Church news for the weekend of 21st July 2024

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Sunday’s Sermon

This Sunday, Jodie McNeill is giving a special, one-off sermon on Psalm 139 called ‘You are precious to God.’ Andy McPhail will be preaching his third sermon on‘The Race’ in a few months’ time.

Book of the Month

Our book of the month for July is ‘You’re Only Human’ by Kelly Kapic. Physical copies are available at our bookstall or buy online at: wanderingbookseller.com.au

Friday Kids and Youth

On 26th July we’re back to our normal Friday groups of SPARK (Years 3 to 6) at 4:30-6pm, and Youth Group (Years 7 to 12) from 7-9pm at the church hall.

Equip Women  

Equip Women’s Conference, ‘Hope for the Weary’ livestream on Saturday 27th July, 2-5pm. Afternoon Tea included. $22 (teens free.)  Register at equip.org.au and RSVP by SMS to Gabriella on 0418685169

‘Meet Jesus’ Evangelism Series

From 28 July to 1st September we’re having a six-week ‘Meet Jesus’ sermon series in conjunction with local Anglican churches. Pray that people would meet Jesus and follow him!

Schools Out, Kids In!

Our ‘Schools out, kids in’ church services continues for one more Sunday, as Rach leads us in extra-intergenerational services for all ages and stages, all together!

Square One

If you’re in year 3 to 6 then join a group led by leaders from our church at the regional Youthworks ‘Square One’ camp 8-10 November at Port Hacking. Regos open 1st August. See Rach for details and visit www.youthworks.net/squareone 

Midweek Small Groups 

By being a member of a Small Group, you are helping us all to care for each other as we grow in our knowledge and love of God. Join a group by filling in the Connect Card or contacting a staff member.

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 .

Catch up on Sermons and Questions

Listen to sermons and our Question Time on Apple Podcasts or Spotify by searching ‘Jamberoo Anglican’. You can also watch previous services at watch.jamberooanglican.com 

Church Giving

Each week we need to receive $6300.00 in order to meet our commitments. For last month, our average weekly giving was $5616.00, leaving a gap of $684.00. 

Olimometer 2.52

Up to the end of last month, we needed to have received $218,400. Compared to that total we received $195,239, leaving a gap of $23,161.

Olimometer 2.52

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

Looking back and forward

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On the 20th of January this year, I let the world of Instagram know that I was moving on to a new adventure. 

I felt that this song from Rend Collective captured my feelings perfectly:

“You are the adventure of a lifetime, Jesus.
you take my heart and make it wild
you are the thrill my soul is seeking, Jesus
your grace has no horizon line
I’ll go anywhere, anywhere at all
As long as I’m with you, Jesus”

Church family, can you believe that I’ve been on this new adventure with you all for six months?

As I look back, I remember that I had goals I was keen to set. I was so excited (and a little nervous) to meet and know you all!

Yet, my start with you all was one of real hardship with the passing of my Dad. Looking back I can see how in such a dark time I already had you around me as my new family, even though we didn’t know each other well. 

Your care, kindness, prayers, and messages meant the absolute world to me, given that many times I couldn’t return to Sydney.

Looking back I’m so thankful to God that this is where he has placed me with you all as I get to live out my dream job alongside you every day!

I’m so excited for what the next six months and beyond will bring!

I look forward to seeing God’s will be done in the kids’ programs and in the households of our churches as we partner in making disciples of the next generation.

I’m looking forward to finding a way to keep bridging the gap to Sunday church from our Friday afternoon Spark kids’ club, where we have a few non-church kids attending.

I’m looking forward to praying a big prayer that we might have five, non-Christian families attend our kids programs! Will you join me in this prayer?

RACH BEMMER

Coming up this weekend 21st July 2024

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This Sunday, Jodie’s preaching a special, one-off sermon entitled ‘You are precious to God’ from Psalm 139. Andy McPhail’s third sermon in his series ‘The Race’ will now be heard in a few weeks’ time, after the six-week ‘Meet Jesus’ series.

This weekend it’s the third of our three weekends in our ‘Schools Out, Kids In’ program, where Rach helps us work to make our church gatherings even more intergenerational.

This week we won’t be having a question time but feel free to reply to send your questions via email or text.

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

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

See you on Sunday, God willing!

Church News for the weekend of 14th July 2024

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Sermon Series

This Sunday, Andrew McPhail continues his three-week series on ‘The Race’ from Philippians 3, with the title, ‘Running the Race: Pressing On’

Book of the Month

Our book of the month for July is ‘You’re Only Human’ by Kelly Kapic. Physical copies are available at our bookstall or buy online at: wanderingbookseller.com.au

Friday Kids and Youth

We’re having a holiday break from our normal Friday groups of SPARK (Years 3 to 6) at 4:30-6pm, and Youth Group (Years 7 to 12) from 7-9pm at the church hall.

