakers that was bigger and better.

I struggle with the promotional end of the ministry also, having to sale yourself to get a meeting, having to look bigger and better than the rest, and not looking too much like another ministry because they feel your trying to steel their corner of the market. God has given me a gift for promotion, and I have always been successful in promoting whatever I have been involved in whether it was business or ministry. I do not like the idea of being in competition with other Children's Evangelist.

Hopefully, we are all in this for the same reason, winning souls and encouraging believers. There are too many children that are not born again and not enough people reaching them to be in any kind of competition. We try our best to reach out to other Children's Evangelist and be a blessing to them as much as possible no matter what church affiliation they are. Some we have been able to establish relationships with and others have not responded for various reasons.

Saying all this I have asked myself and a few others the following questions.

1. Why isn't there more Children's Evangelist? A lot of times we hear from churches we minister in that it is hard to find good quality Children's Evangelist.
2. Why doesn't more Children's Evangelist stay on the road very long? I have seen a lot of very talented, gifted, and anointed children's ministers try to break into traveling and do not last but a few years. Or they are on and off the road every few years.
3. Why do churches need Children's Evangelist?
4. Where is the role of a Children's Evangelist going in the next 10 years?
5. Is the concept of a kid's crusade becoming a thing of the past?
6. What is the most effective way to reach un reached children with the message of the gospel?

To answer the first and second questions it mostly comes to finances. I asked a few of my Children's Evangelist friends and Children's Ministry leaders that use to travel and on the top of everyone's list was lack of finances. As I said above when I first started out I went through extreme poverty and lack that I would not wish on my worst enemy. One time I had a pastor where I was ministering feel so sorry for me because of the cloths I was wearing that he went to his closet and brought me 2 shirts for me to wear. In the early days we looked like the rag muffin team that traveled in a hooptie van you would see down by the river with gypsies living in it.
We sat in the front of the van and put all of our equipment in the back. Praise God we have come a long way! I thank God every time I get into my suburban and load my equipment into my trailer.

I see a lot of my Children's Evangelist friends going through extreme poverty now. Some of them are pioneers of what I am doing. They have given their entire lives to reaching children and now that they are older they have nothing, no insurance, no retirement, no home, nor finances. Some have sold their houses and traveled in motor homes that finally gave out because of all the miles they have put on them.

Now they are forgotten about by the church world and cannot seem to get enough meetings to live off of. Yet, they still have a heart for reaching children. No church will hire them despite of their years of experience because they are older now and churches want younger people for Children's Pastors.

I ask myself, how long I can keep my schedule full. How long can I keep this pace up? Will I end up like a lot of my predecessors, older, outdated, and forgotten about with no insurance or retirement?

Even though we charge what I am sure seems like a lot to a smaller and medium size churches we still struggle to make it sometimes. We get a few meetings a month from February through May, and then we do back to back meetings from June through September or October, and then come home and have to be so tight financially that we cannot afford do anything except work and get ready for the next years tour. Our fuel cost alone in 2008 was over $14,000, plus all the other cost in what we do. We have very few monthly supporters. Less than 5 people give $25.00 per month to our ministry. Occasionally, we receive a larger one time gift from people. We try our best to work with churches to come on an amount they can afford if they cannot afford our suggested price, however with the bad economy more and more churches ask for a discount which makes me wonder how tight it will be next winter. Some years almost half of our bookings are discounted in one way or the other.

Then, the issue comes up that what I am offering has to be worth what I am charging, so we have to continue to get bigger and better which drives up the price more. I am not trying to cry a sob story by telling this information, just letting you know why more people do not do this.

The simple fact is that most churches do not have budgets for ministries such as ours, and if we scale down to where we can travel in a mini van no one will want us because we cannot do something that the local church cannot do themselves. I do not want to become an exclusive mega church ministry. We have and will continue to minister in mega churches, however the smaller churches are what really need our ministry the most.

The second reason there are not more Children's Evangelist or the reason they do not stay on the road very long is the toll on the family. It's a hard life that not many can handle. Having to live out of hotel rooms or motor homes, is more than most people can handle. Most people want more out of life which is understandable.

To answer the third question about why do churches need Children's Evangelist is a simple yet complex answer according to what church background you come from. To answer this question I will ask another question. Why do churches need adult evangelist? Like I said before according to your church affiliation the answer may very.

