Merry Christmas from The Jubilee Gang

Merry Christmas from Jerry & Candy
Jubilee Gang Ministries
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2015 has been an awesome year so far!

The Jubilee Gang has ministered in 40 churches in 20 states traveled over 33,000 miles and have seen 1347 people born again so far in 2015. We have one more event this year on Dec 19th in Martinsburg, WV This has been our biggest year since 2005 with 40 bookings this year. We are looking forward to another awesome year of ministry in 2016

 Below are our Photo album of Pictures from our 2015 tour season. 

Places we ministered and things we saw during our 2015 ministry tour season.
Posted by Jerry Moyer on Saturday, January 17, 2015

Jubilee Gang Update for Aug. 23- Sept. 1

Children pressing in going after more of God
in Liberal, KS

These last 2 weeks we have been bouncing around OK, KS, and TX.
We started out in Guymon, OK doing a community outreach where several churches from several different denominations came together to reach their community. Then we went to Liberal, KS for a back to school outreach after there to Garden City, KS and we are now in Chico TX. During these 4 events we have seen over 110 people including several teens and adults come forward to be born again.

From here we go to Okmalgee, OK to San Antonio, TX, Bullhead City, AZ, Merced, CA, Portland, OR, and we end our 2 month fall tour in Spokane, WA before heading home for a couple of weeks.  

Night one in Guymon, OK
1. Breakfast food flip game.
2. Jerry leading 14 children to Jesus! PTL!

Night one in Liberal, KS at Trinity Faith Church
1. Breakfast Food Flip Game
2. Jerry leading 15 children to Jesus
3. Jerry teaching the power verse put to a beat.

Last night in Garden City, KS
We had a God encounter!
1. Chicken in the basket Game
2. 11 children and teens came forward to be born again.
3. Families kneeling at the altar going after more of God and basking in his presence. 

 2nd service in Chico, TX at Living Waters Fellowship.
10 people including several adults came forward to be born again! PTL!!!

Jubilee Gang Update for Aug 3-18 108 people born again

Jerry Leading 5 children to Jesus 

in Port Huron, MI

Over the last 3 weeks we ministered in 2 churches and a camp in IA, MI, & CT. During these events we saw 108 people come forward to be born again and many people seeking a deeper relationship with God. We saw 42 children born again and many children encounter God and be filled with his spirit at the Central Region Open Bible Kids Camp in St. Charles, IA. The kids at this camp were very hungry for more of God and went after Him with all their hearts during our services.

This week we kick off our fall tour in Guymon, OK at the Guymon 1st Church of the Nazarene. We will be on the road for the next two months ministering in OK, KS, TX, AZ, CA, OR, & WA. then we get to go home for a second to catch our breath. 

Below are a few Pictures from these events...

42 Children came forward to Be born again at

the Central Region Open Bible Kids Camp.

Over 100 children on their knees knees going after more of God
and soaking in his presence at the Central Region Open Bible Kids Camp. 

We had an awesome week of ministry in Port Huron, MI
at Hillside Wesleyan Church.

During our 3 day event in Cheshire, CT we saw
48 children come forward to be born again.

Jubilee Gang Update for July 20-31

Over the last 2 weeks of July 2015, we ministered in 3 churches in FL, MS, & AL. During these events we saw 75 children come forward to be born again and many people seeking a deeper relationship with God. We have had many awesome times of worship where almost everyone in attendance came forward to go after more of God and surrendering our lives to God.

This week we will be ministering in St Charles, IA at the Central Region Open Bible Kids Camp. We are expecting to see God move during this week and see many lives touched. 

Below are a few Pictures from these events...

Night 1 at Harvest Fellowship in Jasper, FL19 children came forward to be born again. PTL 

Families on their knees worshipingand surrendering their lives to God

During our 3rd service in Hurley, MS at Magnolia Springs AG.
20 children came forward to be born again.
 We saw and almost 100 children on their knees going
after more of God and soaking in his presence. 

