Church News for the week beginning 6th September

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OUR BIBLE TALK

This weekend we will be looking at verses 19-22 of Ephesians chapter 2 as Jodie leads us in a sermon called ‘Together in Christ‘.

SOUTHERN CROSS

Read this month’s Southern Cross magazine here at issuu.com/sydneyanglicans

MORNING PRAYER DAILY

Join us for Morning Prayer at 7am every morning (except Sunday) at zoom.jamberooanglican.com for a half-hour of prayer and Bible reading.

MISSION OF THE MONTH

Our mission of the month is MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship). To support this great ministry, buy and donate from the mission table in the hall. Check out their ministry at www.maf.org.au

KBECET PIE DRIVE

Order a family-sized pie for $10 and support our scripture teaching at Kiama High through KBECET. Fill in the order form in the hall, and prepare for a taste sensation! Orders close Sunday 13th September.

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER ROSTERS

To change, add or remove any volunteer roles and to put in your unavailabilities, please talk to Storm, or let us know via your response slip or email.

PARISH COUNCIL

The next meeting will be held this Tuesday 8th September at 7pm at church.

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

A big congratulations to Katie & Lee as they welcomed their baby girl, Isla, last Friday 28th August. Everyone is doing well, and big brother Henry is smitten!

BIRTHDAYS:
9th Ray Swan

ANNIVERSARIES:
8th Jon & Di Thompson

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 $5402.00, leaving a gap of $898.00. Olimometer 2.52 Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $81,900. Compared to that total we received $71,624, leaving a gap of $10,276.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: Church of England Jamberoo. Account number: 10081274. BSB: 062562.

We are Village

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Our fifth value states that, “we are village in our relationships, as we serve our local neighbourhood, and enjoy grace and peace in our church.”

We are thankful that our church is located in a prominent position within the heart of Jamberoo village, and we seek to embrace every opportunity to engage with the people who live, work, learn and play in our local area.

We encourage engagement with community organisations, including our RFB, CWA, Red Cross, Probus, RSL, and the many sporting and recreational organisations.

We enjoy the privilege of serving the students, staff and families of Jamberoo Public School, through practical support and the teaching of Scripture.

We prayerfully serve the residents in our neighbourhood through material and spiritual care as we seek to support and guide all who reside here.

We also value the village ‘feel’ of the relationships within our church family, knowing that it takes a village to raise a child of God, not matter what the age.

We seek to show deep love for each member of our church, providing generous support and pastoral care as we nurture and grow our spiritual family.

As we are reminded in Paul’s letter to the Galatians: “So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone—especially to those in the family of faith.” (Galatians 6:9-10)

We long to see a great increase in the number of people who personally know Jesus and who enjoy and embrace our church community, and so we work to ensure that every individual is known and loved.

JODIE McNEILL

(Credit: Kiama Library via Flickr)

Coming up this weekend 5-6 September

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This weekend we will be looking at verses 19-22 of Ephesians chapter 2 as Jodie leads us in a talk called ‘Together in Christ‘.

It’s also Father’s Day, and we’re looking forward to celebrating this event together as we give thanks to God for our dads.

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 and Jodie would love to answer them this weekend during our services.

Join us on Saturday at 5pm where we will have fellowship over dinner afterwards, or Sunday at 9am followed by morning tea and hot espresso! We have a kids program at BOTH services and would love for you to be in fellowship with us.

If you can’t make it in person, head to watch.jamberooanglican.com to watch our livestream.

Ephesians: United with Christ Talk 6: One New People Ephesians chapter 2 verses 11 to 18 Jodie McNeill – 29-30 August 2020

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Walls of hostility

Some _________ don’t have a wall

The Jew and Gentile ________ ran deep

We were _________

Outward religion without inner ______

We lived without God and ____

We are now ______ with Christ

Jesus’ death made the temple separation ________

The exclusion has turned into _________

Jesus’ body is the new ______

The Ten Commandments don’t get you to ___

We are __________ to God and also to each other

We need to live as ______ people

It’s not ‘do’, it’s ‘____’

Our ______________ is from the first Good Friday

Download a copy of the PDF (with pictures to colour in) hereDownload


Church News for the week beginning 30th August

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OUR BIBLE TALK

This weekend we will be looking at chapter two in Ephesians as Jodie speaks to us about how through Jesus we are ‘One New People‘ who are united in Christ. If you can’t make it to church in person, visit watch.jamberooanglican.com to watch our livestream.

MORNING PRAYER DAILY

Join us for Morning Prayer at 7am every morning (except Sunday) at zoom.jamberooanglican.com for a half-hour of prayer and Bible reading.

MISSION OF THE MONTH

Our mission of the month is CMS. To support this great ministry, buy and donate from the mission table in the hall.

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER ROSTERS

To change, add or remove any volunteer roles and to put in your unavailabilities, please talk to Storm, or let us know via your response slip or email.

MTS RECRUIT

Have you ever considered gospel work? Why not join others in our church for this online conference for a global audience in our local area? It’s called ‘MTS Recruit’ and it features great Bible teaching from Ray Galea and Phillip Jensen, special peer groups with others in the same stage of thinking, plus one-to-one mentoring with an experienced gospel worker. Friday night 2nd October to Sunday night 4th October. Details mtsrecruit.online

PARISH COUNCIL

The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 8th September at 7pm at church.

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:
29th Hugo Massey
29th Jasmine Smith
2nd Robyn Lucas

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 $5402.00, leaving a gap of $898.00. Olimometer 2.52 Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $81,900. Compared to that total we received $71,624, leaving a gap of $10,276.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: Church of England Jamberoo. Account number: 10081274. BSB: 062562.

