Sullivan, our English Settler, is our most effective pre-evangelistic tool, for as we walk him, he brings people to us.
They talk to us about him, ask about the breed, notice our accent, tell us they have a relative in Perth and ask if we’ve met them, then ask, “What are you doing here?”
In Sydney that would be an open door, wouldn’t it?
We’d say, “I’m planting a new church,” or, “I’m starting a new congregation,” or even, “I’m a minister of a church.”
It would be an open door everywhere else we’ve lived, from Southern England and the midlands, to Northern Ireland… but not in Dublin.
Those words mean different things in Ireland.
Grace doesn’t mean, “God’s undeserved favour to us, primarily in Jesus Christ,” and church doesn’t mean, “A gathering of believers in Jesus Christ.”
Tomas, a Dubliner born and bred, and one of our dog-walking contacts, said,“Cam, you’ve got to understand, the Irish have suffered under two oppressors: the English and the Catholic Church.”
To Tomas and to our other neighbours, the words I use to speak about the wonderful message of reconciliation of God to us by the death of Jesus on the cross represent oppression and abuse.
If we say, “we’re planting a new church,” many hear, “we’re starting a new agency of tyranny.”
I also walk Sully in the Silicon Docks, where companies have pet-friendly offices.
Two older men told me much the same as Tomas: “The English tried to crush our culture, and the church tried to crush our spirit.”
We’re working out how to speak about God’s love when the words, ‘Jesus’ and ‘Church’ are associated with abuse, coverup and abduction.
That’s why we’re so thankful for our partnership with Jamberoo Anglican, and we praise God that you are with us as we work to plant a new church in Dublin… and as we try and help people understand why that’s actually a really good thing!.
This weekend we will be hearing from God’s word as Jodie McNeill preaches to us from 1 Corinthians 1:10-17 on ‘Unity in Christ’.
IRISH MISSION WEEKEND
This weekend we’re welcoming Cameron and Alex Jones from Dublin to join us for a special Irish-themed dinner/brunch after church, with lots of great opportunities to hear about their church-planting ministry.
HELLO SUNDAY NIGHT!
Two more weeks till the 6th November we when we’ll be gathering at 4 pm for our first Sunday Night Church! Only the day and time has changed… but everything else stays the same.
MOORE COLLEGE ‘PTC COURSE’
Would you like to grow a deeper understanding of God’s word? Grahame Scarratt will be lecturing the Moore College ‘PTC Course’ here at our church. If you’re interested, let Jacob or Brad know.
WOMENS’ TEACHING DAY
Join the women of our church for a special day of teaching and fellowship – 10 am to 2 pm Saturday 12th November at Berry. You can register for the upcoming event here.
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.
OCTOBER & NOVEMBER BOOK OF THE MONTH
‘God’s Big Picture: Tracing the Storyline of the Bible’ By Vaughan Roberts.
Sixty-six books written by forty people over nearly 2,000 years, in two languages and several different genres. Sworn by in court, fought over by religious people, quoted in arguments. The Bible is clearly no ordinary book.
How can you begin to read and understand it as a whole?
This book gives you the big picture of the Bible! It provides both the encouragement and the tools to help you read the Bible with confidence and understanding. And it points you to the Bible’s supreme subject, Jesus Christ, and the salvation God offers through him. 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 $5616.00, leaving a gap of $684.00. Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $218,400. Compared to that total we received $195,239, leaving a gap of $23,161.
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.
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This weekend we are going to be hearing from God’s word as Jodie McNeill preaches to us from 1 Corinthians Chapter 1:10-17 on ’Unity in Christ’.
After our 5pm Saturday service we’ll be having dinner, and after our 9am Sunday service we’ll be enjoying brunch together.
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 is planning to answer:
1 Since the resurrected Jesus has a physical body, doesn’t that mean that heaven is a physical place? 2 When Jesus returns and brings people to heaven, does that mean that people die when he comes? 3 Were any of the Corinthians faithful Christians? 4 What was the first language spoken? 5 Can we bring back the ‘meet a member’ segment? 6 How will we celebrate the centenary anniversary of the “Women’s Work in the Church Ordinance 1922?”
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 this weekend!
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This weekend we will be hearing from God’s word as Jodie McNeill preaches to us from 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 on ‘The Gift of Grace’.
INTRODUCING ‘NOURISH’
Thursday 20th October we launch an all-new ministry to Women called ‘Nourish!’ Every Thursday morning during school terms, from 9:30-11:30 am in the hall. BYO craft if you’d like, and come for a cuppa and a chat!
IRISH MISSION WEEKEND
On 22-23 October we’re welcoming Cameron and Alex Jones from Dublin to join us for a special Irish-themed dinner/brunch after church, with lots of great opportunities to hear about their church-planting ministry.
HELLO SUNDAY NIGHT!