Equip Women  

Equip Women’s Conference, ‘Hope for the Weary’ livestream on Saturday 27th July, 2-5pm. Afternoon Tea included. $22 (teens free.)  Register at equip.org.au and RSVP by SMS to Gabriella on 0418685169

‘Meet Jesus’ Evangelism Series

From 28 July to 1st September we’re having a six-week ‘Meet Jesus’ sermon series in conjunction with local Anglican churches. Pray that people would meet Jesus and follow him!

Schools Out, Kids In!

Our ‘Schools out, kids in’ church services continues this Sunday and next week, as Rach leads us in extra-intergenerational services for all ages and stages, all together!

Midweek Small Groups 

By being a member of a Small Group, you are helping us all to care for each other as we grow in our knowledge and love of God. Join a group by filling in the Connect Card or contacting a staff member.

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 .

Catch up on Sermons and Questions

Listen to sermons and our Question Time on Apple Podcasts or Spotify by searching ‘Jamberoo Anglican’. You can also watch previous services at watch.jamberooanglican.com 

Church Giving

Each week we need to receive $6300.00 in order to meet our commitments. For last month, our average weekly giving was $5616.00, leaving a gap of $684.00. 

Olimometer 2.52

Up to the end of last month, we needed to have received $218,400. Compared to that total we received $195,239, leaving a gap of $23,161.

Olimometer 2.52

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

Searching the Scriptures

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Recently at Youth Group, we looked at Acts chapter 17:1-15, as part of our series on Paul’s missionary journey in the book of Acts.

In Acts 17, there are two, very different responses to the gospel.

When Paul preaches in Thessalonica, he gets run out of town by an angry mob, but when he then moves onto a town called Berea, he gets a much more positive reception towards the good news of Jesus.

Acts 17:11b says, “they searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth,” and as a result, they put their trust in Jesus.

As the Youth Minister of this church, it is a privilege to witness our young people exhibit the same attitude towards the gospel as the Bereans.

Each Friday night, we meet to hang out, play games and build relationships, but most importantly, we search the Scriptures week after week to find the truth that God has revealed in his word to us.

In this passage we were particularly challenged by the fact that the Bereans searched the Scriptures day after day, coming back to Scripture time and time again, soaking in it, reflecting on it.

Do you search the Scriptures day after day?

We have access to the Bible like never before, both hardcopy and online, yet how often do we fill our time with other things than reading God’s word?

The young people of our church have an enthusiasm for the gospel: day after day, week after week, time after time, they encourage those of us who are older to be as excited as they are to read God’s word.

This week, why not ask a young person at church what they’ve read in the Bible recently?

Hopefully that will encourage both you and them to follow the example of the Bereans, searching the Scriptures for truth day after day.

BRAD VIDILINI

Coming up this weekend 14th July 2024

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This weekend Andy McPhail continues his three-week series called ‘The Race’ from Philippians 3, with his second talk called ‘Running the Race: Pressing On’’

This weekend we continue the second of our three weekends in our ‘Schools Out, Kids In’ program, where Rach helps us work to make our church gatherings even more intergenerational.

This week we won’t be having a question time but feel free to reply to send your questions via email or text.

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

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

See you on Sunday, God willing!

Church News for the Weekend of 7th July 2024

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Sermon Series

This Sunday, Andrew McPhail begins a three-week series on ‘The Race’ from Philippians 3.

Book of the Month

Our book of the month for July is ‘You’re Only Human’ by Kelly Kapic. Physical copies are available at our bookstall or buy online at: wanderingbookseller.com.au

Friday Kids and Youth

We’re having a holiday break from our normal Friday groups of SPARK (Years 3 to 6) at 4:30-6pm, and Youth Group (Years 7 to 12) from 7-9pm at the church hall.

Equip Women  

Equip Women’s Conference, ‘Hope for the Weary’ livestream on Saturday 27th July, 2-5pm. Afternoon Tea included. $22 (teens free.)  Register at equip.org.au and RSVP by SMS to Gabriella on 0418685169

‘Meet Jesus’ Evangelism Series

From 28 July to 1st September we’re having a six-week ‘Meet Jesus’ sermon series in conjunction with local Anglican churches. Pray that people would meet Jesus and follow him!

Schools Out, Kids In!

Our ‘Schools out, kids in’ church services begins this Sunday and the next two weeks, as Rach leads us in extra-intergenerational services for all ages and stages, all together!

Midweek Small Groups 

By being a member of a Small Group, you are helping us all to care for each other as we grow in our knowledge and love of God. Join a group by filling in the Connect Card or contacting a staff member.

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 .

