Coming up this weekend 16-17 November
This weekend we continue our series on Acts, ‘Launching the Church’, and are looking through chapter 18 about how Paul in Corinth and Ephesus, through the Scriptures, showed that the Christ was Jesus!
Each week at our services we have a question and answer segment, and this week’s questions are:
- How does the devil have the power to tell the future?
- Is it unwise or sinful to celebrate Halloween?
- Aren’t all unmarried Christians living with the gift of singleness, at least for that period of time?
- Is the gift of marriage something to be desired, given it leads to a divided devotion to God?
- Why does singleness seem to be rarely encouraged for Christians?
- Should we encourage Christians into singleness if they are in a relationship with a non-Christian?
- If babies cry through their baptism does that mean that they don’t want to be baptised?
So come along to our Saturday service at 5pm, where we have a kids program and dinner afterwards, followed by a youth group for the teens, or to our more classic Anglican style service on Sunday at 9am, and we can chat over morning tea and espresso after.
Grace and peace,
Jodie
Church News for the week beginning 10th November
OUR BIBLE TALK
This week our Acts series, ‘Launching the Church’, follows Paul in Athens as he proclaims the truth about the Saviour, Jesus Christ, from Acts 17:16-34. We’ll see how Paul talks to a group of deep thinkers about why God is real and how they need to respond. It’s a great example of connecting with people in a relativistic world with lots of gods and idols.
MISSION OF THE MONTH
Our mission of the month is CMS. Donate and buy from the mission table to help support our CMS partners.
MONIQUE DARE-WARD MEMORIAL
A memorial service for Monique Dare-Ward will be held this Sunday 10th November at 2pm at Kiama Anglican Church.
JOHN MALOUF FUNERAL
A funeral service for John Malouf will be held this Monday 11th November at 12pm at Stan Crapp’s in Kiama. Bishop David Mulready will be leading the service.
PARISH COUNCIL
The next Parish Council meeting will be held this Tuesday night 12th November at 7pm.
VISION GATHERING
Please plan to join us on Saturday 30th November at 8am to 11am for our final Vision Gathering for the year. We’ll be prayerfully planning for our ministries for 2020 and we’d love everyone to join us.
INTER-CHURCH CAROLS
Be sure to save Tuesday 10th December in your diaries for our famous ‘Carols in the Park’ event in Reid Park at 6.30pm.
CHRISTMAS SERVICES
This year we will be having our first-in-a-long-time Christmas Eve service! Come join us at 6:30pm on our new church lawn for a night of carols and fellowship. Our regular Christmas day service will be at 9am in the church.
GIVING UPDATE
Each week we need to receive $3100.00 in order to meet our commitments. In the last calendar month, our average weekly giving was $3340.00, leaving a gap of $-240.00. 
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.
Praying like a child
Have you noticed how often Jesus tells people in his kingdom to be like children?
Until recently, I’ve thought that he was only talking about how we are unable to earn our salvation in any way.
But as I’ve read Paul E. Miller’s book, ‘A Praying Life’, I’ve now seen that the childlikeness Jesus refers to should also include the way that we approach him in prayer.
We are tempted to think that we need to present prayers to him that are all ‘grown up’, with everything neat and tidy.
Yet, when a child speaks to a parent, they just speak the first thing that comes into their mind, and they don’t really worry about having a polished presentation.
What’s more, a child is happy to ask over and over again for what they want, showing little restraint with their requests, almost to the point of rudeness.
These child-like behaviours would normally be discouraged in mature, grownups, and yet this is exactly the kind of way that God wants us to approach him in prayer.
So, if you’re feeling distant from God and finding it difficult to pray, then just start talking to God with the first thing that comes into your mind.
It may not be eloquent, and it might end up sounding a bit repetitive and insistent, but that’s exactly the way that kids talk to mum and dad… and the way that Jesus wants us to talk to our Father.
This should come as a great relief if you’re finding it hard to know where to start in your prayers.
You just need to start talking to God like a child talks to his parent, and humbly bring your requests to him.
And we can know with confidence that he will hear us and answer us as is best for us… what a relief!
JODIE McNEILL
Coming up this weekend 9-10 November
This week our Acts series, ‘Launching the Church’, follows Paul in Athens as he proclaims the truth about the Saviour, Jesus Christ, from Acts 17:16-34. We’ll see how Paul talks to a group of deep thinkers about why God is real and how they need to respond. It’s a great example of connecting with people in a relativistic world with lots of gods and idols.
We also have a weekly question time during our services. If you have a question, please fill out a response slip or send an email to us. Here are the questions we’re answering this weekend:
1 Who are the modern-day equivalents of the ancient Bereans?
2 If Lydia never heard Paul’s message would she be in Heaven?
3 If God wants everyone to believe in Him then why does he choose only some people?
4 In Acts 16 how did the slave girl predict the future?
5 Are people still possessed by spirits and demons like the fortune-telling woman?
6 Is it necessary to get baptised?
7 Will everyone in the same household be saved?
8 Does the Apostles Creed include all we need to believe for salvation and thus fellowship?
9 Will traditional Catholics go to heaven?
Please join us for church this Saturday at 5pm, with a kids’ program, followed by dinner and then a youth group for the teens. Or come this Sunday at 9am for a more classic Anglican style service and we can chat over morning tea and hot espresso!
Grace and peace,
Jodie
Church News for the week beginning 3rd November
OUR BIBLE TALK
As Jodie leads us through the next instalment of our Acts series, ‘Launching the Church’, we will see how Paul proclaimed that Jesus is the Messiah, despite a difficult crowd, jealousy and a treacherous journey. God’s strength and provision was shown, and Paul was able to continue to encourage his fellow brothers and help many come to know Christ. It is a great lesson, one that we can apply to our lives today.
MISSION OF THE MONTH
Our mission of the month is CMS. Donate and buy from the mission table to help support our CMS partners.
MONIQUE DARE-WARD MEMORIAL
A memorial service for Monique Dare-Ward will be held on Sunday 10th November at 2pm at Kiama Anglican Church.
PARISH COUNCIL
The next Parish Council meeting will be held on 12th November at 7pm.
LADIES GUILD
The next Ladies Guild meeting will be on November 9th at 3pm in the hall. All women in our church are invited to come, and find out how they can help serve over the Christmas festive season.
INTER-CHURCH CAROLS
Be sure to save Tuesday 10th December in your diaries for our famous ‘Carols in the Park’ event in Reid Park at 6.30pm.
CHRISTMAS SERVICES
This year we will be having our first-in-a-long-time Christmas Eve service! Come join us at 6:30pm on our new church lawn for a night of carols and fellowship. Our regular Christmas day service will be at 9am in the church.