The Scoop at The Place
The weekly newsletter of The Place Adventist Fellowship in Newbury Park, California. We seek to become mature disciples of Jesus, intimately in love with God, who express His love in creative service and fellowship.
Thursday, April 14, 2005
The Scoop at The Place - April 14th, 2005
This Week At The PlaceThis Sabbath Pastor Simon will continue his sermon series over the book of Hebrews. Pastor Simon's sermon will be over chapter 10. This week's sermon is entitled "Chicken and Eggs". We also welcome the CAES choir who will be blessing us with beautiful music.
Elder Rob Randall will be leading out in the adult Sabbath School that meets at 10:30 a.m. They are exploring the book of Acts.
Pastor Simon will be leading out in the Discipleship Training class at 10:30 a.m. The class is going over the book "Purpose Driven Life". This week the class will be going over chapters 27 & 28.
You may pick up your copy of the daily reading plan this Sabbath. The daily reading plan follows along with the sermon series over the book of Hebrews. You may also click on the link provided.
View the daily reading plan
Fellowship Luncheon-This Sabbath
We will be having our monthly fellowship potluck luncheon this Sabbath. We invite you to stay, eat, and enjoy our new beautiful cafe and fellowship hall after the service. Please remember that the CAES choir will be joining us....so please bring more food than usual as we hope to have more people fellowshipping with us.
Beach Vespers-Next Friday the 22nd
It's that time again! We will begin our monthly beach vespers next Friday, April 22nd at 6 p.m. Please plan on coming out to Sycamore Cove in to enjoy a beautiful night of worship underneath the stars. Directions to the cove are: Take 101 North and exit at Las Posas - go west until you hit PCH. Go south about 5 miles and Sycamore Cove is on the BEACH SIDE (not the camp ground.) We will eat together and share a great time with one another and with God.
Baby Shower
We will be having a baby shower for little Glicerio Quilop on Saturday evening, April 23rd. Glicerio was born last Tuesday the 5th to proud parents Greg and Meaghan Quilop. Glicerio's shower will be held at Rodney and Cindy Andregg's home in Newbury Park at 7 p.m. We invite you to come and share this special time with Greg, Meg, and Glicerio. Baby Quilop is registered at Babies R'Us as well as babycenter.com. We look forward to seeing you there!
Glicerio's Registry
Peru Mission Trip
The Place has committed itself to a wonderful building project this summer in Puerto Maldonado, Peru. This project is coordinated through Maranatha International. The group is leaving on July 26th and returning on August 8th. We have already made our group reservations. However, there are still a couple of spots available. We are love for you to come if the Spirit moves you to partake of this incredible experience, but we can not guarantee flight availability or cost of ticket after the group reservation is full.
We would also like your support through prayer and if possible, through your donations. You may donate to The Place and mark your gift as Peru Trip. If you have any questions, please contact Pastor Simon at 805-498-2300 or by clicking on to the link provided below.
Information regarding Peru mission trip
Children's and Mom's Ministry
Beginning on May 21st, we will be having a monthly Children's Church. This will be a special time for our tots as we share about Christ through the Veggietales curriculum. Children's church will normally be held the 2nd Sababth of every month. Some of the leaders are Jenn Lew, Heather Richmund, and Cecilia Liversidge. However, we need YOUR help to make this a truly wonderful experience for the little ones. If you are interested in helping lead, plan, be in the background, do crafts, music or help in any way, please contact Pastor Simon or Heather Richmund or Jen Lew. Children's Church will meet during the adult service in our new youth chapel.
Also, we need another teacher for our Primary/Junior class. If you have a passion for kids and are willing to lead out once a month, please contact Pastor Simon or Jeremy Bachmann @ 805-494-9343.
We have also started a Placer Mommy ministry. This ministry meets once a week (Wednesdays) to do something fun and to fellowship together. Heather Richmund is the contact and this month's activities are:
Wednesday April 20th: Afternoon at the Park.
Wednesday April 27th: Mommies night out to Allegria Restaurant in Malibu.
Mommies Ministry
Financial Update, March 2005.
We are one-fourth of the way through our fiscal year and want to update you all about our church finances. In March we received giving towards tithe of $12,322. This puts us slightly ahead of last year at this time. Just a reminder that the tithe goes directly to our local conference. It does not pay any of the expenses of our local church. We appreciate your faithful giving to our worldwide church.
Our giving towards our local church budget in March was $5,787. Our monthly budget for our local expenses is about $8,700. Of this, the primary expenses are our rent for our new church; educational subsidies of our local schools, CAES and NPAA; and for our programs here at The Place. Please remember to bless our local church as well when you plan your monthly giving. As part of our church family, we appreciate your support of our church. It blesses all of us when we each contribute to build up our church body financially. As a reminder, you may contribute at The Place or online by clicking on the link.
Upcoming Events
Well, we're springing into life at the Place and are planning some fun events.............so please mark these dates on your calendar:
CAES Choir at The Place Sabbath April 16th
Fellowship Luncheon Sabbath April 16th at The Place - please stay and bring a dish to share.
Beach Vespers Friday Night April 22nd @ 6 p.m.
Baby Shower for Glicerio Quilop - Saturday Night, April 23.
The Place Social Event - "Bunko Night", Saturday Night April 30th. Please look for the sign up sheet in the lobby this Sabbath.
Friday, May 5th- Vespers with the NPAA Band and Choir.
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