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Jubilee Community Jubilee! is a inclusive faith community grounded in creation-centered spirituality that honors all spiritual traditions, all peoples & Earth.

In-person and livestreamed Sunday Celebrations are held at 10:30am at 60 State St., Asheville, NC. Everyone from everywhere on any spiritual path is invited to our Sunday Celebrations every Sunday morning at 10:30am. They take place in person at Rainbow Community School Auditorium, 60 State Street, Asheville, NC 28806 and are live streamed on Facebook and YouTube. You can get details at https://jubileecommunity.org/join-us-this-sunday/

Our mailing address is PO Box 1570, Asheville, NC 28802

To stay updated on what's going on, subscribe to our newsletter at https://jubileecommunity.us15.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=d50af50710865488306bc6192&id=19f49412f8

Strongly committed to social and environmental justice, we join together to create a compassionate, just and sustainable world. We are grounded in Creation Spirituality and its tenet of Original Blessing, and our inclusive Sunday celebrations joyfully express the divine mystery through music, creativity and inspiring messages. OUR VISION

Jubilee! envisions an equitable, sustainable world where all life thrives and is renewed in sacred love, compassion and joy. OUR MISSION

As a compassionate and inclusive spiritual community, Jubilee! celebrates the divine mystery in all of creation and calls each of us toward a heart-centered, compassionate, equitable and sustainable way of living and being. OUR VALUES

- Reverence for all creation
- Original blessing (rather than original sin
- Compassionate engagement with and advocacy for all life
- Generous collaboration to serve the greater good of our community and the earth
- Laughter, music, creativity and hope
- Welcoming everyone to our Sunday celebrations
- Creating safe space for all to thrive physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually
- Receiving the creative gifts and wisdom of the whole community
- Nurturing the growth and ongoing transformation of all adults and children
- Celebrations and gatherings that are participatory, inspirational and creatively energizing
- Rituals to honor important transitions and moments in our lives, community and cosmos
- Keeping the main thing the main thing

OUR AFFIRMATIONS

- We believe all creation reveals and expresses God
- We hold that diversity of faith enriches our community
- We love and respect all life with all our hearts, minds, bodies and spirits
- We are originally blessed by the Creator and called to co-create blessing in this world
- We accept the wisdom and teachings of all religious traditions
- We know that God continually calls us to be who we are created to be
- We live our faith through compassion, forgiveness and justice
- We practice mutual support, outreach giving and personal service as spiritual disciplines
- We accept that living faith must grow and change

IN-PERSON & LIVESTREAMEDYona FrenchHawk -- Jubilee!-ordained minister of Indigenous ritual -- will be guest speaker at o...
10/19/2026

IN-PERSON & LIVESTREAMED
Yona FrenchHawk -- Jubilee!-ordained minister of Indigenous ritual -- will be guest speaker at our Sunday Celebration "Releasing Fear" at 10:30am on October 25th at 60 State Street in East Asheville. Our inclusive Sunday Celebrations are full of love, music, laughter and inspiring messages that honor all spiritual traditions, all peoples and Earth. Everyone from everywhere on any spiritual path is invited to attend! Get details and the livestreaming link: jubileecommunity.org/join-us-this-sunday

10/18/2026

Join our Celebration October 18, 2026, "Choosing Wholeness", with guest speaker, Vickie Garlock,
teacher, author and Jubilee!-ordained minister of education.

We continue the Via Negativa with the Sunday Celebration "Choosing Wholeness", with guest speaker, Vickie Garlock, and other co-creators:
~ Patricia Antolino, Welcome
~ Mollie Milner, Calling the Sacred Directions
~ Gretchen Henn, Jubilee! in Action
~ Bob Lantis, Gift of Happy Trails
~ Moksha Kolman, Meditation & Prayer Time
~ Saro Lynch-Thomason, Gift of Singing Resistance
~ Kathy Busse and Patricia Antolino, Gratitude Ritual
~ Ryan Crabtree and the World Beat Band featuring Paula Hanke with Susie Davis

10/11/2026

Join our Celebration October 11, 2026, "Gathering Wisdom", with guest speaker, Cathryn the Grateful,
Jubilee!-ordained minister of movement

We continue the Via Negativa with the Sunday Celebration "Gathering Wisdom" with guest speaker, Cathryn the Grateful, and other co-creators:
~ Porscha Orndorf, Welcome
~ Cathryn the Grateful, Calling the Sacred Directions
~ Steve Hendricks, Jubilee! in Action
~ The Jubilee! Singers led by Sue Ford, Gift of Song
~ Michael Smith, Meditation & Prayer Time
~ Patricia Antolino, Gift of Poetry
~ Kathy Busse and Porscha Orndorf, Gratitude Ritual
~ Ryan Crabtree and the World Beat Band featuring Paula Hanke with Susie Davis

SUNDAY CELEBRATION GUEST SPEAKER UPDATE: Cathryn the Grateful will now be guest speaker at our October 11th Sunday Celeb...
10/09/2026

SUNDAY CELEBRATION GUEST SPEAKER UPDATE: Cathryn the Grateful will now be guest speaker at our October 11th Sunday Celebration. Get details on this week's in-person and livestreamed Sunday Celebration: jubileecommunity.org/join-us-this-sunday

10/04/2026

Join our Celebration October 4, 2026, "Sacred Companions", with guest speaker, Scott Hardin-Nieri, Co-minister of Green Chalice.

