Coming Up This Sunday June 15th at Jamberoo Anglican!

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Come and join us this Sunday at either 9am or 4pm. We are going to be hearing from God’s word as Tony Galea preaches to us from 1 John 5 with a sermon titled ” Truth About Faith.”

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

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

See you on Sunday, God willing!

Church News for Sunday 8th June at Jamberoo Anglican

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Service Times

Please join us on for fellowship on Sunday morning at 9am or Sunday afternoon at 4pm.

Sunday’s Sermon

This weekend we are going to be hearing from God’s word as Tony Galea preaches to us from 1 John 4 with the title “Truth About God.”

Kid’s Church

During the sermon, kids can join our Kids Ministry Leaders in the hall for some fun, games, and age-appropriate teaching from the Bible. All children are welcome!

Partnering To Make A Difference!

We’re excited to announce a new partnership between our church and Jamberoo Public School to support a lunchtime group for students (SUPA Club)! This weekly gathering on Friday provides a safe, welcoming space where students can connect, enjoy community, and explore faith during their lunch break.

Friday Kids and Youth

Each Friday during term we meet for our kids and youth groups of SPARK (Years 3 to 6) at 4:30-6pm, and Youth Group (Years 7 to 12) from 7-9pm at the church hall.

Are You Able to Help?

The Anglican Church of Melanesia, Bishop James Tama (Bishop of Central Vanuatu and Noumea) and his wife
are asking if they could spend 2 months of their Sabbatical Leave in NSW and the Sydney Diocese. If you have a
spare bedroom, or a unit, or a cottage (can be on the coast) that is free, and available for a couple of weeks or a
month I would love to hear from you. The Bishop’s stipend in Vanuatu is very different to Australian standards.
He is not able to pay for the accommodation. 
Please speak to Tony Galea, or June Bock.

Ron and Julie Irving

We are pleased to announce that our new Senior Minister is Ron Irving! He and his wife Julie are starting at Jamberoo on October 27th. In the meantime, please pray for the parish of St Matt’s that they are leaving behind, as they begin the process of appointing a new minister.

Helpers Needed

We are in need of some volunteers for operating the Slides at church! No expertise required, talk to Tony if you’re keen.

Fiji Fundraising

Hugo is heading to Fiji with Year 13 in July! if you would like to support him, search ‘Fundraising Year 13’, click the link, then click ‘Student Fundraising.’ Find Hugo McNeill, and select the amount you would like to donate. Or follow this link: https://www.year13.net/student-fundraising

Book of the Month

Our book of the month for June is “The Meaning of Marriage” by Timothy Keller. Tim takes us through what God designed marriage to be, helpfully creating a distinction between romantic idealism and true love within marriage. Tim settles on the fact that marriage is not about finding a perfect partner, but about two imperfect people helping each other grow in Christlikeness within a bond of enduring commitment. Physical copies are available at our bookstall or to buy online at: wanderingbookseller.com.au

Safe Ministry Matters  

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

Christianity Explained

Are you or a friend interested in understanding the Christian Faith more? Our church is offering this short course of 4 sessions, of about 1 hour each. It’s an easy & straightforward way to know. See Tony Galea after the service for details.

Our Finances

Please pray and be generous as we remember God’s generosity to us!

When God Seems Far Away – Focus On Who God Is!

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Regardless of circumstances & how you feel, hang on to God’s unchanging character.

Remember God is good & loving, He is all powerful, He knows everything about me. God is in control & He has a plan for me. Not to mention He has given me Jesus for my Salvation.

So don’t be troubled by trouble. Circumstances cannot change the character of God.

God is still for you even when you don’t feel it. Even when Job went through the wars & nothing made sense in his pain & troubles, he still trusted God because he knew the character of God.

We, on the other hand, know even more the character of God in the Lord Jesus.

