Church News for the week beginning 6th December

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OUR BIBLE TALK

This weekend Jodie leads us as we continue our ‘Ephesians: United with Christ’ series and learn about ‘The Power of Prayer‘.

SUMMER YOUTH CAMP

Our youth are heading off to Burrill Pines for our kickoff camp on 29-31 January, the first weekend of Term One next year! Put the date in your diary, ask all your friends, and get ready for an awesome weekend of growing together in God. Details coming soon.

CHURCHILL CAROLS

Join us on Christmas Eve for ‘Churchill Carols’, as we bring our village and valley together on our church lawn for two, identical carol services (with free sausage sizzle) at 5:30pm and 7:30pm on 24th December. Free tickets must be booked online at www.jamberooanglican.com to help keep us Covid-safe.

SINGING AND SEATS

Following the announcement of the Premier, we’re looking forward to doubling the potential seating capacity in our church and hall, and to have the opportunity to sing (with a mask) in church! Praise God!

SOUTHERN CROSS

The December issue of Southern Cross is online at magazine.sydneyanglicans.net with latest news about life and ministry in the Diocese of Sydney.

ALL SYSTEMS ‘GO’ FOR OHSC

At Tuesday night’s special general meeting of our parish, we voted unanimously to agree to launch an Outside of Hours School Care (OHSC) program. Please pray for us as we work hard to prepare for this new ministry.

MORNING PRAYER DAILY

Join us for Morning Prayer at 7am every morning (except Sunday) at zoom.jamberooanglican.com for a half-hour of prayer and Bible reading.

MISSION OF THE MONTH

Our mission of the month is SRE. To support this great ministry, buy and donate from the mission table in the hall.

TOYS N’ TUCKER

Bring along toys and non-perishable food so we can get it to those in need this Christmas through the ministry of Anglicare.

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

ANNIVERSARIES
7th Nick & Melissa Keatley

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 $5402.00, leaving a gap of $898.00. Olimometer 2.52 Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $81,900. Compared to that total we received $71,624, leaving a gap of $10,276.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: 10081274. BSB: 062562.

Christmas Eve Carols 2020

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Jamberoo Anglican is delighted to welcome you to join us for a special carols night on our church lawn on Christmas Eve at 5:30pm and 7:30pm.

Both sessions will be the same, and will start with a free sausage sizzle, followed by a one-hour special carols event for all ages to enjoy.

To help us with our catering and Covid-safe requirements, we’d love you to pre-register your details, so that we can safely welcome our everyone in our community.

CLICK HERE FOR FREE TICKETS TO 5:30PM CAROLS

CLICK HERE FOR FREE TICKETS TO 7:30PM CAROLS

We can only offer a limited number of free tickets, so please register early to avoid any disappointment.

For more information or just to say G’day, email us at office@jamberooanglican.com

Coming up this weekend 5-6 December

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This weekend we wrap up our 18-week series on Ephesians as Jodie teaches us from chapter 6 verses 18 to 23 about ‘The Power of Prayer‘ and how we can be fearless when telling others about the gospel.

To catch up on previous sermons in our series ‘Ephesians: United with Christ’, head to our Youtube channel youtube.jamberooanglican.com.

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 and Jodie would love to answer them this weekend during our services.

Here are the questions that Jodie will be answering this weekend:

1 What is God’s “robe of vengeance” in Isaiah 59:17?
2 Were the devil and evil created by God, and if so, why?
3 What does the Bible say about baptism?
4 Who should be baptised, and at what age?
5 What does a person need to do to get baptised in our church?

Join us on Saturday at 5pm where we will have fellowship over dinner afterwards, or Sunday at 9am followed by morning tea and tasty espresso! We have a kids program at both services and would love for you to be in fellowship with us.

If you can’t make it in person, head to watch.jamberooanglican.com to watch our livestream.

Ephesians: United with Christ Talk 17: Spiritual Warfare Ephesians chapter 6 verses 10 to 17 Jodie McNeill – 28-29 November 2020

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A Metaphor for the Christian Life

___ has always been a Christian metaphor

It’s more about _______ than attack

Plug into God’s _____ through his Spirit

Jesus has already ____ this armour

The devil wants to _____ us with lies

It’s a _________ battle

The ______ has already been won

Put on the ______ of God

We are now in the time of ____

The belt of _____

The armour of _____________

The shoes of _____

The shield of _____

The helmet of _________

The sword of the ______

We’re soldiers at ___

O Church, arise!

Download a PDF with pictures of soldiers in armour right here:Download

Church News for the week beginning 29th November

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OUR BIBLE TALK

This weekend we Jodie leads us from Ephesians chapter six as we learn about ‘Spiritual Warfare‘.

