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 18, 2006
The Scoop at The Place - May 18, 2006
This Week At The PlaceWe look forward to seeing you this Sabbath at The Place. This week Pastor Simon will begin preaching a two part series on The Da Vinci Code. This week's sermon is titled "The Da Vinci Code Revealed." We will also have our awesome worship band AND the Conejo Adventist Elemtary School choirs at The Place performing and praising God.
All Sabbath School classes will meet this week. The classes meet at 10:30 a.m. Bill Werner 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.
Fellowship Luncheon & Baptisms, This Sabbath @ The Dappalonia's
This Sabbath, May 20th we will be having a very special Fellowship Luncheon at the Dappalonia's home...followed by the baptism of Feliza and her son 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. The Dappalonia's are located at 180 Via Rebecca in Newbury Park, phone # 805-499-6524. Directions will be available in the lobby this Sabbath.
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, please contact Caleb Guevara at 805-796-7035.
We would also like to welcome new member Josh Rojas into The Place church family. He is being baptized this Friday night at NPAA as part of a special vespers service at 7:15 p.m.
May Ice Skating Social (This Saturday Evening) & Hollywood Bowl July 2nd
You and your family are invited to this month's ice skating social this Saturday night, May 20th. Please join us for a fun night out 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 but, The Place Social Committee will cover the cost of rentals. Easy Street Ice Arena is located 131 West East Street in Simi Valley. You may contact Cecilia Liversidge at 805-531-0494. 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 2nd at 7:30 p.m. The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra is featured with special guest Kenny Loggins. Tickets are $15 for adults. We have 60 tickets, and a few children's tickets are available (2-14 years old) for $7.50. Please contact Pastor Simon to reserve your space or sign up at church this Sabbath.
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. 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 via the link listed below. 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.
Community Action Day-June 3rd
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.
Care Package For One of Our Members in Iraq
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 THIS SABBATH, so we can spoil him and remind him he is loved! If you need more information, please contact Cindy Schumacher via the link listed below. If you would like to contact him directly, you may do so at:
LCPL GomezCoria USMC
MWSG-37 (MP DET)
VIC 41107
FPO AP 96426-1107
If you will be sending Josue a lettter, please be sure not to write anything else on the envelope except for his and your address. Thanks!
Maranatha Mission Trip
Our mission trip is fast approaching. It will take place in Tijuana, Baja California the 16-23rd of July. Our group is almost full, but we are still in need of donations. We will be having several fund raisers-including a night at Baja Fresh Restaurant on June 1st. But-we need YOUR help! Our goal is to raise $20,000 for the cost of the construction of the church. Please contact Pastor Simon if you or someone you know would like to donate your money or your time or to assist in fundraising.
Financial News
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!
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