Coming up this weekend 19-20th June 2021

This weekend Jodie will be preaching on 1 Kings 22, as he presents to us the final sermon in the series with the topic, ‘The Denial of Truth’. Like today, the temptation is to follow what’s easy, even if it’s not true. This chapter from the Bible reminds us that the truth really matters.

Join us Saturday at 5pm and dinner afterwards, followed by our ‘Nightlife’ fun from 8pm. Or Sunday morning at 9am, followed by morning tea and hot espresso. 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. Jodie is looking forward to answering these questions this week:

1 Did God truly walk in the Garden of Eden?
2 Why don’t dinosaurs get mentioned in the Bible?
3 Why do Adam and Eve’s children sacrifice a lamb?
4 How did Judas die (compare Matthew 27 to Acts 1)?
5 Do we sin in our sleep?
6 What should you do if your friend wants to stop being a Christian?

Our kids’ ministry programs run at both services. We would love to watch your children, from babies to Year 6, and have them join our leaders in a time of fun and learning. The livestream will continue on the TV in the hall so if you need to stay with your child, you won’t miss out on church.Paragraph

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.

Church news for the week beginning 12th June 2021


OUR SERMON

This weekend we will be learning from chapter 20-21 of 1 Kings as Jodie McNeill teaches us on ‘The Failure of Politics‘.

MISSION OF THE MONTH

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

EQUIP WOMEN

Equip Women is going to be live-streamed to our hall on Saturday 19th June from 10am-3pm then stay to chat and pray till church at 5pm! Register directly for $20 per adult through www.equip.org.au (teens free) and bring $10 for lunch. If you need help registering online, let us know.

BCA OUTBACK DINNER

Our mission partners with Bush Church Aid are coming to church! The Kyngdon’s will be joining us on the 10th of July for the Saturday night service and an outback dinner afterwards.

CONFIRMATION SERVICE

If you would like to be confirmed please let us know. We are having a confirmation service at 7 pm Wednesday on the 18th of August.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

The concreting is now complete, but continue to take care with uneven surfaces. Also, please take care to avoid the building supplies around the church.

PRAY WITH PRAYERMATE

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

MTS EOFY APPEAL

Did you know you can get a tax deduction from giving to our youth ministry? As the End Of Financial Year (EOFY) approaches, why not give a special one-off amount to support the ministry of Brad as our Youth Minister through MTS?

FAMILY NEWS

BIRTHDAYS
12 June – Harry Stortz
12 June – Jed King
17 June – Eliza Kyngdon
18 June – Dulcie Piper
19 June – Siobhan King
19 June – Isaac Baker

ANNIVERSARIES
13 June – Emelyn & Sachin Hall

GIVING UPDATE

Each week we need to receive $6300.00 in order to meet our commitments. In the last calendar month, our average weekly giving was $5513.00, leaving a gap of $787.00. Olimometer 2.52 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.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 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/


1 Kings – Power and Hope 16: The Failure of Politics 1 Kings 20-21 Jodie McNeill – 12-13 June 2021

Bullies and bad leaders

We will see big _______ doing big bullying

The bully north of the border __________ Israel

King Ahab _________ to the bully

King Ahab shows ____ amidst hopelessness

The ____ is on the side of Israel

King Ahab ______ the word of the Lord

Bully Ben-hadad is __________

They misunderstood the ________ of the Lord

The Lord has won and the bully is ________

The Lord won, but Ahab _______ him

The Lord’s king needs to ______ to the Lord

Naboth wanted to ____ the Lord, not the king

Jezebel doesn’t ____ for the word of the Lord

Judgement comes from the Lord to ____

Ahab and Jezebel were the epitome of ____

God’s mercy is totally __________

Know Domestic Abuse

When a newspaper article this week ran with the headline, ‘Scripture used to justify violence’, it was a sad reminder that some Christians have distorted the meaning of the Bible to serve their own sin.

The Bible is very clear: we are to love one another, and that there is no place for any abuse of anyone, in any situation.