SPECIAL MEMBER’S MEETING

Our Parish Council decided that it would like to launch an OHSC (Outside of Hours School Care) ministry at our church, but first it wants the consent of a special general meeting of our parish. Please come along and find out more about the proposed ministry and help us make this decision. The meeting will be held in the church hall this Tuesday 1st December at 7pm.

CHURCH LOAN

Our church intends to borrow $70,000 for the purpose of improvements to our hall and grounds, including patio enclosure, outdoor equipment, safety improvements and professional fees so that our facilities might be made suitable for a potential out of hours school care ministry. To find out more please contact one of our Wardens. Any formal objections must be lodged with The Secretary, Sydney Anglican Loans, PO Box Q190 QVB Post Office NSW 1230 by 6th December 2020.

SUMMER YOUTH CAMP

Our youth are heading off to Burrill Pines for our kickoff camp on 29-31 January, the first weekend of Term One next year! Put the date in your diary, ask all your friends, and get ready for an awesome weekend of growing together in God. Details coming soon.

CHRISTMAS CAROLS

Join us on Christmas Eve for ‘Churchill Carols’, as we bring our village and valley together on our church lawn for two, identical carol services (with free sausage sizzle) at 5:30pm and 7:30pm on 24th December. Free tickets must be booked online at www.jamberooanglican.com to help keep us Covid-safe. Our regular ‘Carols in the Park’ has been cancelled by the Jamberoo Interchurch Committee.

MORNING PRAYER DAILY

Join us for Morning Prayer at 7am every morning (except Sunday) at zoom.jamberooanglican.com for a half-hour of prayer and Bible reading.

MISSION OF THE MONTH

Our mission of the month is CMS. To support this great ministry, buy and donate from the mission table in the hall. Check out their ministry at www.cms.org.au.

TOYS N’ TUCKER

Bring along toys and non-perishable food so we can get it to those in need this Christmas through the ministry of Anglicare.

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
29th Ava Brennan
1st Ella North

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 $5402.00, leaving a gap of $898.00. Olimometer 2.52 Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $81,900. Compared to that total we received $71,624, leaving a gap of $10,276.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: 10081274. BSB: 062562.

Coming up this weekend 28-29 November

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This weekend we Jodie leads us from Ephesians chapter six as we learn about ‘Spiritual Warfare‘. This is the bit where we learn about the ‘armour of God’… and it’s possible you might even see some real armour at church this weekend!

To catch up on previous sermons in our series ‘Ephesians: United with Christ’, head to our Youtube channel youtube.jamberooanglican.com.

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 and Jodie would love to answer them this weekend during our services.

Here are the questions coming up this weekend:

1 If the husband won’t die for his wife, does she still need to submit to him
2 Is there ever an age when a person can stop obeying their parent?
3 Should an adult desire to become a child again?
4 If an employer is not treating an employee right, should that employee still obey? 
5 Since the promised land is the New Jerusalem, why do some Christians believe that modern Jews have a claim to Palestine?
6 When Matthew 25:30 refers to weeping and gnashing of teeth is it speaking about Hell?
7 How should Christian parents portray Santa to our children?
8 Will we know everything when we get to Heaven?

Join us on Saturday at 5pm where we will have fellowship over dinner afterwards, or Sunday at 9am followed by morning tea and tasty espresso! We have a kids program at both services and would love for you to be in fellowship with us.

If you can’t make it in person, head to watch.jamberooanglican.com to watch our livestream.

Doing Church Together

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Over the past few months we’ve changed the way we do our church services to allow everyone, of all ages, to stay together for the first half of church.

We have done this deliberately and strategically because we believe that church is best when old and young people grow together.

For our church, it means that everyone of all ages will be together for three of our four songs, for all our Bible readings, for our public prayer, for question time, for our creed and confession, for the Lord’s Supper, for updates and interviews, and for our church news (which include birthday shoutouts!)

During this time, our younger members will truly experience church with the rest of our congregation, and they will grow up richly experiencing church as a normal part of their Christian life.

At the same time, since our children learn in a way that’s different to teens and adults, we provide a special program for the final 45 minutes of both church services, where we teach and nurture them in a way that is best for their learning and growth.

We also know that there are benefits in drawing together similar people from time to time to focus on their special opportunities and needs, such as our youth group each Saturday after dinner, and various men’s and women’s ministries in our parish.

And we know that doing church intergenerationally is good and natural because when Paul wanted to get a message to the kids in the church at Ephesus, he directly addressed them in his letter, knowing they’d be in church when his letter was read (Ephesians 6:1).

That’s why our church loves being together as much as possible, as our children and adults learn and grow from each other, united in Christ.

