Church news for the week beginning 28th May 2022

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OUR SERMON

This weekend we will be hearing from God’s word as Jodie McNeill preaches to us from Daniel Chapter 4 on ‘The Roots of Humility’.

EQUIP WOMEN’S CONFERENCE

Join together with some women from our church to hear God’s Word from the book of Lamentations. Time: 9:30 am – 3:30 pm 18th June, in the church hall. Teens are free and Adults are $20.

SAFE MINISTRY COURSE

We would love every member of our church to complete the ‘Safe Ministry Essentials’ course at www.safeministry.training. The course costs $20 and lasts 3 years. See Sandee for more details.

CHURCH CALENDAR IN ELVANTO

Stay informed about church events with our new church calendar feature in Elvanto. If you need help logging in then see Jacob.

CORE

Our semi-monthly ‘Core’ leaders meeting will be held this Tuesday night at 7pm in the church hall.

MORNING PRAYER

Join us at 7am 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.

APRIL & MAY BOOK OF THE MONTH

‘The Storm Tossed Family’ by Russell Moore. Whether you are married or single, whether you long for a child or shepherding a full house, you are part of a family. Family can be the source of some of the most transcendent human joy, and family can leave us crumpled up on the side of the road. This is not just another book about some practical steps to having a perfect family. Instead, it is a book that is painfully real about the struggles that we all have with our families while living in a broken world. Moore argues that we often actually damage our families by attempting to make them central in our lives when the gospel should be central instead. Moore’s book is challenging and helpful, whether you are a parent, a child, a spouse, or a single person. If you would like to order a physical copy 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.

To give to our tax-deductible MTS Scholars Fund to support our apprentice youth minister, head to mts.com.au/give/jamberoo-anglican-church/


True Reconciliation

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On the 26th of May, this country recognises Sorry Day and it remembers that over 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were taken from their families, many to pass, never to meet any of their loved ones.

Many are still walking on this earth looking to find their families. 

So it is still a raw thing and the trans-generational trauma is passed down through generations upon generations.  

It’s still a real thing in the lives of Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders.

We can all say ‘sorry,’ but it is not the word we say, it’s the actions that we do that show that we recognise and show respect to one another and we mourn with those who mourn.

It’s important because you need to understand the past to know where we’ve been. 

One, that we don’t repeat it and, two, that in order to be reconciled we have to make amends and deal with it. 

So, I love when I think of God’s message, that he sent his Son down to deal with our sin, that his Son died upon the cross, that through the blood of Jesus, we are reconciled to him, and he rose in three days.

I love that image, that true reconciliation is done and is seen through the blood of Jesus Christ.

As God’s people, and as his church, we have the responsibility to be ambassadors of reconciliation. 

So I want to encourage us … that we would be bringing the true message of reconciliation to this country.

MICHAEL DUCKETT

The Chair of the Sydney Anglican Indigenous Ministry Committee

(This is an edited extract of the original post at sydneyanglicans.net)

Coming up this weekend 28-29th May 2022

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This weekend we are going to be hearing from God’s word as Jodie McNeill preaches to us from Daniel Chapter 4 on ‘The Roots of Humility’.

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.

These are the questions that Jodie plans to answer this weekend during church:

1 How did they make the furnace seven times hotter?
2 Where was Daniel in chapter 3?
3 Why has God made some people with weaker consciences than others?
4 How does the message of Daniel give us hope in our trials?
5 What does it look like to be “spiritually dull” (Hebrews 6:11)?
6 If we have followed Jesus now, would we have also followed him in Eden?
7 If Jesus took all our punishment on the cross then why do the effects of the curse still exist?
8 Who taught Theophilus in Luke 1:3?
9 In Exodus 3:2 is the angel of the Lord just an angel, or actually God?
10 Will we be vegetarian in Heaven?

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!

Daniel – Who Rules Really? – ’The Fire of the King’ – Daniel 3 – Jodie McNeill – 21-22 May 2022

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A world away

More Christians were ______ last century than ever

The king of Babylon made a very large ______

All _______ were to come together

The people were to worship the statue like an ____

Daniel and his friends were under ______

The astrologists make the refusal ________

The king threatens the Jews with _____

The Jews knew that God was on their ____

God knows ____, every time

The king’s attack became very ________

In their darkest moment, they were never _____

The true God rules, and the king looks ______

Pray for wisdom before choosing _____ disobedience

The pressure to _______ to the world is growing

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Church news for the week beginning 21st May 2022

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OUR SERMON

This weekend we will be hearing from God’s word as Jodie McNeill preaches to us from Daniel Chapter 3 on ‘The Fire of the King’.