In the letter to the Galatians, there is a stark description of the results of the life that come from the sinful nature: 

“sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.” (Galatians 5:19b-21)

Furthermore, the clear word from God is that husbands are to love their wives as sacrificially as Jesus loved the church, which means:

“…husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man who loves his wife actually shows love for himself. No one hates his own body but feeds and cares for it, just as Christ cares for the church.” (Ephesians 5:28-29)

It is only in this context that Christian wives are told to submit to their husbands (Ephesians 5:22) in recognition of the weight of the responsibility given to the man to sacrificially love and lead his wife and family.

And, again, it is vital that we hear God’s word clearly: the husband’s role is to love his wife sacrificially… which means there is no place, ever, for any abuse, whether physical, verbal, or otherwise.

I strongly encourage all of us to visit the website knowdomesticabuse.church which has been produced by our own Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney, and in particular, please have a read of the ‘Use and Misuse of Scripture’ booklet.

And if you, or anyone you know, is experiencing domestic abuse of any form, please act to bring safety immediately… seeking the help of a trusted Christian leader or friend.

JODIE McNEILL

(Credit: Nenad Stojkovic via Flickr.com)

Coming up this weekend 12-13th June 2021

This weekend Jodie will be preaching on 1 Kings chapters 20-21 as he considers, ‘The Failure of Politics’. Even with the greatest of intentions, we see that seeking to solve the world’s problems without Jesus will only end up in frustration… but there is hope!

Join us Saturday at 5pm and dinner afterwards, followed by our ‘Nightlife’ fun from 8pm. Or Sunday morning at 9am, followed by morning tea and hot espresso. 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. Jodie is looking forward to answering these questions from the last few weeks:

1 Is it okay to swear by the name of the Lord?
2 Should we ask for signs from God?
3 Did Elijah not sin because he survived meeting the Lord?
4 What is confirmation, and how and why should a person get confirmed?
5 In what sense are we Jesus’ adopted brothers and sisters?
6 What is the difference between trials and temptations, and what is God’s role in each?
7 Does God speak in other ways than by Bible teaching or reading?
8 How old is Jesus?

Our kids’ ministry programs run at both services. We would love to watch your children, from babies to Year 6, and have them join our leaders in a time of fun and learning. The livestream will continue on the TV in the hall so if you need to stay with your child, you won’t miss out on church.

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.

Church news for the week beginning 5th June 2021


OUR SERMON

This weekend we will be learning from chapter 18 of 1 Kings as Jodie McNeill teaches us on the topic of ‘The One and Only God‘.

MISSION OF THE MONTH

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

EQUIP WOMEN

Equip Women is going to be live-streamed to our hall on Saturday 19th June from 10am-3pm then stay to chat and pray till church at 5pm! Register directly for $20 per adult through www.equip.org.au (teens free) and bring $10 for lunch. If you need help registering online, let us know.

CONFIRMATION SERVICE

If you would like to be confirmed please let us know. We are having a confirmation service at 7 pm Wednesday on the 18th of August.

NEW BANK ACCOUNTS

Our church has changed to a new bank so please update your regular electronic giving payments to these new details. Account name: Jamberoo Anglican Church. Account number: 356 831. BSB: 032605.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

The concreting is now complete, but continue to take care with uneven surfaces. Please take care to avoid the building supplies around the church. Fencing is scheduled to be installed soon.

MTS EOFY APPEAL

Did you know you can get a tax deduction from giving to our youth ministry? As the End Of Financial Year (EOFY) approaches, why not give a special one-off amount to support the ministry of Brad as our Youth Minister through MTS?

FAMILY NEWS

BIRTHDAYS
5 June – Jade Vidilini
5 June – Chris Buurman
6 June – Clyde Bock
9 June – Greg Gray
11 June – Sharon Burazin
12 June – Harry Stortz

GIVING UPDATE

Each week we need to receive $6300.00 in order to meet our commitments. In the last calendar month, our average weekly giving was $5513.00, leaving a gap of $787.00. Olimometer 2.52 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.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 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/


1 Kings – Power and Hope 15: The One and Only God! 1 Kings 18-19 Jodie McNeill – 5-6 June 2021

Farewell the smorgasbord

The different religions are not all ____

Nobody comes to the Father except by _____

We’ll see one of the great spiritual _______

Elijah _____ the Lord and travels to King Ahab

Elijah comes face-to-face with King ____

An ambassador can’t ______ the message

Ahab submits to the _______ of Elijah

You can’t follow both: you’ve got to make a ______

Elijah gives the crowd a _________

Nothing but deafening _______ from Baal

The prophets of Baal were sincerely _____

Elijah prays a powerful ______

Yahweh, the Lord, is the ______!