Jesus died for you. He was crucified as a criminal. He was abused & ridiculed by heartless men. While His lifeblood drained out, hecklers stood by & shouted insults making fun of His claim to be God. Jesus reached the darkest place by being abandoned by His Father. Words cannot describe the darkness of the moment. Why did God allow this injustice?

2 Cor 5:20 We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Jesus gave up everything so we could have everything. He became sin so we could be forgiven our sin. He died so we could live forever.

Next time we are going thought troubles, remember the character of God. He loves YOU!

He has the big picture in mind. He will always do what’s best for us despite weather we understand our situation or not!

God is good & God loves you!

Praise God & be Thankful!

Tony Galea

Life is all about love.

Because God is love, the most important lesson he wants you to learn on earth is how to love. It is in loving each other are we most like God. Learning to love unselfishly (agape) runs counter to our self-centred nature.

Love cannot be learned in isolation. You have to be around people, especially those who are irritating, imperfect & frustrating people. Do you know people like that?

Then learn to love them!

Life without love is worthless. Love will last forever. Love will be evaluated by our love.

That love will take time with each other.

The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is NOW!

Who is someone you need to Love?

Tony Galea

Coming Up This Sunday June 8th at Jamberoo Anglican!

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Come and join us this Sunday at either 9am or 4pm. We are going to be hearing from God’s word as Tony Galea preaches to us from 1 John 4 with a sermon titled ” Truth About God.”

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

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

See you on Sunday, God willing!

Church News for Sunday 1st June at Jamberoo Anglican

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Service Times

Please join us on for fellowship on Sunday morning at 9am or Sunday afternoon at 4pm.

Sunday’s Sermon

This weekend we are going to be hearing from God’s word as Tony Galea preaches to us from 1 John 3 with the title “Loving One Another.”

Kid’s Church

During the sermon, kids can join our Kids Ministry Leaders in the hall for some fun, games, and age-appropriate teaching from the Bible. All children are welcome!

Friday Kids and Youth

Each Friday during term we meet for our kids and youth groups of SPARK (Years 3 to 6) at 4:30-6pm, and Youth Group (Years 7 to 12) from 7-9pm at the church hall.

Are You Able to Help?

The Anglican Church of Melanesia, Bishop James Tama (Bishop of Central Vanuatu and Noumea) and his wife
are asking if they could spend 2 months of their Sabbatical Leave in NSW and the Sydney Diocese. If you have a
spare bedroom, or a unit, or a cottage (can be on the coast) that is free, and available for a couple of weeks or a
month I would love to hear from you. The Bishop’s stipend in Vanuatu is very different to Australian standards.
He is not able to pay for the accommodation. 
Please speak to Tony Galea, or June Bock.

Ron and Julie Irving

We are pleased to announce that our new Senior Minister is Ron Irving! He and his wife Julie are starting at Jamberoo on October 26th. In the meantime, please pray for the parish of St Matt’s that they are leaving behind, as they begin the process of appointing a new minister.

Helpers Needed

We are in need of some volunteers for operating the Slides at church! No expertise required, talk to Tony if you’re keen.

Fiji Fundraising

Hugo is heading to Fiji with Year 13 in July! if you would like to support him, search ‘Fundraising Year 13’, click the link, then click ‘Student Fundraising.’ Find Hugo McNeill, and select the amount you would like to donate. Or follow this link: https://www.year13.net/student-fundraising

Book of the Month

Our book of the month for June is “The Meaning of Marriage” by Timothy Keller. Tim takes us through what God designed marriage to be, helpfully creating a distinction between romantic idealism and true love within marriage. Tim settles on the fact that marriage is not about finding a perfect partner, but about two imperfect people helping each other grow in Christlikeness within a bond of enduring commitment. Physical copies are available at our bookstall or to buy online at: wanderingbookseller.com.au

Safe Ministry Matters  

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

Christianity Explained

Are you or a friend interested in understanding the Christian Faith more? Our church is offering this short course of 4 sessions, of about 1 hour each. It’s an easy & straightforward way to know. See Tony Galea after the service for details.

