Coming up this weekend 26-27 October
Please join us this weekend as we continue our series on Acts , ‘Launching the Church’, as I speak God’s word from chapters 15 about the Council of Jerusalem. It might sound a bit dull talking about a council and politics and stuff, but let me assure you that some seriously important things were decided at what could otherwise have been a time of major crisis in the early church. And the outcome is awesome for us today!
Our regular question and answer segment is back in full force and you can look forward to this weekend for these questions below:
1 Was the Pentateuch written during the Babylonian exile?
2 Do you think that John 7:53-8:11 and Mark 16:9-20 are part of the Bible?
3 Doesn’t 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 describe the Pretribulation Rapture?
4 Why do we pray so hard for people we love to become believers if they haven’t been chosen by God?
5 What should be our response to knowing that there are many who have not been chosen (and we have)?
6 How do we have hope for someone’s death if they don’t believe in Christ?
Whether it’s your first time or your 100th at our church, I would love to see you this weekend at Saturday 5pm, where we can chat over some dinner afterwards, or Sunday 9am where the coffee is strong and morning tea is sweet. See you there!
Grace and peace,
Jodie
Church News for the week beginning 19th October
OUR BIBLE TALK
This weekend Jodie leads us back into our series on Acts, ‘Launching the Church’, as he tells us the story of Paul’s first missionary journey from Acts 13 and 14. Next weekend we will hear about The Council of Jerusalem as Jodie continues preaching God’s word from Acts.
MISSION OF THE MONTH
Our Mission of the Month is Anglicare, and we can support this through the mission table, and by bringing toys and tucker to help people at Christmas.
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.
QUESTION AND ANSWERS
Our regular question and answer segment will resume this week. To ask a question, simply fill out a response slip or email Jodie.
NEW ROSTERS ONLINE
Updated rosters have been published on Elvanto. If you are unavailable to serve when you have been rostered on, please let us know via Elvanto, your response slips or by emailing Kiarnay.
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 $2641.00, leaving a gap of $459.00. 
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.
When Jesus Wept
Given that Jesus is the most perfect, complete man who ever walked on the planet, it sometimes surprise us to think that he experienced genuine emotions.
When I asked my school Scripture class this week to suggest when they thought Jesus got all emotional, some thought it might have been when he was falsely accused or when he experienced the rejection of his own people whom he came to save.
However, one of the most famous times where he expressed his emotion was when he saw first hand the sadness of the sisters of Lazarus, the man who had recently died.
Jesus knew that the pain of the death of his friend would ultimately be used through the ages as a remarkable testimony to the power of Jesus over death, which would bring great glory to God the Father.
Yet even though this was the ultimate aim, it didn’t stop him personally feeling the pain of grief from death.
Jesus knows what it means to experience the loss of a loved one, and he knows how it hurts in ways that words cannot express.
It is for this reason that Jesus is able to truly comfort us when we turn to him in our grief, knowing that he has felt just the same kind of thing that we’ve felt.
But the great power of Jesus comes with the hope that death is ultimately dealt with by his own victory over death, so that the weeping that comes from death will one day cease as God, himself, wipes away our tears.
The power of Jesus over the grave gives us confidence that death is a part of life that will be put behind us as we ultimately pass from this life to the next, safe in the arms of Jesus.
JODIE McNEILL
Coming up this weekend 19-20 October
This weekend we jump back into our series on Acts, ‘Launching the Church’, as I guide us through the story of Paul’s first missionary journey from Acts 13 and 14. It’s such a remarkable thing to see the Apostle Paul gearing up for gospel action as the word of Jesus goes to the ends of the world!
Term 4 of school for 2019 starts back this week, as does our regular question and answer segment. If you had any questions that arose from the sermons during the holidays, or about the Christian faith, please email them to kiarnay.cignarella@jamberooanglican.com during the week so we can put them on the list.
Here are some of the questions from the past few weeks that we’ll look at this weekend:
1 If Peter baptised the Samaritan believers ‘in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit’ would they still have needed John to baptise in the Holy Spirit?
2 Was Peter afraid of the angel when he was released from prison?
3 Are people ‘in heaven’ whilst they await Judgement Day, and if not, why do people say “people are looking down on you from heaven”?
4 Is Jesus in Paradise now, and if so, will we see him straight away when we die?
5 Is Paradise before judgement, or will we be with the Father and the Son before judgement?
6 Is Greta Thunberg’s motivation to show more care for God’s creation or to rebuke us for not properly controlling the climate?
7 How do you tell the difference between persecution and abuse from idiots?
Please join us at our 5pm Saturday evening service with kids program, followed by a great time together over a hearty dinner, then youth group. Or come along to our 9am Sunday morning service where we share morning tea afterwards and chat over some espresso. We would love to see you!
Grace and peace, Jodie
Church News for the week beginning 13th October
OUR BIBLE TALK
This weekend Jodie will be sharing with us a special message of how Jesus sets us free from sin, as we enjoy together the fifth and final session of our Holiday Kids Club during our 5pm Saturday service. Our Sunday morning service will have the same theme, but will be a standard service. Next weekend, we jump back into our series on Acts, ‘Launching the Church’, as Jodie talks to us about ‘The First Missionary Journey’. We would love to see you there!
MISSION OF THE MONTH
Our Mission of the Month is Anglicare, and we can support this through the mission table, and by bringing toys and tucker to help people at Christmas.
SWITCH WOMEN’S CONFERENCE
Next Saturday 19th October, from 9am to 12:30pm at Bomaderry Anglican. Register https://southernwomen.org.au/ A great local conference for women with speaker Annabel Nixey. Not to be missed!
KBECET DINNER
The ‘Kiama Board for Employing Christian Education Teachers’ (KBECET) is having its annual dinner next Saturday 19th October 2019, 6:30 for 7pm at Kiama Anglican. Tickets $25. See Trevor Lucas for registration.
KATHY RUGGLE’S FUNERAL
The funeral of Graham Errington’s mother will be held in our church this Friday 18th October at 11am. You are most welcome to join us.
HOLIDAY KIDS CLUB
A big thanks to everyone involved in the Holiday Kids Club this week. It was a delight to have so many new people join us and to share the wonderful news of God’s love.
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 $2641.00, leaving a gap of $459.00.
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.