I once asked a pastor where I was on staff if we could have more of a budget to have in a Children's Evangelist. His answer was, "Why do we need a Children's Evangelist when we have one of the best on staff as a Children's Pastor." My answer to his question was "Why do we need to have Adult Evangelist when we have one of the best ministers in the world as Pastor here?" To which he had no answer. There will always be events where we will need special speakers for children the same as there will always be events for adults where we will need a special speaker. Some of these events include outreaches into the community, kid's camps, and meetings where children can receive a fresh fire from God.

My goal as a Children's Evangelist is to…

1. See as many people (men, woman, boys, girls and teens) as possible make a legitimate decision to follow Jesus and be born again.

2. Stir up believers to be all they can be for God and to reach out to the world around them with the love of Jesus, not only through preaching the word, but through developing the character of Christ in their lives.

3. Encourage churches and leaders to take their Children's Ministry to the next level by showing them what can be done through technology and new methods.

To answer the 4th and 5th questions about where do I see the role of the Children's Evangelist going in the next 10 years? And is the concept of kid's crusades becoming a thing of the past? I am not sure where it is going right now. It has seemed to be heading toward a more entertainment based concert type events with very little or no ministry that attract new families in to have a good time and hope they come back to visit the church for a regular service. However, I have been getting more and more calls lately from churches that have been trying this approach for a few years now and want something with more substance. I am happy that the tides are finally turning back to a more ministry based outreach. There is some truth in the "become all things to all men and show people that church is a fun place for families approach" and not a place where they will get bible thumped or dragged through the pit of hell to try and get them to convert to Christianity. It is true that it is the goodness of God that brings man to repentance. We must make church a fun place, keep up to date on culture and the changing world, and how to reach them. However, if we water down the message so that it is not offensive we will produce a generation a fluffy Christians with no spiritual back bone. Certain things about the Gospel are offensive to the American culture, for example, the blood of Jesus and the story of the Cross. But without this we cannot even be born again. I am not saying that we scare kids with bloody details; however we cannot get away from the truth of what we are about.

I personally believe we can be entertaining yet not water down the message or anointing. I have had churches ask me how God shows up at our events without praise and worship. Believe me if any of us could sing even halfway, I would have praise and worship during our events. My answer to this is every thing we do uplifts the name of Jesus and magnifies his word. How could he not show up? Plus, I thought The Holy Spirit was already here, or does he only hang out when we sing a song?

A Children's Evangelist must offer programs that are relative to the culture they are ministering to and a message that is not the same programs that every other Children's Evangelist has been preaching for years. When I develop a new program it usually comes from time spent with God and a topic that has been stirring in my heart for quit some time that I feel is something God wants to emphasize in the body as a whole. The theme and message always come first them we develop everything else around that central theme to reinforce the bible message. We cannot just present a hodge podge of stuff that do not fit together and then give an invitation to receive Christ at the end.

I do believe the concept of traditional kids' crusades is slowly becoming a thing of the past. I do think it is a better option than VBS if you are trying to reach the community? It is hard to compete with sports and other community activities in some communities. I have had churches have us in to minister and spend a lot of money on the event and have only a handful of children at the event because of sports or something else going on in their community. It might come down to lack of good planning, advertising, or organization, however I remember a day when if you had a really cool event at a church you could pack it out with kids and families. I encourage churches to get away from the term "kids Crusade" in their advertisement of our events. The un churched world today just do not understand what a kids crusade is. It sounds too much like the crusades of the dark ages for most un churched people today. I encourage them to use terms like; Kids Blast, Back to School Blitz, Summer Slam, Winter Jam, and family or kids explosion. I encourage them to be creative and think out of the box.

It's hard enough to get adults out to a week long revival or camp meeting these days much less have them drop off their kids and come back to pick them up for a children's event. It has to be sold to them as something they do not want to miss. Something that will not only be an awesome time but something that will change their lives. The days of doing a cute puppet skit and a few cool songs and object lessons are over. In order to get kids and families out for events it has to be something bigger and better. I am sad to say it, but most people will no show up out of hunger for more of God or his word any more.

I have often pondered the thought of doing large children's ministry events like "Acquire the Fire" on a children's ministry level where you have a central location where Children's Pastors and families bring their kids to a large event, however I am not sure it is possible without the proper adult supervision. I have done many large events with several thousand in attendance at churches with a lot of adult supervision that have almost been chaos. However, I have done other large meetings with several thousand in attendance in a church setting with the entire family sitting together where it went well. Another factor of crowd control was the amount of churched and un churched children in attendance. The more un churched children there are in a large event the louder it will be and the more movement around the auditorium. The more churched parents are in attendance with their children the less noise and movement. Saying this we do not want to exclude un churched children and families just because they do not know how to act in a service. They are the ones that need it the most.

