Give and Live

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Over the past twelve months it’s been a joy to meet most mornings with a few of you for a brief, online, service of Morning Prayer.

Each day I launch zoom.jamberooanglican.com and, with those who gather, we hear a psalm, then read a passage each from the Old and New Testaments.

We pray together, bringing to the Lord our prayers and requests about things global through to local… and particularly pray for the matters of our congregation and village.

Each day there’s a prayer called the ‘Morning Collect’ that we pray, which is a short and powerful request to God for our service of him in the day ahead:

Eternal God and Father, by whose power we are created and by whose love we are redeemed: guide and strengthen us by your Spirit, that we may give ourselves to your service, and live this day in love to one another and to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Like so many of the historical prayers our church has written and handed down to us, it begins speaking of our heavenly Father’s character… his power that created us, and his love that redeemed us.

On that firm foundation, the prayer asks for guidance and strength by God’s Spirit, as we launch into the new day that he has given us.

But the purpose of this guidance and strength is two-fold: it’s to give and to live.

We pray that we might give ourselves to God’s service—that we’d be committed to serving him in every way during the day—and that we might live in love for each other and for God, our Father.

In God’s power and love we pray that we’d give and live.

As you start each day in this coming week, why not pray this ‘Morning Collect’… and if you’re up for it, join me online at 7:30am!

JODIE McNEILL

(Photo credit: Don Christner via Flickr.com)

Coming up this weekend 17-18 April

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This weekend we have special guest Ben Pfahlert speaking to us from Mark 8 as we explore what it means to not live a wasteful life.

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 see you!

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 plans to answer this weekend:

1 Does God the Father have more authority than Jesus?
2 If Jesus is God how come he felt abandoned by him?
3 Where did Jesus go when he was dead?
4 Is Hell an actual place or is it just the absence of God?
5 Is it possible to become a Christian as you await judgement after death?
6 Did the Eunuch receive the Holy Spirit after Philip baptised him?
7 Why were some books left out of the Bible, and are those books useful?
8 Should men and women have the same rights and pay?

Our kids’ ministry volunteers will be taking a break over the school holidays, but we’ll still have a program for kids during just the sermon time at our services. The creche room will be available for the kids during the service. 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. To catch up on previous sermons, head to our Youtube channel youtube.jamberooanglican.com.

Intergenerational Life Psalm 78 Matt Bartlett – 10-11 April 2021

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What are you doing to _____________ to the next generation?


He wants us to _____________ to his Instructions.

________________ which have been passed on from one generation to the next.

God commanded his people to _________ of God to the next generation.

Faith is a strong trust in God, based on ______________________ from people you trust.

These glorious deeds of the LORD _______ by the generation that saw them with their very own eyes!

God doesn’t __ this cycle to continue forever.

The Lord provides his people with a ______ .

God provided Jesus — the ___________ King.

We are _________ in our fellowship.

An effective _________ between parents and the church.

Don’t just leave them ___________ themselves.

Actively invest in ____________ relationships.

Church News for the week beginning 11th April

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OUR BIBLE TALK

This weekend we have our very own Matt Bartlett speaking to us from Psalm 78 about ‘Intergenerational Life‘.

MISSION OF THE MONTH

Our mission of the month for April is Bush Church Aid (BCA). To find out more about how to personally partner visit www.bushchurchaid.com.au.

HOLIDAY SERVICES

Next weekend we have special guest Ben Pfahlert as he talks to us from Mark 8:27-38 on the topic, ‘Don’t Waste Your Life’.

GONG MEN’S DAY

We’re getting the lads together for God’s word and a great gathering! Saturday morning 5th June at Dapto. Special guest speaker: Andrew Heard. Save the date. Not to be missed.

NEW GIVING BUDGET AND TARGET

Our Parish Council decided to increase our budget and target to fund a new staff position. Our new budget is $4,100 per week, and our new target is $4,600. We praise God that we’ve already reached the new budget in March, and that we’re half way to the new target!

