The Tribune

AN Orlando-based church is set to visit Grand Bahama this summer and bring with it an array of food from around the world as well as prize giveaways.

For the past nine years, JUMP Ministries Global Church (JMGC), a part of JUMP Ministries Missions, a holistic Gospel Outreach Ministry addressing the needs of the whole man, has held a variety of free events featuring tasty dishes from countries round the world in the area of its home church in Orlando, Florida.

Headquartered at 2550 West Colonial Drive, Suite 300 in Orlando, JMGC is headed by Grand Bahama native Dr Durone Hepburn and his wife Phuong.

According to Dr Hepburn, the ministry is “especially focused on the outcasts and dispossessed of society, addressing their needs, both physical and spiritual, and bringing real relief to their dire situations.”

For its 10th annual event, the ministry has decided to go international, and according to the organisation there “no better place to start internationally than in the founder’s birthplace of Freeport, Grand Bahama.”

The Grand Bahama event is slated for July 30, when a JUMP team along with hundreds of visitors and participants will descend on the island, bringing an international smorgasbord of foods, drinks and giveaways for the people of Grand Bahama.

According to the organisers, “a brand new car will be given away free to the lucky winner during the event.”

During a visit to New York earlier this month, Dr Hepburn and his wife gave a brief overview of the event to Dr Elliston Rahming, Bahamas Ambassador to the United States and the Organisation of American States (OAS), and Bahamas Consul General Forrester Carroll during a courtesy call on the two Bahamian diplomats at Bahamas House 231 East and 46th Street.