Catch up on Sermons and Questions

Listen to sermons and our Question Time on Apple Podcasts or Spotify by searching ‘Jamberoo Anglican’. You can also watch previous services at watch.jamberooanglican.com 

Church Giving

Each week we need to receive $6300.00 in order to meet our commitments. For last month, our average weekly giving was $5616.00, leaving a gap of $684.00. 

Olimometer 2.52

Up to the end of last month, we needed to have received $218,400. Compared to that total we received $195,239, leaving a gap of $23,161.

Olimometer 2.52

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

We Love Kids’ Ministry!

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As our teachers take a break after a big Term Two, we’ve asked two of our kids’ church leaders to reflect on their ministry and share with us about how we can encourage and support them as they serve our children and our families.

One leader is Elise Baker, who serves as a leader in our morning kids’ program, as well as leading youth and also teaching Scripture at Jamberoo Public School.

She loves doing ministry because she believes that helping build a biblical and Christ-centred foundation for children is important: “Whether it’s through song, a Bible story, prayer, craft or activities, I find it super rewarding to see the children’s growth and curiosity as they continue learning from the Bible.”

For this term, a personal highlight has been going through the Old Testament in the Jesus Storybook Bible, “for I love how each story connects so clearly to Jesus.”

Liz Vidilini is another morning church leader, and she says that she loves leading in this way, “because it brings me joy to see little children understand how much Jesus loves them, and it reminds me that following Jesus is a childlike faith and he welcomes us with open arms.”

As she reflects on the ministry, she wants us to know that leading in this way, “is not scary or hard,” and that even if teaching kids isn’t a person’s normal skill set, that “it’s just about sharing Jesus with the children.”

She’d love more people to volunteer to spend time intentionally sharing Jesus with the great kids at our church, because she believes that, “intergenerational ministry is so valuable.”

Elise would love us to pray that God will continue to give the leaders, “wisdom, joy, and creativity as we prepare and lead,” and she ask that for the kids, they might, “remain curious and open-hearted, and that they grow in their understanding and relationship with Jesus.”

Finally, they’d love us to pray for all the families, that each parent or carer would disciple their children’s growth at home.

Praise God for our kids’ ministry!

RACHEL BEMMER

Coming up this weekend 7th July 2024

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This weekend Andy McPhail will be launching a three-week series called ‘The Race’ from Philippians 3, with his first talk called ‘Starting the Race: The Call’’

We’re thrilled to let you know that this weekend we kick off the first of three weekends in our ‘Schools Out, Kids In’ program, where Rach helps us work to make our church gatherings even more intergenerational.

This week we won’t be having a question time but feel free to reply to send your questions via email or text.

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

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

See you on Sunday, God willing!

Church News for the weekend of 30th June 2024

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Sermon Series

This Sunday, Brad Vidilini is preaching on the topic ’Grateful Praise’ from Psalm 100. Next week Andrew McPhail begins a three-week series on ‘The Race’ from Philippians 3.

Book of the Month

Our book of the month for June is ‘A Chance To Die’ by Elisabeth Elliot. Physical copies are available at our bookstall or buy online at: wanderingbookseller.com.au

Friday Kids and Youth

This Friday join us for SPARK (Years 3 to 6) at 4:30-6pm, or Youth Group (Years 7 to 12) from 7-9pm at the church hall. After this Friday, we’re taking a break for holidays.

Equip Women  

Equip Women’s Conference, ‘Hope for the Weary’ livestream on Saturday 27th July, 2-5pm. Afternoon Tea included. $22 (teens free.)  Register at equip.org.au and RSVP by SMS to Gabriella on 0418685169

‘Meet Jesus’ Evangelism Series

From 28 July to 1st September we’re having a six-week ‘Meet Jesus’ sermon series in conjunction with local Anglican churches. Pray that people would meet Jesus and follow him!

Schools Out, Kids In!

Our ‘Schools out, kids in’ church services return next Sunday and the two weeks after, as Rach leads us in extra-intergenerational services for all ages and stages, all together!

Midweek Small Groups 

By being a member of a Small Group, you are helping us all to care for each other as we grow in our knowledge and love of God. Join a group by filling in the Connect Card or contacting a staff member.

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 .

Catch up on Sermons and Questions

Listen to sermons and our Question Time on Apple Podcasts or Spotify by searching ‘Jamberoo Anglican’. You can also watch previous services at watch.jamberooanglican.com 

Church Giving

Each week we need to receive $6300.00 in order to meet our commitments. For last month, our average weekly giving was $5616.00, leaving a gap of $684.00. 

Olimometer 2.52

Up to the end of last month, we needed to have received $218,400. Compared to that total we received $195,239, leaving a gap of $23,161.

Olimometer 2.52

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