Coming up this weekend 11th February 2024

This Sunday we continue our series by Jodie called The Spirit of Christ from John chapters 13 to 16 as we experience the extraordinary night before his death as he gathers with his disciples. We’re looking this weekend at John 13:18-28 as we see the Spirit of Abandonment.

Here are the questions that Jodie plans to answer during our church services:

1 Why did John spoil the surprise that Judas would betray Jesus?
2 How should we choose a good Bible commentary?
3 When Malachi 4:5 says Elijah is coming, is that John the Baptist or the Transfiguration?
4 Is climate change real?

If you’d like to add a question to the list, there’s still time… send and email or message and we’ll get Jodie to answer it this weekend.

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’ 1: The Spirit of Humility John 13:1-17 – Jodie McNeill – 4 Feb 24

Hours to live

We see the ______ of Christ

The ________ really mattered to Jews

Jesus was about to become the Passover ____

Jesus _____ his disciples

A disciple of Christ would ______ him

The devil ________ Judas

Jesus is the ____ of everything

Jesus knew that things were going according to ____

The king becomes a _____

The disciples were _______

Peter _______ to be washed

Only Jesus can make us _____

Jesus has already ______ their bodies

Jesus washed the feet of _____

We need Jesus to ____ washing our feet

Jesus is ____ and slave

Jesus commands us to _____ each other

We have given up our ______

How will being a _____ change your life?

As we serve, we’l be _______

Church News for the week beginning 4th February 2024

New Preaching Series

Starting this Sunday, Jodie is preaching a new series for Term One called ‘The Spirit of Christ’ as we look at what Jesus said on the night before he died from John 13 to 16.

Book of the Month

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

Welcome Rach!

Our brand-new Children’s Minister, Rach Bemmer, has started and we will meet her during our services on Sunday. Her email is rach.bemmer@jamberooanglican.com and her mobile is 0466 611 838

Relational Evangelism Meeting

Relational Evangelism is easier when you get support. Our monthly RECC support gathering is next Wednesday 7th. Choose either 3pm in our church hall, or 7:30pm at Kiama Anglican. RSVP to Steve Bligh.

Youth and Children’s Groups 

Our normal midweek weekly groups for children and youth run each Friday with Spark (years 4 to 6) at 4:30pm and Youth (years 7 to 12) at 7pm in the hall.

Face-to-Face Safe Ministry  

Prefer face-to-face learning? Attend the ‘Safe Ministry Refresher Course’ at Oak Flats on 17th February 9am to 12:30pm or the full ’Essentials’ course at Gerringong on 23rd March 9am to 3pm. Register: safeministry.training/face-to-face-training 

Midweek Small Groups 

By being a member of a Small Group, you are helping us all to care for each other as we grow in our knowledge and love of God. Join a group by filling in the Connect Card or contacting a staff member.

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 $5513.00, leaving a gap of $787.00. 

Olimometer 2.52

Up to the end of last month, we needed to have received $54,600. Compared to that total we received $48,216, leaving a gap of $6,384.

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.

The Spirit Of Christ

If we want to discover the spirit of a country, then we need simply explore how it reacts to a major event, such as a natural disaster, a financial crisis, or a painful war.

Likewise, we can uncover the spirit of a person by seeing how they endure a crisis, watching how they display their true colours as they instinctively react to difficult and painful events.

For this reason, the night before Jesus’ death gives us a remarkable and candid insight into the spirit of Christ, as we see what was at his heart as he approached his crucifixion.

What he said and did on his final night was a powerful and intimate display of his spirit.

We saw this in how he acted to humbly serve his disciples, and how he then dedicated himself to caring for them and their grief, even as he approached unimaginable suffering of his own.

Yet, the most significant event of that darkest night was when Jesus spoke of how the Father would send the Spirit of Christ, the Holy Spirit, upon his disciples:

“I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth.” (John 14:16-17)

Jesus revealed his spirit in more ways than one: he showed what was at his heart, but more than that, he revealed what life would be like when his Holy Spirit was poured out on them bringing comfort, assurance, and an empowerment to boldly proclaim the gospel.

Over the next two months we’re looking at John chapters 13 to 16, and as we witness Jesus’ reaction to his coming death, we’ll also see the blessing of receiving his promised Holy Spirit.

JODIE McNEILL

Coming up this weekend 4th February 2024

Well, this Sunday we kick off our brand-new series by Jodie called The Spirit of Christ from John chapters 13 to 16 as we experience the extraordinary night before his death as he gathers with his disciples.

Here are the questions that Jodie plans to answer during our church services:

1 Why are the disciples often asleep at important times?
2 If the disciples were asleep, how did they know the details of the Transfiguration?
3 What does the Bible teach about divorce, being widowed, and remarriage?

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 week beginning 28th January 2024

OUR SERMON

This Sunday we’re going to hear Andrew McPhail speak to us on the topic‘We Weren’t Expecting That!’ from Luke 9:28-36.’

NEW PREACHING SERIES

Starting next week, Jodie will be preaching a new series for Term One called ‘The Promise of the Holy Spirit’ as we look at what Jesus said on the night before he died about the Holy Spirit from John 14-16.

YOUTH AND CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS IN HOLIDAYS

Our normal midweek weekly groups for children and youth starting again this Friday 3rd February with Spark (years 4 to 6) at 4:30pm and Youth (years 7 to 12) at 7pm in the hall.

WELCOME RACHEL!