JODIE McNEILL

(Credit: freestocks.org via Flickr)

Ephesians: United with Christ Talk 16: Families and Workplaces Ephesians chapter 6 verses 1 to 9 Jodie McNeill – 21-22 November 2020

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Read the manual

Our manufacturer has given us a ______

All people are equally _________ to God

Children are equally important in ______

Children must ____ their parents

This commandment comes with a _______

The promised land is the ___ Jerusalem

Dads need to take ______________

Dads mustn’t make their kids _____

Dads should train their kids to be __________

Good __________ leads to self-discipline

The married relationship takes ________

First century slavery is like modern __________

Slaves need to obey their _______

Slaves should serve _______ like they’re serving Jesus

Work for your ____ like you’re working for the Lord

Masters must be ____ and loving

Employers need to be ____ and loving

Seek and offer ___________

Consider Christ

Download the sermon outline here as a PDF – with pics to colour in!Download

Church News for the week beginning 22nd November

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OUR BIBLE TALK

This weekend we Jodie leads us from the beginning of Ephesians chapter six in a sermon called ‘Children and Slaves‘.

SPECIAL MEMBER’S MEETING

Our Parish Council decided last week that it would like to launch an OHSC (Outside of Hours School Care) ministry at our church, but first it wants the consent of a special general meeting of our parish. Please come along and find out more about the proposed ministry and help us make this decision. The meeting will be held in the church hall on Tuesday 1st December at 7pm.

CHURCH LOAN

Our church intends to borrow $70,000 for the purpose of improvements to our hall and grounds, including patio enclosure, outdoor equipment, safety improvements and professional fees so that our facilities might be made suitable for a potential out of hours school care ministry. To find out more please contact one of our Wardens. Any formal objections must be lodged with The Secretary, Sydney Anglican Loans, PO Box Q190 QVB Post Office NSW 1230 by 6th December 2020.

YOUTH CAMP

Our youth are heading off to Burrill Pines for our kickoff camp on 29-31 January, the first weekend of Term One next year! Put the date in your diary, ask all your friends, and get ready for an awesome weekend of growing together in God.

CHRISTMAS CAROLS

Our Interchurch Carols in the Park is not running this year, but we’re holding a special open-air Christmas Eve service here on our church grounds. Keep the night free and start to invite everyone you know!

FIT FOR PURPOSE

This Wednesday 25th November our men’s group is meeting 8-10:30am for fellowship and ground maintenance. Speak to Graham 0430 043 765.

MORNING PRAYER DAILY

Join us for Morning Prayer at 7am every morning (except Sunday) at zoom.jamberooanglican.com for a half-hour of prayer and Bible reading.

MISSION OF THE MONTH

Our mission of the month is CMS. To support this great ministry, buy and donate from the mission table in the hall. Check out their ministry at www.cms.org.au.

TOYS N’ TUCKER

Bring along toys and non-perishable food so we can get it to those in need this Christmas through the ministry of Anglicare.

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
23rd Bec Watson
26th Philippa Cleall

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 $5402.00, leaving a gap of $898.00. Olimometer 2.52 Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $81,900. Compared to that total we received $71,624, leaving a gap of $10,276.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: 10081274. BSB: 062562.

Our New Mother’s Minister!

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The ministry of a mother to her children is not only a valuable role, it is a strategic opportunity to share the wonderful news of Jesus to a world that is lost without him.

For this reason, we applied to the Mothers Union Sydney for a special grant to fund an all-new position of ‘Mother’s Minister’, and here’s how we described our vision:

We wish to employ a mature and experienced Christian mother to help strengthen and support new and younger mothers in our church to be godly wives who serve their husbands as they bring up their children in the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord. 

They will teach how to develop Christian homes as a place for nurturing children, which will then be a natural environment to invite unbelievers in their networks to witness the outworking of the Word of God in the lives of their families and homes.

This will involve one-to-one discipleship of mothers in our church; the opportunity to train, resource and empower other experienced Christian mothers and grandmothers to share this ministry; and to prayerfully gather all members of our parish to seek to make disciples of all nations, one mother and family at a time. 

We also long to be a parish that learns and then shares from its ministry experience, in order to equip other, similar churches in rural and regional churches with this important, specialised ministry. 

And guess what? We got the grant!

For the next two years we’ve received funding for an all-new, ten-hour-per-week position at our church to equip mums for ministry.

I am delighted to announce that Mrs Gemma Bartlett has accepted our invitation to fill this all-new role, and that from February next year she will be working with us to minister to our mums!

Gemma is married to Matt, who is an Anglican minister serving as the Youthworks Youth Ministry & High School SRE Advisor in the Wollongong Region, and they are the parents of Georgia (9), Thomas (6) and Hugo (2).

Gemma is passionate about helping to strengthen mums in their ministry in their families, and she is excited to serve with us as we develop the intergenerational ministries at our church.

We are really thankful to God for the opportunity to be partnering with Gemma and her family in this all-new ministry, and we pray that the Bartletts would have a smooth move to our church in the coming months.

JODIE McNEILL