Church news for the week beginning 19th March 2023

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OUR SERMON

This weekend we will be hearing from God’s word as Jodie McNeill preaches to us from 1 Corinthians 9:1-14 on ‘Gospel Generosity’.

‘REMEMBER THE LORD’ CONCERT

Our church is hosting Colin Buchanan for a special all-age outdoors concert at 6-7pm on Friday 31st March. Tickets $17 from our website (grab tickets HERE before they sell out!). For the young and the young-at-heart!

MOORE WEEK EVENTS

Four special events during Moore Week:
‘Ministry Minded’, 7pm Tue 28th March;
Colin Concert, 6pm Fri 31st March;
Men’s Breakfast, 8am Sat 1st April;
Women’s High Tea, 2pm Sat 1st April.
Plus, members of the team will join you at your Growth Group as well as any informal hospitality events at your home.

WOMEN’S HIGH TEA

Invite your friends and come along on the 1st April from 2 – 4 pm to 20 Tate Place, Jamberoo. We will be hearing from a speaker from the Moore College Mission, exploring the topic: ‘Am I Good Enough’. If you would like to come along please RSVP to Gab Holmes via text on 0418 685 169 by the 26th of March. Please let Gab know if you are able to contribute a sweet or saviour treat and if you have any special dietary requirements.

2023 OFFICE HOLDERS

After our AGM, here are our officeholders:

WARDENS: Barbara Stephens, Greg Baker, and a vacancy.

PARISH COUNCIL: Elise Baker, Michael Fagan, Stephen Holmes, James Rosten, John Rosten and Rod Wales, plus two rector’s appointments.

PARISH NOMINATORS: Ben King, John Mion, Jonathon Nicholls, Pauline Swan, and Adam Vidilini.

SYNOD REPRESENTATIVES: Pauline Swan and Adam Vidilini.

MORNING PRAYER

Join us at 7 am every day (except Sunday) at zoom.jamberooanglican.com as we gather to read the Bible, pray, and encourage each other as the new day dawns.

FEBRUARY BOOK OF THE MONTH

‘How to Talk About Jesus (Without Being THAT Guy)’ by Sam Chan.

Sam Chan equips everyday Christians who are reluctant and nervous to tell their friends about Jesus with practical, tested ways of sharing their faith in the least awkward ways possible.

Drawing from over two decades of experience as an evangelist, teacher, and pastor, Chan explains why personal evangelism feels so awkward today.

And utilizing recent insights from communication theory, cross-cultural ministry, and apologetics, he helps you build confidence in sharing your faith, and teaches you how to evangelize your friends and family in socially appropriate ways.

We have physical copies available for purchase over in the church hall. However, if you wish to order your own copy online or read via Kindle, you can do that here.

GIVING UPDATE

Each week we need to receive $6300.00 in order to meet our commitments. Last month, our average weekly giving was $5882.00, leaving a gap of $418.00. Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $245,700. Compared to that total we received $221,466, leaving a gap of $24,234.

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 NEW details. Account name: Jamberoo Anglican Church. Account number: 356831. BSB: 032605.

The Big Six

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At our AGM this week I shared six, draft strategies to help our church pray to our sovereign Lord, equip people for ministry, and proclaim Christ faithfully, so that each person in our village, valley and region might know how to follow Jesus and why it matters.

Firstly, we want to increase our prayerfulness by multiplying prayer meetings (like our Zoom daily prayer) and by raising the engagement with PrayerMate as an online tool for sharing the mission prayers of our church.

Secondly, we want to help every member to grow in their ministry skills by completing a Personal Ministry Profile, which identifies ways each of you has served in the past, the skills and training you’ve received, and your passions and convictions about service and training in the future.

Thirdly, we want to create tailored training courses that will be delivered online and in-person, so that we can help you grow in your knowledge of God and your ministry skills, so that you can be better-equipped and mobilised for service. 