A lot of my fellow Children's Evangelist and Children's Ministry friends suggested that we are moving more toward family events where the entire family is ministered to at the same time. I have wanted to break into this type of meeting for years; however getting most senior pastors to buy into the idea has been quit a challenge. Most senior pastors are reluctant to turn their pulpit over to a Children's Evangelist. Some times for good reason because some Children's Evangelist are so childish in their approach that many adults in attendance feel spoken down to or out of place.

And the last question, about how to most effectively reach un churched children with the message of the gospel. I personally believe the most effective way to reach the lost is to go where they are. Get involved in their lives and let them know you care. Then when the door is open share Jesus with them. Go into their communities and have services. Do not expect them to come to the church building. Most people that are not Christians will never come to church. Most un churched children in America have never been to church and if they have, they thought it was dead religion and did not want anything to do with it.

When we go to their communities and show them we truly love them enough to get outside of our comfort zone of the church building, then we will reap the harvest that is ripe. Crops do not come to the barn by themselves. The farmer has to go out to the fields and harvest the crops. Fish do not jump out of the lake and come running for the kitchen. You have to go catch them. The masses of people in this world that are not Christians will not come to church to receive Jesus. We must go where they are. Truly love on them and show them that we care. Then they might want what we have.

One person suggested that we train children to evangelize their peers. This is what they are doing at their church and it has been very successful. One young lady from her church saw several thousand of her peers born again before graduating high school.

We must also disciple these children and families that are born again during these outside the church outreach programs. Some of the ones that are reached will come to our church afterwards, however the most effective way to disciple them is by have a weekly meeting on their turf. Close to where they live. I know this concept is not much for church growth but we must be kingdom minded instead of church minded.

Some times I ask God why I couldn't have been an adult evangelist and fly in on an airplane with my bible and preach instead of driving over 40,000 miles a year and having to set up my equipment every three days. One time when I was complaining to the Lord I heard him say in my heart, "What you are doing is precious to me." I broke down in tears when I heard this. Children's ministry is precious to the Lord.

Seeing children born again and seeing them grow up spiritually until they look like Christ is precious to Him! Everything we go through, all the hardships, all the ups and downs is worth it when we hear the father say that what we are doing is precious to him.

I pray that God rises up a new generation of Children's Evangelist to take our place some day. Young men and women that not only know how to wow a crowd with all the latest and greatest methods, but take a no compromise approach to ministry and go in the power of the Holy Spirit and the word of God. I pray for a new generation of men and women that their only goal is wining souls at any cost.

I pray this does not come across as Jerry's soap box. I just want to answer a few questions I hear often and have asked myself and to be a voice for all those that have given themselves for children's evangelism.

By
Jerry Moyer
The Jubilee Gang
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

30 people born again in San Antonio and Jubilee Gang Going to Russia in Feb. 2010

Dear friends and Partners:


We had a great time in San Antonio, TX at A Place for Life on Oct. 31st. We saw around 30 people born again during this one day event.

We have seen 1070 people born again so far this year! Our next and last event for the year will be at Faith Fellowship in Sayreville, NJ on December 12 - 13.

On February 12 - 22, 2010, I will be going to Russia with my Church. While in Russia I will be conducting several children's ministry outreach events in churches and orphanages, as well as teacher training events for local Russian churches. This will be such an awesome opportunity to take the ministry of The Jubilee Gang to Russia and be a blessing to there children and children's workers.

The cost of the trip is $1800.00. I need around $1000.00 to come in to be able to go on this trip.

If you would like to give toward this trip you can give online on our website through PayPal at http://www.jubileegang.com Then click on the donate button at the bottom of the front page or send a check to the address below. If you give through PayPal. Please remember that PayPal takes 5% for each donation.

Jubilee Gang Ministries
2119 KittyHawk Ave
Springfield, OH 45503




Below are Pictures from our event in San Antonio, TX

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Jerry and a young man playing the Match It Game in San Antonio, TX

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Alter call in San Antonio, TX where around 30 people came forward to be born again.


