Building The Future

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The Anglican Church globally is at a crossroads. The church needs renewal and reformation, and we need to move beyond division and confusion. What should the future look like?

The Bible needs to be at the heart of every Anglican church. That’s why nine parishioners of our church are joining with almost 400 other like-minded Anglicans (including 60 children and youth) from across Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific who understand the need to hold firm to the Bible as the heart of our faith.

In Sydney Diocese we are encouraged and supported to have the Bible at the centre of our church life and ministry, but there are many Anglicans around this global region who live and serve in places where the pressure to compromise is high, fellowship is hard to find, and speaking the truth is costly.

Under God, the Anglican Church has a bright future: God is doing great things among us!!

It’s time to pave the way for a new generation of leaders who are confident, passionate, and unwavering in their belief that God’s word is good, clear, and powerful.

This is why Gafcon has created a conference for all ages and stages, where children and youth can gather in specially-designed, intergenerational services, as well as participate in a unique, ‘Future Leaders’ program — and for all under-18’s, the registration is free!

Please pray for this conference, that it will be a source of encouragement and growth for all our church staff and members who are attending, and that we will, in turn, encourage those who live and minister in dioceses where it’s hard to keep the Bible at the heart of the church.

What a joy it is for our church members to serve through participating in the leadership of this conference! To God be the glory!

JODIE McNEILL

Church news for the weekend of 16th June 2024

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Sermon Series
This Sunday, Jodie continues the series on Titus called ‘Effective Christianity’ The talk is ‘Effective Salvation’ from chapter 3 verses 3 to 8.

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
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

KBECET Pie Drive
If you like School Scripture and delicious pies, then order your family-sized KBECET pies. Select from meat or fruit pies, all $12 each, and proceeds support Wicky! Write your order on the clipboard near the bookstall.

‘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!

Middle East Friend Visit
Our CMS ‘Friend From The Middle East’ is visiting Jamberoo in June! Join us for a special evening of prayer and updates on Tuesday 25th June at 7-9pm in the hall.

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 $5882.00, leaving a gap of $418.00. 

Olimometer 2.52

Up to the end of last month, we needed to have received $245,700. Compared to that total we received $221,466, leaving a gap of $24,234.

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.

Coming up this weekend 16th June 2024

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This weekend Jodie continues the series ‘Effective Christianity’ with a talk on Titus 3:3-8 with the title ‘Effective Salvation.’

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

1 Is there hierarchy in the Trinity?
2 Is it possible to have a faith as strong as the Apostles?
3 Is there a limit to how much faith we can have?
4 What should we do if we find ourselves in a slanderous conversation?
5 Doesn’t Jesus tell us to do good works in secret?
6 In heaven will we feel remorse or need to make reconciliation with others?

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 9th June 2024

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Sermon Series
This Sunday, Jodie continues the series on Titus called ‘Effective Christianity’ The talk is ‘Effective Citizenship’ from chapter 3 verses 1 to 2

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’ on Saturday 27th July, 2-5pm.

KBECET Pie Drive
If you like School Scripture and delicious pies, then order your family-sized KBECET pies. Select from meat or fruit pies, all $12 each, and proceeds support Wicky! Write your order on the clipboard near the bookstall.

Middle East Friend Visit
Our ‘Friend From The Middle East’ is visiting Jamberoo in June! Join us for a special evening of prayer and updates on Tuesday 25th June at 7-9pm in the hall.

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 $5882.00, leaving a gap of $418.00. 

Olimometer 2.52

Up to the end of last month, we needed to have received $245,700. Compared to that total we received $221,466, leaving a gap of $24,234.

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.

True Contentment

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If you’ve ever thought about all the things you’d like to do before you ‘kick the bucket’ then like it or not, you’ve made a ‘bucket list.’

This expression might seem new, but the idea is old: trying to make the most of life before you no longer live.

For some people, it’s about visiting as many cities and countries as possible, putting pins on a giant world map.

For others, it’s about collecting certain items, learning particular skills, or even experiencing certain thrills.

The ironic thing about bucket lists is that we spend our time filling up our lives, only to die without bringing anything with us to the grave.

Or, as the Apostle Paul puts it, “…we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t take anything with us when we leave it.” (1 Timothy 6:7)

So, what should be our aim in life? To keep filling the bucket with experiences and possessions that will only fade away?

It’s far better to pursue that which will bring true contentment in this life, and the next.

So where do we get this contentment? As the Apostle says in the verse before, it’s from godliness, which comes with contentment, which is itself great wealth.”

And a few verses before, he writes to say that “the wholesome teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ… promote a godly life.” (1 Timothy 6:3)

So, the contentment we desire will not come by pursuing wealth but by pursuing Christ, as we encounter him in the healthy teachings of the Bible, which lead us to the godliness that brings contentment.

If you want to be content in life, look no further than Jesus… and pursue him and his godliness.

For this is something you can take with you as you leave this life for the next!

JODIE McNEILL 

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 $5882.00, leaving a gap of $418.00. 

Olimometer 2.52

Up to the end of last month, we needed to have received $245,700. Compared to that total we received $221,466, leaving a gap of $24,234.

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 $5882.00, leaving a gap of $418.00. 

Olimometer 2.52

Up to the end of last month, we needed to have received $245,700. Compared to that total we received $221,466, leaving a gap of $24,234.

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.