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Jubilee: It Could Change Everything
Twelve years ago I attended a conference in Pittsburgh called Jubilee. I didn’t know what to expect and didn’t have the option of skipping it for the small fact that I was employed by the host organization.
I’ve happily returned every year since and here’s why: Jubilee, put on by the Coalition for Christian Outreach (CCO), has been a key player in the work and faith conversation for the past thirty-five years. Since the 70s, Jubilee has hosted poets, artists, NASA researchers and high school German teachers, Mother Teresa-inspired hipsters, presidential advisors and emergency room social workers, famous athletes, biographers and urban loan officers.
Tens of thousands of students and employees have been introduced to thoughtful representatives from every profession, all of whom care deeply, vocationally and personally about honoring God through their daily work.
What connects us
I joined The High Calling in 2008 because folks here care about the very same thing. In fact, the organization behind The High Calling – Foundation for Laity Renewal – has been at the work/faith table much longer than the CCO.
Two times have The High Calling's Senior Editor Marcus Goodyear and Managing Editor L.L. Barkat joined me at Jubilee. Not only did we have a blast, we immediately recognized the value of helping our organizations work more closely together. We’re heading in the same direction, so why not collaborate in the work to equip and encourage people to live out their faith in every area of life?
Something to ponder
Jubilee is happening again on February 18-20 in Pittsburgh with over 2,000 students, professionals and facilitators planning to attend. The High Calling and CCO invite you to come.*
This isn’t a profit-making plug. Just an invitation to participate in a weekend of concentrated conversations around what The High Calling cares about most deeply.
Check out Jubilee 2011 for the speaker list and registration information. You’ll discover a focus on college students (The CCO is, after all, a campus ministry organization), but don’t let that stop you. This event welcomes a broad stroke of attendees, as evidenced by Jubilee Professionals and Jubilee Africana/Latino.
I'll be there. And if you need more incentive than that, folks like Charlie Peacock, Lisa Sharon Harper, Eric Metaxas, Gabe Lyons and Patrick Colletti will be there, too. Let me know if you can join us - we'd love to meet you in person.
*A discount code has been offered to High Calling members since this post was first published. See it here.
Images by Phil Mollenkof and Chris Carson, used with permission. Post written by Sam Van Eman.
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