Night 1 in Decatur AL at Decatur Christian Center.
12 children came forward to be born again.

114 Born Again in TN, TX, & LA

Over the last 2 weeks, we have ministered in 2 Kids Camps and a church. The week of July 5th we ministered at Cornerstone Church Nashville's Kids camp and saw 62 children come forward to be born again and many filled with the Holy Spirit. We also had awesome times of worship where the kids went after God with all their hearts and experienced his love.
Over the weekend on Sunday, July 12th we did a family service at Grace Fellowship United Methodist Church in Katy, TX where we ministered to entire families during their Sunday morning service and saw 11 people come forward to be born again.
Then Monday, July 13th we started another Kids Camp in Lake Arthur, LA at the Neches Valley Kids Camp for the SE TX section of the Assembly of God and saw 42 children come forward to be born again and many kids filled with the Holy Spirit. Again we saw a mighty out pouring of the Holy Spirit during worship.
This week we are ministering in Jasper, FL at Harvest Fellowship for a community outreach event with over 12  churches from the Jasper area participating. We are expecting to see many people born again and see God do awesome things during this event!

Below are some Pictures from these events...

Night 1 at Cornerstone Nashville Kids Camp
62 children came forward to be born again

We experienced God during worship times
as around 200 children were on their knees
worshiping and going after more of God
around the altar at the Cornerstone Church
Nashville Kids Camp.

We had an awesome family service at Grace Fellowship United Methodist
Church in Katy, TX
10 people came forward to be born again

We had an awesome 1st night at the SE Texas 

Assembly of God Kids Camp in Lake Arthur, LA.
42 Children came forward to be born again!!!! PTL!!!

God moved in a mighty way each night during the Altar services
as children went after more of God.

2 states 3 churches 65 born again

Over the last 2 weeks, we have ministered in 2 churches in Indiana and a kids camp in TX. We have seen around 65 people come forward to be born again. 

During the camp in Queen City, TX we experienced an outpouring of God's love during the altar times at the end. Many kids were around the altar on their knees worshiping and basking in God's presence. These kids were very hungry to go deeper with God and pressed in.
 
This week we will be ministering at the Cornerstone Nashville Kids Camp.

Below are a few pics from our events in IN & TX

Night 1 in Indianapolis, IN
8 children came forward to be born again! PTL 

Night 1 in Kokomo, IN at Family Worship Center.we saw
6 children come forward to be born again in  PTL!!!

Night 2 in Kokomo IN 20 children came forward to be born again! PTL!!! 

Day one of Christian Fellowship Church Kids Camp, 20 children came forward to be born again and surrender their lives to God. PTL!!!

Children on their knees in Queen City , TX worshiping
and  basking in God's Presence 

130 Children Born Again In Louisiana

Last week we had the privilege of ministering is Broussard, LA at Our Saviors Church Kids Camp. With over 200 children in attendance, we saw 130 children come forward to be born again. On day 2 of camp we did our God Encounter program and saw around 200 children on their knees worshiping and seeking more of God. We truly had a God encounter!
   This week we will be ministering in Indianapolis, IN and Kokomo, IN

Below are a few Pictures from our event in Louisiana ...

We had an awesome 1st day at Our Saviors Church kids camp in Broussard, LAWe saw 92 children come forward to be born again! PTL!!!

We had a God encounter on day 2 in Broussard, LA38 children came forward to be born again & over 200 children on their knees going after more of God and seeking all He has for their lives! 

Day 3 was another awesome day at Our Saviors Church Kids Camp in Broussard LA.Many kids making a commitment to live the difference God has made in their lives

We had an awesome last day of kids camp in Broussard LAteaching on NO FEAR!

2 weeks, 3 churches, 127 people born again

Over the last 2 weeks we have ministered in 3 churches in Hurley, MS, Auburndale, Fl, and Lake Wales FL during these 3 events we have seen 127 people come forward to be born again and re dedicate their lives to the lord including several teens and adults.

