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, February 22, 2007
The Scoop at The Place - February 22, 2007
This Week At The PlaceWe look forward to seeing you at The Place this Sabbath. This week Pastor Simon will continue his sermon series on the book of John. This week's sermon is titled "In Over Your Head" which focuses on chapter 3. There will be special music given by Matt Fowler and Chad Reiser will be leading the praise and worship time. And, we invite you to stay after church services for our cafe ministry time.
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 is studying the book of Romans.
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!
You are also invited to attend our community prayer time at The Place every Sabbath before Sabbath School starting at 9:45 a.m. Come and pray for our church or bring your special needs.
Baby Shower This Sunday
This Sunday morning, February 25th, there will be a baby shower for Brendan and Vesna Dodge. It will be a ladies only shower held at Edna Bachmann's home starting at 10 a.m. Brendan and Vesna are having a little girl and are registered at Babies R Us and Target. There will be a diaper raffle-so if you bring a package of diapers, you will receive a ticket and may win a prize. Edna Bachmann's home is located at 837 Blue Springs Drive in Westlake Village, phone number 805-494-9343.
Mommies Ministry Oscar Party-This Sunday
This month our girl's night out will be a little different. We will celebrate our Girl's Night Out in Oscar style as we will have our first annual Oscar party on Sunday evening, February 25th from 5 to 9 p.m. The party will be held at Cecilia's home. Please dress in semi-formal or formal atire, come with your picks for oscar winners, and plan on having a great time! If you haven't signed up yet to bring food, please contact Cecilia via email at cecilialiversidge@hotmail.com
Cecilia's home is at 1727 Calle Artigas in Thousand Oaks, phone number 531-0494.
Adventure Groups
Yes, the adventure has begun and the adventure groups are ready to go. They are fellowship groups based on interests you are passionate about, and designed to be a place to invite your unchurched friends and neighbors. Some of groups have already started. If you are still not sure if you would like to get involved, take a look at the list of possibilities: basketball; soccer; snowboarding; cross-stitch; scrapbooking; guitar and bass; beauty; surfing; hiking; reflexology; hot flashers; mommies; entrepreneurs, AND snowboarders! You may still sign up in the lobby.
Les Styadi will be taking a group out snowboarding this Sunday to Mountain High, leaving early in the morning. Please contact Les if you want to go at 805-338-6912.
You can sign up on-line at http://www.theplacechurch.com/adventuregroups.asp to "see all our new groups and SIGN UP online now."
Remember, we want your participation...but we also encourage you to make this a place where you can invite your friends who don't yet know Jesus!!
Mercy Me & Audio Adrenaline Concert
We have bought tickets for the Mercy Me/ Audio Adrenaline concert on Friday night, March 2nd in Santa Barbara. The tickets are $37. If you want to go, this coming Sabbath will be the final day to sign up. There will be a sign up sheet in the lobby or you can contact Pastor Simon.
Mission Trip to Ecuador
This year The Place will be going on another mission trip to Ecuador, where we are building a church. The trip is scheduled for August 1-12 and the airplane reservations have been made and the group is almost full. If you are interested in being a part of this wonderful experience, please contact Pastor Simon at simonliversidge@hotmail.com right away as there are only a few spaces left. There will a meeting after church next Sabbath, March 3rd to begin planning.
Christian Hockey Night
We are planning an outing in March to a hockey game at The Staples Center. The Kings will host the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night, March 17th. Tickets are $20 per person which includes a hot dog; drink and a Kings hat. There will also be a Christian concert before hand.
There will be a sign up sheet this Sabbath or you can contact Fernando Cano at 805-444-8007 or Pastor Simon at 805-498-2300.
New Sabbath School classes
There are a few new Sabbath School classes that we would like you to know about. We have a new Kindergarten Sabbath School designed for 4-6 year olds. Please contact the coordinator, Doris Fulgham at 818-216-6748. They have been having fun learning the great stories of the Bible. We are excited about this new opportunity for our kids and we invite you to bring your child along if they are in this age.
Also, Pastor Simon has begun a new Sabbath School for young adult ages focusing on Doctrines. The class starts at 10:30 a.m. If you are interested in Bible Studies or have questions about the Bible, this is the place for you.
And, we are pleased to let you know we have begun another new adult Sabbath school class with Arla Caraboolad as facilitator. It is a relational study of 1st John, and meets in the Mother's Room starting at 10:15. Please NOTE that is 15 minutes before the other classes start. Arla is a gifted teacher and you will be blessed by this class!
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