Jerry Moyer
The Jubilee Gang
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Monday, October 26, 2009

Jubilee Gang Update for No Fear Night 2009

Dear Friends and Partners:

We had an awesome turn out for NO Fear Night 2009. The building was packed to capacity. Every seat in the house was filled, plus a bunch of kids on the floor down front and people standing everywhere possible including the hallway outside the auditorium.

We saw around 40 people come forward to be born again and many others raised their hands but did not come forward. Because of the size of the crowd it was nearly impossible for people to get out of their seats and come forward.

This morning we had a family service at Word of Faith Family Church in Springfield, OH and saw 8 more people come forward and give their lives to the Lord including 2 adults.

Next weekend we will be ministering at A Place for Life in San Antonio, TX on October 31st. http://www.placeforlife.org


Below are some pictures from No Fear Night 2009

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Flying Bagel Game

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Frog Flip Game

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Jerry teaching the power verse put to a beat


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Candy and Wild Thing

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Young man praying during the altar call
at No Fear Night

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Alter call at No Fear Night where around
40 people were born again

Jerry Moyer
The Jubilee Gang
Website www.jubileegang.com
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Monday, October 19, 2009

No Fear Night featuring The Jubilee Gang Oct. 24th 2009

On Oct. 31st the world celebrates fear & death!
on Oct. 24th we are celebrating...
NO FEAR!

Word of Faith Family Church
3660 Springfield-Jamestown Rd. (South Limestone St.)
Springfield, OH 45502
Free Admission!
Everyone Welcome!







Jerry Moyer
The Jubilee Gang
Website www.jubileegang.com
FaceBook www.facebook.com/jubileegang
Twitter www.twitter.com/jubileegang
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Thursday, October 15, 2009

Jubilee Gang Update 58 children born again in KY & GA

Dear friends and Partners:

We just got back from our events in Willisburg, KY and Cumming, GA. We had an awesome time at these 2 churches.

During these 2 events we saw 58 children born again.

On Oct 24th we will be ministering at Word of faith family church in Springfield, OH at an event called NO FEAR NIGHT. More info is below.

On Oct. 31st we will be ministering at a place for life in San Antonio, TX.

Below are some pictures from our events in KY and GA.

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Chicken in the Basket Game

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Jerry teaching the Power Verse put to a beat.

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Young Man praying to receive Jesus in
Willisburg, KY


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Alter Call in Willisburg, KY

NO FEAR NIGHT
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On Oct. 31st the world celebrates fear & death on Oct. 24th we are celebrating NO FEAR!
Word of Faith Family Church
336 Springfield - Jamestown Rd. (South Limestone St.)
Springfield, OH 45502



Jerry Moyer
The Jubilee Gang
Website www.jubileegang.com
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Why Ministry???

Why Ministry?


Why are we in ministry?

Why set a goal to be in full time ministry?

I have a cousin that was a full time youth minister. Everyday at lunch he would go to the YMCA and play basketball with the youth from the church and community. One day one of his sons came to him and said, “Dad, I want to grow up and be a minister like you.” This made my cousin feel good that his son wanted to follow in his foot steps. As my cousin pursued this a little by asking his son why he wanted to be in ministry when he grew up? His bubble was popped when his son replied, “so I can get paid to play basketball everyday like you.” I do not think this was the answer my cousin was looking for.

A lot of times we want to be in ministry because it looks like an easy occupation. Any one with a successful ministry knows that ministry is spelled W.O.R.K.

A lot of times we want to be in ministry because our father and grandfather were in ministry before us, and we think we should follow in their footsteps. Some may think ministry looks glamorous from the outside. A lot of people see our ministry programs and say “Man I wish I could do this!” If they only had to walk in our shoes for a year the majority of them would want to quit. If all you see is our live ministry event it looks like a spectacular lifestyle. However, most people never see all the behind the scenes of the day to day lifestyle that being on the road consist of. A lot of young aspiring ministers that have gotten to travel with us as interns are very excited at first about getting to travel and use all of our equipment. At first their commits always are “Man when I get my own ministry I want equipment just like this.” About half way through the tour season the statements change to “I don’t think I want to do this when I have my own ministry. There is too much to set up and tear down. There is too much work involved. Too many hours spent traveling in a vehicle.“ If we do not have a genuine love for people and a desire to see the furtherance of the kingdom this lifestyle gets old real fast.