Our Finances

Please pray and be generous as we remember God’s generosity to us!

Protecting Jamberoo Anglican

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It is all our responsibility to protect the unity of God’s Church.

Unity is so important to God that the New Testament gives more attention to it than either heaven or hell. Break unity with your own desires, & you rip the heart out of the Body of Christ. Nothing on earth is more valuable to God than His Church!

Paul says in Ephesians 4:3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. You see, you have a responsibility to protect unity!

How do we do that?

1. Focus on what we have in common & not our differences.

Conflict, is usually a sign that the focus is on our own desires. Whether you like this Minister or that Minister, whether you like the music or not, or whether you think Children’s or Youth ministry is done right or not, is not as important than the unity of God’s Church.

It’s OK to disagree, but too many times we do that at the expense of loving one another.

2. Choose to encourage rather than criticize.

It is always easier to stand on the side lines & take shots at those who are serving.

The Bible calls Satan the accuser. It’s the Devils job to blame, complain & to criticise.

Don’t do his work!

3. Refuse to listen to Gossip.

Remember people who gossip to you will probably gossip about you!

They are the people who often want to criticize anonymously.

4. Practice the Matthew 18 Principle.

15 “If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you.”

The principle is, if you have a problem with someone don’t try to win favour with others to criticise & carry on like a turkey. Go to your brother or sister lovingly without triangulation & explain your difficulty.

5. Support your leader.

There are no perfect leaders, but God gives leaders the responsibility & authority to preach & pastor people & to do what’s best for the whole of God’s Church not just the individuals that support him. When leaders are involved with other things at the expense of their God given responsibilities, he will not be effective at his ministry.

God blesses churches that are united. So protect, promote & pray for unity above your own agenda’s & let’s give Ron & Julie Irving every possible reason to do their ministry with the greatest of joy & pleasure!

Tony Galea

John’s letter has been compared to a spiral staircase because he keeps returning to the same three topics: love, obedience, and truth. Though these themes recur, it is not true that they are merely repetitious. Each time we return to a topic, we look at it from a different point of view and are taken more deeply into it.
We have already learned about our love for other believers—“the brethren” (1 John 2:7–11)—but the emphasis in 1 John 2 was on fellowship. A believer who is “walking in the light” will evidence that fact by loving their brother and sister. In our present section, the emphasis is on his relationship with other believers which will create unity & harmony in the Church.


Christians love one another because they have all been born of God, which makes them all brothers and sisters in Christ.


We are Family. We are One In Love!

Tony Galea

Coming Up This Sunday June 1st at Jamberoo Anglican!

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Come and join us this Sunday at either 9am or 4pm. We are going to be hearing from God’s word as Tony Galea preaches to us from 1 John 3 with a sermon titled ” Loving One Another.”

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

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

See you on Sunday, God willing!

Church News for Sunday May 25th

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Service Times

Please join us on for fellowship on Sunday morning at 9am or Sunday afternoon at 4pm.

Sunday’s Sermon

This weekend we are going to be hearing from God’s word as Tony Galea preaches to us from 1 John 3 with the title “Genuine Christians.”

Kid’s Church

During the sermon, kids can join our Kids Ministry Leaders in the hall for some fun, games, and age-appropriate teaching from the Bible. All children are welcome!

Friday Kids and Youth

Each Friday during term we meet for our kids and youth groups of SPARK (Years 3 to 6) at 4:30-6pm, and Youth Group (Years 7 to 12) from 7-9pm at the church hall.

Are You Able to Help?

The Anglican Church of Melanesia, Bishop James Tama (Bishop of Central Vanuatu and Noumea) and his wife
are asking if they could spend 2 months of their Sabbatical Leave in NSW and the Sydney Diocese. If you have a
spare bedroom, or a unit, or a cottage (can be on the coast) that is free, and available for a couple of weeks or a
month I would love to hear from you. The Bishop’s stipend in Vanuatu is very different to Australian standards.
He is not able to pay for the accommodation. 
Please speak to Tony Galea, or June Bock.

