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 15, 2007
The Scoop at The Place - March 15, 2007
This Week At The PlaceWe look forward to seeing you at The Place this Sabbath. This Sabbath Pastor Simon will continue his series on John with chapter 5 verses 1-30. This week's sermon is titled "The Judge Is Coming...and That's Good News". There will be special music given by Randy Aybar and Michael Brown will be leading praise and worship.
We invite you to Sabbath School this week. In addition to our cradle roll, primary. earliteen, and youth Sabbath school classes that meet at 10:30 a.m., we have several new classes including a new kindergarten class for 4-6 year olds, a young adult class with Pastor Simon, and a relational class facilitated by Arla Caraboolad that meets in the Mother's room and starts at 10:15 a.m. Rob Randall will be leading the general adult Sabbath school which is studying the book of Romans. 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.
Fellowship Luncheon This Sabbath
We will be having our monthly fellowship luncheon this Sabbath. Join us in the fellowship hall after church services. Please bring your favorite dish to share and stay for the fellowship fun!
Hockey Game This Saturday Night
This coming Saturday night, we are planning an outing to a hockey game at The Staples Center. The Kings will host the Columbus Blue Jackets. 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. But, hurry, there are only a few tickets left!
Future Events
Next Saturday night, March 24th, we have scheduled our regular volleyball night. We will be playing at the NPAA gymnasium at 7:30 p.m. We hope to see many of you there! If you have been waiting to have fun...why wait any longer?!
And, there will be a whale watching trip on Sunday, March 25th. We have made a group reservation...but, you need to sign up to reserve your place. The trip will leave from Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard and go from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. They have been seeing whales every day and we are taking the afternoon tour as that is the best time to see the whales. Group tickets are $25 for adults; $20 for over 55; and $15 for under 15. Kids under 3 are free. For more details, please contact Caleb Guevara @805-796-7035. There will be a sign up sheet in the lobby this Sabbath.
Also, the mommies ministry is planning a family hike for Sabbath, March 31st. We will hike at Wildwood Park after lunch. This is an activity for the ENTIRE family...so find that hiking gear and come out!
Community Service Planning Committee
There will be a community service planning meeting this Sabbath morning. If you are interested in community service or have ideas that you would like to share, we invite you to be a part of this committee. We will meet this Sabbath morning at 10:30 at The Place.
Financial Update
During the month of February we received $6,098 towards our local church budget. That gives us a total of $12,133 for 2007. To keep that in perspective, our church budget each month for The Place is just over $10,000. So, we are already about $8,000 behind our church budget for this year. Please don't forget about our church needs as you give.
We also received $12,547 in tithe, which goes directly to the Southern California Conference. This gives us a total of $22,866 for 2007. Thanks for your continued faithfulness in returning your tithe.
You may return your tithes and offerings at The Place or online.
Placers Create Landslide
The Placers softball team continued their winning ways with a lopsided 19-3 victory on Sunday. Robert Nomelli set the pace by pitching a masterpiece. Alisa Kalberg’s glove was a steel trap as she added more tough putouts to her resume. Sandy Werner flagged down everything that was thrown close to her at first base. Manager Erik Kalberg is happy with how the offense is gelling, stating “We are seeing the ball very well and able to manufacture a lot of base runners as a result, which led to a plethora of runs.” Come cheer on the Placers this Sunday at 6:15 at Borchard Park in Newbury Park.
The Adventure Continues
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.
You can see all our groups and sign up on-line at http://www.theplacechurch.com/adventuregroups.asp.
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!!
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