I believe we should ask ourselves periodically throughout our time in ministry why we are doing this. Over and over in the Bible we read that Jesus was moved with compassion when he ministered to people. When he healed the sick, when he raised the dead, when he multiplied the loaves and fishes to feed the multitude, and when he taught the crowds of people. The overwhelming love for people (compassion) was Jesus motivation to do what he did during his ministry on earth.

It was not that he felt it was his duty, it was not to make a name for himself, it
was not that it was the only thing he knew how to do, it was because he looked at the need and was moved with compassion. Compassion was the overwhelming love for people that motivated him to do something.

Why did God the father send his only son into the world to die on a cross? It was because he loved the world. He was moved with such an overwhelming love that he had to do something.

Our motivation in ministry should be the love God has put in our heart. The bible says in Romans 5:5 that the love of God has been put in our heart by the Holy Spirit. When we are born again we receive the life and nature of God. The Bible says in 1 John 4:8 that God is Love. It is his nature, His Character. When we are born again we are now born of God. His life and nature is inside of us.

1 John 4:7-11
7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone
who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love
does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his
love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might
live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved
us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear friends,
since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

1 Pet 1:3 says God has given us all things that pertain to life and Godliness
(Godliness means having God like qualities) it’s up to us to allow this love to be the motivating factor of our lives.

2 Peter 1:4 says that we have been given exceeding great and precious
promises that through these we might become partakers of the divine
nature. What is the divine nature? 1 John 4:8 says that God is love. Where do
we find these great and precious promises? We find it in the Word of God, the
Bible.

As we renew our minds with God’s word it becomes part of our lives. The more it becomes part of our lives the more we become partakers of it. The Bible says in Romans 12:2 be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Be transformed into what? We should be transformed into the Image of Christ.

Eph. 4:15 says that we should grow up until we look like Christ. What does
Christ look like? He looks like the father and the father is Love. Let this
overwhelming love for people be the motivating factor in our lives and ministry.
We truly need to grow up until we look like Christ, so the world can see God in
our lives. Let us be moved with compassion when we see a need.

Love for people and the furtherance of God’s Kingdom should be the motivating factor in our lives and ministry. I have always said true ministry is reaching people and touching Lives. Everything else is just stuff we have to do.

Before I had my own ministry, before anyone knew who Jerry Moyer of the
Jubilee Gang was, and before anyone wanted to schedule us at their church, I did not wait on a big break. I did not hope that someday my schedule would be full. I starting going to the local housing projects in Southern Ohio because of the love in my heart for the people there. No one was reaching out to them and I saw a need. When I went to the local housing authority and asked if we could do a crusade in the projects, they told me that there had never been any preaching in the projects and there never would be.

I did not give up on what was in my heart to do. As I was reading the news paper one day, I saw where a professional base ball player had came back to our home town and started a anti drug program in the projects. I felt in my heart to go to that organization and tell them that the “Just say No” campaign was not working. Kids need something to say yes to so they can say no to drugs.

I offered to do an anti drug program for them that said say yes to Jesus so that you can say no to drugs. Anything to do with an anti drug message was welcome through this organization. Our first event in the local housing projects we saw around 100 people born again. This happened over and over in different projects around the area. Before long the projects were calling us.

As I put my hand to ministering in the local housing projects because of the love I had for the people God continued to open more and more doors to our ministry. First it was public schools. We offered them a free anti drug program in exchange for the use of the building that evening for a large event where we could present the Gospel. Our first public school outreach we had 250 children in the school and 180 people came out that night to hear the gospel. Almost every one of them came forward to be born again. Then, we opened our program up to churches and it has grown from there.

Let love be the motivating factor in everything we do. God has given us
everything we need. Its up to us to use it!

By
Jerry Moyer
The Jubilee Gang
Website www.jubileegang.com
FaceBook www.facebook.com/jubileegang
Twitter www.twitter.com/jubileegang
YouTube www.youtube.com/jubileegang
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

No Fear Night featuring The Jubilee Gang Oct. 24th 2009

On Oct. 31st the world celebrates fear & death on Oct. 24th we are celebrating NO FEAR!
Word of Faith Family Church
336 Springfield - Jamestown Rd. (South Limestone St.)
Springfield, OH 45502








Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Jubilee Gang update: 97 people born again in VA

Dear Friends and Partners:

We had an awesome week ministering in VA at 2 different churches. on Sept. 9-11 we ministered at Strong Tower Ministries in Fredricksburg, VA and on Sept 13-15 we ministered at Dynamic Life Praise & Worship Center in Front Royal, VA

During these 2 events we saw 97 people born again including several adults.

