Church news for the week beginning 28th August 2021

OUR SERMON

This weekend we will be looking into Matthew Chapter 6 as Jodie McNeill preaches to us from God’s word on ‘Living for the Kingdom’.

CHURCH ONLINE

Join us for online church this weekend! We would love you come along to our 5 pm Saturday or 9 am Sunday service. Head to watch.jamberooanglican.com to tune in.

DINNER AND MORNING TEA ONLINE

We would love you to join us in sharing a meal together on zoom for dinner on Saturday night or morning tea on Sunday morning after church. Join us at zoom.jamberooanglican.com.

MISSION OF THE MONTH

Our mission of the month for August is CMS. To find out more about how to personally partner visit www.cms.org.au

Anglican Aid Worldwide Covid-19 Relief Appeal

Anglican Aid is launching a new Worldwide COVID-19 Relief Appeal. This appeal will support our Christian partners as they care for COVID patients, by providing ventilators, oxygen machines, medicine, protective equipment, emergency food relief, and more. If you would like to give to the appeal or learn more click here.

KBECET PIE DRIVE

If you would like to financially support scripture teaching at Kiama High School, then please consider ordering some pies! Fill out the online form to order from a delicious range of pies from our local Gainsborough Bakery and support this vital ministry.

BOOK OF THE MONTH

For August we will be reading The Art of Rest by Adam Marby. Head over to the books page on our website to grab a copy!

DAILY MORNING PRAYERS

Join us each morning (except Thursday and Sunday) at 7:30am for 30 mins of prayer on Zoom. Join using zoom.jamberooanglican.com.

PRAY WITH PRAYERMATE

Our church is now on PrayerMate. Subscribe for daily prayer points on your device from us and our partners. Use this link to follow us on PrayerMate.

FAMILY NEWS

BIRTHDAYS

28 August – Isla Hudson
29 August – Jasmine Hall
2 September – Robyn Lucas
3 September – Elise Baker

GIVING UPDATE

Each week we need to receive $6300.00 in order to meet our commitments. For the month of June, our average weekly giving was $5513.00, leaving a gap of $787.00. Up to the end of the last calendar 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 NEW details. Account name: Jamberoo Anglican Church. Account number: 356831. BSB: 032605.

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


Forgive and forget?

The terrorist attack in Afghanistan at Kabul Airport were a brazen show of aggression by ISIS that has claimed many lives, including at least 12 soldiers from the United States.

After the attack, President Biden said, “To those who carried out this attack, as well as anyone who wishes America harm, know this: we will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay.”

Contrast this with the words of Jesus, who said, “love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!” (Matthew 5:44), and “If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.” (Matthew 6:14-15)

This is what makes the Sermon on the Mount so counter-cultural, so radically different to the ways of the world.

There is no doubt that the actions of those associated with the Taliban are evil, and that it is right to use force to defend those under attack and abuse.

Yet, if we are to follow the lead of the ultimate king of kings, the one who rules over presidents, then we should be praying that members of the Taliban repent of their sins and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Then, the great miracle is that Jesus will forgive them for whatever atrocities they may have performed, and will love them and adopt them into his family.

It’s not that this forgiveness is without cost: Jesus gave his very life so that enemies like you, me, and repentant members of the Taliban, might be saved from the anger that God rightly had for us.

As we are broken-hearted at the hideous actions of the Taliban, let us pray that the Holy Spirit might lead them to come to Jesus and ask for forgiveness… which we know he will graciously give.

JODIE McNEILL

(Photo credit: Matt Johnson via Flickr)

Coming up this weekend 28th – 29th August 2021

This weekend Jodie will be preaching on Matthew chapter 6 on the topic, ‘The Kingdom of God’.

Join us Saturday at 5pm or Sunday morning at 9am via our livestream. We would love to have you with us!

Head to watch.jamberooanglican.com to participate in our livestream.

If you have any questions, head to our quick links page to fill out a response slip or email us at office@jamberooanglican.com or send an SMS to 0439 890 086.

Messiah Masterclass 5 – ‘The Good Life’ – Matthew 5 – Jodie McNeill – 21 & 22 August 2021

Great speeches

Jesus’ most ______ speech

What do we do with the ______ on the Mount?