This week we will be ministering in Broussard, LA at Our Saviors Church Kids Camp and are expecting to see a mighty move of God!

Below are a few Pictures from these 3 events....

We had an awesome week at Full Life AG in Hurley MS!
50 children came forward to be born again during this 4 day event

We saw 16  people come forward to be born again during
a 1 day outreach event at Central Assembly.

We had an awesome week in Lake Wales, FL at Impact Church!
We saw 61 people come forward to be born again and rededicate their lives
to the lord including several teens and adults. 

141 people born again in MS & FL in May

On  May 18-22 we had the privilege of ministering at St Johns United Methodist Church in Greenwood, MS during their annul revival. During this 5 day event we saw around 90 children come forward to be born again. Then we moved on to Orlando, FL on June 26-28 where we ministered at Evangel Assembly of God and saw 51 people come forward to be born again including several teens and 2 adults. While we were in Orlando we did 4 school assemblies in the Orlando Public Schools and were privileged to encourage around 1500 students to be all that they can be and how to be successful in life by making good decisions and developing good character.

Below are some pictures from these events...

Jerry praying with around 67 children to be
born again in Greenwood, MS

We had an awesome week at St Johns United Methodist Church in
Greenwood, MS. where we saw around 90 children
come forward to be born again.

We had an awesome time ministering at Evangel Assembly of God in
Orlando, FL. We saw 51 people come forward to be born again during this 3 day event.

We did 4 school assemblies in the Orlando Public Schools
and encouraged around 1500 children to be successful
by making good decisions and developing good character.

Hittn the road Jack!

Hittin the road Jack!

2015 Jubilee Summer / Fall Tour Map

This Sunday May 17th we will be leaving for our Summer / Fall tour season. This summer our schedule is packed with churches and camps from Florida to Connecticut  to Kansas and Texas.  Then in September we head to the West Coast with stops in Arizona, California, Oregon, and Washington before heading back east in mid October. 

We will be ministering  in 16 states in 27 Churches and Camps and will travel over 18,000 miles in 5 months.

Please keep us in your prayers over the next 5 months as we travel America's highways ministering to children and families. 

Below is our schedule.

May 18-22

Greenwood, MS

St Johns United Methodist Church

May 26-28

Orlando, FL

Evangel Assembly of God

June 1-4

Hurley, MS

Full Life AG

June 6

Auburndale, Fl

Central Assembly of God in

June 7-10

Lake Wales, FL

Impact Church

June 15-18

Broussard, Louisiana

Our Saviors Church Kids Camp

June 21-23

Indianapolis, IN

Christ Fellowship of Indianapolis

June 24-26

Kokomo, IN

Family Worship Center

June 28-July 2

Queen City, TX

Christian Fellowship Church Kids Camp

July 5-10

Nashville, TN

Cornerstone Nashville Kids Camp

July 12

Katy, TX

Grace Fellowship United Methodist

July 13-17

Lake Arthur Louisiana

Jasper TX 1st AG kids camp at Neches Valley Camp

July 20-23

Jasper, FL

Harvest Christian Fellowship

July 26-28

Hurley, MS

Magnolia Springs Assembly of God

July 29-31

Decatur, AL

Decatur Christian Fellowship

Aug. 3-6

St. Charles, Iowa

Central Region Open Bible Kids Camp

Aug. 9-12

North Street, MI

Hillside Wesleyan

Aug. 16-18

Cheshire, CT

Cornerstone Church

Aug. 23-25

Guymon, OK

Guymon Church of the Nazarene

Aug. 26-28

Liberal, KS

Trinity Faith Church

Aug. 30-Sept 1

Garden City, KS

Word of Life Church

Sept. 6-8

Chico, TX

Living Waters Fellowship

Sept. 9-11

Open of OK & TX

Sept. 13-16

San Antonio, TX

Life Church AG

Sept. 20-22

Bullhead City, AZ

Spirit Life Church Faith Explosion

Sept. 24-26

Merced, CA

Christian Life Center

Oct. 4 AM & PM

Gresham, OR

City Park Church

Why do we use Games to teach?

