Church news for the weekend of 28th April 2024

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New Sermon Series

This Sunday, Jono Nicholls  is preaching a one-off sermon’ from 1 Peter chapter 1. Next week we begin an 8-week series on Titus called ‘Effective Christianity’

Book of the Month

Our book of the month for April is ‘Caring For One Another’ by Ed Welch. Physical copies are available at our bookstall or buy online at: wanderingbookseller.com.au

Friday Kids and Youth

Next Friday we kick off SPARK (Years 3 to 6) at 4:30-6pm, and Youth Group (Years 7 to 12) from 7-9pm at the church hall. 

KYCK is nearly here!  

Our youth are away in Katoomba this weekend for the annual KYCK Conference on Friday 26th to Sunday 28th April.

Gong Men’s Day  

Join men from around the region at Figtree Anglican on Saturday 1st June 9am to 2:30pm with speaker Dave Jensen on‘The Cross-Shaped Man.’ Register facebook.com/gongmensday $55/$45 (concession)

Kids Ministry Training Day 

Join us in our hall as we participate in the livestream of the SMBC Children’s Ministry Conference on Saturday 4th May with keynote presenter Sandy Galea. Register at smbc.edu.au and see Rach Bemmer for other details.

Safe Ministry Matters  

Our Safe Ministry Representative is Gemma Bartlett. Speak to her about everything related to safety in ministry on 0414 425 639 or email gemma.bartlett@jamberooanglican.com .

Catch up on Sermons and Questions

Listen to sermons and our Question Time on Apple Podcasts or Spotify by searching ‘Jamberoo Anglican’. You can also watch previous services at watch.jamberooanglican.com 

Giving update

Each week we need to receive $6300.00 in order to meet our commitments. For last month, our average weekly giving was $5402.00, leaving a gap of $898.00. 

Olimometer 2.52

Up to the end of last month, we needed to have received $81,900. Compared to that total we received $71,624, leaving a gap of $10,276.

Olimometer 2.52

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: 356831. BSB: 032605.

Coming up this weekend 28th April 2024

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This Sunday we join together again for our final ‘Schools Out, Kids In’ as we continue to work to help make our intergenerational services even more age-appropriate for those who are Kindergarten through to Year 6, who will stay with us during the slightly-shorter sermon. Our creche will still run with a special holiday crew caring for the kids who haven’t yet started school, and that will operate during the sermon.

The sermon we’re hearing from Jono Nicholls who is preaching from 1 Peter chapter 1.

During these three weeks of school holidays we won’t be having a question time, but keep asking your questions so that we can store them up for Term 2 when we resume.

Every day (except Sundays) we meet at 7am online for an online half-hour morning prayer time at zoom.jamberooanglican.com and you’re very welcome to join us!

After church we’ll have brunch in the morning and dinner in the evening, so there’s plenty of time to chat and chew, together!

See you on Sunday, God willing!

The Greatest Love

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On the wall of Jamberoo Anglican Church there are two honour boards: one for World War One, and one for World War Two.

Every Sunday, I see these two lists of very people who offered themselves in service to their king and country.

Some names are extra special, for next to their name they have a small cross which shows us that they gave their life for their country.

When they left for war, I wonder if they expected to die?

Regardless, they still gave their lives for us. Some gave their bodies, but all gave their hearts and minds and souls. 

Nobody returned the same: everyone lost something, some lost everything. They sacrificed their lives for those they loved, and they did so willingly… but why?

These days we spend our time trying to live longer, and we fill our days pursuing health and wealth. So why would we risk our wellbeing for the sake of others?

I think it’s because of Jesus, who modelled sacrifice when he died for his friends.

Before his death he said: “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” (John 15:13)

Jesus modelled sacrifice when he died for his friends, and he cut his life short to offer eternal life. His attitude has inspired our servicemen and women.

Jesus showed that it’s better to give than receive, and that sacrificing one’s life is the greatest love of all. Jesus sacrificed his life to bring justice and mercy. He died to take our punishment, so his followers will be forgiven.

His sacrifice brings true forgiveness for his followers. It cost him everything, but he did it for love.

When I see the honour boards at my church, I see very important names: those who served showed there’s more to life than health and wealth.

For the greatest love lays down one’s life for one’s friends.

JODIE McNEILL

Church news for the weekend of 21st April 2024

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‘Life in the Presence of God’

This Sunday, Brad Vidilini is preaching a one-off sermon called ‘Life in the Presence of God’ from Leviticus chapter 16.

Book of the Month

Our book of the month for April is ‘Caring For One Another’ by Ed Welch. Physical copies are available at our bookstall or buy online at: wanderingbookseller.com.au

Friday Kids and Youth

We’re taking the next Friday off during school holidays, but we normally meet for SPARK (Years 3 to 6) at 4:30-6pm, or Youth Group (Years 7 to 12) from 7-9pm at the church hall. 