Our brand-new Children’s Minister, Rachel Bemmer, started with us on Monday. Praise God! Her email is rach.bemmer@jamberooanglican.com and her mobile is 0466 611 838

MORNING PRAYER

Join us at 7am every day (except Sunday) at zoom.jamberooanglican.com as we gather to read the Bible, pray, and encourage each other as the new day dawns.

JANUARY BOOK OF THE MONTH

Our book of the month for January is ‘Do More Better’ by Tim Challies. Physical copies are available at our bookstall or buy online at: wanderingbookseller.com.au

SUPPORT MOUSSA

To subscribe to Moussa’s supporters’ email and to find out more about other ways to support him and his ministry, email him at moussa277@gmail.com To contribute financially visit gradsfund.org/support/give and select “Moussa Ghazal” where it asks “Please select for whom you are giving”

GIVING UPDATE

Each week we need to receive $6300.00 in order to meet our commitments. For last month, our average weekly giving was $5513.00, leaving a gap of $787.00. Up to the end of last month, we needed to have received $54,600. Compared to that total we received $48,216, leaving a gap of $6,384.

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.

Integrating Enquirers

If you’ve ever visited our church you’ll know that we love to include and integrate enquirers into every aspect of our church.

So, if someone wants to come and check out Jesus, then our everyday church is the perfect place to drop in and see what we’re on about.

This is also true of our home groups, as we love to have people along who might prefer the relaxed nature of meeting with a few others to talk about what Jesus has said and the real difference he makes in our lives.

Some people think that it’s too tricky to run a group that helps mature Christians grow stronger, whilst also being a place that helps visitors learn about the basics of what Christians believe.

But, the thing about the Bible is that as it helps us understand more about who God is and who we are, it ends up being a message that is for everyone, no matter what their place on their journey of faith.

This is what we see in the Apostle Paul’s second letter to his colleague Timothy, where he says:

“But you must remain faithful to the things you have been taught. You know they are true, for you know you can trust those who taught you. You have been taught the holy Scriptures from childhood, and they have given you the wisdom to receive the salvation that comes by trusting in Christ Jesus.” (2 Timothy 3:14-15)

The same things that enquirers are taught as they come to know Jesus for the first time are the same things that long-term followers of Jesus need to keep hearing and believing.

Which is why it makes so much sense to be integrating new believers into the everyday life of our church… so you’re very welcome, no matter where you are on your journey to know Jesus!

JODIE McNEILL

Coming up this weekend 28th January 2024

This Sunday Andy McPhail will be speaking to us on the topic, ‘We weren’t expecting that!’ from Luke 9:28-36.

If you can’t join us in person, then connect with us by livestream by going to watch.jamberooanglican.com or follow us on Facebook.

Our weekly Question Time has only one question so far:

1 What did the image on last week’s sermon page represent?

That’s only one question… which means there’s lots of room for your question… so hit ‘reply’ and send in your questions, and Jodie will add it to the list and answer it during church this Sunday.

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 week beginning 21st January 2024

OUR SERMON

This Sunday we’re going to hear Trevor Lucas speak to us on the topic ‘God of Mercy, God of Judgement, God of Justice’

YOUTH AND CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS IN HOLIDAYS

Our normal midweek weekly groups for children and youth are taking a break over Christmas and will resume late January. But remember, every Sunday’s perfect for people of all ages and stages!

JANUARY PREACHERS

In January we welcome to our pulpit Trevor Lucas (21st January) and Andy McPhail (28th January).

WELCOME RACHEL!

Our brand-new Children’s Minister, Rachel Bemmer, officially starts with us on Monday. Praise God! Her email is rach.bemmer@jamberooanglican.com and her mobile is 0466 611 838

MORNING PRAYER

Join us at 7am every day (except Sunday) at zoom.jamberooanglican.com as we gather to read the Bible, pray, and encourage each other as the new day dawns.

JANUARY BOOK OF THE MONTH

Our book of the month for January is ‘Do More Better’ by Tim Challies. Physical copies are available at our bookstall or buy online at: wanderingbookseller.com.au

SUPPORT MOUSSA

To subscribe to Moussa’s supporters’ email and to find out more about other ways to support him and his ministry, email him at moussa277@gmail.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 $5513.00, leaving a gap of $787.00. Up to the end of last month, we needed to have received $54,600. Compared to that total we received $48,216, leaving a gap of $6,384.

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.

No place like home

When you ask someone to share a coffee or a meal, then the next question is often, “which cafe should we go to?”

These days we tend to ‘eat out’ much more than we invite people to our homes, which is a sign of our increased wealth and our changing lifestyle.

Yet, there is something very special about enjoying food and fellowship with someone in your home, as you get to share an intimacy and vulnerability that comes from letting others see what your life is really like, and vice versa.

The Old Testament people of God knew about the intensity of the fellowship of a meal, and that’s why they were forbidden from sharing a meal with a non-Jew; it was such a powerful moment of fellowship that dining with an unclean person could make someone unholy.

This is what made Jesus’ behaviour so controversial, for he invited, “disreputable sinners,” to eat with him in homes, which lead the teachers of religious law to ask his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with such scum?” (Matthew 9:11) 

This is why that contemporary experts in evangelism encourage Christians to use meals as a platform to help people know how good it is to follow Jesus, especially now that we live in such a ‘post Christian’ world.

That’s why our small group leaders are now discussing whether it’s possible to turn our ‘growth groups’ into ‘home groups,’ so that we might start our times of Bible study and prayer with a meal around someone’s dining table each time.

What better way to help people in our village, valley, and region to know how to follow Jesus and why it matters, than to use our home groups as a hub for relational evangelism?

What do you think: could your growth group work better with a meal in a home?

JODIE McNEILL