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, April 12, 2007
The Scoop at The Place - April 12, 2007
This Week At The PlaceWe look forward to seeing you at The Place this Sabbath. This Sabbath, Pastor Simon will be preaching. This week's sermon is titled "The Light of the World" and focuses on the theology of Christian behavior, looking at John chapter 8 verses 1-30. We also look forward to having Steve Jackson lead us in 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, starting 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.
The Fireplace Children's Church-This Sabbath
We will be having our monthly children's church "The Fireplace" this coming Sabbath, April 14th. Please bring your little one to the Fellowhip hall starting at 11:30 for an hour of learning fun. This month's leaders will be the Bachmann and Roeske families.
Food Drive-This Sabbath & Community Service Projects
Also scheduled for this Sabbath, April 14, is our monthly food drive. Every month we collect canned goods, formula, wipies, and diapers for needy families in Ventura and donate them to the Ventura County Food Share. Please bring your donations this Sabbath and place them inside the box marked "food drive" that will be in the lobby. This month we will use this food to bless one specific needy family! Thanks for your help!
We also have some community outreach projects planned. We will be returning to the Battered Women' shelter in Simi Valley on Sunday, April 22 starting at 9:00 a.m. Please contact Andrea Harlan at 805-551-7636 for more details. Or, you may sign up this Sabbath at The Place to participate.
And, The Place is going to participate again this year in Community Action Day scheduled for June 2. But, we need a point person. There will be an organizational meeting this coming Tuesday, April 17th at Crossroads Community Church in Camarillo. If you are interested in attending this meeting, or just helping to organize, please talk to Pastor Simon at 805-498-2300.
Youth Big House Vespers Next Friday Night & Community Service Project
The youth is gearing up for its next Big House vespers next Friday night, April 20th at 7:00 p.m. The vespers will be held at The Place. There will be an awesome worship band with Matt Fowler leading worship. There will also be drama, worship, food, fun and fellowship. We hope you can make it!
Also, the youth are going to be doing a community service project on Sabbath, April 28. This project will involve making toys for needy kids. There will be more details to follow. Please contact Michael Taylor for more info. or to reserve your spot @ 805-358-4823.
Adventure Groups - Soccer; Scrap-booking and Hot Flashers!
Our adventure groups have begun and there is so much to do! But, please remember, these are times to invite your unchurch friends!!
For those of you who love to get in and play soccer, we invite you to come by the NPAA gym this Sunday night at 8:00 p.m. and play indoor soccer!
Also, our scrapbooking adventure group is about to start, please contact Kathy Roth for more information at 805-304-1509.
And, Hotflasher's Movie Night is THIS Sunday, April 15th at 6:30 pm. New members are welcome. Don't worry, hotflashes are not required. You qualify as a "Hotflasher" if you think the "Mommies" group sounds fun but you don't feel you would fit in as a "Mommy" anymore. Please join us at Jennie Kay Dappolonia's home, 180 Via Rebecca in Newbury Park. The movie clue is "Princess". Bring you tiara, your princess slippers, wear your favorite princess color, or anything else princess that you can think of. RSVP 805-499-6524 or 805-990-5811.
Mommies Ministry & Men's Time
This month's mommy of the month is Ileana Burgos. We are all excited to shower sweet Ileana with lots of love and pampering. If you would like to sign up to give Ileana some TLC, please sign up with Alisa at ACKalberg@aol.com.
This month's activities are:
Friday, April 20th a field trip to Underwood Family Farms (weather permitting)at 3370 Sunset Valley Road at 3 p.m. (we'll meet outside) This is a great place for the whole family with lots to do!
Thursday night, April 26th Girl's Night Out- This time it will be a game night held at Denise Ramirez's home at 4431 Paseo De La Paz in Newbury Park (805-498-3365). The fun will start at 6 p.m. and the food and dessert will be catered (thanks, Denise!) Please RSVP to Denise at scfanbcause@aol.com.
And-we are planning a special Mother's Day treat for May. We will be having a Tea Time at The Tea Rose Garden in Pasadena on Sunday May 6th, reservations have been made for 2:30. Please let Cecilia know if you would like to attend, the cost will be $16.95 per person. It will be a wonderful time together!
Yes men...there is time for you too! The men will be having their time on Sunday April 22nd at 6:00 p.m. at Frank and Doris Fulgham's home in Simi Valley... more details to follow.
Financial Update for March
Once again, we would like to thank you for your financial support of The Place. During March we received $20,916 in tithe, giving us a year to date total of $43,802. This money is a great blessing to our conference and the world-wide SDA church.
In March we also received $13,763 towards our local church budget, for a year to date total of $25,896. This leaves us only a few thousand dollars behind our church budget for 2007 to this point. We appreciate so much your support.
We also want to let you know as a church family that The Place is going to be hiring a new associate pastor in the near future...by God's grace. The money for this salary will be paid entirely by our church as part of our local church budget. So, if you can support us in this faith step, it would be a great blessing to us.
We nvite you to remember our church finances as you return your tithes and offerings. God is faithful to his promises. You may return your tithes and offerings at The Place or on-line by clicking on the link.
Mission Trip Ecuador 2007
This summer members of The Place will be going on a mission trip to Ecuador, where we will be building a church in a village called Chapulo. We are beginning to do some fundraising and are planning a garage sale for early June. If you have items that you could donate, we will be ready to start collecting soon.
Also, we have been challenged by a generous member of The Place...he will match the other church members for $5000!!! So, together, if we can support The Place mission project by giving together to give $5000 towards it, one of our members will MATCH! What a blessing! Consider yourselves challenged.
And, on a different mission front, on Sabbath, April 28th James and Sarah Appel will be here as James will be sharing about their mission work in Tchad...dont miss out.
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