KYCK is nearly here!  

Our youth are heading up to Katoomba next weekend for the annual KYCK Conference on Friday 26th to Sunday 28th April.

Gong Men’s Day  

Join men from around the region at Figtree Anglican on Saturday 1st June 9am to 2:30pm with speaker Dave Jensen on‘The Cross-Shaped Man.’ Register facebook.com/gongmensday $55/$45 (concession)

Kids Ministry Training Day 

Join us in our hall as we participate in the livestream of the SMBC Children’s Ministry Conference on Saturday 4th May with keynote speaker Sandy Galea. Register at smbc.edu.au and see Rach Bemmer for other details.

Safe Ministry Matters  

Our Safe Ministry Representative is Gemma Bartlett. Speak to her about everything related to safety in ministry on 0414 425 639 or email gemma.bartlett@jamberooanglican.com .

Catch up on Sermons and Questions

Listen to sermons and our Question Time on Apple Podcasts or Spotify by searching ‘Jamberoo Anglican’. You can also watch previous services at watch.jamberooanglican.com 

Giving update

Each week we need to receive $6300.00 in order to meet our commitments. For last month, our average weekly giving was $5402.00, leaving a gap of $898.00. 

Olimometer 2.52

Up to the end of last month, we needed to have received $81,900. Compared to that total we received $71,624, leaving a gap of $10,276.

Olimometer 2.52

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: 356831. BSB: 032605.

Bad Things Happening

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“You might have seen bad things happening on the TV news… you might be worried ‘bout the world and wonder what will happen to you.”

That’s how Colin Buchanan started his famous song ‘The Lord is King’ more than 20 years ago… and nothing has really changed.

Even though we get less of our news from the TV, we still are bombarded through social media with things that make us sad and lead us to wonder why there’s so much pain.

The tragic events of Westfield Bondi Junction, and the church in Wakeley in Sydney’s West, both show us the chaos of this world in which we live, and prove it’s impossible to be truly safe, even in a sophisticated city like Sydney.

Acting Premier Penny Sharpe said of the first attack, “this is not who we are,” which although is generally true, ignores the reality that it was an everyday Australian who committed this evil act against other, everyday Australians.

The world in which we live is a tragic mess, and though there are many, beautiful acts of kindness and heroism, we know that evil always lurks, waiting to explode before our very eyes.

This is why we put our trust in the Lord Jesus, who is king… and who is going to look after everything in this world.

It doesn’t mean that when you put your trust in God that life will be easy and safe, but it does mean that you have a certainty for eternity, and that no matter what you go through in this life, there will be justice for those who do evil, and hope for those who trust in Christ.

Blessed are all who find their place in the shelter of his grace.

JODIE McNEILL

Coming up this weekend 21st April 2024

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This Sunday we join together again for ‘Schools Out, Kids In’ as we continue to work to help make our intergenerational services even more age-appropriate for those who are Kindergarten through to Year 6, who will stay with us during the slightly-shorter sermon. Our creche will still run with a special holiday crew caring for the kids who haven’t yet started school, and that will operate during the sermon.

The sermon we’re hearing from Brad Vidilini who is preaching from Leviticus chapter 16 on the topic ‘Life in the Presence of God.‘

During these three weeks of school holidays we won’t be having a question time, but keep asking your questions so that we can store them up for Term 2 when we resume.

Every day (except Sundays) we meet at 7am online for an online half-hour morning prayer time at zoom.jamberooanglican.com and you’re very welcome to join us!

After church we’ll have brunch in the morning and dinner in the evening, so there’s plenty of time to chat and chew, together!

See you on Sunday, God willing!

Church news for the weekend of 14th April 2024

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‘The Spirit of Christ’

This term, Jodie is preaching a series called ‘The Spirit of Christ’ as we look at what Jesus said on the night before he died. On Sunday we finish the series by looking at ‘The Spirit of Mission’ from Acts 9:43-11:18.

Anzac Celebration

Jamberoo remembers Anzac Day next Saturday 20th April with the march stepping off at 10:30 then a service outside the School of Arts. Jodie will be speaking to the village and valley during the service.

Book of the Month

Our book of the month for April is ‘Caring For One Another’ by Ed Welch. Physical copies are available at our bookstall or buy online at: wanderingbookseller.com.au

Friday Kids and Youth

We’re taking the next two Fridays off during school holidays, but we normally meet for SPARK (Years 3 to 6) at 4:30-6pm, or Youth Group (Years 7 to 12) from 7-9pm at the church hall. 

KYCK is nearly here!  

Our youth are heading up to Katoomba in two weeks’ time for the annual KYCK Conference on Friday 26th to Sunday 28th April.

