Jubilee Cafe

02/17/2026

It was a great day at Jubilee today! We are grateful for the youth/young adults for stepping up to serve and be present in community!

02/12/2026

A couple of our favorite items, homemade biscuits and pan cakes straight off the griddle. We have some seriously dedicated volunteers that are great cooks. Come join us sometime we have a good time and serve others with a warm comforting breakfast and clothes & supplies in the Jubilee closet.

01/24/2026

Care for Our Unhoused Guests

Our Downtown location will be hosting our unhoused guests from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m., beginning now through next Saturday.

We are inviting the congregation to help by donating ONLY the following snack items, which are the easiest for us to manage:

Frito-Lay 42-count variety snack packs
(If a full 42-count box isn’t manageable, smaller quantities of the same snacks are welcome.)

Drop-off Options

Deliver to FUMC Downtown: 946 Vermont St., Lawrence, KS 66044 during open church hours
Or drop off at 4108 Wimbledon Dr. (please leave items on the front porch)

Any and all donations are deeply appreciated. Thank you for caring for one another and for our neighbors in need.

Grace and peace,

Rev. Dr. Kirstie

01/10/2026

Today Jubilee Cafe was honored to receive a monetary gift from the Cans for the Community organization. The donation in the amount of $1,000 was gifted as well as a $1,000 matching gift from a silent partner of the Cans organization. The combined gift of $2,000 will be a great start to the new year. Jubilee Cafe is funded entirely from donations. Thank you, Cans for the Community, for your generous gift. Your organization has been so supportive of the community and Jubilee is so pleased to be a recipient of your generosity.

04/18/2025

It's Good Friday and calls for a good breakfast.

03/08/2025

Before our meeting last night we presented a $500 donation to Robert Silipigni for the American Cancer Society Relay For Life!
Many people in Lawrence know Bob as a “super fundraiser” for the Relay For Life. We appreciate all of his efforts for such a great cause! Thank you! The Relay For Life will be June 6 at Rock Chalk Park.
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02/19/2025

Thank you so much for your overwhelming generosity to the Jubilee Closet. As a result, we are well stocked with masks, razors, tissues, hand sanitizer, hair ties, and first aid supplies. Thank you! We are always in need of warm socks and gloves. We know the weather will improve next week, but it is still cold at night. Thanks again for remembering the needs of our neighbors.

02/15/2025

First Church is housing overnight guests during this brutal cold weather. We are in urgent need of the following items immediately. There have been so many generous donations - for which we are deeply grateful. However, this winter is lasting longer and more severe than expected. The need is constant! Items can be left at the Donation Stations at both locations. Thank you.

Coats
Blankets
Hats
Warm socks
Men's jeans (sizes 32, 34, 36)

Personal items:
Razors
Combs
First Aid items
Deodorant
Hair ties
Hand Sanitizer
Masks
Kleenex

01/23/2025

01/22/2025

01/22/2025

Monday night FUMC Emergency Winter Shelter overflow provided warm beds for 25 neighbors and when they woke, more friends arrived to sit down to a hot breakfast--117 in all. This my friends, is community. This my friends, is love.

01/22/2025

Loving our neighbors--loving our volunteers!