NEW OPERATIONS MINISTER

Our Parish Council decided this week that we’re going to invite an ‘Operations Minister’ to join our team in the coming months. Pray we find the right person and that we can raise the funds to support them.

DINNER AND COFFEE MONEY

We’ve decided not to collect cash for dinner or coffee anymore, but to cover the costs from the general giving. Enjoy!

SUBSCRIBE TO VIMEO

We’re now using Vimeo as our main platform for broadcasting our church services… but will still be sending the video to Facebook Live as well. Go to watch.jamberooanglican.com to visit our Vimeo page… and why not hit ‘subscribe’ to make it easier to watch us each week?

KYCK CONFERENCE

Our youth are heading to the Kyck conference in the Blue Mountains next weekend (16-18 April). For more info, speak to Brad Vidilini (0478 623 617).

YOUTUBE CHANNEL

To watch videos of our Bible talks and other memories of our church, visit youtube.jamberooanglican.com and be sure to subscribe to our channel!

FAMILY NEWS

BIRTHDAYS
12th Cate Brennan
14th Graham Errington
18th Kayte McCann

ANNIVERSARIES
18th Lee & Katie Hudson

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 $5882.00, leaving a gap of $418.00. Olimometer 2.52 Up to the end of the last calendar 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: 10081274. BSB: 062562.

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

Coming up this weekend 10-11 April

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This weekend we have our very own Matt Bartlett speaking to us from Psalm 78 about ‘Intergenerational Life’.

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 see you!

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. We will be taking a break from our regular Q&A segment this week as our minister, Jodie McNeill, is away.

Our kids’ ministry volunteers will be taking a break over the school holidays, but we’ll still have a program for kids during just the sermon time at our services. The creche room will be available for the kids during the service. 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. To catch up on previous sermons, head to our Youtube channel youtube.jamberooanglican.com.

Are you our new Operations Minister?

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We’re looking for an Operations Minister to join our ministry team!

This religious practitioner position is a developing, part-time role to assist the Senior Minister in pastoral care, small group leadership, membership integration, communications, technology management, outreach, higher-level administration support, event management, church services, and occasional preaching and teaching, with an overall focus on developing and building processes, systems, policies and teams in our growing church, to the glory of God.

Applications close 15th April 2021.

Download a Role Description here, with details about how to apply.Download
Download a more-detailed document outlining the background and additional details of the role here.Download

Despair and Deliverance 2: Deliverance Psalm 22:22-31 Jodie McNeill – Easter Saturday/Sunday 2021

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Christmas or Easter?

______ is the centre

We need the _____ tomb

The _____ was not the end of the story

The ______ is positive and upbeat

Mourning would be replaced with ________

_____ could not hold him down

Jesus truly rose from the ____

He suffered so we would receive _________

He became _____ so he could taste death for us

Jesus felt _________ but the Lord saved him

The Messiah knew he would be _________ by God

The Lord’s sheep ate and were _________

The empty tomb brings the _________ of blessing

The Lord is king and he _____ the world

The rich need to ______ on Jesus

He is risen! He is risen, indeed!

Grab a copy of the outline (with pictures to colour in) from here: Download

Church News for the week beginning 4th April

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OUR BIBLE TALK

Over this Easter weekend Jodie McNeill will be preaching in a two-part series on Psalm 22, about ‘Despair and Deliverence‘, with the Good Friday talk on ‘Despair’ and the weekend talk on ‘Deliverance’.

MISSION OF THE MONTH

Our mission of the month for April is Bush Church Aid (BCA). To find out more about how to personally partner visit www.bushchurchaid.com.au.

HOLIDAY SERVICES

Next weekend 10-11 April, we will be hearing Matt Bartlett speak on Psalm 78 about ‘Intergenerational Life‘. The weekend after, special guest Ben Pfahlert will be speaking from Mark 8:27-38 on the topic, ‘Don’t Waste Your Life’.

