Church News for Sunday October 26th at Jamberoo Anglican

Service Times

Please join us for fellowship this Sunday morning at 9am or Sunday afternoon at 4pm.

Sunday’s Sermon

This weekend we’ll be hearing from God’s Word as Tony Galea preaches a sermon especially with unbelievers in mind, titled “The Older Son.”

Please pray and invite your friends to come along!

Friday Kids and Youth

Each Friday during term, we meet at the church hall for our kids’ club SPARK (Years K–6) from 4:30–6pm, and Youth Group (Years 7–12) from 7–9pm.

Commencement Service for Rev. Ron Irving

On Saturday 1 November at 2 pm, we will officially welcome Ron and Julie Irving as our new rector at a Commencement Service led by Bishop Peter Hayward. Please save the date, as there will be opportunities to serve and celebrate together.

More details to come.

Book of the Month

Our Book of the Month for September is “Faithfully Present” by Adam Ramsey.

Faithfully Present reminds us that we are finite creatures, ever-changing and bound by time, but through living in the truth and beauty of God’s unchanging love and mercy, we can embrace where and who we are over time, and live in humble and joyful submission to Jesus.

Physical copies are available at our bookstall or to buy online at:

wanderingbookseller.com.au

Safe Ministry Matters

Our Safe Ministry Representative is Gemma Bartlett. Speak to her about everything related to safety in ministry on 0414 425 639 or email gemma.bartlett@jamberooanglican.com.

Our Finances

Please pray and be generous as we remember God’s generosity to us!

Protecting God’s Church at Jamberoo!

God desires oneness & harmony with each other like the unity between Father, Son & Spirit – the Trinity experiences.

Unity is the soul of fellowship. Destroy it, & you rip the heart out of Christ’s Body. Nothing in the world is more valuable to God than His Church. He paid the highest price for it, & He wants it protected against division, conflict & disharmony.

Paul says in Ephesians 4: 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 

So, it is your job to protect the unity of the church!  Here are some ideas How we can keep that unity.

1. Focus on what we have in common, & not on our differences.

Stay focused on what matters most. Loving each other as Christ loves us.

2. Be Realistic in your expectations.

Even though we will disappoint each other & let each other down, that is still no excuse to stop fellowshipping with each other. Remember the church is made up of people who still sin. Yes, including yourself.

3. Choose to encourage rather than criticise.

The Devils job is to blame, complain & criticise church family members. 

4. Refuse to listen to Gossip.

People who gossip to you, will also gossip about you. They cannot be trusted. 

Despite who they are in the church, if they gossip, they are troublemakers.

5. Don’t Triangulate. 

Matthew 18:15 “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

Sharing prayer points can even be a way to gossip & slander our brothers & sister! Go straight to the person you have a problem with try to be reconciled.

6. Support your Pastor. (Ron & Julie)

There is no perfect leader, but God has given them responsibility & authority to maintain the unity of the church. As Ron comes to be your leader, he is not coming to make you happy. Jesus couldn’t even do thatwith his followers!  He is coming to help you grow in love for God & each other. So support him, pray for him, don’t compare him to others.

Honour & love him as one who is only trying to keep the unity of peace.

7. Continue to allow the Word of God to speak to you.

Remember the Bible is not just a text book. It is the Word of God to You. He will challenge you, He will call out your shortfalls & He will encourage you to remain faithful. God blesses churches that are unified.

What are you doing personally to make Jamberoo Anglican to be warm & loving?

Are there any Judgmental attitudes towards others that you are harbouring?

Final Words!   Let me say, I have enjoyed leading you in the interim. I want to thank you for your support & encouragements. My prayer is that you will support Ron & Julie so you will grow in unity & godliness & that you might impact your community even more, with the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Tony Galea

Luke 15 – The Older Son

The same father who ran to meet the rebellious younger son came out of the house of feasting to plead with the older son.

How gracious and compassionate is our Heavenly Father. He is patient with our weaknesses weather we are lost outside God’s house or lost inside God’s house.

Marvel at God’s awesome love for you in Christ Jesus! 

Tony Galea

Coming Up This Sunday October 26th at Jamberoo Anglican

Come and join us this Sunday at either 9am or 4pm. We are going to be hearing from God’s word as Tony Galea preaches to us from Luke 15 with a sermon titled “The Older Son.”

After church we’ll have brunch in the morning and dinner in the evening, so there’s plenty of time to chat together!