Fourthly, as we look to ministry in our village, valley, region, and beyond, we want to identify more opportunities to minister so that we can engage everyone in our mission and encourage everyone to feel utilised in our church mission.

Fifthly, we want to inspire and equip every member of our church to be a relational evangelist who is active in being Christ’s ambassador with the ‘flock’ the Lord has given you in your home, workplace, school, sporting team, community group, or wherever the Lord has placed you. 

Sixthly, and finally, we want to see every member of church part of an active Growth Group, even if attending it is difficult, so that all of us can feel connected with others, encouraged in our prayers, and strengthened in our relational evangelism.

Let’s pray that God strengthens and resources us so that we might actively pursue these strategies to his praise and glory.

JODIE McNEILL

(photo credit: Acabashi via Flickr. com)

Coming up this Sunday 19th March 2023

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This Sunday we are going to be hearing from God’s word as Jodie McNeill preaches to us from 1 Corinthians 9:1-14 on ‘Gospel Generosity’.

After our 9am service we’ll be enjoying brunch together, and after our 4pm service we’ll be having dinner.

We’d love you to join us in-person if you’re able, or watch our livestream at watch.jamberooanglican.com.

Here are the questions that Jodie plans to answer this Sunday:

1 Does God rest anymore, as he did on the seventh day?
2 How exactly does a couple become ‘one’ through marriage?
3 What are some modern examples of idols?
4 How can we know if exercising our freedoms is causing others to stumble?
5 Should we avoid speaking about things that might lead others astray?
6 Will all Christian denominations ever become unified?
7 You said we can ask about ‘God, Jesus and the Bible,’ but what about the Holy Spirit?
8 If we’re having a mini training talk can we do that instead of question time?
9 How big was the cup Jesus used at the Last Supper?
10 Can we also pray for Calderwood Christian School and Jamberoo Public School?

If you’d like to submit your own question to be answered in church in the future, then simply hit ‘reply’ to this email.

We’re really looking forward to seeing you on Sunday!

1 Corinthians: A Loving Church – 16: Australian Idols – 1 Corinthians 8 – Jodie McNeill – 12 March 2023

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Australian Idol

In Paul’s time, ________ was everywhere

It was normal to eat food __________ to idols

They need ______ to manage their freedom

The issue is different but the __________ remain

Love matters more than _________

Love matters more than ______

God’s people put ____ first

What matters most if whether God _____ you

Idols are only ‘so-called’ ____

There is only ___ God and Lord

In the end, it’s not about the ____

It’s devastating to cause someone to _______

You’re ____ to say ‘no’ to something you like

The worst thing is to _______ someone’s faith

They’re not just offended, they actually ___

Love is more important than _______

We need to put ____ over knowledge

We need to make __________ to show love

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Church news for the week beginning 12th March 2023

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OUR SERMON

This weekend we will be hearing from God’s word as Jodie McNeill preaches to us from 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 on ‘Australian Idols’.

‘REMEMBER THE LORD’ CONCERT

Our church is hosting Colin Buchanan for a special all-age outdoors concert at 6-7pm on Friday 31st March. Tickets $17 from our website (grab tickets HERE before they sell out!). For the young and the young-at-heart!

MOORE WEEK EVENTS

Four special events during Moore Week:
‘Ministry Minded’, 7pm Tue 28th March;
Colin Concert, 6pm Fri 31st March;
Men’s Breakfast, 8am Sat 1st April;
Women’s High Tea, 2pm Sat 1st April.
Plus, members of the team will join you at your Growth Group as well as any informal hospitality events at your home.

MOORE WEEK HOSTS REQUIRED

We’re welcoming 15 students from 26th March to 2nd April. Can you host a student in your home? Keep the whole week free for special events.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Our AGM (Annual General Meeting) will be held on Tuesday 14th March at 7pm. The first Parish Council will be 21st March.

MORNING PRAYER

Join us at 7 am every day (except Sunday) at zoom.jamberooanglican.com as we gather to read the Bible, pray, and encourage each other as the new day dawns.

