Church news for the week beginning 4th March 2017
This weekend’s Bible Talk
This weekend Jodie continues our series looking at the Five Solas of the Reformation, with the next talk titled ‘Faith 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.
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. An important time to review the past and plan the future, as we also elect representatives to serve our church. Please pick up a nomination form at the front desk.
Men’s Dinner
You’re invited to join the men of Oak Flats and beyond this Tuesday 7th March to hear Ben Pfahlert at the Central Hotel, Shellharbour. RSVP via the comment card or 0439 561 373.
Floral Display
We will be hosting a floral display at the church on 18th March, from 9am to 3.30pm. $8 includes viewing of display and refreshments. For information call Helen 4236 0158.
Jamberoo Interchurch Service
Join with fellow church-goers around our village and valley in our quarterly inter- church service. Sunday 26th March 7pm at St Matthew’s Catholic Church.
Four 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!
New roster coming soon
If you’re unavailable to serve on a roster from 27th March through 25th June please let us know via comment card, email office@jamberooanglican.com or even better go to www.jamberooanglican.net
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 .