PASTORAL CARE GROUP

Would you like to serve in pastoral care in our church? Join a special meeting on Sunday 22nd May at midday in the hall, as Sandee gathers us to plan and deliver an all-new pastoral care strategy for our church and wider community.

SAFE MINISTRY COURSE

We would love every member of our church to complete the ‘Safe Ministry Essentials’ course at www.safeministry.training. The course costs $20 and lasts 3 years. See Sandee for more details.

CHURCH CALENDAR IN ELVANTO

Stay informed about church events with our new church calendar feature in Elvanto. If you need help logging in then see Jacob.

CORE

Our semi-monthly ‘Core’ leaders meeting will be held this Tuesday night at 7pm in the church hall.

MORNING PRAYER

Join us at 7am 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.

APRIL & MAY BOOK OF THE MONTH

‘The Storm Tossed Family’ by Russell Moore. Whether you are married or single, whether you long for a child or shepherding a full house, you are part of a family. Family can be the source of some of the most transcendent human joy, and family can leave us crumpled up on the side of the road. This is not just another book about some practical steps to having a perfect family. Instead, it is a book that is painfully real about the struggles that we all have with our families while living in a broken world. Moore argues that we often actually damage our families by attempting to make them central in our lives when the gospel should be central instead. Moore’s book is challenging and helpful, whether you are a parent, a child, a spouse, or a single person. If you would like to order a physical copy 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.

To give to our tax-deductible MTS Scholars Fund to support our apprentice youth minister, head to mts.com.au/give/jamberoo-anglican-church/


A Day at at Time

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From a young age we’ve instilled in our children the need to plan ahead for the future.

After all, we want to make sure that we’re prepared in every way for what may occur, and that’s why we think weeks, months and years ahead in our planning.

But what if we lived a day at a time?

In Numbers chapter 9 we read about the cloud of the Lord that covered the Tabernacle, which looked like a pillar of fire.

It led God’s people in this way:

Whenever the cloud lifted from over the sacred tent, the people of Israel would break camp and follow it. And wherever the cloud settled, the people of Israel would set up camp. (Numbers 9:17)

But the amount of time at one place would vary from a single day to even a year, and they would move with very little notice.

God’s people lived a day at a time, waiting afresh to see what the Lord had in mind for their community.

This seems so different to the way we plan out our lives, sometimes with less regard for the overarching will of God.

We don’t have a tabernacle any more, but still we have this important warning in the letter of James:

Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.” (James 4:13-15)

This is why it’s good practice for us to say, “God willing” when we speak about the future, for it shows our humility as we live in the world that is lovingly lead by our Lord.

What’s more, it can also open up opportunities for us to share our deep trust in our Lord, as we live in a world that increasingly ignores the creator and his gracious redemption for all who turn to him.

JODIE McNEILL

(photo credit: Dafne Cholet via Flickr.com)

Coming up this weekend 21-22nd May 2022

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This weekend we are going to be hearing from God’s word as Jodie McNeill preaches to us from Daniel Chapter 3 on ‘The Fire of the King’.

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.

These are the questions that Jodie plans to answer this weekend during church:

1 Is Gafcon supporting Anglicanism first and Christianity second?
2 If one or both people in a same-sex marriage become Christians, what should they do?
3 What power does the Holy Spirit give us today?
4 Did Jesus carry his cross, or was it Simon?
5 Will we recognise people in Heaven?
6 Why are we told that that the astrologists speak in Aramaic in Daniel 2:4, but nowhere else?
7 When we have strange dreams, is it God speaking and should we seek an interpretation?
8 When it comes to knowing God, what are the limits of common grace?
9 Why do you say, “who rules really” so much in your sermons?
10 Why is it comforting and assuring to know that God is sovereign?

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!

