Jodie McNeill lives in Jamberoo, NSW, Australia, and is the Senior Minister at Jamberoo Anglican.
Home: 20 Tate Place, Jamberoo NSW 2533 Australia. Email: jodie@jodiemcneill.com Phone: +61 425 222 338
Whether we like it or not, the Anglican Church is divided in Australia… and a significant reason for that is due to the divided views of human sexuality held amongst the leaders.
Here’s a review I wrote of Mark Durie’s recent book, ‘Double-Minded: How Sex is Dividing the Australian Church’ for the Southern Cross Newspaper of Sydney Diocese.
Read the review at sydneyanglicans.net
It’s a delight to be serving as the Chair of the Gafcon Australasia Conference 2024 Working Group, and recently I had the opportunity to share with Russell Powell from the Sydney Anglican ‘Southern Cross’ Magazine about the exciting intergenerational aspects of this conference.
You can read the article here.
To find out more about the conference visit www.gafconaustralasia.org
Our local newspaper ‘The Bugle’ has a nice little column on the back page of every fortnightly edition which provides residents with a way to share about a recent journey overseas.
I took the opportunity to share about our recent trip to Jerusalem, in which I speak of the significance of walking in the same place where God, himself, trod.
It was an amazing experience to have this geographical connection with the places I’ve read about all my life in the Bible, and it’s a joy to share this with the many people who live around the area of my church.
My Postcard Home in The Bugle
Our full-time church for 2019… Jamberoo Anglican
On Sunday 26th August, I announced that I will be leaving Oak Flats Anglican to become the full-time Rector of Jamberoo Anglican.
In 2015, our two churches formed a partnership to share our resources to help grow the gospel in the Illawarra.
Three years ago we planted an all-new, Saturday night service at Jamberoo, and through this ministry, God has grown Jamberoo so that it is now ready to stand on its own two feet with its own, full-time rector.
After much prayer, Mandy and I have decided that it is best if we now focus our full, ministry attention on growing Jamberoo to maturity, in God’s strength.
We are very sad to leave Oak Flats after six years, and we rejoice in the love and fellowship we have warmly shared during this time of life and ministry.
We also thank God for the wonderful fruit we have seen through this parish partnership, and how he has brought new life and renewal to Jamberoo.
Our final Sunday at Oak Flats will be on 2nd December, and then we’ll start full-time at Jamberoo in January.
Please pray for both parishes as Oak Flats seeks a new rector, and Jamberoo seeks to grow its giving to be able to fully support a full-time minister.
Above all, pray that the coming years will see many people come to know and grow in the Lord Jesus Christ through these two, wonderful churches.
Song leading at GAFCON Jerusalem 2018
At Gafcon Jerusalem 2018, I was privileged to lead the music on the Friday sessions.
On that day, I taught an ‘Aussie’ version of the hymn, ‘How Great Thou Art’.
For those who asked, here are the lyrics to the new verse:
When through the bush and on the beach I wander,
and hear the birds sing loudly in the trees.
When I look out across the vast horizon,
behold the land that stretches sea to sea.
Special thanks to Graham Stanton for first crowd sourcing the songwriting via Facebook, and to all who contributed to bring the lyrics to their final canonical form.