Below is our schedule for the rest of 2009

OCTOBER 2009
· 7-9 Church of God of Prophecy: Willisburg, KY
· 11-14 · Freedom Tabernacle: Cumming, GA
· 24th No Fear Night @ W.F.F.C. : Springfield, OH
· 31st A Place for Life: San Antonio, TX

DECEMBER 2009

· 12-13 Faith Fellowship:Sayreville, NJ

Below are a few pictures from our events in VA this week

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Candy talking to Wild Thing in Front Royal, VA

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Jerry and a young lady playing the match it
game in Fredricksburg, VA

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Jerry praying with children in Fredricksburg, VA

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Jerry praying with children in Front Royal, VA



God Bless You

Jerry Moyer
The Jubilee Gang
Web site: http://www.jubileegang.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jubileegang
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/jubileegang
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jubileegang

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Taking the spiritual temperature of your ministry.

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Are you a thermostat or a thermometer?

A thermometer reacts to the temperature of the room.
A thermostat sets the temperature in a room.

Do you set the spiritual climate in your class or do the children?

We as Christian leaders need to set the spiritual temperature for our classrooms whether we are a Sunday school teacher, Children’s Pastor, or volunteer children’s worker. It is important that when we enter a classroom that we are spiritually prepared to set the spiritual climate for the class. If not the child with the strongest personality will set that climate.

If a child experienced chaos on the way to the service they will bring chaos to the service. If everyone was up late the night before Sunday morning service and tired, the class will be unresponsive to the lesson.

However, if we enter the room spiritually charged and on fire about our lesson the excitement will spread. If we believe in what we are teaching and show excitement about the subject others will be excited also. True faith is contagious. When someone is so excited about what they believe that they speak about it in confidence with passion in their voice others will believe also. If we are not sure about what we are teaching and are reading it out of our lesson planner, the children will be board and not buy into what we are offering them. Confidence comes through knowing the material inside out. You need to know it so well you can present it without reading it.

I have notes every time I speak publicly, however notes are to glance at to keep me on tract so, I arrive at the planned destination. I can expound upon each point of my notes without reading them line for line, however my notes make sure I do not drift off course during my program. I can expound upon each point because the subject is in my heart. It is not something I am not sure about or do not know a lot about.

If we are not confident on our lesson it will show in our body language, tone of our voice, and all around presentation. We cannot give something we do not have. If it is not in our heart then we are just regurgitating an old cold lesson out of a book that really means nothing to us.

The reason young adults are leaving our churches by the droves when they are old enough to make the decision for themselves is that all they have heard their entire time growing up in church is old, cold, regurgitated material that is not relative. It does not apply to them. We have offered exciting programs with all the latest methods but have forgotten the message.

Teachers must be passionate about their faith and what they are teaching. Like I said before true faith is contagious. It spreads like a wild fire. When we hear someone with true heartfelt convictions, we want what they have. If we are around it long enough we will start to crave it. And when you crave something bad enough you do whatever it takes to get it.

Let’s turn up the spiritual temperature in our classrooms.

Our children deserve it.

By
Jerry Moyer
The Jubilee Gang
http://www.jubileegang.com
http://www.youtube.com/jubileegang
http://www.myspace.com/jubileegang

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Jubilee Gang update for AZ, NV, & IA

Dear Friends and Partners

We have has an awesome 3 weeks ministering in Bullhead City, AZ, Las Vegas, NV and Urbandale, IA. Between these three events we saw 99 people born again including a whole family in Urbandale, IA ( a
Father, Mother, son , and 2 nieces) that came forward together. I love to see whole families give their hearts to the Lord together.


Below are some pictures from these events

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Jerry and a young man playing the
match it game in AZ

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Candy & Wild Thing in Las Vegas

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Jerry ministering in Las Vegas

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Altar call in Urbandale, IA where a whole family
(Mom, Dad, son & 2 niece's )
came forward together to be born again!



Below is our schedule for the rest of the year.

AUGUST 2009

· 21-22 New Hope church Kids Camp: Centerville, OH

SEPTEMBER 2009

· 9-11 Strong Tower Ministries: Fredericksburg, VA

· 13-15 Dynamic Life Praise & Worship Center: Front Royal, VA

OCTOBER 2009

· 24th No Fear Night @ W.F.F.C. : Springfield, OH

· 31st A Place for Life: San Antonio, TX



God Bless You

Jerry Moyer
The Jubilee Gang
www.jubileegang.com
www.facebook.com/jubileegang
www.myspace.com/jubileegang
www.youtube.com/jubileegang

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Jubilee Gang update and new article by Jerry posted

Dear Friends and Partners:

We had an awesome week in Juniper, GA at Brown Springs Church of God. We saw around 15 Children born again during this 4 day event.