God’s judgement is ____, and it’s coming

The drought was over and King Ahab had ________

Elijah was ______ and fled for his life

The original promise was still ____


Comforting Silence

In most situations it’s distressing when we hear the sound of silence when we call out for help… or see if a loved one is OK after a major incident.

Rescuers at a recent tragedy reported hearing the sounds of mobile phones ringing in the pockets of unconscious victims… no doubt the calls of concerned and fearful friends and family.

In 1 Kings 19, Elijah waits to hear what the Lord will say about the sorry state of the kingdom of God… with great numbers of faithless followers, and enormous persecution.

Then, as he stands at Mount Sinai, the place where the Lord revealed his Ten Commandments to Moses, Elijah waits to hear a new word from the Lord about this difficult situation.

The Lord then sent a windstorm, an earthquake, and then a fire… but it was only in the silence that he ‘spoke’.

He didn’t give Elijah a new promise, because the old one was still living and active.

The great promises made to God’s people at the time of Abraham and the forefathers is still the same promise that applied to Elijah in that time of great trial.

For us, we sit on the other side of history, having seen the fulfilment of God’s great promises in the Lord Jesus… but we still endure times of pain and trials.

Yet, the fresh ‘word’ that the Lord gave to Elijah is the same ‘word’ he gives us today… silence… that points us to the living and active word of God that already speaks loudly to us and to our world.

He doesn’t need to give us new revelation, because we know all his promises, and we know what we’re waiting for when Jesus returns soon.

So, for us as followers of Christ, we must keep hearing the ‘old, old story’, and keep hoping and waiting for the return of Jesus, when he will bring justice to this world that rejects him, and display his full mercy to those of us who trust in Jesus, by faith.

JODIE McNEILL

(Photo credit: timlewisnm via Flickr.com)

Coming up this weekend 5-6th June 2021

This weekend we will be studying chapter 18 of 1 Kings as Jodie McNeill preaches on, ‘The One and Only God‘.

Join us Saturday at 5pm and dinner afterwards, followed by our ‘Nightlife’ fun from 8pm. Or Sunday morning at 9am, followed by morning tea and hot espresso. 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. Here are the questions Jodie plans to answer:

1 Since the Bible has spiritual wars, does this mean that war is OK?
2 If we trust in the Lord, do we have the ability to bring a dead person back to life?
3 Why was the widow-woman commended by God when she said his name in vain?
4 How much should we love our abuser if it means we risk further abuse?
5 Who did Cain think would kill him? Who else was alive at the time?
6 Would everyone have originally spoken the same language?
7 Is it wrong to pray to Jesus since he taught us to pray to Our Father in Heaven?
8 What are some practical ways to teach and show our children about God?

Our kids’ ministry programs run at both services. We would love to watch your children, from babies to Year 6, and have them join our leaders in a time of fun and learning. The livestream will continue on the TV in the hall so if you need to stay with your child, you won’t miss out on church.

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.

1 Kings – Power and Hope 14: My God is so Big! 1 Kings 17 Jodie McNeill – 29-30 May 2021

#nofilter

The Bible is embarrassingly real and ______

Because the Bible feels ____, it shows that God is real

Today we meet ______, a hero of the Old Testament

Elijah tells Ahab that a punishing _______ has begun

The Lord tells Elijah to run away and ____

Ahab could have chosen to ______ by now

Elijah is told to _____ Israel for Baal-land

The widow says that she has no ____

Elijah says ‘Don’t be ______’

Jesus gives us true hope for the ______

The woman has a real test of _____

Every day, the Lord ________

Extraordinary times call for extraordinary ________

Asking ‘why’ after _______ makes no sense to an atheist

What seemed impossible was ________ to God

The widow woman declared her _____ in God’s word

My God is so big!