Messiah Masterclass 2 – ‘Clash of the Kings’ – Matthew 2 – Jodie McNeill – 31 July & 1 August 2021
Politics can be brutal
God’s people needed the true _______
Our world needs King _____ not King Herod
Herod was a ______ king
The magic men discover the _____ of the Messiah
Herod didn’t like ___________
Jesus has _______ people since his birth
The Messiah would be born in _________
The shepherd leader would bring _____
The Jewish leaders couldn’t be ________
The Magi meet Jesus and they’re full of ___!
The foreign astrologers worshipped Jesus _____________
Joseph had toffee with his family to _____
Jesus will bring his people from _____ as he comes home
Herod wanted to wipe out Jesus, not ______ him
There is ____ after the death of the infants
The Messiah would grow up in ________
He was born in a manger, and grew up in a ____
The kings clashed, and Jesus ___!
BASECAMP 2021 Information
The day will start at 8 am and continue through till 3 pm, after which you will be welcome to stay with us until church or head home for the day.
We will be proving breakfast and lunch on the day!
If you are not under stay at home orders then we would love you to join us in person at the church where we will be broadcasting the event live.
If you are under stay at home orders we would love you to join us via Zoom. This way you can still watch the 3 sessions in the comfort of your own home, and join in with others who are at home so you can discuss the talks and catch up 😊
Regardless of which situation you are in you will need to register to join us on the day. The cost is $59.00
To register yourself or someone else, please follow this link:
https://kcc.brushfire.com/basecamp21/508000?group=fcdd699b-b7d0-4bae-b434-6b41a7a9404c
If that link doesn’t work, please follow these steps:
1. Visit http://bfi.re/e/508000
2. Click “Join a Group”
3. Select the group: Jamberoo Anglican Church
4. Enter the passcode: jamberoo1
After you register with our church, you should receive an email with instructions on how to get the most out of the day!
We look forward to you joining us!
If you have any questions or concerns please contact Jacob Mierendorff
Contact Info:
jacob.mierendorff@jamberooanglican.com
0434618517
Church news for the week beginning 31st July 2021
OUR SERMON
This weekend we will be looking into Matthew Chapter 2 as Jodie McNeill preaches to us from God’s word on ‘The Clash of the Kings’.
MISSION OF THE MONTH
Our mission of the month for August is CMS. To find out more about how to personally partner visit www.cms.org.au
BASE CAMP
The KCC Base Camp Men’s Convention is coming up on the 14th August. We are looking forward to the blokes coming together for an awesome time of fellowship! Visit the Event page on our website under the ‘Member’ tab for details on how to register.
MTS RECRUIT
We are hosting a local church gathering for MTS Recruit from the 1st to 3rd October. MTS Recruit is a conference aiming to raise up the next generation of Gospel Workers in Australia and across the globe. Prayerfully consider if this weekend is for you.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Please avoid the building materials and other hazards around the church.
PRAY WITH PRAYERMATE
Our church is now on PrayerMate. Subscribe for daily prayer points on your device from us and our partners.
FAMILY NEWS
BIRTHDAYS
4 August – Kyle Rafferty
6 August – Jessie Nicholls
GIVING UPDATE
Each week we need to receive $6300.00 in order to meet our commitments. For the month of June, our average weekly giving was $6272.00, leaving a gap of $28.00. Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $98,802. Compared to that total we received $109,200, leaving a gap of $-10,398.
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/
Satan and the Olympics
Last Friday night’s Olympic opening ceremony was quite unlike any other in history, which is no surprise given that it was performed in front of a stadium crowd of less than a thousand people, all of whom were wearing masks.
It felt more like a funeral than a festival, with a greater focus on death and isolation than on life and community.
At the heart of the night was the singing of the atheist anthem, ‘Imagine’, where the ‘congregation’ was encouraged to conceive of a world without possessions, war, and religion.
Instead of enjoying a moment of unified and triumphant humanity, there was sober reflection upon the disappointment that Covid-19 has brought to the Olympic festival.
The world normally rejoices in the ‘higher, faster, stronger’ mantra of the Olympic spirit, but this year humanity was frail and weak in the face of the coronavirus.
If Satan’s aim in life is to distract people from the realities of life and death, then Covid-19 is the last thing in the world he’d want.
For as C. S. Lewis once noted, “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”
The global suffering of SARS-COV-2 is a much-needed wakeup call to a world that has been numb from prosperity and triumphalism.
The pain of Covid has rained on the parade of atheistic humanism and it has created fertile ground for speaking of Christ Jesus and the one-and-only way to find certainty for eternity.
As we pray for relief from Covid, let us also pray that this crisis might lead many people to know Christ Jesus, who is the greatest human of all time, whose victory over sin and death brought us peace with God.
JODIE McNEILL
(Credit: France Olympique via Flickr)
Coming up this weekend 31st July – 1st August 2021
This weekend Jodie will be preaching on Matthew chapter 2 as we hear about the, ‘Clash of the Kings’. King Herod wants to kill King Jesus, but God’s got it all under control.