Below are a few Pictures:
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In Aug we will be ministering in 3 churches.

Spirit Life Church in Bullhead City, AZ
Aug. 5-7
2850 Silver Creek Road
Bullhead City, Arizona 86442
928-763-5505
http://spiritlifeaz.org

Word of Life Christian Center in Las Vegas, NV
Aug. 9-13
3520 N. Buffalo Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89129
702-645-1990
http://www.wordoflifelasvegas.com/Awakening2009.html

New Hope Assembly of God in Urbandale, IA
Aug. 16-19
6800 Townsend Avenue
Urbandale, IA 50322
515-254-9094
http://www.newhopeassembly.org

An article written by Jerry has been published on the Good News daily Web site last week. below is the links to the article.

The Harvest
http://www.goodnewsdaily.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=11490





God Bless You

Jerry Moyer
The Jubilee Gang
Website http://www.jubileegang.com
FaceBook http://www.facebook.com/jubileegang
YouTube http://www.youtube.com/jubileegang
MySpace http://www.myspace.com/jubileegang

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Jubilee Gang Update for July 20-25 208 children born again this week!

Dear Friends and Partners:

We have had an awesome week ministering in 2 different churches in GA & AL.

On July 20-22 We ministered at Hope & Life fellowship in Snellville, GA and on July 23-25 we ministered at
McCullough Christian Center in Atmore, AL

We saw 208 children born again during these 2 events this week! God is Good!

Tomorrow Sunday July 26th through Wed. June 29th we will be in Juniper, GA at Brown Springs Church of God at 7:00 each night. This will be a 10 day stretch that we will have ministered every day. Keep us in your prayers as we keep up this pace for a few more days until we get a break next weekend before heading out west to Bullhead City, AZ and Las Vegas, NV on Sunday Aug. 2nd.

Below are a few Pictures from our events this week.


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Breakfast Food Flip Game in Snellville, GA

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Jerry and a young man doing an object lesson in snellville, GA

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Altar call in Snellville, Ga where around 90 children came forward to be born again. The front of the room was packed and children were kneeling half way up the middle Isle.

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Jerry Praying with around 90 children to be born again in Snellville, GA
during and altar call to be born again. The front of the room was packed and children were kneeling half way up the middle Isle.

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Jerry teaching the power verse put to a beat in Atmore, Al

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Jerry praying with children to be born again in Atmore, AL


God Bless You

Jerry Moyer
The Jubilee Gang
www.jubileegang.com
www.facebook.com/jubileegang
www.myspace.com/jubileegang
www.youtube.com/jubileegang

Friday, July 17, 2009

Jubilee Gang Update for July 6-16 : 75 children born again

Dear Friends and Partners:

We have had an awesome 2 weeks ministering at camps.

On July 6-10 we ministered in Vassar, MI at the MI District Wesleyan Kids camp. God moved mightily in the services and we saw around 25 children born again and many lived touched during the Altar time. The Altars were packed each night with children seeking more of God.

Below are 2 pictures from the Altar times in Vassar, MI
Jubilee Gang Altar call in Vassar, MI


Jubilee Gang Altar call in Vassar, MI

On July 14-16 we ministered in Weatherford, TX at the TX district Church of God Kids Camp. We saw around 50 children born again and Many Lives touched during the ministry time there.

Below are a few pictures from Weatherford, TX

Jerry and Jonny Magic
Jerry & Jonny Magic
http://www.jonnymagic.org
doing the IncredaMan Skit

Jubilee Gang Altar call in Weatherford, TX
Altar call in Weatherford TX a
t the TX district Church of God Kids Camp

Jerry doing the Super Man from the zip line
Jerry doing the Super Man from the Zip Line.
below is the link to the video of Jerry on the Zip Line
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_66cEV-WWg

TX fire ant nest
TX fire ant nest. We did not mess with this!!!!!

Next week we will be ministering in Snellville, GA and Atmore, AL.
Please keep our events in your prayers!

