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, May 11, 2006
The Scoop at The Place - May 11, 2006
This Week At The PlaceWe look forward to seeing you this Sabbath at The Place. This week Alan Reinach will be preaching. And- there will be a special Mother's Day celebration and drama lead by Rebecca Lemasters.
All Sabbath School classes will meet this week. The classes meet at 10:30 a.m. Pastor Simon will lead out in the Sanctuary class, Rob Randall will be leading the general adult Sabbath school which is currently studying the book of Acts. And, Harley Peterson is leading out anyone interested in music...in our music Sabbath School.
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.
We want to thank so many of you for your faithfulness in offering your tithes and offerings. During the month of April we received $15,604 in tithe...bringing our year to date total to $48,419. We also received $8,838 in giving to our local church budget. That brings our year to date giving to $31,752. Thanks so much for your faithfulness. You may return your tithes and offerings at The Place or on-line by clicking onto the link provided. We also invite your support of our Maranatha church building project in Tijuana this summer!
Friday Night Cafe Vespers - looking at the DaVinci Codes
We will be having our next Friday night vespers THIS Friday, May 12th starting at 7:30 p.m. at The Place. We invite you and your friends to come to our cafe vespers and enjoy a night of praise, worship and fellowship. This week we will have a special focus - we will be looking at a short video discussing the DaVinci Codes and have a time of interaction and discussion together. We look forward to seeing you there. This is a topic that is on the minds of lots of people...come and see what all the fuss is about.
Visitor's Luncheon/Elder's Luncheon and KAYAKING-This Sabbath
There will be a visitor's luncheon this Sabbath at the Peterson's home. This is a special invite for all new members (older members are also welcome) to fellowship together over a lunch. This is a potluck luncheon (for members! visitors, please come just as your are!) so please bring food to share. The Peterson's are located on the campus of NPAA at 187 Hilliard Lane.
There will also be an elder's luncheon on Sabbath in the fellowship hall. If you are an elder...then please plan on spending this time with us. As noted above, this will be a fellowship luncheon, so please bring food to share.
After lunch, a kayaking trip is planned out of the Ventura Harbor. Please meet at church at 3:00 p.m. to carpool or at the Ventura Harbor (in front of the Greek Restaurant) at 3:30 p.m. Cost will be approximately $10. Please dress in layers. To reserve your spot, or for more information, please contact Caleb Guevara at 805-796-7035.
Childrens' Church & Monthly Food Drive-This Sabbath
This Sabbath, May 13th, we will be continuing with our Children's Church. Children's Church begins at 11:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Your little one is invited to come and learn about Jesus through a Veggietales curriculum that incorporates story, song, craft, and snack.
Also taking place this week is our monthly food drive. The items that we collect are distributed to thousands of children, seniors, and families in our community. These individuals are very thankful for our donations and kindness. There will be a box by the door on Sabbath for your contributions. Thank you for your continued support for our community. Mark 12:31 "Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these."
Fellowship Luncheon & Baptism, Hike Next Sabbath
Next Sabbath, May 20th we are having a very special Fellowship Luncheon at the Dappalonia's house...followed by the baptism of Feliza and Alex Barrientos. This month's luncheon theme is "Italian" and April Fowler is organizing the meals. If you would like to contact April, please call 805-523-8489 or email her through the link provided below. We invite you to come out and spend an afternoon together eating, fellowshipping, and welcoming Alex & Feliza into our church family.
After our fellowship luncheon, you are invited to come out for a bike or hike at Cheseboro State Park. For more information about this event or the kayaking trip, please contact Caleb Guevara at 805-796-7035.
Are you ready to help someone?
Besides our monthly food drive this Sabbath, we invite your participation in service to our community. The Place is participating in the annual Community Action Day - Saturday, June 3d. Many churches from our area are taking on community service projects. We have committed ourselves to at least 3 - including a beach clean-up; trail clearing; and general cleanup of a shelter for battered women. We will have more information and sign up sheets at church this Sabbath. We will be doing these projects in the afternoon after church. If you are interested or need more info., please contact Pastor Simon. But, we invite you to sign up as soon as possible, as we may take on more projects if there is enough interest.
And, we want to bless one of our own...Josue Gomez, who is a Marine, currently stationed in Iraq. He would love to hear from us and receive care packages. So, we invite you to bring any goodies either this Sabbath or next, so we can spoil him and remind him he is loved! If you need more information, please contact Cindy Schumacher. If you would like to contact him directly, please ask his parents or Pastor Simon for the address.
Mommies Ministry
This month ALL mommies get to be showered with love! In celebration of Mother's Day, each mommy will have an opportunity to brighten another mommy's day all month. If you have expressed an interest in participating in the name exchange, then you should be receiving your mommy's name soon (if you have not already). If you have not had a chance to respond to Heather about this, you still have time-just e-mail Heather via the link below. Some of the ways you can shower another mommy with love are through phone calls, cards, flowers, babysitting, dinners, prayer, or whatever you feel would be special.
Sunday, May 21st-Hike in Malibu. This is a hike for ALL mommies. We will meet at 8 a.m. at the Starbucks located on Moorpark Ave (next to Pier One Imports). This is a mild hike about a mile and a half in length. If you would like to go, please contact Cecilia Liversidge at cecilialiversidge@hotmail.com. Please bring a small bible (if you have one). After the hike, we will have breakfast at a cafe in Malibu.
Thursday, May 25th-Girl's Night Out-mark this night on your calendars and stay tuned for more details.
May Skating Social -May 20th and the Hollywood Bowl - July 2d
This month's social will be a roller skating social on Saturday night, May 20th. Please join us for a fun night out with at Easy Street Ice Arena in Simi Valley. Meeting time will be at 7:30 p.m. and you may skate from 7:45 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. Cost is $7.50 for adults and $6 for children 12 and under, and skate rentals are $3. Hope to see you there!
And, we have once again purchased tickets for the Hollywood Bowl, Fourth of July Spectacular. The tickets are for Sunday night, July 2s at 7:30 p.m. The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra is featured with special guest Kenny Loggins. Tickets are $15. We have 60 tickets, and children's tickets are available (2-14 years old) for $7.50 But, if you want tickets at the children's price you must sign up this Sabbath for them or contact Pastor Simon BY Wed, May 17th!!
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