Our fourth value says that, “we are intergenerational in our fellowship, as all ages and stages are nurtured together in faith and love.” Throughout history, the family has been at the heart of the Christian fellowship, and people of all ages have gathered together for church. As the Bible was read and taught together, children […]
She’ll Be Right We’re not _____ at all In the ‘before’ picture they were ____ We were born as natural ______ We all either follow Jesus or the _____ Before we followed Jesus we were a ________ God is _____ with you if you’re not his friend God is so rich in _____ Jesus _____ […]
When I wrote last week about how our church is missional, I forgot to talk about how our church services connect with people who are not yet followers of Jesus. In our church we rarely run any special ‘outreach’ or ‘evangelistic’ events, but instead, we try to make every public gathering an opportunity for someone […]
What are you praying for? What we should pray for Jamberoo Anglican… Paul’s prayers will ____ our prayers Paul is very ________ to God They have a strong _____ in Jesus They had ____ for other Christians Paul prays __________ Paul prays to the ______ Paul wants them to see the world _____ way Paul […]
The third of our six church values states that, “we are missional in our outlook, as we recruit, train and send people and resources to proclaim the gospel locally and globally.” In his final words in Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus tells his disciples to go and make disciples of all nations, and so continue in this […]
Fake news Words are ________ The speech act requires _____ God’s good news _______ the world A _______ can change the world The Good News needs to be ________ We are ____ ____ people We need to share the Good News that _____ God _____ us as his possession The Holy Spirit __________ our future […]
The second of our six church values states that, “we are Anglican in our form, as we reflect the Reformation in the shape and substance of our common prayer.” We are more than just Anglican by name, for we also follow the way of doing church that was put in place by the English Reformers […]
What does success look like? We need to know the ____ of our church. God has revealed his ____ to us. God’s plan is _________. God _______ his good plan. The plan is to bring everything under Christ’s ____. The plan will be completed with the time is _____. The plan starts with some _______ […]
The first of our six church values states that, “we are orthodox in our doctrine, as we believe and teach God’s unchanging word in an ever-changing world.” The word ‘orthodox’ reminds us of ‘orthodontist’, a person who makes crooked teeth straight… just like how our church seeks to have ‘straight’ teaching that’s aligned to God’s […]
If someone asked you to sum yourself up in six words, then what would you say? This was the challenge our church gave itself last weekend at our ‘Vision Day’, when after much discussion, we came up with a draft list of six values. These describe what is special about our church, and help us […]