Gong Men’s Day  

Join with men from around the region at Figtree Anglican on Saturday 1st June 9am to 2:30pm with speaker Dave Jensen on the topic ‘The Cross-Shaped Man.’ Register at facebook.com/gongmensday $55/$45 (concession)

Kids Ministry Training Day 

Join us in our hall as we participate in the livestream of the SMBC Children’s Ministry Conference on Saturday 4th May with keynote speaker Sandy Galea. Register at smbc.edu.au and see Rach Bemmer for other details.

Safe Ministry Matters  

Our Safe Ministry Representative is Gemma Bartlett. Speak to her about everything related to safety in ministry on 0414 425 639 or email gemma.bartlett@jamberooanglican.com .

New Officeholders 

Our new Treasurer is Barbara Stephens. Our Rector’s appointment for Parish Council is Rowena Clarke. Our Nominators are June Bock, Philippa Cleall, Ben King (replacing Adam Vidilini), John Rosten, and Barbara Stephens.

Catch up on Sermons and Questions

Listen to sermons and our Question Time on Apple Podcasts or Spotify by searching ‘Jamberoo Anglican’. You can also watch previous services at watch.jamberooanglican.com 

Giving update

Each week we need to receive $6300.00 in order to meet our commitments. For last month, our average weekly giving was $5402.00, leaving a gap of $898.00. 

Olimometer 2.52

Up to the end of last month, we needed to have received $81,900. Compared to that total we received $71,624, leaving a gap of $10,276.

Olimometer 2.52

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: 356831. BSB: 032605.

School’s Out, Kids In!

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We love having an intergenerational church that welcomes and includes people of all ages within our everyday church, every week.

Normally, everyone begins in church together, and after around 45 minutes, the children from babies through to year six head out for their own, age-specific Bible teaching whilst the high school youths and older remain in church for the sermon.

However, during these school holidays we’re going to trial something new called ‘School’s Out, Kids In,’ where the kindergarten, infants and primary-aged school students will remain in church for the whole time, as we tweak our service to make it even more suitable to younger people.

This will mean that during these school holidays we’ll skip our normal Question Time, we’ll aim to have the sermon a little shorter, and we’ll make a number of minor tweaks that will help our younger people participate more with us all.

Our prayer is that this will help our kids feel that attending church is a normal experience for everyone, so that they will never know a time when they’re not welcomed and embraced fully during church.

The other benefit of this is that it means our children’s ministry team will have a break during the school holidays, allowing some holiday kids helpers to enjoy serving the younger kids in the creche program during the sermon.

We also will be blessed as our children’s minister Rach Bemmer is able to creatively shape church, as she leads the services, and works hard behind the scenes to help church be even better for kids as well as grown ups.

This holiday it’s just a trial, so we’d love your feedback as we seek to strengthen our ministry to younger people, as well as all of us as we enjoy life together, all ages and stages together in church.

JODIE McNEILL

Coming up this weekend the 14th April 2024

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This Sunday we are trying something a little different… it’s called ‘Schools Out, Kids In’ and it’s an opportunity during the next three weeks of school holidays for us to make our intergenerational services even more age-appropriate for those who are Kindergarten through to Year 6, who will stay with us during the slightly-shorter sermon.

Our creche will still run with a special holiday crew caring for the kids who haven’t yet started school, and that will operate during the sermon.

The sermon will be the final in our ‘The Spirit of Christ’ series, as Jodie looks at the other coming of the Holy Spirit during the book of Acts, when through the extraordinary events surrounding a Gentile called Cornelius, the Spirit led Peter and his friends to realise that the gospel was for all nations and peoples, not just for the Jews. The talk is called ‘The Spirit of Mission’ and it’s from Acts 9:43-11:18.

During the next three weeks of school holidays we won’t be having a question time, but keep asking your questions so that we can store them up for Term 2 when we resume.

Every day (except Sundays) we meet at 7am online for an online half-hour morning prayer time at zoom.jamberooanglican.com and you’re very welcome to join us!

After church we’ll have brunch in the morning and dinner in the evening, so there’s plenty of time to chat and chew, together!

See you on Sunday, God willing!

‘The Spirit of Christ’ 11: The Spirit of Power Acts 2:1-41 – Jodie McNeill 7th April 2024

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Better than before

Pentecost was a _______ day for God’s people

The Holy Spirit led them to _____

It’s a gift to hear words in your own ________

Pentecost reversed the _____ of Babel

The hearers were _______

They’re not _____, they’re prophesying

Joel said that God would pour out his ______

God used signs and wonders to _______ his son

God _________ his sovereignty and our responsibility

_____ could not hold onto Jesus

Psalms are _________ about God’s king

The resurrection was a ____, supernatural event

The hearers had to _______

We all must ______ of our sins and turn to Christ

We long for _________ to know Jesus!