Why do we use Games to teach?

Games are for more than having fun! They are a teaching tool!

1. Learning becomes fun.
2. Children learn without realizing it.
3. When information is transferred in an appealing way, it stays with you.
4. If your emotions are involved, you learn more.
5. Games reinforce the lesson in a fun and exciting way.
6. It gets children involved in the class.

We must stay relevant to reach this generation. 
The message never changes but the methods must change.

Excerpt taken from our book called Six Types of Games that teach that can be bought on our website at

 http://www.jubileegang.com/OnlineStore.html

Chapters include...

• Icebreaker Games
• Object Lesson Games
• Memory Verse Games
• Power Point & Multi media games
• Review Games
• Crowd control games

Jerry Moyer
Jubilee Gang Ministries
Website www.jubileegang.com
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20 Children born again in OH

This Sunday we had the privilege of ministering at Open Door Fellowship in Chillicothe, OH. During this time of ministry we saw 20 children come forward to be born again.

On May 17 we hit the road for 5 months on our summer / fall tour. 

we will travel Over 18,000 Miles in 5 months.We will minister in 16 states in 27 churches & Camps. 

To view our schedule click on the link below...

http://jubileegang.com/itinerary.html

Please prays for our Safety as we travel and that many people come to Jesus and lives are touched.

Below are some pictures from our event in Chillicothe, OH

 Pizza Flop Game

Jerry and a young man
playing the Match it Game.

Jerry pray with 20 children to be born again.

Equipping Children's Ministry Leaders Conference

We are conducting a FREE Children's Ministry Training and equipping conference at Faith Tabernacle Church in Urbana, OH that is open to the public. anyone interested in reaching this generation with the Gospel is welcome to attend. FREE lunch provided.

ONLINE REGISTRATION AT THE LINK BELOW...
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/equipping-childrens-ministry-leaders-conference-tickets-16588780489

Speakers include:

Jerry Moyer of Jubilee Gang Ministries.
Jerry has over 25 years experience in Children's Ministry. 25 years as a Children's Evangelist and over 12 years as a Children's Pastor.
Since starting The Jubilee Gang in 1991 he has ministered in 44 States, Puerto Rico, Canada, and Russia and in over 25 different denominations and a host of non denominational churches and have seen over 20,000 people born again during Jubilee Gang events.

Julie Snodgrass- Pence
Julie has over 20 years experience in Children's and Youth Ministry
She had developed and taught all ages from Birth thru High School. She had also directed a very successful inner city youth ministry that reached and discipled inner city youth.

Class Topics include:
1. How to teach kids for over an hour and keep their attention
2. Six types of Games that teach
3. Developing the leader within you
4. Power Packed PreShcool

Taking the spiritual temperature of your ministry

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
Website www.jubileegang.com
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Which comes first?

Which comes first?

For generations we have argued about which came first the chicken or the egg. I recently read an article that seems to finally put this questions to rest. The article said, “the body of a hen is the only thing that produces the right chemicals and calcium to make the shell of an egg.” So, it seems that we must have a hen to make the egg because the shell cannot come from anywhere else.

In recent years with so many resources available to children’s ministers the question has arose “which comes first the message or the method?” Hopefully most of us would say it’s the message, but let’s examine this questions further.

For over 25 years in children’s ministry, I have used and taught the method of “theme and repetition” as a great way to teach children, keep their attention, and have them retain what we teach. The theory behind this method of teaching is below:

Studies show that the attention span of children is one minute per age of child. Therefore, if you have 5 year olds you have approximately 5 minutes to get your message across before you lose their attention. If you have 10 year olds you have approximately ten minutes before you lose their attention. It’s been said that with this generation we probably have less than one minute per age of child.

