Church news for the week beginning 28th July 2018
This weekend’s Bible talk
This weekend we begin the next part of our series on ‘Romans: The Heart of Truth’, with Jodie speaking on the topic ‘The Spirit of life’ from Romans chapter 8 verses 1 to 13.
Mission of the month
Church Missionary Society (CMS) is our mission of the month. Support this ministry through the ‘Mission Table’ in the Hall.
Monthly Midweek Service coming up
Our next service is this Wednesday 1st August at 11am, followed by a light lunch in the hall.
Men’s Dinner
The next Men’s Dinner will be held on Tuesday 7th August at 6.30pm at the Central Hotel Shellharbour, with guest speaker, Richard Chin, speaking on the topic ‘Male Misunderstandings of Marriage: God’s word to husbands and would-be husbands’. $31 per person (or $23 concession). Register online at www.oakflatsanglican.com/mensdinner.
Ladies’ Dinner
Our next Ladies’ Dinners will be held on Tuesday 21st August with guest speaker Kara Hartley who will speak on the topic of ‘God Conflict – How to have a good fight!’. We will also now start at 6.30pm at Oak Flats Anglican, cost $15. Please visit www.oakflatsanglican.com/ladiesdinner to register.
SWITCH Lite – Save the date!
The women’s conference for the Illawarra is coming up in October. Join us on Saturday 27th October, 9am to 12.30pm at Bomaderry Anglican Church. The guest speaker is Claire Smith, who is speaking on the topic “God’s Good Design”. We will explore what the bible really says about men & women. Cost is $20 or $15 (student or concession). For more details and to book visit www.southernwomen.org.au. Registrations close 21st October.
Bookstall now available
Biblically faithful and challenging books are a great blessing from God and we now have a small selection of books available for sale. Make sure you check out what is in stock. You can pay by cash, cheque or credit card.
Giving update
Each week we need to receive $6300.00 in order to meet our commitments. In the last calendar month, our average weekly giving was $5402.00, leaving a gap of $898.00.
Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $81,900. Compared to that total we received $71,624, leaving a gap of $10,276.
Electronic giving is a great way to give! It helps us prayerfully plan our giving, and then the bank will help us keep that commitment, even when we may be unable to attend. To give by direct transfer then these are the details. Account name: Church of England Jamberoo. Account number: 10081274. BSB: 062562 .