Every day (except Sundays) we meet online at 7:30am for half an hour of morning prayer at zoom.jamberooanglican.com and you’re very welcome to join us!

See you on Sunday, God willing!

You were created for eternity!

This life is not all there is. 

This life is the practice workout before the main game. This life is preparation for the next.

Solomon says in Ecclesiates 3:11 He (God) has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart;

We all have an inborn instinct that longs for eternity. It’s because we are created in the image of God, therefore, we are designed to live forever. Even though our hearts will stop beating one day, it will be the end of our body & our time on earth, but it will not be the end of us & our spirit!

Death is not our termination but our transition into eternity. There are eternal consequences to everything we do here on earth.

So, eternity offers 2 choices: Heaven or Hell. Your relationship with Jesus here on earth, will determine your relationship to him in eternity. If we accept Jesus’ love & forgiveness heaven awaits us for eternity. 

But if we ignore or reject Jesus’ love & forgiveness hell awaits us for eternity.

Heaven is the place where we live in perfect relationships & joy forever. Hell is the place where we live in hopeless isolation & pain forever.

Only a fool would go through life unprepared for what we all know will eventually happen. Just like a life in the womb for 9 months is preparation for the life we all know. This life is the preparation for our eternity.

So live life with eternity in mind.

Make the best decision of your life, & make Jesus the boss of your life. Come back to Him. Return to His Grace & love. Accept his gift of forgiveness & heaven.  If you have a relationship with Jesus you don’t need to fear death, because it is the door to eternal life with God.

That’s why the Apostle Paul says with great hope & confidence: But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ. (Phil 3:11)

Whatever you have done, whatever you have become, come to your senses, come home to the Lord Jesus!

Tony

Church News for Sunday October 19th at Jamberoo Anglican

Service Times

Please join us for fellowship this Sunday morning at 9am or Sunday afternoon at 4pm.

Sunday’s Sermon

This weekend we’ll be hearing from God’s Word as Tony Galea preaches a sermon especially with unbelievers in mind, titled “Finding the Lost.”

Please pray and invite your friends to come along!

Friday Kids and Youth

Each Friday during term, we meet at the church hall for our kids’ club SPARK (Years K–6) from 4:30–6pm, and Youth Group (Years 7–12) from 7–9pm.

Commencement Service for Rev. Ron Irving

On Saturday 1 November at 2 pm, we will officially welcome Ron and Julie Irving as our new rector at a Commencement Service led by Bishop Peter Hayward. Please save the date, as there will be opportunities to serve and celebrate together.

More details to come.

Book of the Month

Our Book of the Month for September is “Faithfully Present” by Adam Ramsey.

Faithfully Present reminds us that we are finite creatures, ever-changing and bound by time, but through living in the truth and beauty of God’s unchanging love and mercy, we can embrace where and who we are over time, and live in humble and joyful submission to Jesus.

Physical copies are available at our bookstall or to buy online at:

wanderingbookseller.com.au

Safe Ministry Matters

Our Safe Ministry Representative is Gemma Bartlett. Speak to her about everything related to safety in ministry on 0414 425 639 or email gemma.bartlett@jamberooanglican.com.

Our Finances

Please pray and be generous as we remember God’s generosity to us!

Coming Up This Sunday October 19th at Jamberoo Anglican

Come and join us this Sunday at either 9am or 4pm. We are going to be hearing from God’s word as Tony Galea preaches to us an evangelistic sermon, titled “Finding The Lost.”

After church we’ll have brunch in the morning and dinner in the evening, so there’s plenty of time to chat together!

Every day (except Sundays) we meet online at 7:30am for half an hour of morning prayer at zoom.jamberooanglican.com and you’re very welcome to join us!

See you on Sunday, God willing!

Coming Up This Sunday October 12th at Jamberoo Anglican

Come and join us this Sunday at either 9am or 4pm. We are going to be hearing from God’s word as Steve Bligh preaches to us from Mark 16 with a sermon titled “The Greatest Comeback”

After church we’ll have brunch in the morning and dinner in the evening, so there’s plenty of time to chat together!

Every day (except Sundays) we meet online at 7:30am for half an hour of morning prayer at zoom.jamberooanglican.com and you’re very welcome to join us!

See you on Sunday, God willing!

What a wonderful opportunity & privilege!


Our mission is a continuation of Jesus’ mission.
Jesus not only calls to come to him, but he also calls us to go for him.
Jesus’ Great Commission is not the Great Suggestion. If you are part of God’s family, then we have a mandatory family purpose & calling. 
 
