Church News for the week beginning 26th January
OUR BIBLE TALK
This week we have special guest Mike Williamson speaking to us on the topic ‘Living the Label’, from Ephesians 4:17-5:20.
Next weekend Jodie will be preaching on the first of four talks on the new series, ‘God’s Judging’, which will help us understand more about the justice and mercy of our great God.
MISSION OF THE MONTH
Our mission of the month is KBECET (Kiama Board for Employment of Christian Education Teachers). You can support the KBECET ministry by donating and buying from the mission table in the hall.
AUSTRALIA DAY AT THE SMITHS
Join us on Australia Day 26th January at the Smith’s for a BYO BBQ lunch. Bring your food, drinks, chairs, shade, and your swimmer’s if you’d like to splash in the dam!
PARISH COUNCIL
Our next meeting is at the special day of Tuesday 4th February at 7pm.
JESUS IS___ TRAINING
Join with the Anglican churches in the Southern Illawarra for a not-to-be-missed night of encouragement and equipping to be able to use the ‘Jesus Is___’ tool to talk about Jesus in a relaxed and powerful way. Monday 3rd February 7-9pm in the Shellharbour Civic Centre Auditorium. Entry Free.
Alternatively, you could attend the other regional training events at:
Bowral (Wednesday 5 Feb 7-9pm),
Camden (Thursday 6 Feb 7-9pm),
Figtree (Saturday 8 Feb 9-12pm),
Bomaderry (Tuesday 11 Feb 7-9pm) or
Caringbah (Wednesday 12 Feb 7-9pm).
JESUS IS___ MERCHANDISE
Order a ‘Jesus Is___’ t-shirt or singlet and start the conversation! Visit bit.ly/JesusIsMerch to order online.
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.