MARCH BOOK OF THE MONTH

‘How to Talk About Jesus (Without Being THAT Guy)’ by Sam Chan.

Sam Chan equips everyday Christians who are reluctant and nervous to tell their friends about Jesus with practical, tested ways of sharing their faith in the least awkward ways possible.

Drawing from over two decades of experience as an evangelist, teacher, and pastor, Chan explains why personal evangelism feels so awkward today.

And utilizing recent insights from communication theory, cross-cultural ministry, and apologetics, he helps you build confidence in sharing your faith, and teaches you how to evangelize your friends and family in socially appropriate ways.

We have physical copies available for purchase over in the church hall. However, if you wish to order your own copy online or read via Kindle, you can do that here.

GIVING UPDATE

Each week we need to receive $6300.00 in order to meet our commitments. Last month, our average weekly giving was $5882.00, leaving a gap of $418.00. Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $245,700. Compared to that total we received $221,466, leaving a gap of $24,234.

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 NEW details. Account name: Jamberoo Anglican Church. Account number: 356831. BSB: 032605.

Divine Hospitality

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In her book, ‘The gospel comes with a house key,’ Rosaria Butterfield shares how she became a Christian through the hospitality of an older Christian couple who opened their home, shared their lives, and showed her Jesus. 

She was unchurched and hostile to Christians, but God used that hospitality to lead her to Christ.

Hospitality is so powerful for evangelism, and that’s because God showed us hospitality, first!

He welcomed outsiders when he invited us to belong to his family and become part of his people… all while we were his enemies.

His divine hospitality was seen most clearly through the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, who came to reconcile us to the Father. 

In her book, Rosaria said that hospitality seeks to make, “strangers neighbours and neighbours family of God.”

That kind of hospitality is deliberate, intentional and relational…. and a little daunting.

But her wise advice was to just, “start somewhere, start today,” and I thought, “I can do that!”

All I need to do is to keep getting to know people… starting small, but starting now.

And I was reminded that evangelism so often happens in the context of personal relationships.

It made me think of my role as a school teacher, and how I invite students to bring questions and doubts, as they learn and inquire.

You’ll have similar opportunities with your work colleagues, family, community contacts, and other connections in life.

It is such a wonderful privilege and an amazing opportunity for us to speak the gospel, and live it out in the lives we share with others.

As we head into Easter, let’s pray that God will help us share the love of Christ with everyone we connect with, and that he will bring many people to know and love Jesus as Lord and Saviour.

MANDY McNEILL

Coming up this Sunday 12th March 2023 

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This Sunday we are going to be hearing from God’s word as Jodie McNeill preaches to us from 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 on ‘Australian Idols’.

After our 9am service we’ll be enjoying brunch together, and after our 4pm service we’ll be having dinner.

We’d love you to join us in-person if you’re able, or watch our livestream at watch.jamberooanglican.com.

Here are the questions that Jodie plans to answer for us this Sunday:

1 Since God said it’s, “not good for the man to be alone,” why is singleness better?
2 If everyone chose to be single, how would anyone have kids?
3 How does God’s definition of marriage differ to society?
4 How should we react to the anti-Christian jokes in society?
5 Why doesn’t our church stand during the Gospel reading?
6 Could we please pray regularly for TIGS?
7 Is there a bell in our bell tower, and if so, is that what rings each Sunday?

If you’d like to submit your own question to be answered in church in the future, then simply hit ‘reply’ to this email.

We’re really looking forward to seeing you on Sunday!

1 Corinthians: A Loving Church – 15: Single Minded – 1 Corinthians 7:25-40 – Jodie McNeill – 5 March 2023

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What’s on your mind?

