Church news for the week beginning 27th October 2018

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This weekend’s Bible talk

Our series titled, ‘Romans: The Heart of Truth’, continues this weekend with Simon Chaplin speaking on the topic  ‘What does love really look like?’ from Romans chapter 12 verses 9 to 21.

Mission of the month

Anglicare is our mission of the month. Support this ministry through the ‘Mission Table’ in the Hall.

Parish Council

Our Parish Council meets this Monday, 29th October at 7.00pm at the church. Please remember them in your prayers.

Monthly Midweek Service

The next (and final) monthly midweek service (with a special Christmas theme) will be held on Wednesday 5th December at 11am, followed by a light lunch in the hall. We will not be having a midweek service in November.

Safe ministry training day

If you are or would like to be involved in leading or serving children and youth, then you need current training in safe ministry. Join us on Saturday morning 10th November for a regional training day run by the Diocese of Sydney at Oak Flats Anglican. Cost is $25 for Safe Ministry Refresher, or $50 for the full Safe Ministry Essentials course.  Sign in from 8:45am for Safe Ministry Essentials (9:00am-2:30pm) OR sign in from 11:45am for Safe Ministry Refresher (12:00pm-2:30pm). Registration must be made prior to the day. Please contact Val for more details or register online at https://safeministry.training.

McNeill’s Commencement Service

On Tuesday 22nd January at 7pm we’ll be hosting a special service for our church and our community as we invite the Bishop to formally welcome Jodie as our full-time Rector for next year. Put the date in your diary, and pray that God will use it to help people know about the exciting new stage of our parish.

Men’s Dinner

The next Men’s Dinner will be held on Tuesday 6th November at 6.30pm at the Central Hotel Shellharbour, with guest speaker, Mark Thompson. $31 per person (or $23 concession). Register online at www.oakflatsanglican.com/mensdinner.

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.Olimometer 2.52Up 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.Olimometer 2.52Electronic 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 .