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, March 23, 2006
The Scoop at The Place - March 23, 2006
This Week At The PlaceWe look forward to seeing you this Sabbath at The Place and pray that you are having a blessed week! This week Pastor Simon will be preaching. The title of his sermon is "Thy Kingdom Come ?" It is the first of his mini-series on the kingdom of heaven as we prepare for Easter.
And, even though our sermon series on prayer is ending, we invite you to continue your new habit of daily prayer!! We hope your prayer life has been a blessing to you and your prayers are growing in strength. We invite you to join us in daily prayer for our families, our church and our community...especially at 3:00 p.m. daily.
All Sabbath Schools will meet (including the new music Sabbath School and discipleship class) at 10:30 a.m. Rob Randall will be leading the adult Sabbath school who are currently studying the book of Acts.
We also have the "Little Place" with Sabbath school classes for infants and toddlers, kindergarten aged children, earliteen classes, and youth sabbath school. Stop by and be blessed!
And, if you are not able to make it to The Place this Sabbath, please remember that you always have access to the sermons on-line (we even podcast!!). Check out all the new stuff at www.theplacechurch.com.
Also, our online photo directory is making great progress. We've been trying to get everyone's photo, but The Place is . . . well . . . a BIG Place! Please check your listing in the online directory. If your picture isn't there or you have a better picture you'd like to submit, please send your digital photo to Jeremy Bachmann through the link provided below.. Photos of spouses, kids, friends are welcome if they're too shy to ask. Individual head shots that actually look like you are ideal. Family photos are not necessary for this project. We can crop.
Vespers and Communion This Friday Night
We will be having our next Place vespers THIS coming Friday night, March 24th at The Place at 7 p.m. We will have a time of worship, spend time in God's word, and share communion together, and will serve refreshments afterward. Please join us for a time of praise, worship, and communion. We look forward to sharing this special time with all of you. Everyone is invited to come and commune together.
New Sabbath School on the Sanctuary
We will be starting a new Sabbath School on Sabbath, April 8th, at 10:30 a.m. It will be a topical study of the Sanctuary doctrine. We will be using Dr. Roy Gane's book, Altar Call, as our outline. The study will be co-lead by Pastor Simon and Bill Werner. We have already ordered books, but we need to know if you want to be a part of this study. If so, you may sign up on the sheet at church this Sabbath, or contact Simon or Bill directly. We are looking forward to a great time in the Word!
Mommies Ministry
We have one more mommy event this month- next Wednesday night. If you are a mommy, please join us for a game night next Wednesday evening, the 29th at Denise Ramirez's home. The fun will start at 6 p.m. If you are planning on attending, please bring a wrapped gift (something from home that you don't mind parting with, please don't spend any money), and rsvp to Denise as soon as possible through the link provided below.
Our mommy of the month is still Leila and she has been very blessed by all of the love showered on her...massages, house cleaning, home improvement, nights out, dinners, flowers (and the list goes on). If you haven't yet, please give Leila a call and brighten her day. Leila's home number is 480-9039. And-please continue to keep her and her family in your prayers.
For more information about any of these events, you may contact Heather Richmund at 805-499-0398 or via e-mail by clicking on the link below.
New Member Luncheon
We will have another new member luncheon on Sabbath, April 1st following church services. This is a luncheon for all new members that joined the Place in 2005/06 and who were not able to attend last month's meeting. It will be a potluck luncheon, so please bring food to share and then plan on staying and sharing about God, the vision for The Place, and future plans.
February Financial Update
Once again, we would like to share with you about our finances so far this year. During the month of February we received $11,596 in tithe...which goes to our local conference. We also received $4,640 in offerings towards our local church budget. That is an unusually low amount for one month, and i only about half what we need for our local church budget...which supports all our ministries at The Place and pays our rent! I know you have been generous in the past, but we encourage you to continue to support our local church as well as through your tithes. You may return these gifts at The Place or on-line by clicking on the link. God bless.
Mission Project-This Summer
Yes, it is true. We have made our commitment to build a church this summer in Tijuana, Baja, California. This will be another Maranatha project such as we experienced last summer in Peru. Except, this will be closer to home. The date is now firm...it will be the week of July 16-23d. Now that we have committed The Place, we are looking for volunteers! First, we need to raise the $20,000 to build the church, and then we need to go there and build it! So, if you are interested in fund-raising or going as part of the project, let's talk... please contact Pastor Simon. We will meet together with those interested after church this Sabbath just for a few minutes to talk (March 25th.)
Pastor's Study and Small Groups
We have begun our Pastor's study on Wednesday nights at The Place. We have been enoying the chance to really get into Christian/SDA doctrine. There is plenty of time for questions and awesome discussion. Our meetings are sheduled on Wednesday nights starting at 7 p.m. This week we will be looking at Jesus Christ...God. But, this week, just to be special, our Pastor's study will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Simon and Cecilia's house - 1727 Calle Artigas, Thousand Oaks. Please contact Simon if you need directions.
And-don't forget that we have many small groups that are going strong...some may even be closer to you than you think! If you would like to find out more about small groups, or are interested in joining one, please contact Pastor Simon at 805-498-2300.
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