Jesus came to Israel and he __________ Israel

Jesus is speaking in the last days of the ___ Testament

Israel is _______ because the Messiah has come

These are the eternal _________ of following Jesus

Now is the time for God’s people to _____

Jesus was __________ Israel’s Law, not throwing it out

Israel needed Jesus to _________ them as true Israelite

God always looks to the _____

We should always seek ______________

We should seek to be ____ free

Marriage is for life, even when it’s ____

Life in the Kingdom is about truth and _______

We should show _____ because we’ve received mercy

Jesus loved his _______, and so should we

Common grace means atheists get _______, too

Our aim is to seek _______ love and mercy

A life of grace

Church news for the week beginning 21st August 2021


OUR SERMON

This weekend we will be looking into Matthew Chapter 5 as Jodie McNeill preaches to us from God’s word on ‘The Good Life’.

CHURCH ONLINE

We are going full steam ahead with online church this weekend! Please join us for our service as we zoom people in live to help run our service. If you would be interested in service leading, praying, or reading the bible live from your home then please let us know.

DINNER AND MORNING TEA ONLINE

We would love you to join us in sharing a meal together on zoom for dinner on Saturday night or morning tea on Sunday morning after church.

MISSION OF THE MONTH

Our mission of the month for August is CMS. To find out more about how to personally partner visit www.cms.org.au

GAFCON DEVOTIONS FOR AUGUST

At the invitation of Gafcon Global, Jodie has written daily devotions on 1 Kings. You can read them or subscribe to receive them in your email inbox each day by following this link: https://www.gafcon.org/devotion

NEW BOOK OF THE MONTH

We are excited to announce that each month will have a book we can read together as a church. For August we will be reading The Art of Rest by Adam Marby. Head over to the books page on our website to grab a copy!

PRAY WITH PRAYERMATE

Our church is now on PrayerMate. Subscribe for daily prayer points on your device from us and our partners.

FAMILY NEWS

BIRTHDAYS

21 August – Arlen King
21 August – John Stuckey
21 August – John Rosten
26 August – Kiarnay Cignarella
28 August – Isla Hudson

GIVING UPDATE

Each week we need to receive $6300.00 in order to meet our commitments. For the month of June, our average weekly giving was $5513.00, leaving a gap of $787.00. Up to the end of the last calendar 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 NEW details. Account name: Jamberoo Anglican Church. Account number: 356831. BSB: 032605.

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


Disaster and Disappointment

It is difficult to appreciate how hard it must be to have served in the defence forces in Afghanistan, or to be in their family, only to see the tragic fall to the Taliban this week.

Our soldiers sought to protect and defend a nation from a group of people who claim inspiration from the Koran to drive them to abuse women and use violence to persecute people of a different faith.

It is a sad reminder that life on earth will never deliver true joy and peace whilst sin continues to impact every part of life.

We must set our eyes on things above, focusing ourselves on the life that is to come as we await the return of Jesus.

Yet, in the meantime, it is right for us to defend those who suffer abuse at evil hands, and to take comfort that justice and judgement is coming one day.

For the members of our allied forces, is may feel that the last twenty years have been in vain, and yet in the process of seeking justice and protecting the innocent, there has been a demonstration of God’s just character.

However, we must be reminded afresh that life on earth will never be like heaven, and so we should continue to love and serve as we point people to the hope that is found only in Christ in his kingdom.

Earthly kingdoms will rise and fall, but the kingdom of God will not pass away.

The victory of King Jesus on the cross, shown with his powerful resurrection from the dead, is both the means of and the evidence for the power of God and our confidence in the life that is to come.

Let us pray for Afghanistan, and let us pray for the speedy return of Jesus, who will come to judge the living and the dead.

JODIE McNEILL     

(Photo credit: Silvia Alessi via Flickr)

Coming up this weekend 21st – 22nd August 2021

This weekend Jodie will be preaching on Matthew chapter 5 on the topic, ‘The good life’.

Join us Saturday at 5pm or Sunday morning at 9am. We can’t wait to have you join us!

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.

Head to watch.jamberooanglican.com to participate in our livestream.

AAPB – An Australian Prayer Book

Here’s a PDF of ‘An Australian Prayer Book’, the resource we use each morning for Morning Prayer.