This weekend we welcome Simon Chaplin, who will be talking on the topic ‘God’s perfect plan ‘ from John chapter 11 verses 45 to 53.

We will also share the Lord’s Supper at 5pm Saturday, so be sure to join us for this important reminder of the death of Jesus.

Our 8am Sunday service will be a Holy Communion First Order AAPB service.

During our service, we’ll have our weekly question and answer time, and Jodie will be answering these questions:

1. How should we be impacted by the fact that the Reformers fought and died to give us the Bible and church in our everyday language?
2. Why does God choose to save some people but not others?
3. When God says he’s a jealous God, doesn’t that mean he’s sinning?
4. Before the Great Flood, how was the world different to today?
5. Should a Christian date a non-Christian?
6. How should single people live in a godly way?
7. How should a person choose the right church?

If you’re wanting to check out our church we’d really love you to visit us on Saturday at 5pm for a contemporary service with kids’ program and dinner afterwards, or come along on Sunday at 8am for a Prayer Book service.

This weekend we will conclude our five-week series looking at the five Solas of the Reformation called ‘Five Foundations’. This week, Jodie will be speaking on the topic ‘For the glory of God alone’.

Our 8am Sunday service will be a Holy Communion Second Order AAPB service.

During our service, we’ll have our weekly question and answer time, and Jodie will be answering these questions:

1. Why were the Old Testament sacrifices ineffective in bringing people into a right relationship with God?
2. Does Jesus always have room for more sin in the same way that people always have room for more dessert?
3. Why does the Book of Common Prayer still use the word ‘priest’?
4. Why do some Anglican ministers still wear robes today?
5. If the old Prayer Book worked so well, why was it changed?
6. Why do we read prayers and other things out loud together in church, when it could make us appear cult-like?
7. If all Christians are of equal value, why aren’t women ordained in the Sydney Diocese?
8. How do Roman Catholics deal with the teaching of Hebrews chapters 9 and 10?
9. Who is allowed to lead the service of the Lord’s Supper?
10. Why does God choose some people and not others?

If you’re wanting to check out our church we’d really love you to visit us on Saturday at 5pm for a contemporary service with kids’ program and dinner afterwards, or come along on Sunday at 8am for a Prayer Book service.

If you can’t make it in person, you’re welcome to jump online to watch the service (with the same sermon and many other items) at www.oakflats.tv.

This weekend we continue our five-week series looking at the five Solas of the Reformation called ‘Five Foundations’. This week, Simon Chaplin will be speaking on the topic ‘Grace alone’.

At our 5pm Saturday service we will have an opportunity to meet one of our church members, which is always a great encouragement to us all.

Our 8am Sunday service will be a Holy Communion First Order AAPB service.

During our service, we’ll have our weekly question and answer time, and Jodie will be answering these questions:

1. What did the Roman Catholic Church teach that was incorrect?
2. Can a priest ever reveal what is said in a confession in the Roman Catholic Church?
3. Given that Jesus said ‘love those who persecute you,’ was it a sin for a Catholic leader to kill the Reformation leader Huldrych Zwingli?
4. If God is in control, why is the world in such conflict?
5. Since God is always with us, why does that Bible say that he is present in a special way when two or more believers come together?
6. Why should people pray for things to happen when God is in control of everything? And if more people pray the same thing will that persuade God more?
7. How is it possible that ‘nothing is against us’ when there is still sin, persecution and Satan messing things up?
8. Why did Jesus change Simon’s name to Peter?
9. Is it right to call justification a ‘nerd word’ when it’s clearly expressed in the Bible?

If you’re wanting to check out our church we’d really love you to visit us on Saturday at 5pm for a contemporary service with kids’ program and dinner afterwards, or come along on Sunday at 8am for a Prayer Book service.

This weekend we’re kicking off a new five-week series looking at the five Solas of the Reformation called ‘Five Foundations’. Jodie will be speaking on the topic ‘Scripture alone’.

Two hundred years ago, people knew that reading the Bible before and after the day’s labours would change the feel of the day. It was widely accepted, unlike today, that the Bible contributed to the private and public good. This is why, as the Bible Society Australia marks its bicentenary (200 years) of sharing the Bible, that we will join in the celebrations this weekend during our services.

Our 8am Sunday service will be a Holy Communion Second Order AAPB service.

During our service, we’ll have our weekly question and answer time, and Jodie will be answering these questions:

1. What does it mean to be ‘equal?’
2. How should we understand the Old Testament practice of men having multiple wives?
3. Since the immaculate conception of Jesus is a form of surrogate birth, does this condone surrogacy more generally?
4. Doesn’t adoption cause the same issues as the other attempts to provide same-sex couples with children?
5. If a couple in a traditional marriage struggles with infertility, are they right to pursue things like IVF, or should they just accept this as God’s will?
6. Since same-sex couples argue that they are a child’s legitimate and loving parents, does that not fulfil the child’s rights to having parents under international law?
7. Given that marriage is seen so positively in the Bible, how should single people respond?
8. If we are to avoid making political statements, should we avoid praying about refugees?
9. Given we’ve had this topical talk on marriage, can we also have talks on the Bible’s view of refugees and the environment?
10. How should we respond if a gay person joins our church?

If you’re wanting to check out our church we’d really love you to visit us on Saturday at 5pm for a contemporary service with kids’ program and dinner afterwards, or come along on Sunday at 8am for a Prayer Book service.

If you can’t make it in person, you’re welcome to jump online to watch the service (with the same sermon and many other items) at www.oakflats.tv.

What does the bible say about marriage? And why is it that Christians are at loggerheads with a large number of the population about the definition of marriage? If history was different, this weekend a plebiscite would have been held to decide about the redefinition of marriage as a nation.

To recognise the significance of this decision and the significance of what is facing our nation today, Jodie will be speaking on the topic ‘Who becomes one: God’s Word on marriage’ this weekend.

During our service, we’ll have our weekly question and answer time, and Jodie will be answering these questions:

1. When were the individual Psalms organised into five books, and why does that make any difference to how we interpret them?
2. Since Psalm 90 also includes the question, “How Long?”, does this weaken the idea that Books 4 and 5 answer this question?
3. Since God loves justice, how can the cross of Christ be the ultimate act of injustice?
4. Is it appropriate to make criticisms about Trump from the pulpit?
5. Where is Jamberoo Anglican headed in 2017?

Our 8am Sunday service will be a Holy Communion First Order AAPB service.

If you’re wanting to check out our church we’d really love you to visit us on Saturday at 5pm for a contemporary service with kids’ program and dinner afterwards, or come along on Sunday at 8am for a Prayer Book service.