Church news for the week beginning 21st April 2018

This weekend’s Bible talk

This weekend we welcome Graham Errington, who will be speaking on the topic “Shrewd As” from Luke chapter 16 verses 1 to 15.

Mission of the month

Bush Church Aid (BCA) is our mission of the month. Support this ministry through the ‘Mission Table’ in the Hall.

Anzac Day March

Join the community of Jamberoo for an Anzac Day Service on Saturday 21st April at 10.15am for a 10.30am start. Fall in outside RSL Hall, Allowrie St.

Children’s and youth programs in holidays

During school holidays our normal midweek children’s and youth programs take a break until 5th May. However we plan to continue a mini-program during the 5pm Saturday service as required.

McNeill’s away

Jodie and his family are now on leave until the 24th April.

Office arrangements for holidays

Valerie will be absent from the office from Tuesday 17th April to Wednesday 25th April. In the meantime, our other staff will be monitoring our church phone and emails.

Jo is coming!

Jo, our Middle East missionary from CMS is joining us for two, special events in May. Saturday 5th May we’re going to have a special ‘Middle East Feast’ for our evening dinner, after Jo shares in church about her mission work. On the following Wednesday 9th May it’s an extended Prayer and Support Night where we’ll hear more details about Jo’s ministry, and join for extended prayer. Be there!

Men’s Dinner

The next Men’s Dinner will be held on Tuesday 1st May at 6.30pm at the Central Hotel Shellharbour, with guest speaker, Marshall Ballantine-Jones on the topic “Purity in a Porn-Filled Planet”. $31 per person (or $23 concession). Register online at www.oakflatsanglican.com/mensdinner.

Market Day – 19th May

Can you pot some plants? Can you start thinking about a cake or slice or lollies, etc? Can you get your vegetables to be ready for 19 May? What about jewellery or craft items? Please note that we are not having a second hand “white elephant” stall this year. Keep the day free!

Gong Men’s Day – save the date

Join us on Saturday 16th June, 8.30am to 2pm, or 5pm to 9.30pm at Dapto Anglican for a great day of teaching and encouragement for the men of our region. For more information check out www.gongmensday.org.

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 $5675.00, leaving a gap of $625.00.

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 .