Join us Saturday at 5pm and dinner afterwards, followed by our ‘Nightlife’ fun from 8pm. Or Sunday morning at 9am, followed by morning tea and hot espresso. We can’t wait to have you join us!
If you have any questions, simply fill out a response slip during the service, email us at office@jamberooanglican.com or send an SMS to 0439 890 086. Here are the questions Jodie is planning to answer this weekend:
1 What is the ‘immaculate conception’, and who does it refer to?
2 Would Jesus have been a perfect child, easy to raise?
3 Do you think there will be more “holy days” added to the Christian calendar?
4 What does ‘Lord of Hosts’ mean?
5 Why do the cooking pots become sacred at the end of Zechariah?
6 Why do we have a youth minister and not a children’s minister?
Our kids’ ministry programs run at both services. We would love to watch your children, from babies to Year 6, and have them join our leaders in a time of fun and learning. The livestream will continue on the TV in the hall so if you need to stay with your child, you won’t miss out on church.
If you can’t make it in person, head to watch.jamberooanglican.com to watch our livestream.
Messiah Masterclass ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ Matthew 1 Jodie McNeill 24-25 July 2021
Who do you think you are?
It’s a dramatic backdrop to a dramatic _____
Matthew contains five, extended ________ events
Jesus is the Messiah because he’s a __________ of David
Three lists of ________ names
The four women point to high _____ in Biblical history
Jesus was God’s king for more than ______
Jesus’ ancestry was well-acquainted with ___
The miracle happened with Jesus’ ______
Jesus was _________ by the Holy Spirit
Joseph wanted to call it off because he was _________
The birth was related to the coming _______
Joseph must decide if he will believe and obey the _____
Jesus would ____ by name and ____ by nature
Everything about Jesus was part of God’s ____
God was with us so that God could ____ us
What was ________ by the angel happened
Do you believe it?
Church news for the week beginning 24th July 2021
OUR SERMON
This weekend we will be starting our new series called ‘Messiah Masterclass’ from Matthew’s Gospel, chapter 1. Jodie McNeill will preach to us from God’s word on ‘Who do you think we are’.
MISSION OF THE MONTH
Our mission of the month for June is Irish Church Missions, specifically the ‘Dublin Silicon Docks Church Project’. To find out more visit https://www.irishchurchmissions.ie
BASE CAMP
The KCC Base Camp Men’s Convention is coming up on the 14th August. We are live streaming it here at Church! Registration details coming next week.
BAPTISM SERVICE
Our upcoming baptism service has been delayed due to the impact of stay-at-home restrictions on the size of our gathering and on the visitors we can welcome onsite.
CONFIRMATION SERVICE
Our confirmation service has been delayed until Term One 2022 so that we can hopefully enjoy a good-sized gathering of people to join us for this important event.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Please avoid the building materials and other hazards around the church.
PRAY WITH PRAYERMATE
Our church is now on PrayerMate. Subscribe for daily prayer points on your device from us and our partners.
MTS RECRUIT
We are hosting a local church gathering for MTS Recruit from the 1st to 3rd October. MTS Recruit is a conference aiming to raise up the next generation of Gospel Workers in Australia and across the globe. Prayerfully consider if this weekend is for you.
FAMILY NEWS
BIRTHDAYS
24 July – Kim Ayling
GIVING UPDATE
Each week we need to receive $6300.00 in order to meet our commitments. In the last calendar month, our average weekly giving was $6272.00, leaving a gap of $28.00. Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $98,802. Compared to that total we received $109,200, leaving a gap of $-10,398.
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/
Australian Anglicans Ahead
On Monday night our church at Jamberoo was privileged to host a special online event for Gafcon Australia, at which the Chairman outlined the new way that Australian Anglican churches can be supported when they wish to keep to the faithful teaching of the Bible, even if their bishop wants otherwise.
This is not a problem that we face in our Sydney Diocese because we are blessed to have bishops and other leaders who love to listen to and obey what God says in his Bible about all matters of life.
The way that it will work is that Gafcon (Global Anglican Futures Conference) will provide what’s called an ‘Extra-provincial Diocese’, which is another way of saying that these churches and ministers will be able to be remain Anglican churches that will sit under the leadership and authority of a Bishop who is not formally part of the Anglican Church of Australia.
This is a significant, and most-likely costly step for any church to take, although it is one that would only be taken in extreme situations.
For, our prayer is that the dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia would be united in following the clear teaching of the Bible about how God wants his people in his church to live for his honour and glory.
Please pray for the board of Gafcon Australia as they work to provide the necessary infrastructure to support any new churches that will take advantage of this rescue plan.
Pray also that we might have unity in the truth of the gospel, so that together we might be able to proclaim Christ faithfully to the nations!
JODIE McNEILL