Ron and Julie Irving

We are pleased to announce that our new Senior Minister is Ron Irving! He and his wife Julie are starting at Jamberoo on October 26th. In the meantime, please pray for the parish of St Matt’s that they are leaving behind, as they begin the process of appointing a new minister.

Helpers Needed

We are in need of some volunteers for operating the Slides at church! No expertise required, talk to Tony if you’re keen.

Fiji Fundraising

Hugo is heading to Fiji with Year 13 in July! if you would like to support him, search ‘Fundraising Year 13’, click the link, then click ‘Student Fundraising.’ Find Hugo McNeill, and select the amount you would like to donate. Or follow this link: https://www.year13.net/student-fundraising

Book of the Month

Our book of the month for May is “Gathered Together: The Beauty of Living as God’s Church “ by Karl Deenick. Karl explores the biblical vision of the church, with emphasis on its identity as God’s gathered people, its purpose in loving God and neighbor, and the joy and commitment of being an active member of a local church community. Physical copies are available at our bookstall or to buy online at: wanderingbookseller.com.au

Safe Ministry Matters  

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

Christianity Explained

Are you or a friend interested in understanding the Christian Faith more? Our church is offering this short course of 4 sessions, of about 1 hour each. It’s an easy & straightforward way to know. See Tony Galea after the service for details.

Our Finances

Please pray and be generous as we remember God’s generosity to us!

Coming Up This Sunday May 25th at Jamberoo Anglican!

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Come and join us this Sunday at either 9am or 4pm. We are going to be hearing from God’s word as Tony Galea preaches to us from 1 John 3 with a sermon titled ” Genuine Christians.”

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

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

See you on Sunday, God willing!

Jamberoo: A Place To Belong!

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Christians are called to belong, not just believe. From the very beginning God said: ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him’ (Gen 2:18)

We were created to be family, for community, for fellowship, for partnership with each other and with God. We were not created to be independent and fly solo. We were created to belong. The Bible says we are put together, joined together, built together, members together, heirs together, fitted and held together.

Even in Acts 2:42-47 the first noted Christian Church, they did everything together.

They ate, shared, learnt the Word of God and prayed together. They were generous with what they owned for each other.

When the community around them saw how much they loved each otherand how they all belonged to God’s family. They thought to themselves: “I want what they’ve got!”

What a great witness!

All through the Bible, it speaks if we are genuine Christians we belong to the Lord, we belong to Christ, we belong to the family, the household, the body, the church we belong to each other! As the body of Christ, if we are disconnected, cut-off from each other we cease to grow in our faith.

The difference between being a church attender and a church member is in our commitment to belong. Genuine Christians belong to Jesus but at the same time, belong to each other. Attenders often want the benefits of church without sharing the responsibility, it’s like couples who live together without the commitment to marriage.

You become a genuine Christian by committing yourself to Christ and then committing yourself to God’s Church. The first brings salvation, the second brings fellowship.

Both bring an awesome sense of belonging!

Rom 12:5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.

Tony Galea

What is the difference between a fake and genuine Christian?

The difference is that a true Christian knows God. A fake Christian may talk about God and get involved in “religious activities,” but he does not really know God. The person who has been “born of God” through faith in Christ knows God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

So a genuine Child of God knows God and, they live lives a life of obedience. They do not practice sin, even though from time to time they will sin. Isn’t so good we can confess our sin & be forgiven!

Satan baits his traps with pleasures that appeal to the old nature. But none of his bait appeals to the new divine nature within a Christian. If a believer yields to his old nature, they will hanker for the bait, take it, and sin. But if they follow stay close to the Lord, they will refuse the bait, obey God and live a genuine life pleasing to God!

Tony Galea