GONG MEN’S DAY

We’re getting the lads together for God’s word and a great gathering! Saturday morning 5th June at Dapto. Special guest speaker: Andrew Heard. Save the date. Not to be missed.

NEW GIVING BUDGET AND TARGET

Our Parish Council decided to increase our budget and target to fund a new staff position. Our new budget is $4,100 per week, and our new target is $4,600. We praise God that we’ve already reached the new budget in March, and that we’re half way to the new target!

NEW OPERATIONS MINISTER

Our Parish Council decided this week that we’re going to invite an ‘Operations Minister’ to join our team in the coming months. Pray we find the right person and that we can raise the funds to support them.

DINNER AND COFFEE MONEY

We’ve decided not to collect cash for dinner or coffee anymore, but to cover the costs from the general giving. Enjoy!

SUBSCRIBE TO VIMEO

We’re now using Vimeo as our main platform for broadcasting our church services… but will still be sending the video to Facebook Live as well. Go to watch.jamberooanglican.com to visit our Vimeo page… and why not hit ‘subscribe’ to make it easier to watch us each week?

KYCK CONFERENCE

Our youth are heading to the Kyck conference in the Blue Mountains on 16-18 April. Tickets and details coming soon.

YOUTUBE CHANNEL

To watch videos of our Bible talks and other memories of our church, visit youtube.jamberooanglican.com and be sure to subscribe to our channel!

FAMILY NEWS

BIRTHDAYS
8th Verlee Kirkness

ANNIVERSARIES
6th Jonno & Jessie Nicholls

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 $5882.00, leaving a gap of $418.00. Olimometer 2.52 Up to the end of the last calendar 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: 10081274. BSB: 062562.

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

Despair and Deliverance 1: Despair Psalm 22:1-21 Jodie McNeill – Good Friday 2021

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Famous last words

The controversial ___

Was Jesus actually ________ by the Father?

We need to do some _______ tracing

Under stress we should ______ God’s word

David wrote this Psalm to describe his __________

He feels ________

Even in his distress, God is still his ___

The Psalms are deeply ______

Jesus had in mind ___ of Psalm 22

He’s the true king and he’s truly ____

God is ________ because he saved our descendants

The experience of David _______ the experience of Jesus

His knowledge of God started at _____

He knows he isn’t truly _________

The Romans knew how to _________ and inflict pain

He would soon be clothed in _____

When he was weak, he knew God was ______

The unity of the Trinity remained ______

In despair, Jesus knew that God was ___ God

Make sure the death of Jesus is the life of you

Download a copy of this outline here (with pictures to colour in as well)Download

Getting the Cross Right

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Even though some experts doubt whether he really rose from the dead, almost all, credible historians agree that Jesus of Nazareth was executed on a Roman Cross in Jerusalem, around 30 AD.

Yet, not all Christians agree about why he died.

Some say that he was killed by the religious rulers because his example and teaching of love were a threat to their system.

Others say that he died because he wanted to prove how much he really loves us, as the ultimate gift to humanity.

But in the end, we don’t need someone to tell us how to love, or someone to show us how to love, or even someone to prove his love for us.

Our big problem is that we’re all born as natural enemies of God, and unless someone deals with God’s anger for us, then we’re headed to Hell.

That’s why Jesus died for us: to take upon himself the anger that God had for us, so that we might now be forgiven by him and made his friends, if we trust in him as our loving ruler.

It’s pretty full on… but that’s the heart of Easter!

And by rising from the dead, Jesus proved he really did what his Father in heaven sent him to do.

As we read in Romans chapter 5:

When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. (Romans 5:6-8)

That’s why Good Friday is ‘good’… and why we can truly wish each other a ‘Happy Easter!’

JODIE McNEILL

(Credit: Claudio Ungari via Flickr)