No event matters more than the return of ______

The return of Christ _______ what’s on our mind

Marriage isn’t _______

We should fix our ____ on eternity

Paul has a preference for __________ over marriage

Paul says they’re in a ______

The crisis affects their _______ in life

Marriage can be ___________

The time that remains is very _____

Imagine if we lived like Jesus was about to ______

Our marriages mustn’t be our primary _____

We may need to make ______ decisions to honour God

We need to see marriage the way ___ sees it

To be more single-minded it’s good to be ______

Paul encourages them without ________ them

We should marry people who ____ the Lord

We should ______ single people and their commitment

Undivided, single-minded

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Church news for the week beginning 5th March 2023

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OUR SERMON

This weekend we will be hearing from God’s word as Jodie McNeill preaches to us from 1 Corinthians 7:25-40 on ‘Single Minded’.

‘REMEMBER THE LORD’ CONCERT

Our church is hosting Colin Buchanan for a special all-age outdoors concert at 6-7pm on Friday 31st March. Tickets $17 from our website (grab tickets HERE before they sell out!). For the young and the young-at-heart!

MOORE WEEK EVENTS

Four special events during Moore Week:
‘Ministry Minded’, 7pm Tue 28th March;
Colin Concert, 6pm Fri 31st March;
Men’s Breakfast, 8am Sat 1st April;
Women’s High Tea, 2pm Sat 1st April.
Plus, members of the team will join you at your Growth Group as well as any informal hospitality events at your home.

MOORE WEEK HOSTS REQUIRED

We’re welcoming 15 students from 26th March to 2nd April. Can you host a student in your home? Keep the whole week free for special events.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Our AGM (Annual General Meeting) will be held on Tuesday 14th March at 7pm. The first Parish Council will be 21st March.

MORNING PRAYER

Join us at 7 am every day (except Sunday) at zoom.jamberooanglican.com as we gather to read the Bible, pray, and encourage each other as the new day dawns.

FEBRUARY BOOK OF THE MONTH

‘How to Talk About Jesus (Without Being THAT Guy)’ by Sam Chan.

Sam Chan equips everyday Christians who are reluctant and nervous to tell their friends about Jesus with practical, tested ways of sharing their faith in the least awkward ways possible.

Drawing from over two decades of experience as an evangelist, teacher, and pastor, Chan explains why personal evangelism feels so awkward today.

And utilizing recent insights from communication theory, cross-cultural ministry, and apologetics, he helps you build confidence in sharing your faith, and teaches you how to evangelize your friends and family in socially appropriate ways.

We have physical copies available for purchase over in the church hall. However, if you wish to order your own copy online or read via Kindle, you can do that here.

GIVING UPDATE

Each week we need to receive $6300.00 in order to meet our commitments. Last month, our average weekly giving was $5882.00, leaving a gap of $418.00. Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $245,700. Compared to that total we received $221,466, leaving a gap of $24,234.

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 NEW details. Account name: Jamberoo Anglican Church. Account number: 356831. BSB: 032605.


Relational Evangelism

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Relational evangelism is communicating the gospel of the crucified and risen Lord Jesus Christ in the context of person-to-person relationships. 

All Christians are in relationships, with God and with other people, both believers, and those on the journey to faith.

The Bible identifies Christians to be Ambassadors of Christ, such as in 2 Corinthians 5:17-21. All of us represent Christ to people we are in relationship with. 

Those people include your family, neighbours, people at school or work, your networks of friends, members of your sports team or community group. 

Right now, pause and prayerfully reflect on who are the people that you are connected with. Next, identify which people you consistently spend time with. It is possible that these people, or groups, are what we call your “flock,” meaning the people to whom you consistently represent Christ. 

How we represent Christ is faith-in-action (for example, James 2:18). Such faith expresses itself in loving others as we love ourselves.

Strategically, as Christ’s Ambassadors, that involves being physically present with the members of our flock, caring for them, embracing them in prayer, lovingly communicating the gospel, and doing so with the awareness that we represent Christ.

As of now, in the fellowship of Jamberoo Anglican Church, I have committed myself to equipping and supporting you to be Christ’s Ambassadors.

Let me know how you’re already putting this into action, and how I can help you grow in your  effectiveness.

STEVE BLIGH

(Photo credit: Esther Schultz via Flickr.com)