Church News for the week beginning 18th October

OUR BIBLE TALK

This weekend we will resume our series ‘Ephesians: United with Christ’ as Jodie leads us from chapter four and we learn about the ‘New Self‘.

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 Anglicare. To support this great ministry, buy and donate from the mission table in the hall. Check out their ministry at www.anglicare.org.au

TOYS N TUCKER

Bring along toys and non-perishable food so we can get it to those in need this Christmas through the ministry of Anglicare.

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:
18th Chad Richardson

ANNIVERSARIES
22nd Ray & Dulcie Piper

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 $5675.00, leaving a gap of $625.00. Olimometer 2.52 Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $273,000. Compared to that total we received $245,588, leaving a gap of $27,412.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.

Coming up this weekend 8-9 February 2020

This week we continue our series on ‘Glorious Judgement‘ and will see God at work in Egypt. If you missed the first talk last week from this series, jump online to our website or your Podcast App and have a listen to ‘Glorious Judgement in Eden’.

We have resumed our weekly question and answer time. To ask a question, simply email us at office@jamberooanglican.com or write it down via your response slip at church. This week’s questions are:

1 Who was God talking about when he said to make humans in “our” image?
2 Did the other animals in the Garden also speak like the snake?
3 How long were Adam and Eve in the Garden before they ate the fruit?
4 Given that Eve hadn’t had children, how did she react to the curse of pain in childbirth?
5 Does feminism come from the woman’s desire to control her husband, and his rule over her?
6 How long were Adam and Eve in the Garden before they were expelled?
7 How is the expulsion of Adam and Eve an act of grace and not just punishment?
8 Did Adam and Eve go to Heaven?

Come along to our 5pm service on Saturdays, where we have a kids program, followed by dinner for everyone and a youth group for the teens! Or why not try out our 9am Sunday morning service for a more classic Anglican feel, followed by morning tea and hot espresso!

Grace and peace,
Jodie

Church News for the week beginning 26th January

OUR BIBLE TALK

This week we have special guest Mike Williamson speaking to us on the topic ‘Living the Label’, from Ephesians 4:17-5:20.

Next weekend Jodie will be preaching on the first of four talks on the new series, ‘God’s Judging’, which will help us understand more about the justice and mercy of our great God.

MISSION OF THE MONTH

Our mission of the month is KBECET (Kiama Board for Employment of Christian Education Teachers). You can support the KBECET ministry by donating and buying from the mission table in the hall.

AUSTRALIA DAY AT THE SMITHS

Join us on Australia Day 26th January at the Smith’s for a BYO BBQ lunch. Bring your food, drinks, chairs, shade, and your swimmer’s if you’d like to splash in the dam!

PARISH COUNCIL

Our next meeting is at the special day of Tuesday 4th February at 7pm.

JESUS IS___ TRAINING

Join with the Anglican churches in the Southern Illawarra for a not-to-be-missed night of encouragement and equipping to be able to use the ‘Jesus Is___’ tool to talk about Jesus in a relaxed and powerful way. Monday 3rd February 7-9pm in the Shellharbour Civic Centre Auditorium. Entry Free.

Alternatively, you could attend the other regional training events at:
Bowral (Wednesday 5 Feb 7-9pm),
Camden (Thursday 6 Feb 7-9pm),
Figtree (Saturday 8 Feb 9-12pm),
Bomaderry (Tuesday 11 Feb 7-9pm) or
Caringbah (Wednesday 12 Feb 7-9pm).

JESUS IS___ MERCHANDISE

Order a ‘Jesus Is___’ t-shirt or singlet and start the conversation! Visit bit.ly/JesusIsMerch to order online. 

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 $5675.00, leaving a gap of $625.00. Olimometer 2.52 Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $273,000. Compared to that total we received $245,588, leaving a gap of $27,412.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.

Coming up this weekend 4-5 January

This weekend, Graham Errington will be speaking from Exodus and Luke about the meaning of the Lord’s Supper and why it is still relevant today.

We are taking a break from our weekly question and answer segment, but feel free to keep asking questions by emailing office@jamberooanglican.com or via your response slip at church.

Please join us on Saturday night at 5pm for our family service, which has a kids program followed by dinner for all. Or why not come along to our Sunday morning 9am service? It’s a more classic-Anglican style service followed by morning tea and hot espresso!

Grace and peace,
Jodie

News 6-7 April 2019

OUR BIBLE TALK

This weekend we begin our three-week series ‘What would Jesus pray’ from John 17, as we examine why Jesus prayed for his glory in verses 1-5. 

NEXT WEEK’S TALK

Next weekend we continue our series on Jesus’ prayer by looking at what he prayed for his disciples from 17:6-19.

MISSION OF THE MONTH

BCA (Bush Church Aid) is our mission of the month. Support at the ‘Mission Table’.

GRAB A BOOK FROM OUR BOOKSTALL

Check out the all-new titles!

LISTEN ONLINE

Go to www.jamberooanglican.com/talks or search ‘Jamberoo’ on iTunes Podcasts.

HOT CROSS KBECET BUNS

If you ordered Hot Cross Buns to support the Scripture Teaching at Kiama High, put your money in the bookstall letterbox.

WORKING BEE

This Saturday 13th April 8am at the church. Everyone welcome!

PARISH COUNCIL

Our first meeting for our Parish Council is this Tuesday night 7pm at the church.

EASTER SERVICES

Our Good Friday service will be held at 9am. Our other two services will run at normal times during the Easter weekend.

ANZAC DAY MARCH

Jamberoo is remembering Anzac Day on Saturday 20th April 10.30am. Jodie will be reading the Bible and praying. 

IRISH NIGHT

On Saturday 27th April we welcome Cameron Jones from the Anglican Church of Ireland, to preach and share about his plan to plant a church in the most gospel-poor, English-speaking nation. Irish dinner, trivia, and much more! He will also preach at 9am.

BRIERCREST YOUTH MISSION

During May, we’ll be hosting three youth ministry students from Canada.Can you billet a student for a week?

GONG MEN’S DAY

Saturday 15th June 9am-2pm in Dapto. Speaker: Sam Chan. Don’t miss it!

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 $5675.00, leaving a gap of $625.00. Olimometer 2.52 Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $273,000. Compared to that total we received $245,588, leaving a gap of $27,412.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.

What an awesome church!

CREDIT: James Cridland, via Flickr.

Imagine what it must have been like to have been a part of the first gathering of Christians, just after Jesus sent his Spirit?

The book of Acts tells us that

“They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” (Acts 2:42)

They were passionate about hearing the Biblespoken and taught.

They were energetic in giving money and possessions.

They were focused on sharing together in meals.

They were passionate in prayer.

These four things were at the heart of their church, and these four things are also at the heart of our church.

We thank God that we are a church that also deeply loves God’s word, that is generous in partnership with each other, that loves to eat and drink with each other, and that is passionate about prayer.

And yet as we continue to grow, we will encounter challenges.

So, let’s keep being thankfulto God for all that he’s done for our church and for our people.

Let’s continue to offer ourselves for leadership, as we serve in the ever-growing ministries of our church.

Let’s keep on being financially generous, as we grow our giving to provide for ministry locally and globally.

It’s great to be part of this church, and in God’s strength, and for his glory, our best years are ahead.

And we pray that in our church it would be as it was in those first days of the early church, where:

Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favour of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. (Acts 2:46-47)

 Jodie McNeill