Entries by Jodie McNeill

School’s Out, Kids In!

We love having an intergenerational church that welcomes and includes people of all ages within our everyday church, every week. Normally, everyone begins in church together, and after around 45 minutes, the children from babies through to year six head out for their own, age-specific Bible teaching whilst the high school youths and older remain […]

Coming up this weekend the 14th April 2024

This Sunday we are trying something a little different… it’s called ‘Schools Out, Kids In’ and it’s an opportunity during the next three weeks of school holidays for us to make our intergenerational services even more age-appropriate for those who are Kindergarten through to Year 6, who will stay with us during the slightly-shorter sermon. […]

Church news for the weekend of 7th April 2024

‘The Spirit of Christ’ This term, Jodie is preaching a series called ‘The Spirit of Christ’ as we look at what Jesus said on the night before he died. On Sunday we extend the series by looking at ‘The Spirit of Power’ from Acts 2:1-41 Anzac Day Jamberoo remembers Anzac Day on Saturday 20th April […]

An Unexpected Journey

Sometimes when we look back on difficulties, the blessing of hindsight enables us to see just why it is that God took us on an unexpected journey that was more difficult and less obvious than the main road. But sometimes it’s only when God’s word specifically explains a situation that it’s possible to know why […]

Coming up this weekend 7th April 2024

This Sunday we have the first of two ‘bonus talks’ from our series by Jodie called The Spirit of Christ as we look at two other passages about the Holy Spirit in the Bible. This week it’s ‘The Spirit of Power’ from Acts 2:1-41, the famous coming of the Spirit at Pentecost. Here are the […]

Jesus is Alive!

The empty tomb of Easter Sunday is the greatest miracle of history, for at that moment it was clear that Jesus’ mission to conquer death was a complete success. If he remained dead then everything he promised was false, and his death on the cross was a tragic waste. But now that he’s alive it […]

Church News for Easter Weekend 2024

‘The Spirit of Christ’ This term, Jodie is preaching a series called ‘The Spirit of Christ’ as we look at what Jesus said on the night before he died from John 13 to 16. Today the title is ‘The Spirit of Peace’ from John 20:19-23 Alive Day – Easter Sunday On Sunday we’re serving free […]

Is Good Friday a sad day?

For many Christians, Good Friday is a day on which the death of Jesus is remembered and experienced as if it was his funeral. It was certainly a tragic day when the creator was killed by the creation he came to save. Plus, when we realise that our sin caused his sacrifice, then we feel […]

Experience Easter with us!

GOOD FRIDAY – 9am all-age service to remember the earth-shattering death of Jesus and to celebrate his forgiveness… with espresso and hot cross buns. EASTER SUNDAY – 9am free bacon and egg BBQ breakfast, followed at 10am on our lawn for a special, open-air, all-age celebration of Jesus coming back to life, then hot cross […]