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, June 28, 2007
The Scoop at The Place - June 28, 2007
This Week At The PlaceWe look forward to seeing you at The Place this Sabbath. This Sabbath Pastor Simon will continue his series over the book of John. This week's sermon is titled "In My Father's House" and focuses on chapter 14. Walter Hamlin will be presenting a monologue and Meg Quilop will be leading Father Jeopardy. Aaron Doyle will be leading praise and worship and Khari Washington will have special music.
We invite you to Sabbath School this week. We have children's Sabbath Schools for all ages, including our cradle roll, kindergarten, primary, junior/earliteen, and youth Sabbath school classes that meet at 10:30 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. If you would like to pray for our church or be prayed for, we invite you to come and share in this powerful time together.
A reminder that you may return your tithes and offerings at The Place or online by clicking on the link provided. If you are interested in donating to the associate pastor fund, you may do so online by specifying associate pastor fund or at The Place by filling out one of the pledge cards. Thanks for your support!
Beach Vespers-This Friday Night & Softball Update
Our monthly beach vespers is scheduled for this coming Friday, June 29th. We meet at our usual spot in Sycamore Cove at 5:45 p.m. Come join us for food, worship, and a beautiful sunset. If you can bring some food to share, that will be appreciated. We will be welcoming Steve and Daisy Carlson into our fellowship!
Directions to the vespers are 101 North; exit Las Posas all the way to Pacific Coast Hwy, and go south about 5 miles. The beach is on your right!
The Placers softball team finished their spectacular regular season the way they began – with a win. Their latest victims: Robot Chicken, by a score of 14-9. The Placers’ strapping defense proved to be the difference maker. Robert Nomelli put an exclamation mark on his bid for being the league’s top pitcher by posting a perfect record of 6-0 with an ERA of 4.17 (outstanding in slow-pitch softball). Fred Harlan had two unassisted double plays and a diving catch at short. Aaron Ramirez made a number of great plays in center, as always. Likewise, Sandy Werner had another strong effort at 1st. But the real star of the game was Sheryl Nomelli who jumped from the stands into the line-up, saving the Placers from what appeared to be an eminent forfeit. The Placers will put their skills to the test this Sunday as they open the playoffs at 6:15, at Borchard Park. Great seats are still available.
Church BBQ & Movie Night
The Vineyard Church has invited us to participate in their BBQ/Movie night scheduled for THIS Saturday evening, June 30th. The BBQ starts at 5 p.m. at The Place. We will be viewing a powerful film, "Facing The Giants" together at 6 p.m. Please sign up this Sabbath if you would like to share in the BBQ or if you would like to have child care during the film. The event is totally free. The Vineyard is generously inviting us to come and share this evening with them...so, let's do it!
Ecuador Mission Trip Fundraiser Garage Sale-This Sunday
The Place is planning a mission trip this summer to Ecuador to build a church. As our trip is less than 5 weeks away, we are in the proces of raising money for this trip. We are planning a garage sale fundraiser THIS Sunday, July 1st. We have been collecting a lot of stuff, but we would still be happy to take yours! You may bring donations to The Place this Sabbath, or come early on Sunday...and stay for the sale! We invite you to take some time to clean out your garage and assist us in raising money for this worthy project. You may contact Pastor Simon or Walter Hamlin with questions. The Garage Sale will take place this coming Sunday, July 1st, in the NPAA parking lot starting at 8:00 a.m.
Upcoming Events
Hollywood Bowl Tuesday night, July 3rd - We still have a few tickets left for the Hollywood Bowl Fourth Of July Spectacular on July 3rd. If you are interested, please contact Pastor Simon. Tickets are $24 for adults and $12 for kids.
Picnic/Baptism of Carly Lopez - Sabbath, July 14th at the park by the beach in Oxnard.
Baseball game- Dodgers vs. Mets on Sunday, July 22d at 1:10 p.m. Stay tuned for all the details.
Youth and Collegiate Stuff
We have begun our summer youth ministry and are off to a flying start...and we are welcoming our new youth/collegiate pastor this week!
Here are a few things coming up...first, we have a BOWLING night this Sunday, July 1st at the Camarillo Bowling Alley, from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. All youth are invited! Walter is hosting, and Pastor Steve will be there with us.
And, we have just started a new small group Bible Study that meets at 7:30 p.m. at NPAA. We had a great group this week, and invite you to join us this week (although we will meet on Friday this week due to the 4th of July being on Wednesday.) Stay tuned for further details or please contact Walter at (805) 338-8981
NPAA Summer Collegiate Ministries Program:
This summer several exciting opportunities are being offered through the NPAA summer ministries program. There will be a weekly bible study at NPAA at 7:30 p.m. on Wed. nights, as well as an open gym every Thursday night at 6:30 p.m.,(high school students are invited as well.) There will also be a collegiate wakeboarding trip every Thursday to Lake Piru, if you are interested please call the school at 805-499-2191 or Zac Crook at 805-551-9943 to sign up, these trips leave the school at 5 am and return around 1 pm, you must be 18 years of age or older to enjoy these wakeboarding trips.
Baby Shower for Sandra Haynes
There will be a baby shower for Sandra Haynes on Sunday, July 15th. We will be showering Sandra's little twin boys with lots of love and of course gifts! Please come join the fun. The baby shower will take place at Sally Baher's home in Simi Valley starting at 11 a.m. This is a ladies only event. If you are interested in signing up to bring food or to help in any way, please contact Sherry Jackson at 805-405-4283. Sandra is registered at babies r us.
Ministry and Adventure
We are so blessed at The Place to have so many of you involved in our ministry - both in our church and in our community. But, as we are almost concluding our nominating committee process, we still have several areas of need. Please contact Pastor Simon if you have any interest in participating: in Cafe Ministry; Children's Church; as a Deacon; in Fellowship Lunches; as a Greeter; or in our Video ministry (running the video portion of our service.)
This Sabbath we will have our tentative nominating committees lists, and we invite your comments. Please let us know if we need to make any changes.
And, as we start a new ministry calendar, we want to thank those who are stepping down from leadership for their great leadership this past year. Sheryl Nomelli for Cafe Ministry; Cindy Schumacher for Community Service; Dawn Peterson for our Visitors Luncheon; April Fowler for our Fellowship Luncheons (btw, we still need someone to replace her!!); Robert Nomelli for our youth ministry. And, a HUGE thank you to David Haynes for leading our Praise Ministry for the last two years! All of these people are continuing in ministry at The Place, but are stepping down from leadership in those ministries, and we want to thank them so much!
And, are you feeling Adventurous? - There is Indoor soccer this sunday at 8 p.m. at NPAA and others ready to start new adventures, including mountain biking...what would you like to do and who would you like to invite?
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