We are Intergenerational

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Our fourth value says that, “we are intergenerational in our fellowship, as all ages and stages are nurtured together in faith and love.”

Throughout history, the family has been at the heart of the Christian fellowship, and people of all ages have gathered together for church.

As the Bible was read and taught together, children were told to obey their parents, and their parents were told to bring them up with the Lord’s discipline and instruction.

Our church continues this practice, as we include children and youth within our weekly corporate worship services, baptising infants and adults as members.

People of all ages pray, sing, hear the Bible, declare the faith, join in the Lord’s Supper, and learn about the work of God in the lives of our members and in those we share with in mission throughout the world.

We love children to witness their parents and grandparents enthusiastically praising God, and we cherish adults witnessing young people expressing their faith.

Yet, we also recognise that children learn best when they’re taught according to their developmental needs, and so we provide a special program for them during the time that the adults and youth hear the Bible teaching.

Likewise, because adolescents are a defined cultural group, we offer a youth ministry to address their specific needs and to provide a platform for them to reach their teenage friends during their years of school.

Jesus said, “the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children”, and so we value the opportunity to learn together from each other as we see the day of the Lord approaching.

JODIE McNEILL

(Photo credit: Vormingplus Gent-Eeklo vzw via Flickr)

Coming up this weekend 29-30 August

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This weekend we will be looking at chapter two in Ephesians as Jodie speaks to us about how through Jesus we are a ‘One New People‘ in direct relationship with God.

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 and Jodie would love to answer them this weekend during our services.

Join us on Saturday at 5pm where we will have fellowship over dinner afterwards, or Sunday at 9am followed by morning tea and hot espresso! We have a kids program at BOTH services and would love for you to be in fellowship with us.

If you can’t make it in person, head to watch.jamberooanglican.com to watch our livestream.

Ephesians: United with Christ Talk 5: Alive With Christ Ephesians chapter 2 verses 1 to 10 Jodie McNeill – 22-23 August 2020

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She’ll Be Right

We’re not _____ at all

In the ‘before’ picture they were ____

We were born as natural ______

We all either follow Jesus or the _____

Before we followed Jesus we were a ________

God is _____ with you if you’re not his friend

God is so rich in _____

Jesus _____ me this I know

Jesus loved us when we _____ him

We got new life when Jesus was ______

Grace is a free ____ with no strings attached

We’re on the _______ with Jesus

We are obsessed with ______ all year round

Grace is totally a ____ from God

Even our good _____ come from God

You can’t say “she’ll be right” if you’re spiritually ____

Turn to Jesus today and call him your ____

Dear God,
Sorry that I have disobeyed you.
Please forgive me for my sins.
Thank you that Jesus died and rose for me.
Please help me to follow you forever.
Amen.

Download a copy of the outline as a PDF here (with some pictures to colour in as well!)Download

Church News for the week beginning 23rd August

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OUR BIBLE TALK

This weekend we will be looking at the first ten verses of chapter two in Ephesians as Jodie speaks to us about being Alive in Christ. If you can’t make it to church in person, visit watch.jamberooanglican.com to watch our livestream.

MORNING PRAYER DAILY

Join us for Morning Prayer at 7am every morning (except Sunday) at zoom.jamberooanglican.com for a half-hour of prayer and Bible reading.

MISSION OF THE MONTH

Our mission of the month is CMS. To support this great ministry, buy and donate from the mission table in the hall.

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER ROSTERS

To change, add or remove any volunteer roles and to put in your unavailabilities, please talk to Storm, or let us know via your response slip or email.

MTS RECRUIT

Have you ever considered gospel work? Why not join others in our church for this online conference for a global audience in our local area? It’s called ‘MTS Recruit’ and it features great Bible teaching from Ray Galea and Phillip Jensen, special peer groups with others in the same stage of thinking, plus one-to-one mentoring with an experienced gospel worker. Friday night 2nd October to Sunday night 4th October. Details mtsrecruit.online

PARISH COUNCIL

The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 8th September at 7pm at church.

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:
26th Storm Cignarella
29th Hugo Massey
29th Jasmine Smith

ANNIVERSARIES:
26th Vic & Lesley East

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 $5402.00, leaving a gap of $898.00. Olimometer 2.52 Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $81,900. Compared to that total we received $71,624, leaving a gap of $10,276.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: Church of England Jamberoo. Account number: 10081274. BSB: 062562.

More on Being Missional

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When I wrote last week about how our church is missional, I forgot to talk about how our church services connect with people who are not yet followers of Jesus.

In our church we rarely run any special ‘outreach’ or ‘evangelistic’ events, but instead, we try to make every public gathering an opportunity for someone who is not yet a believer to watch us and hear our message.

We’re a little bit like the church that’s described in 1 Corinthians 14:22-25.

In these verses, the Apostle Paul encouraged them to make church easy to understand for people who don’t yet know Jesus, whilst still making it a special gathering in the presence of God.

And as they did this, the visitors would be aware of their sin and judgement before God, and would “fall to their knees and worship God”, for they would recognise that in the gathering, “God is truly here among you”.

For us, this means that when people who don’t know Jesus come to our church, they get to see what it looks like to follow Jesus at the same time as they hear the Good News that saves them.

Not only do unbelievers learn how to have certainty for eternity, they also experience with us a ‘slice of heaven’.

What’s more, this helps Christians of all ages and stages understand their faith, because the preacher is always trying to make things clear to newcomers, including answers to important questions about what we believe. 

So with this in mind, I’ve added this sentence to last week’s explanation of what it means for us to be ‘missional’:

“We aim for our church services to be easy to understand for unbelievers so that as they hear the Good News that saves, they also experience the joy of gathering around Christ.”

So who will you bring along with you to church this week?

JODIE McNEILL