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, August 03, 2006
The Scoop at The Place - August 3, 2006
This Week At The PlaceWe look forward to seeing you this Sabbath at The Place. This week Pastor Simon will be preaching the first of his new mini-series on worship. This week's sermon is titled "Building Worship." We will also have special music with Kevin Wells and Michael Dappalonia.
We will also be showing a short video about the mission trip in Mexico before the sermon.
We invite you to Sabbath School this week. Our Sabbath School classes meet at 10:30 a.m. Rob Randall will be leading the general adult Sabbath school which will begin studying the book of Romans, and, Harley Peterson will be leading out anyone interested 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!
Youth Beach Vespers-This Friday Night & Youth Calendar
The youth are planning a beach vespers scheduled for this coming Friday night, August 4th at Sycamore Cove. The fun will start at 6:30 p.m. Please come and bring some friends.
All youth are invited to come out and to be a part of Insight (the Wednesday night youth night out) each week, when the youth have a chance to fellowship together at either Jared Perrin's home or at The Stagecoach Inn Park located right next door. Jared's home is at 1525 Susan Drive in Newbury Park. For more information, contact Jared directly at 805-807-2795.
And- the youth are planning another camping and water ski trip the weekend of August 11th-13th. ALL youth are encouraged to participate in this fun event. Please contact Dan Roth @ 805-527-6642 or Robert Nomelli @ 818-292-6143 to sign up or for more details. We hope you can make it!
Visitors Luncheon this Sabbath and Gym Night this Saturday Night
This Sabbath (August 5th) we are again having a visitors luncheon after church. This week we will meet at Jennie Kay Dappalonia's house, 180 Via Rebecca, Newbury Park - 805-499-6524. We invite all visitors and new members or attendees of The Place to come and eat and fellowship together. Also, all members are invited to come, we simply ask that you bring a dish to share. Directions will be available at The Place.
We will have our next gym night this Saturday night at the NPAA gym starting at 8 p.m. We will be playing volleyball (and perhaps some indoor soccer) and hanging out together. Please come out and enjoy the fun! It is a great family time.
Children's Church & Monthly Food Drive-Next Sabbath
Next Sabbath (August 12th) we will be having our monthly Children's Church. Your little one is invited to come to this special time exclusively for children that focuses on learning about Jesus through story, music, and craft. Snacks will also be served. You are welcome to drop your child off at the Fellowship Hall from 11:30-12:30 p.m.
Also scheduled for next Sabbath is our monthly food drive. Each month we donate canned goods as well as wipies and diapers to the Ventura County Food Share. Please drop your donation off inside the box marked "food drive" located in the lobby.
Upcoming Social Events
Take out your calendars and jot down these important events scheduled throughout this month and the beginning of next.
Sabbath, August 19th- Fellowship Luncheon following church services. This month's luncheon will be hosted by Pastor Simon's small group.
Saturday night, August 26th-Bowling Night. Stay tuned for more details as to when and where.
Sunday, September 10th-Church Picnic, more details to come.
Tijuana Church Painting?
This Sabbath we will be showing a short video about the Maranatha mission trip to Tijuana where we recently completed the construction of the walls and roof of the new church! We want to thank all of those who were part of this important project-it was such a blessing to so many! And- we would like to know if anyone is interested in going back to the newly built Tijuana church at the end of next month to help paint and do some electrical work. If you are interested, please contact Pastor Simon right away...and we can help with the expenses of your trip as well!
Mommies Ministry
As the summer continues to fly by, we hope that you will take advantage of more time with the kiddies and come out to our mommies events. Next Wednesday-August 9th- Beach Party at Leo Cabrillo Beach. We will meet at 11 a.m. next to Lifeguard station # 1. Bring your lunches, beach balls, and blankets...
Donate To ADRA
Hundreds of thousands of individuals are pouring out of Southern Lebanon trying to escape the violence. They arrive in the North of the country often with nothing and nowhere to go. Some are receiving help and finding shelter from the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) and the Seventh-day Adventist Church there that have teamed up to help these Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The United Nations reports that an estimated 500,000 Lebanese are displaced. "As part of an initial response, ADRA is mobilizing its resources in the region to respond to the most urgent needs," said Raafat Kamal, regional director for ADRA in Trans-Europe. "Fifteen percent of the Lebanese population are internally displaced and are in urgent need of basic food, medicine, shelter and clean water. ADRA is distributing aid at two sites in Lebanon. "Peoples lives and homes are just being shattered ... the Middle East is in conflict and ADRA needs to be there," said Charles Sandefur, president of ADRA International. "ADRA is serving more than 500 people and that number grows as people continue to flee." But with grocery stores closing down resources are becoming increasingly limited.
When asked how long ADRA plans to be in Lebanon, Sandefur responded: "Nobody knows what the future holds. There is an immense need in the next weeks, months and maybe even years. If you know the Seventh-day Adventist Church and if you know ADRA we stay.We stay [long after] other agencies pack up and leave."
He noted that even now ADRA is one of the few agencies on the ground in Lebanon. Sandefur said ADRA was able to immediately mobilize for several reasons. "Because of our relationship with the Seventh-day Adventist church we were able to be on the ground in a hurry," he said.
Adventist-owned schools, churches and office buildings in both Israel and Lebanon are sheltering IDPs. ADRA is appealing for donations for its response to the Middle East crisis. To donate, please contact ADRA at 1.800.424.ADRA (2372) or donate online to ADRA's Middle East Crisis Fund via the link provided below.
Donate to ADRA's Middle East Crisis Fund
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