God Bless You

Jerry Moyer
The Jubilee Gang


Website http://www.jubileegang.com
Face Book Page http://www.facebook.com/jubileegang
Youtube Channel http://www.youtube.com/jubileegang
Myspace page http://www.myspace.com/jubileegang

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Jubilee Gang Update for Winchester, KY

Dear friends and partners:

We had an awesome time ministering in Winchester, KY this week at Church of the Living God!. We saw 19 children born again during this event.

The next 2 weeks we will be ministering at Camps.

On July 6-10 e will be ministering in Vassar, MI at the MI distinct Wesleyan Camp and on July 14 - 16 we will be ministering in Weatherford, TX at the TX District Church of God Camp.

Below is our schedule for the rest of the summer.

JULY 2009

· 6-10 MI District Wesleyan Kids Camp: Vassar MI
· 14-17 TX District Church of God Kids Camp: Weatherford, TX
· 20-22 Hope & Life Fellowship: Snellville, GA
· 23-25 McCullough Christian Center: Atmore, AL
· 27-29 Brown Springs Church of God: Juniper, GA

AUGUST 2009

· 5-7 Spirit Life 4 Square: Bullhead City, AZ
· 9-14 Word of Life Christian Center: Las Vegas, NV
· 16-19 New Hope Assembly: Urbandale, IA

SEPTEMBER 2009
· 9-11 Strong Tower Ministries: Fredericksburg, VA
· 13-15 Dynamic Life Praise & Worship Center: Front Royal, VA


Below are some Pictures from our event in Winchester, KY


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Pizza Flop Game in Winchester, KY

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Jerry teaching the Power Verse Put to a Beat

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Jerry Praying with children to be born again in Winchester, KY


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Jerry & Candy at Natural Bridge in KY while ministering
at Church of the Living God


God Bless You

Jerry Moyer
The Jubilee Gang
www.jubileegang.com
www.facebook.com/jubileegang
www.myspace.com/jubileegang
www.youtube.com/jubileegang


Friday, June 26, 2009

Jubilee Gang Update for June 14-26 and new articles written by Jerry posted

Dear friends and Partners.

Over the last 2 weeks we ministered in 3 different churches in 3 states. Columbus, IN, Dixon, IL, and Niles, OH and saw 82 children born again during these 3 events.

Next week we will be ministering in Winchester, KY at Church of the Living God. on Monday June 29- Wed. July 1st.

Two articles written by Jerry have been published on the Good News Daily web site over the last few weeks. click on the links below to read them

"Teaching Children About Salvation,"
http://www.goodnewsdaily.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=11414

"Why I Still Give Altar Calls"
http://www.goodnewsdaily.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=11369



The pictures below were taken at our events in IN, IL, And OH

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Breakfast food flip game in Niles, OH


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Jeff & Jerry doing the fruit skit

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Young Man praying during an altar call in Columbus, IN

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Children Praying during an altar call in Dixon, IL


God Bless You

Jerry & Candy Moyer
The Jubilee Gang
www.jubileegang.com
www.facebook.com/jubileegang
www.youtube.com/jubileegang
www.myspace.com/jubileegang

Friday, June 12, 2009

Jubilee Gang Update for Louisiana

Dear friends and partners:

We had an awesome time ministering at 2 different churches in LA this week. On June 5-7 we ministered at Calvary Christian Center in Hammond, LA and saw 62 children born again.

On June 9-11 we ministered at Bethany World Prayer Center in Baker, LA and saw 36 children born again.
We had an awesome time ministering at Bethany. On the opening night the Children's Pastor Tim Carpenter and myself got to repel from the 40 to 50 foot ceiling of the church to make our grand entrance. It was quite an experience.

Next week we will be ministering in Columbus, IN at Columbus 1st Assembly of God on June 14-16 and at Dixon Assembly of God on June 17-19.

Below are some pictures from our events and things we did this week.



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Candy giving Wild Thing some wise Counsel

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Our new employee Jeff and Jerry doing the fruit skit

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Jerry praying with children in Hammond, LA

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Jerry eating CrawFish in Hammond, LA

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Jubilee Gang ministering at Bethany World Prayer Center in Baker, LA

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Jerry repelling from the ceiling of Bethany World Prayer Center in Baker, LA

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Jerry Teaching the power verse put to a beat at Bethany World Prayer Center


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Jerry praying with children at Bethany World Prayer Center


God Bless You

Jerry Moyer
The Jubilee Gang
www.jubileegang.com
www.myspace.com/jubileegang
www.youtube.com/jubileegang