The challenge of 2 Corinthians 5, is that Christ’s love compels us to be reconciled & to take up the ministry of reconciliation.20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us.
 
What a responsibility but what a wonderful privilege.
If your friend or family has Cancer or some other terminally ill sickness & you knew the cure, it would be criminal not to share the cure.
 
Friends at Jamberoo, we have the cure to forgiveness, purpose, peace & eternal life. 
We have the greatest news in all of the world, & sharing it is the greatest kindness we can show to anyone. To withhold it,is serious.
 
Next Sunday we have the opportunity to invite someone to our Invitational Service. 
It will be a service especially tailored for our Unbelieving friends, with our talk & interviews geared to encourage a commitment to Jesus.
 
Your invitation next Sunday may have an eternal consequence that will last forever.
As Paul implores the Corinthian Christians to be reconciled to God, He implores us to be reconciled & be his ambassadors &representatives.
 
Why not take the opportunity to invite someone next Sunday & that you would bring them. Then let the Holy Spirit do his work in convincing them to Come & See!
 
What an opportunity! What a privilege!
Colossians 4:4 Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. 5 Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity.
 
I pray that you will!
 
Tony Galea

Will You Or Won’t You?

When you became a Christian, you also became God’s messenger. God wants to speak through you, to your friends & family. You may feel you don’t have anything to share, but that’s the Devil trying to keep you silent.

How can you be the Messenger? Let me mention just a few!

Through your witness or testimony. Telling your story of how Jesus has made a difference in your life, is being a messenger. In a courtroom, a witness isn’t expected to argue the case. 

You are not expected to be an attorney but a witness. They simply report what happened to them. Acts 1:8 …you will be my witness

Through your teaching & answers. You teach by example with your life & by your words, this can invite questions. It is worth knowing Paul’s words here: Col. 4:5 Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. 6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

Through your InvitationOne of the easiest ways in being God’s messenger is through inviting your friends or family to a situation where the gospel will be taught. The Come & Seequotation is used a number of times in Scripture as an invitation. Jesus, Philip & the Samaritan woman all used Come & See as an invitation for people to join them & learn.

On Sunday the 19th October you have an opportunity to especially ask your friends & family to Come & See & hear a special presentation of the gospel as well as hearing testimonies of how Jesus has changed people’s lives.

Please use the opportunity to pray for your friends & family & for your invitation of them. 

Leave it to God whether he moves them to come or not!

Tony Galea

Church News for Sunday September 28th at Jamberoo Anglican

Service Times

Please join us on for fellowship on Sunday morning at 9am or Sunday afternoon at 4pm.

Sunday’s Sermon

This weekend we are going to be hearing from God’s word as Andy McPhail preaches to us from Mark 14:27-72 with the title “The Greatest Denial.”

Friday Kids and Youth

Each Friday during term we meet at the church hall for our kids club SPARK (Years K to 6) at 4:30-6 pm, and Youth Group (Years 7 to 12) from 7-9 pm.

Commencement Service for Rev. Ron Irving

On Saturday 1 November at 2 pm, we will officially welcome Ron and Julie Irving as our new rector at a Commencement Service led by Bishop Peter Hayward. Please save the date, as there will be opportunities to serve and celebrate together.

More details to come.

Book of the Month

Our book of the month for September is “Faithfully Present” by Adam Ramsey.

Faithfully Present reminds us that we are finite creatures, ever-changing and bound by time, but through living in the truth and beauty of God’s unchanging love and mercy, we can embrace where and who we are over time, and live in humble and joyful submission to Jesus.

Physical copies are available at our bookstall or to buy online at: wanderingbookseller.com.au

Safe Ministry Matters

Our Safe Ministry Representative is Gemma Bartlett. Speak to her about everything related to safety in ministry on 0414 425 639 or email gemma.bartlett@jamberooanglican.com.

Youth Camp

Youth Camp is on! 10th – 12th of October at Burrell Pines. Year 6s welcome! Speak to Brad for more info.

Invite a Friend to Church

19th of October is an opportunity to invite a friend. Tony will be especially preaching at the 9am & 4pm services with unbelievers in mind. Take up the opportunity. Please pray or your friends.

Tony’s Away

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Tony will not be able to attend the 4pm service over the next 2 weeks. He will be back for 2 weeks after that.

Our Finances

Please pray and be generous as we remember God’s generosity to us!