We continue the Via Negativa with the Sunday Celebration "Sacred Companions" with guest speaker Scott Hardin-Nieri and these other co-creators:
~ Judy Van Horne, Welcome
~ Patricia Antolino, Calling the Sacred Directions
~ Randee Goodstadt, Jubilee! in Action
~ Beth Pape with Chandler Carriker of ABCCM , Gift of Outreach
~ Michele Bernhardt, Meditation & Prayer Time
~ Susie Davis, Blessing of the Animals
~ Kathy Busse and Beth Pape, Gratitude Ritual
~ Ryan Crabtree and the World Beat Band featuring Paula Hanke with Susie Davis

09/27/2026

Join our Celebration September 27, 2026, "Fullness & Release", with guest speaker, Stephanie Escher,
Jubilee! Onward's Minister of Sacred Learning & Compassionate Care.

We begin the Via Negativa with the Sunday Celebration "Fullness & Release" with guest speaker Stephanie Escher and these other co-creators:
~ Lin Orndorf, Welcome
~ Araya Hansen, Calling the Sacred Directions
~ Bob Lantis, Jubilee! in Action
~ Jubilee! Singers, Gift of Song
~ Patricia Antolino, Susie Davis, Michael Smith, Meditation & Sharing of Earth's Bounty
~ Louise Slater, Reading and Call & Response
~ Kathy Busse and Lin Orndorf, Gratitude Ritual
~ Ryan Crabtree and the World Beat Band featuring Paula Hanke with Susie Davis

Do you remember the July 25, 2021 Sunday Celebration when we celebrated Dolly Parton? The theme was "Dancing with Dolly"...
08/27/2026

Do you remember the July 25, 2021 Sunday Celebration when we celebrated Dolly Parton? The theme was "Dancing with Dolly" featuring Gaby Michel as our guest speaker telling the story about how she met Dolly when she was 13 years old, and developed a life long friendship with her. The World Beat Band and Paula Hanke did "Wildflowers," Delia Bailey performed "Light of Clear Blue Morning," and Gaby sang the song she wrote -- "What Would Dolly Do?" -- during her reflection. You can watch it here now... https://youtu.be/U_V_bWoP0UY. Rest in peace, dear Dolly!

"Dancing with Dolly" July 25, 2021 Sunday Celebration led by Gaby M...

We are so honored to have Jubilee! as a sponsor of our Bountiful Cities Birdhouse Auction! We got to be with them at the...
08/26/2026

We are so honored to have Jubilee! as a sponsor of our Bountiful Cities Birdhouse Auction! We got to be with them at their Sunday celebration to talk about our work and we look forward to having them at our event on Sept. 26th! Please register to come to the Birdhouse Auction on our website BountifulCities.Org or in our linktree.

Jubilee! is an inclusive spirit-led faith community that honors all spiritual traditions, all peoples and Earth. Everyone on any spiritual path is invited to Jubilee!'s community-led Sunday Celebrations, which are held at 10:30am at Rainbow Community School Auditorium at 60 State Street in West Asheville. Each Sunday Celebration joyfully expresses the divine mystery through music, creativity and inspiring messages. Grounded in creation-centered spirituality, the community is strongly committed to social and environmental justice, and to creating a compassionate, just and sustainable world. Since its founding 37 years ago, Jubilee! has donated over two million dollars to non-profit agencies that provide critical services to unhoused and low-income individuals and families in the greater Asheville area and beyond. Please visit jubileecommunity.org to learn more.

Let Compassion Gently BloomPlant seeds of compassionas one scatters wildflowersinto the waiting wind,not asking where th...
07/17/2026

Let Compassion Gently Bloom

Plant seeds of compassion
as one scatters wildflowers
into the waiting wind,

not asking where they will land,
not measuring what will bloom,
only trusting
the quiet wisdom of the earth.

A gentle word,
an open hand,
a listening heart,

each a seed
finding its own season.

What seems small today
may one day become
a meadow of kindness,
where weary souls pause,

where hope returns,
where beauty grows.

So walk softly.

Scatter compassion
into every life you touch,

and let it spread
like wildflowers,

free, abundant, carried gently upon the wind.

~ 'Let Compassion Gently Bloom' by Spirit of a Hippie

✍️ Mary Anne Byrne

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Address

60 State Street
Asheville, NC
28803

Opening Hours

10:30am - 12pm

Telephone

+18282525335

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