Coming up this weekend 9th June 2024

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This weekend Jodie continues the series ‘Effective Christianity’ with a talk on Titus 3:1-13 with the title ‘Effective Citizenship.’

Here are the questions for Question Time, but feel free to email us if you’d like to ask some others:

1 Is it OK to want Jesus to delay his return so we can evangelise our loved ones?
2 How should we show radical love to those who are suffering in a war zone?
3 Can someone have stronger or weaker faith?
4 What does the second half of Hosea 7:12 mean?

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 2nd July 2024

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Sermon Series

This Sunday, Jodie continues the series on Titus called ‘Effective Christianity’ The talk is ‘Effective Grace’ from chapter 2 verses 11 to 15.

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. 

Equip Women  

The women of our church will be meeting in our hall to participate together in the livestream of this year’s Equip Women’s Conference, ‘Hope for the Weary’. Details coming soon.

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.

Ultimate Reconciliation

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History is full of remarkable stories of reconciliation, where warring parties have made peace and become friends.

There are few sights more extraordinary than seeing two soldiers wearing different uniforms embracing across battle lines.

Some nations have never truly embraced peace with their enemy, and despite many long-term battles, there has never been a lasting cease fire, nor any real hope of ending conflict.

One of the most famous foes in history has been the Jews and the Gentiles, the chosen people of God and the foreigners who were outside the promise of God.

The thought that there would be the prospect of lasting reconciliation between Jew and Gentile was nothing more than an impossible dream.

This is what makes the impact of the cross of Christ so extraordinary.

In Paul’s letter to the Ephesians he focuses on the reconciliation between Jew and Gentile that has been made by Jesus.

But the reconciliation does more than break down the barriers between these two ethnic groups: it creates one, new body in Jesus Christ, himself, for as we read:

“Christ himself has brought peace to us. He united Jews and Gentiles into one people when, in his own body on the cross, he broke down the wall of hostility that separated us. […] Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death on the cross, and our hostility toward each other was put to death.” (Ephesians 2:14, 16)

This is the greatest reconciliation in the universe, as it brings together two enemies and makes them into one, new body.

This, then, is the basis for the radical reconciliation that Jesus calls us to as we now show love to those to whom we are not united, and peace to those with whom we have been in conflict.

JODIE McNEILL

Coming up this weekend 2nd June 2024

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This weekend Jodie continues the series ‘Effective Christianity’ with a talk on Titus 2:11-15 with the title ‘Effective Grace.’

Here are the questions for Question Time, but feel free to email us if you’d like to ask some others:

1 How should Titus 2 be understood by single, young women?
2 How should we show radical love in war zones?

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 26th May 2024

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Sermon Series

This Sunday, Jodie continues the series on Titus called ‘Effective Christianity’ The talk is ‘Effective Teaching’ from chapter 2 verses 1 to 10.

Book of the Month

Our book of the month for May is ‘What Every Child Should Know About Prayer’ by Nancy Guthrie. 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. 

Gong Men’s Day  

Join men from around the region at Figtree Anglican on Saturday 1st June 9am to 2:30pm with speaker Dave Jensen on‘The Cross-Shaped Man.’ Register facebook.com/gongmensday $55/$45 (concession)

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 

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.

Every Day With Jesus

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When you pick up your device each morning, what’s the first thing that you read?

It’s tempting to immediately check the news headlines, or your emails and messages, or to catch up on the latest in social media.

But do you give time to reading God’s word?

I’ve got an app called YouVersion and it has some excellent reading plans that help me to read a small chunk of the Bible each day as I wake up.

It’s just one of many times when I come into contact with God in his word, but it’s a good routine, knowing that the first thing I usually read is something that God is saying to me in the Bible.

If you’re not already reading the Bible each day then it might seem like a difficult habit to begin, until you realise that all you need to do is just start reading something!

Even if you were to begin with one, single verse a day, then that would be a great place to begin.

Another way to read the Bible is to do it with a friend or two—like our daily Zoom prayer meeting at 7am each morning (except Sundays) which you can join by typing into your browser zoom.jamberooanglican.com 

I’ve found this to be a wonderful blessing as I slow down and listen to a brother or sister in Christ read out God’s word in an authentic human voice, as they minister to me as Christ’s ambassador.

But no matter what you end up doing, just start something!

We get so much information each day, it makes complete sense to be hearing God’s word in the midst of the noise, for only his word is a lamp to guide our feet and a light for our path.

JODIE McNEILL

Coming up this weekend 26th May 2024

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This weekend Jodie continues the series ‘Effective Christianity’ with a talk on Titus 2:1-10 with the title ‘Effective Teaching.’

There is only one questions so far for Question Time, but feel free to email us if you’d like to ask some others:

How should we react to JW’s and their false teaching?

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 19th May 2024

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Sermon Series

This Sunday, Jodiecontinues the series on Titus called ‘Effective Christianity’ The talk is ‘Effective Rejection’ from chapter 1 verses 10 to 16.

Book of the Month

Our book of the month for May is ‘What Every Child Should Know About Prayer’ by Nancy Guthrie. 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. 

Gong Men’s Day  

Join men from around the region at Figtree Anglican on Saturday 1st June 9am to 2:30pm with speaker Dave Jensen on‘The Cross-Shaped Man.’ Register facebook.com/gongmensday $55/$45 (concession)

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 

Giving update

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.

Judge and Saviour

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When John the Baptist told his followers about the coming of Jesus, he said something that was both unexpected and controversial.

He said of Jesus that:

He is ready to separate the chaff from the wheat with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, gathering the wheat into his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire.” (Matthew 3:12)

In other words, Jesus was coming to judge.

Christians often make the tragic mistake of being embarrassed about the coming judgement that Jesus will bring, as they inadvertently paint a picture of Christ that is false and misleading.

For unless we see Jesus as our coming judge, we don’t understand how seriously he takes sin.

But more than that: it is only as we see Jesus as our coming judge that we can really, deeply understand what it means for him to be our saviour.

This week we’re learning a brand-new song that’s co-written by our friends at Sovereign Grace Music, as well as our local mate, Colin Buchanan.

It’s called, ‘Jesus, our Judge and our Saviour’ and you can read all the lyrics (and grab the sheet music) at sovereigngracemusic.com 

The chorus beautifully sums up the truths of Jesus being both our judge and our saviour:

Call now, O sinner, on your coming Judge
To be here even now as your Saviour
Fall now, O sinner, on the mercy and grace
Of Jesus, our Judge and our Saviour

The glory of Jesus is seen in the fact that he, himself, is both the one who is coming to judge, and at the same time, the one who has come already to save.

It is as we see the seriousness of his judgement that we uphold the riches of his salvation, and gaze at the beauty of his love.

JODIE McNEILL

Coming up this weekend 19th May 2024

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This weekend Jodie continues the series ‘Effective Christianity’ with a talk on Titus 1:10-16 with the title ‘Effective Rejection.’

There are two questions so far for Question Time, but feel free to email us if you’d like to ask some others:

1 If an elder can only have one wife, can he remarry if he’s widowed?
2 How does the Bible’s list of elder characteristics apply to wardens and parish councillors?
3 When God looks at us, does he see Christ or does he see us without our sin?
4 Why does 1 John 3:9 say we don’t continue to sin, when we know we do?

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!