Daniel – Who Rules Really? – ’Kingdom Dreaming’ – Daniel 2 – Jodie McNeill – 14-15 May 2022

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The Sovereignty of God

God is sovereign, even when ____ happens

The king can’t control his ______

The king command the wise men to tell him his _____

The king’s demand is __________ for humans

The king orders all wise men to be ________

God is setting things up for something _______

Daniel and his friends cried to God for _____

Because of the revelation, Daniel _______ God

God is not influencing, he’s ___________

The praise is about who God is and what he’s ____

It’s good to always give God the _____

It’s a huge ______ with a strong head and weak feet

God gave Nebuchadnezzar his ________

God is establishing an ___________ kingdom

The king of Babylon worships ______

God’s ___________ brings comfort and assurance

The rock of ages

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Church news for the week beginning 14th May 2022

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OUR SERMON

This weekend we will be hearing from God’s word as Jodie McNeill preaches to us from Daniel Chapter 2 on ‘Kingdom Dreaming’.

CONFIRMATION SERVICE

Our Confirmation Service is a special night of celebration, as a number of young people in our church declare their trust in Jesus. It will held on Tuesday 17th May at 7pm. Please plan to join us for this special night as we welcome our special guest, Bishop Peter Hayward as our preacher and officiate.

PASTORAL CARE GROUP

Would you like to serve in pastoral care in our church? Join a special meeting on Sunday 22nd May at midday in the hall, as Sandee gathers us to plan and deliver an all-new pastoral care strategy for our church and wider community.

CALHAU WEDDING

Next Saturday 21st May at 2pm, Nick Calhau and Megan Hounslow will be married in our church. All welcome!

SAFE MINISTRY COURSE

We would love every member of our church to complete the ‘Safe Ministry Essentials’ course at www.safeministry.training. The course costs $20 and lasts 3 years. See Sandee for more details.

CHURCH CALENDAR IN ELVANTO

Stay informed about church events with our new church calendar feature in Elvanto. If you need help logging in then see Jacob.

MORNING PRAYER

Join us at 7am 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.

APRIL & MAY BOOK OF THE MONTH

‘The Storm Tossed Family’ by Russell Moore. Whether you are married or single, whether you long for a child or shepherding a full house, you are part of a family. Family can be the source of some of the most transcendent human joy, and family can leave us crumpled up on the side of the road. This is not just another book about some practical steps to having a perfect family. Instead, it is a book that is painfully real about the struggles that we all have with our families while living in a broken world. Moore argues that we often actually damage our families by attempting to make them central in our lives when the gospel should be central instead. Moore’s book is challenging and helpful, whether you are a parent, a child, a spouse, or a single person. If you would like to order a physical copy 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.

To give to our tax-deductible MTS Scholars Fund to support our apprentice youth minister, head to mts.com.au/give/jamberoo-anglican-church/


Division Over Unions

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For the first time in five years, the national body of the Anglican Church of Australia met this week to discuss many matters, including its teaching about marriage.

In this first gathering since the marriage plebiscite in 2017, the members of this so-called ‘General Synod’ were asked to agree to a statement that simply reaffirmed what it had always declared, namely that marriage is between one man and one woman, exclusively, for life.

In the end, the decision was made to separate the vote into three ballots, and whilst the lay and clergy votes were firmly in support of the orthodox statement, the majority of bishops in charge of dioceses around Australia did not vote in favour, with 12 against and 10 for.

Because the statement was not passed, the Synod simply maintains the previous, orthodox position from 2017, although relationships within our national church continue to deteriorate.

For us in Jamberoo, this has very little impact, because our own Diocese of Sydney strongly affirms the Bible’s teaching on marriage, and is not required to adopt the theology of the national church.

Yet, for Anglican churches in dioceses where their bishops reject the Bible’s teaching on marriage, it becomes increasingly difficult for orthodox ministers to submit to the leadership of their progressive bishops.

That is why Gafcon is so important, as it provides support and encouragement to those who are seeking to faithfully teach the word of God in a hostile environment.

Furthermore, recent developments in Gafcon Australia have begun to provide a pathway for individual churches to leave the Anglican Church of Australia and join a new diocese, in fellowship with over 70% of orthodox Anglicans around the world.

Let us pray that those who have strayed from the orthodox position will repent and believe the clear teachings in the Bible, and resist the temptation to conform to the world.

Let’s also pray that through these challenging times that the Lord will give us fresh energy to proclaim Christ faithfully to the nations!

JODIE McNEILL

(Photo credit: 19melissa68 via Flickr.com)