Because of this short attention span, I endeavor each week to put the theme in a sentence of around 10 to 12 words. Usually the theme will be a verse out of the bible, which I want the children to remember.

Because people enjoy change, especially children, we use a variety of methods each week to present this theme. The theme for the week stays the same throughout each service, but we change methods every 5 to 10 minutes to keep up with the short attention span of the children we are ministering to. In each segment of the service we should endeavor to repeat the theme in one way or another.

Some of the different ways we will use to repeat this theme are:

1 Music/songs

2. Bible stories

3. Games

4. Object lessons/illustrated sermons

5. Skits/drama

6. Puppets/full body costumes

7. Video clips and presentations

I have found that teaching with this method, it is important to start off with the most exciting thing first, usually an exciting intro followed by an icebreaker skit or game. This is to grab the children’s attention and let them know that what we are doing is more important than anything they could ever want to do. Once we start off with the excitement, it is important to keep transitions flowing smoothly. Dead spots are great chances to lose the attention of children and maybe even loose control of the class. We gradually lead the children into serious instruction.  Then give them a chance to respond to the theme with a time of altar ministry. This is the time we allow the Holy Spirit to move in the lives of the children, and encourage them to seek a deeper relationship with God. After the ministry time we will usually end in a time of excitement again, usually a review game or a high impact skit that reviews the theme. This will leave the children with a charge to take this message home.

I have used this method for over 25 years of teaching children and usually I have a very limited amount of discipline problems, and a very high amount of children that retain the theme of the lesson. I have been able to go into inner city areas where children have even smaller attention spans and keep the attention of a large group of children for around an hour. People have remarked that they had never seen these children set still this long before. I first learned this method of teaching from attending Willie George conferences, when I was first starting out in children’s ministry.

As a creative person I have been tempted throughout the years to use really cool new methods that have nothing to do with the message like lights, video, and special effects which is not necessary wrong however, if we have a really cool service and the children are not retaining what is being taught and are not being ministered to then what is the point. All these methods are to be used to reinforce the message.

When I first started out in Children’s ministry, I read an article by a Christian magician that said, “That we should always develop the Gospel message first, then come up with a trick or illusion to reinforce the message. If we come up with a really cool illusion, then try to put a gospel message to it, it will usually become watered down and be more about the illusion and performance instead of the message.”

I have endeavored to always hear from God and get the message that he wants me to present first. Then find creative ways to teach and reinforce this message that makes it exciting for children, so that they retain it.

When writing Jubilee Gang programs, I usually start off with a subject that has been stirring around in my heart for a while. After studying this subject and taking notes, I then turn it into something similar to a sermon outline. From there I start adding more creative elements like object lessons, power point, video, and media. Then I start adding things like skits, and games. The last thing I usually do is come up with a big intro, where I choreograph lights & video to make the program exciting for children with short attention spans. Lights are to enhance the experience not be the experience, especially in a church setting. Check out an article I wrote called Lighting and Tech in Children’s ministry that talks about this further.

The bible says in Romans 10:17 “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” The word of God is the only thing that produces faith in the heart of children.

By all means use all the modern technology available to reinforce your lessons, help keep kids attention, and enhance the learning experience. However, don’t let it become the main attraction by developing a really cool show then adding a little gospel to make it Christian. Let us always put first things first when it comes to ministry.

Jerry Moyer
Jubilee Gang Ministries
www.jubileegang.com

24 people born again in Springfield, OH

We had an awesome time ministering at New Life of Springfield, OH this weekend. We conducted a family service on Sunday morning April 19th and saw over 24 people come forward to be born again. parents, teens, and children were encouraged by the Word of God that was presented.

Below are some pictures from this event...

Families playing the pizza flop game 

Candy counseling Wild Thing

Jerry praying with 24 children to be born again.