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.
Friday, July 08, 2005
The Scoop on July 8, 2005
This Week At The PlaceThis Sabbath Pastor Simon will continue his series on relationships. This week's sermon is the fifth in his series on relationships and is titled "A Prayer For A Marriage". Elder Rob Randall will be leading out in the adult Sabbath School that meets at 10:30 a.m. in the Sanctuary. They are exploring the book of Acts.
Pastor Simon will be leading out in the Discipleship Training class at 10:30 a.m. The Discipleship class is going over the book, "The Life You've Always Wanted" written by John Ortberg. This week the class will be going over chapter 5 which focuses on SLOWING.
A reminder that you may return your tithes and offerings at church or on-line by clicking onto the link provided. We appreciate your faithful support of the ministry of The Place!
Beach Vespers-This Friday Night!
We will be having our second beach vespers of the summer this Friday night, July 8th at 6:30 p.m. Please join us at Sycamore Cove for dinner, music, a wonderful sunset and a time of prayer and reflection in God's Word. Direction to the cove are many and varied - but the most direct route is to take Las Posas off the 101 and go towards the beach; turn left (south) on PCH and go about 4 miles. Sycamore Cove is on the beach.
Children's Church-This Sabbath
We invite you to bring your little ones to Children's Church this Sabbath. Children's Church will be held in the Fellowship Hall from 11:30-12:30. This is a special time exclusively for all of the tots! Children will be learning about Christ through a Veggietales curriculum. This week's theme will focus on "Gentleness" and the leader will be Cecilia Liversidge. We also invite you to stay with your child if he or she is under the age of 5. This is a fun filled time that requires much guidance. We look forward to having your little one there!
We also want you to know that The Place will be having Vacation Bible School this summer during the last week of July. we will be doing this in conjuction with the Camarillo and Thousand Oaks SDA Churches. VBS week will be July 25-29th. Please stay tuned for more details.
Food Drive-This Sabbath
We will continue our monthly food drive this Sabbath, July 9th. Last week, we handed out cards that stated specific items to bring that were most needed-please bring the items that were specified on your card if at all possible. If for some reason you did not receive a card, please bring any canned food item and place it in the box marked "Food Drive" in the lobby. Thank you for your geneosity. All donations go to the Ventura County Food Bank which feeds many of the 50,000 hungry people in Ventura County!
Youth Calendar
The NPAA gym is now available throughout the year on Sunday nights from 6-9 p.m. and also on Thursday nights from 6:30-9 p.m. (during the summer only) for youth AND collegiates, please contact Aaron Ramirez (for Sunday) and Sergio Gonzalez or Zach Crook (for Thursday) for more information.
The youth continue to meet on Wednesday nights at The Place at 7 p.m. for snacks and fellowship and study together; if you haven't come already, please do and bring your friends! Also on the calendar is a youth vespers scheduled for Friday, July 15th. Robert Nomelli & John Stewart are coordinating this event. John will be coordinating a bike ride to Sycamore Cove. The youth will be meeting at The Place parking lot at 5:45 pm and leaving no later than 6pm. If you are interested in joining John, please contact him at (805) 231-4821 so that he can arrange for return transportation for yourself and your bike. If anyone is interested in assisting in meal preparation, please contact Robert Nomelli at (818) 292-6143. And-the youth will be having its very first BIG HOUSE VESPERS with a special band on Friday night, July 22nd at The Place. Stay tuned for more details!
Within the next few weeks there will be a small group/bible study beginning for the Collegiates that will meet on Wednesday nights....there will be more details in next week's scoop.
Fellowship Luncheon-Next Sabbath
Next Sabbath, July 16th, we will be having our monthly fellowship luncheon. We invite you to stay after church for delicious food and wonderful company. The luncheon will take place in the Fellowship Hall.....and don't forget to bring some yummy food!
Wild at Heart Men's Sunday
The men will be getting together for their monthly manly man Sunday on July 17th. The meeting time will be at 5 p.m. at the park on the corner of Wendy & Kimber. Men, if you haven't been already, please mark this date on your calendars and plan on having some fun with your fellow wild men!
Mom's Ministry
Last Mother's Girl's Day Out was a BLAST! If you have not been to a mom's ministry event. you won't want to miss what is going on this month! On July 24th (Sunday) there will be a spa day "Spa De LA Paz" available for ALL mommies at the Ramirez home. The cost is minimal and you will be able to choose from facials, massages, manuicures, pedicures, etc. There will be a sign up sheet so that you may reserve your spot....stay tuned for more details.Also, the next mommie's outing (with children) will be Wednesday, July 20th after our coordinator is back in town....we miss you Heather!
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