Alive with Christ

This week Jodie will lead us as we start a new two-week series ‘Know and Tell the Gospel‘, as we look at the first topic: ‘Know the Gospel’. This is an ideal opportunity for us to be very clear about the basics of what we believe, so we can easily know it and share it with others.

We have a regular question and answer segment in our services. To ask a question, simply fill out a response slip at church. Here are the questions that Jodie will tackle this week:

1 What will happen on Judgement Day for the people who never heard about Jesus?
2 Should we be hungry for heaven when we know that it will be destroyed when Jesus returns?
3 Is it selfish to hope that Jesus won’t return for a while because you aren’t ready?
4 When it says that everyone will confess that Jesus is Lord, does this include people going to hell?
5 What is the “wealth” in the Parable of the Talents and what do the interest and bankers mean?
6 Is the Parable of the Talents about our gifts or about the gospel?
7 Is Satan’s role in our sin just his temptation, or can we blame him for physical events?
8 What are your top tips on how to have a thriving, personal relationship with Jesus?

Join us on Saturdays at 5pm for our family service, with a kids program followed by dinner for everyone and a youth group for years 6-12. Or come along on Sunday mornings at 9am for a more classic Anglican feel, followed by morning tea and hot espresso!

Grace and peace from Jamberoo Anglican!

We have been shocked and saddened to hear about the horrific deaths of a Brisbane mother and her three, young children.

In what appears to be an appalling incident of domestic abuse, we feel a deep sadness as images of the once-happy-looking family are splashed over our media.

One of my facebook friends shared a news report of the incident, and the simple comment was, ‘Come, Lord Jesus!’

It is right for us to long for the return of Christ to come and bring an end to this world full of sin, death, and tragedy.

It is right for us to long for Jesus’ return to judge the living and the dead, and to bring justice to those who have been victims of harm and abuse.

And above all, it is right for us to long for a time when those who trust in Jesus will live in the new heavens and the new earth, a world with no more tears.

For this to happen, we need to pray for judgement and justice, and we need to ask for God to punish those who have committed crimes against the innocent.

Yet as we we ask for justice, we all need to plead for mercy, for the Bible tells us that all of us have rebelled against God and deserve his judgement.

However the greatest miracle of all is that Jesus, the judge, promises to take the punishment we deserve upon his own shoulders, and now look at us as though we had never committed any wrongdoing, ever.

All we need do is ask for his forgiveness, and trust in him as our loving ruler for life.

For we read these powerful and comforting words in the Bible:

But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. And since we have been made right in God’s sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God’s condemnation. (Romans chapter 5 verses 8 and 9)

JODIE McNEILL

(Image of flowers from a make-shift memorial, near where the family died. From ABC News).

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OUR BIBLE TALK

This week Jodie leads us as we continue our series on ‘Glorious Judgement’ and will see how God’s judgement is full of mercy and grace at Easter time.

MISSION OF THE MONTH

Our mission of the month is Anglicare. You can support the Anglicare ministry by donating and buying from the mission table in the hall

FIT FOR PURPOSE

We’re gathering a group of men to do jobs around our church property, to keep it fit for its purpose, and to grow as Christians who are fit for the purpose of following Jesus. We start this Wednesday 19th February at 9am at the church, and plan to meet fortnightly. Speak to Graham Errington for more details. We’d love you to join us!

MADE IN JAMBEROO

An opportunity to collaborate with the makers, producers, craftspeople and others in our village and valley. Friday 6th March at 6pm in the church hall.

AGM

Our AGM meeting for 2020 will be on the Tuesday 10th of March at 7pm. All are invited to this key time of celebration and forward inspiration, and an opportunity to elect Wardens and Parish Councillors.

JESUS IS__ LAUNCH

Be a part of the special ‘mission launch’ at Figtree Anglican on Saturday 14th March from 10am to 12pm, and hear David Robertson on the topic, ‘Evangelism—take the next step!’. Don’t miss out!

FREE TO BE YOUTH AND KIDS NIGHT

Friday 13th March at the Wollongong Entertainment Centre. Kids at 4:30-6pm, Youth at 7:15-9:15pm, and a shared dinner between sessions. Not to be missed! Bring your friends! Featuring ‘City Alive’.

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 $3217.00, leaving a gap of $-117.00.  Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $12,400. Compared to that total we received $12,867, leaving a gap of $-467.

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.