Alive with Christ

This weekend Jodie McNeill will be continuing our series on 1 Kings ‘Power and Hope’ as we look at chapter seven and ‘The Building King‘.

If you have any questions, simply fill out a response slip during the service, email us at office@jamberooanglican.com or send an SMS to 0439 890 086.

Here are the questions that Jodie plans to tackle this weekend:

1 If Joseph is not Jesus’ biological father, then how is Jesus in the line of David?
2 Was Herod’s Temple an extension or a new building?
3 What does it say on the shields on the arches on our church ceiling, and why?
4 If God endorses capital punishment then why was Cain not executed?
5 Did Jesus stop the stoning of the woman in John 8 because he was against capital punishment?
6 If we’re never going to be perfect, why should we try?
7 Are Christians free to do whatever we like?
8 Before Christianity, did everyone go to Hell?
9 Why do ministers wear funny collars?
10 Was the ‘Big Cherubim’ the inspiration for monuments like the ‘Big Banana’?

Join us this Saturday at 5pm where after church we have dinner together at 7pm followed by our ‘Nightlife’ program from 8pm.

Or join us Sunday at 9am where we’ll gather for church, and then after will have fellowship over morning tea and tasty espresso!

We have kids programs at both of our services! Join us for ‘Joeys’ (toddlers through to preschool), ‘Junior Roos’ (for school years K to 2), and ‘Senior Roos’ (for school years 3 to 6). Our service is live streamed to the TV in the hall so if you need to stay with your child, you won’t miss out on God’s word.

If you can’t make it in person, head to watch.jamberooanglican.com to watch our livestream. To catch up on previous sermons, head to our Youtube channel youtube.jamberooanglican.com.

This week I went for my truck licence so I can drive a fire truck for the Jamberoo Rural Fire Brigade.

Everything was going really well until I turned left at a set of traffic lights and cut the corner a tiny bit… but just enough for the rear tyre to briefly mount the curb.

‘Bump’… FAIL!

Even though I’d done a good job of the rest of the test, that one, small, ‘bump’ meant I failed the test.

No matter how I went in the other scores, I just needed one little mistake in the ‘fail’ list, and it’s a long, sad trip home.

In many ways, this is what it’s like with God’s judgement.

All we need is one ‘fail item’ in our life-long test, and then God, the instructor, will put a big cross in the box next to the sentence ‘SORRY! YOU DID NOT QUALIFY’.

And the problem is that any one time that we live like Jesus is not our king, then this single ‘sin’ is enough to rightly disqualify us from eternal life.

As we read in Romans chapter 3 verse 23: “For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.”

It all sounds pretty hopeless!

But here’s the wonderful news that the Bible says straight after in verse 24: “Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins.”

“Grace… freely… freed…”

Even though all of us have failed the test of life, God now makes us right in his sight… passing the test for us, and giving us certainty for eternity if we turn and serve Jesus as our loving ruler.

But even though Jesus has given me a ‘pass’ to heaven, I’ve still got to do that driving test again in three weeks!

JODIE McNEILL

OUR BIBLE TALK

This weekend Graham Errington continues our series ‘Power and Hope’ as we look through chapters three and four of 1 Kings.

MOTHER’S UNION CONFERENCE

Join Gemma in watching this online conference together at church on Friday 26th February, from 10am to 1:30pm.

JODIE AND MANDY 50TH

Jodie and Mandy are turning 50 and would love you to join them for a pizza party next Saturday night 27th February at 7pm after church, followed by birthday party games! All welcome… even if you normally come to Sunday morning church.

CONFIRMATION SERVICE

Save the date: Wednesday 18th August 2021. Bishop Peter Hayward will be joining us to hold a confirmation service just for Jamberoo Anglican. If you are Year 9 or older and interested in being confirmed, then please let Jodie know via email or response slip.

KEEN TO JOIN A BIBLE STUDY?

In the coming weeks we’re keen to start some new, midweek Bible Study groups. Stay tuned for more details… and let us know your preferred days/times.

MISSION OF THE MONTH

Our mission of the month is Anglicare. To find out more visit www.anglicare.org.au

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Our Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 9th March at 7pm in the hall. An important night for our church to reflect on 2020 and plan for 2021.

YOUTUBE CHANNEL

To watch videos of our Bible talks and other memories of our church, visit youtube.jamberooanglican.com and be sure to subscribe to our channel!

FAMILY NEWS

BIRTHDAYS
27th Annette Gibson
27th Mandy McNeill
27th Tim Orange

GIVING UPDATE

Each week we need to receive $3600.00 in order to meet our commitments. In the last calendar month, our average weekly giving was $3711.00, leaving a gap of $-111.00.  Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $31,200. Compared to that total we received $28,331, leaving a gap of $2,869.

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: Jamberoo Anglican Church. Account number: 10081274. BSB: 062562.

To give to our tax-deductible MTS Scholars Fund to support our apprentice youth minister, head to mts.com.au/give/jamberoo-anglican-church/