The BIG Move!

Over the last year, Jubilee Church Hull has continued to experience the goodness of God and has grown to a stage where Jubilee House is simply unable to accommodate all that God would have us be and do in this city. The building has been a huge blessing to us, and we will be keeping it to continue our work in the community there. However, it has become increasingly clear that as a church we need to find a new home.
We have been searching for a new building for the last 18 months, and in that time we have visited many varied sites, from old cinemas and bingo halls to hotels and even industrial estates! As we have sought God’s guidance and direction we have felt increasingly led towards a city centre location. With this in mind we originally focused our energies on the Kwik Save building, which was owned by the City Council.
However, over time it became clear that this building would be very hard to acquire, and may not be the best option for us, and so we have began looking into the possibility of buying the Central Methodist Hall on King Edward Street. The total floorspace is over 16,000 sq feet with a large auditorium with balcony which seats around 700, a 200 seater multi-purpose hall, several large rooms, at least 10 offices, two shops, a 3-bedroom flat, a café and an old pub. Basically, it’s massive!
We felt it right to put in an offer for this building. The Methodist church have reacted favorably and we are awaiting further negotiations.Central Hall will provide for us everything we need in terms of space and although it needs some modernisation it is in a much more church-ready state to move into. We have since held a gift day to raise money to secure the deposit on a mortgage and the church has been incredibly generous in helping us to achieve that target.
We believe that God is with us and we are working hard to do secure a mortgage,raise extra income and liase with the Methodist church and agent to hopefully complete the sale.
We are thrilled that the existing Methodist church are not closing but looking to move on to more suitable premises and continue their mission in the City Centre.We pray we will all be blessed by our moves! We certainly can’t wait to move in and continue to grow the church and community activities.