Three more weeks till the 6th November we when we’ll be gathering at 4 pm for our first Sunday Night Church! Only the day and time has changed… but everything else stays the same.
MOORE COLLEGE ‘PTC COURSE’
Would you like to grow a deeper understanding of God’s word? Grahame Scarratt will be lecturing the Moore College ‘PTC Course’ here at our church. If you’re interested, let Jacob or Brad know.
WOMENS’ TEACHING DAY
Join the women of our church for a special day of teaching and fellowship – 10 am to 2 pm Saturday 12th November at Berry. Details and registration details coming soon.
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.
OCTOBER & NOVEMBER BOOK OF THE MONTH
‘God’s Big Picture: Tracing the Storyline of the Bible’ By Vaughan Roberts.
Sixty-six books written by forty people over nearly 2,000 years, in two languages and several different genres. Sworn by in court, fought over by religious people, quoted in arguments. The Bible is clearly no ordinary book.
How can you begin to read and understand it as a whole?
This book gives you the big picture of the Bible! It provides both the encouragement and the tools to help you read the Bible with confidence and understanding. And it points you to the Bible’s supreme subject, Jesus Christ, and the salvation God offers through him. 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 $5616.00, leaving a gap of $684.00. Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $218,400. Compared to that total we received $195,239, leaving a gap of $23,161.
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.
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Being a Christian woman in today’s world is hard, no matter what age or stage of life you are in.
You may be a young woman leaving school, entering the workforce and navigating new relationships.
Or you may be single, or newly-married, or perhaps you’ve just become a mother.
Or maybe you’ve now become an empty-nester or grandmother or widow?
We know that it really does take a village to raise a child, and our church can provide that village to help each other.
So often women tell me they would love an ‘older’ Christian woman to walk alongside them—sometimes just to listen, to advise, or to read the Bible and pray with them.
This is what Paul talks about in Titus 2 where he calls older women to be mentors, advisors and role models for younger women.
It seems we are all looking for that older, godly woman to be our mentor—but maybe that person might be you?
However, you might look at your life and think that it’s just too messy to have anything to offer another woman.
But here’s the thing: we all have messy lives, and the experiences you have lived will be of great value to help equip you to listen, advise and mentor other women.
That’s why we’ve launched ‘Nourish’: a place for women of all ages and walks of life to connect with one another over a lovely morning tea.
We plan to meet in the hall on every Thursday morning from 9.30 to 11.30am during school terms.
While we’re not specifically a craft group, please feel free to bring your knitting, crochet, cross stitch, or whatever if you’d like.
We love little ones, so please feel free to bring along toddlers… and we’ll even have some morning tea available for the kids!
So whatever your age and stage of life… no matter whether you’re single, married, widowed, a mother or a grandmother, we’d love you to join us at Nourish.
This weekend we are going to be hearing from God’s word as Jodie McNeill preaches to us from 1 Corinthians Chapter 1:1-9 on ’The Gift of Grace’.
After our 5pm Saturday service we’ll be having dinner, and after our 9am Sunday service we’ll be enjoying brunch together.
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 is planning to answer:
1 How do I know if I’m a true Christian or just trying to please others? 2 Do we have to do any works at all to be saved? 3 Does God forgive when we confess with words, or do we also have to live it? 4 Where is heaven? 5 Are there churches in heaven? 6 Do people still tell the gospel out in the streets? 7 In Genesis 3:15, who are the offspring of the serpent? 8 What do I say to someone considering taking their life? 9 Who are the ‘sons of want’ in the song, ‘Jesus shall reign?’ 10 What does it mean to ‘take up your cross daily?’
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 this weekend!
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Some of the most spectacular moments in sport have come from a reflex reaction by a player, when they have kicked, passed, caught or hit a ball without pausing to think.
This week we witnessed a different kind of sporting reflex reaction when the Essendon AFL Club appointed a new CEO, only to pressure him to resign within a day of the announcement.
It was discovered that their brand-new CEO was also the leader of the board of a ‘controversial’ church that held ‘divisive’ views on abortion and homosexuality.
Yet, ‘City on a Hill’ church is Anglican, and the views it teaches are the same that have been held by mainstream Christian churches for thousands of years.
Most concerning was that Essendon’s reflex reaction was not because of anything the former-CEO said publicly: it was solely due to his affiliation with a church.
It should come as no surprise that we Christians will be persecuted for our faith, for Jesus said:
“If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first. The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you.” (John 15:18-19)
Nonetheless, we should pray that the sporting, political and intellectual leaders of our land might have the courage to listen to ‘dangerous’ views that are no-longer aligned to the ever-changing views of our progressive society.
At the same time, let’s pray that these kinds of ‘free kicks’ and ‘own goals’ of those who attack the teachings of Jesus might lead to increased opportunities to share the message of the love of Jesus with people whose main exposure to the Bible is via the talking heads of the media.
