Church news for the week beginning 25th February 2017
This weekend’s Bible Talk
This weekend Jodie begins our new five-week series looking at the Five Solas of the Reformation, with the first talk titled ‘Scripture alone’.
Mission of the month: Church Missionary Society (CMS)
CMS is our mission of the month. Support this ministry through the ‘Mission Table’ in the Hall.
‘What has God Joined Together?’ booklet now available
The booklet “What has God Joined Together?” is now available. This booklet has been released by the Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney to help inform Christians in our Diocese, and equip us to engage with friends and neighbours on the critical issue and debate on the redefinition of marriage.
Parish Council
Our Parish Council meets this Monday, 27th February at 2.30pm at the church. Please remember them in your prayers.
Dinner at the Bowlo
Join us this Thursday at 6pm at the Jamberoo Bowling Club for a relaxed meal together at the ‘Wok and Grill’ restaurant, for great steaks, tasty Chinese, and lots of laughs.
Day of Prayer
Join us on Friday 3rd March at 2pm for the Day of Prayer, held at Jamberoo Anglican Church.
Men’s Dinner
You’re invited to join the men of Oak Flats and beyond on Tuesday 7th March to hear Ben Pfahlert at the Central Hotel, Shellharbour. RSVP via the comment card or 0439 561 373.
AGM and Pot Luck Lunch
Our AGM will be held on Sunday 19th March, with a BYO Pot-luck lunch starting at 1pm. This is a great opportunity to meet people from across our two congregations, with the formal meeting from 2pm to 3.30pm.
Five weeks to the Weekendaway
Don’t miss out on our awesome church retreat on the weekend of the 31st March – 2nd April. Our guest speaker is Peter Jensen, former Archbishop of Sydney. It’s time to register!
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 $5509.00, leaving a gap of $791.00.
Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $273,000. Compared to that total we received $245,588, leaving a gap of $27,412.
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: Church of England Jamberoo. Account number: 10081274. BSB: 062562 .