Church news for the week beginning 22nd December 2018

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This weekend’s Bible talk

This weekend we welcome Graham Errington who will be speaking on  “The genealogy of Jesus” from Matthew chapter 1 verses 1 to 17. 

Christmas Day at 9.00am

Join us at the special time of 9.30am on Christmas Day for an all-age, community celebration of the birth of Jesus!  Jodie McNeill will be speaking on the topic “Follow the star” from Matthew chapter 2 verses 1 to 12.

Mission of the month

Special Religious Education (SRE) is our mission of the month. Support this ministry through the ‘Mission Table’ in the Hall.Toys ‘n Tucker

McNeill’s away

Jodie and his family are on leave from the 6th December, and will return on 12th January, but will be popping in on Christmas Day when Jodie will preach. Please contact Graham for pastoral care during this time.

Summer Sermons

For the next two weekend’s we welcome Graham Errington as our preacher, before we welcome Trevor Lucas for one week.

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.

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.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 .