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.
Friday, April 20, 2007
The Scoop at The Place - April 19, 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 Truth Shall Set You Free" and focuses on the Great Controversy, looking at John chapter 8 verses 31-59. We also look forward to having Dean Palacio lead us in worship and special music by Shearin Matute. We will also be having a special video this week featuring some of the children from The Place that you will not want to miss!
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.
And, finally, we appreciate your financial support of The Place and our ministry. If you would like to return your tithes and offerings, you may do so at The Place or on-line by clicking on the link. We are excited about what God is doing in our church, and particularly excited to be hiring an associate pastor...if you are interested in helping to financially support this new venture, we would greatly appreciate it.
Youth Big House Vespers This Friday Night & Youth Community Project
We invite you to attend the Big House Vespers that will be taking place this Friday (that's tomorrow) at 7 p.m. at The Place. This is our youth oriented vespers...but, we invite all young people...and the really young at heart to come and share in this time together. There will be an awesome praise band with Matt Fowler as lead singer; food, fun and fellowship. Stop by for the great time!
Also on the agenda is a youth outreach scheduled for Sabbath, April 28th starting at 10:00 a.m. It is "Ride On" a fair for handicapped children. We invite you to come out and help make toys for kids. If you would like to sign up to participate or know more, please contact Michael Taylor @ 805-358-4823. There will also be a sign up sheet at church this Sabbath.
Fellowship Luncheon This Sabbath
We will be having our regularly scheduled fellowship luncheon this coming Sabbath following services. The small groups that meet at the Liversidge home and the Quilop home will be this month's hosts. However, we will need help! Please bring a meal to share this Sabbath...the theme is general...so bring whatever you have! We hope you can stay after church and make it to this special time of fellowship.
Community Service Project-This Sunday & Community Action Day
Ready for Spring Cleaning? The Women's Shelter needs our help this Sunday April 22nd. We'll be trimming trees, weeding, tilling flower beds and ripping out old carpet. Put on your work clothes and bring your ladders, tree trimming tools, garden gloves & hoes. Meet at The Place Parking lot (far end) on Sunday at 9 a.m. to caravan to the Simi Valley location. We'll have a lot of fun working together helping someone in need. For more details contact Andrea Harlan at 805-551-7636 or AndreaHarlan@earthlink.net.
This year the annual ACTION Day will be on June 2. ACTION Day is a day when Christians unite together to impact their communities by showing God's love in creative and practical ways. The Place participated last year, with 40+ churches in Ventura County. We helped clean up trails, beaches, fixed a volleyball court for the YMCA and began work on the battered women's shelter that we are still helping with! This year we will also have a variety of projects to participate in. There will be sign up sheets in the lobby on May 5th. If you would like to be a team lead for a certain project or if you know of a need in our community, contact Cindy Schumacher at Cindy6359@msn.com or (805) 579-9557.
Men's Time This Sunday
The men will get together this coming Sunday, April 22nd at the Fulghams home in Simi Valley. The fun will start at 6:00 p.m. Food will be provided, but bring along the fun and invite a friend. Besides eating, we will be playing pool, darts and other games and just hanging out. There will be a flyer this Sabbath at church with directions. The Fulghams are located at 359 Golden Moss Court in Simi Valley, phone number 805-584-9193.
Mommies Ministry
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 (tomorrow!) 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! (cecilialiversidge@hotmail.com)
Beach Vespers-Next Friday Night
We are ready for our next fabulous beach vespers next Friday night, April 27th at Sycamore Cove. Please come out and meet at 5:45 p.m. to enjoy a beautiful sunset, a picnic dinner and time together in worship and praise. This is always a fantastic time of fellowship and fun...so bring the whole family and invite a friend to join you. If you can bring a dish to share, that would be awesome as well.
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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