Alive with Christ

This weekend Jodie McNeill will be continuing our series on 1 Kings ‘Power and Hope’ as we look through chapters five and six.

If you have any questions, simply fill out a response slip during the service, email us at office@jamberooanglican.com or send an SMS to 0439 890 086.

Here are the questions that Jodie plans to answer this weekend. If your question isn’t here, then don’t worry… we’ll try and fit it in over the coming weeks!

1 Why did Bathsheba say, “may my Lord King David live forever!”, when he was about to die?
2 Why didn’t King Solomon show mercy to his brother-in-law?
3 Did God’s promises justify the murders by King Solomon when he first became king?
4 What do you think about capital punishment?
5 When someone says, “surely as the Lord lives” (1 Kings 2:24), do they think that God can die?
6 Why did Jesus tell people he healed not to share the news of their healing with others?
7 Was God happy for Solomon to have so many wives?
8 Is it right for a Christian to marry a non-Christian?
9 Is it wrong for Christians to read and believe in star signs?
10 Does a person need to have a true faith in God to possess godly wisdom?

Join us this Saturday at 5pm where after church at 7pm we’re having a pizza party birthday bash for Jodie & Mandy!

Or join us Sunday at 9am where we’ll gather for church, and then after will have fellowship over morning tea and tasty espresso!

We have kids programs at both of our services! Join us for ‘Joeys’ (toddlers through to preschool), ‘Junior Roos’ (for school years K to 2), and ‘Senior Roos’ (for school years 3 to 6). Our service is live streamed to the TV in the hall so if you need to stay with your child, you won’t miss out on God’s word.

If you can’t make it in person, head to watch.jamberooanglican.com to watch our livestream. To catch up on previous sermons, head to our Youtube channel youtube.jamberooanglican.com.

When people mention the season of Lent, they usually think of giving up things like chocolate, alcohol, or even social media.

But at the heart of this forty-day journey to Good Friday is giving up sin… thinking about specific areas of our life where we know that we give in easily to temptation.

This will vary from person to person, although the heart of the problem is the same: we all, by nature, disobey God, and do not naturally pursue holiness.

So, as we count down the days to Easter, it’s a good time to ask God to speak through his Spirit as we read his word so that he might identify to us any areas of sin we should give special attention to flee.

I’m reminded of the words by the writer to the Hebrews who spoke so sharply when he addressed the real struggle of the Christian life:

Heb. 12:1    Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. 2 We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honour beside God’s throne. 3 Think of all the hostility he endured from sinful people; then you won’t become weary and give up. 4 After all, you have not yet given your lives in your struggle against sin.

As we take this Lenten journey, let’s take encouragement from the cheering on of the faithful Christians who went before us, and let us focus on Jesus, who endured the cross for us.

JODIE McNEILL

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OUR BIBLE TALK

This weekend Jodie continues our new series on 1 Kings called ‘Power and Hope’, as we look at chapter two with the title, ‘Executing Justice‘.

PROPERTY & FINANCE UPDATE

During our services this weekend our Treasurer James Rosten will share with us an important update about the plans for OHSC (Before and After-school Care), as well as a word about how the finances work at our church.

MOTHER’S UNION CONFERENCE

Join Gemma in watching this online conference together at church on Friday 26th February, from 10am to 1:30pm.

SRE KICKS OFF

Pray for our Scripture (SRE) teachers as they commence teaching at Jamberoo Public School, and share the great news of Jesus with the kids of our village.

NEW TIME FOR MORNING PRAYER

Now you can sleep in! We’re moving our daily morning prayer to the new time of 7:30am each day. Join us at zoom.jamberooanglican.com as we spend half an hour reading the Bible and praying together.

KEEN TO JOIN A BIBLE STUDY?

In the coming weeks we’re keen to start some new, midweek Bible Study groups. Stay tuned for more details… and let us know your preferred days/times.

MISSION OF THE MONTH

Our mission of the month is Anglicare. To find out more visit www.anglicare.org.au

NEW KIDS PROGRAMS

We’ve got all-new names for our kids programs this weekend. Introducing ‘Joeys’ (for toddlers through to pre-school), ‘Junior Roos’ (for kids in K to 2), and ‘Senior Roos’ (for our year 3 to 6 crew).

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Our Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 9th March at 7pm in the hall. An important night for our church to reflect on 2020 and plan for 2021.

YOUTUBE CHANNEL

To watch videos of our Bible talks and other memories of our church, visit youtube.jamberooanglican.com and be sure to subscribe to our channel!

FAMILY NEWS

BIRTHDAYS
17th Karen Mion

GIVING UPDATE

Each week we need to receive $3600.00 in order to meet our commitments. In the last calendar month, our average weekly giving was $3711.00, leaving a gap of $-111.00.  Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $31,200. Compared to that total we received $28,331, leaving a gap of $2,869.

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: 10081274. BSB: 062562.

To give to our tax-deductible MTS Scholars Fund to support our apprentice youth minister, head to mts.com.au/give/jamberoo-anglican-church/