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, July 12, 2007
The Scoop at The Place - July 12, 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 "The Holy Spirit" which goes over chapter 16. Steve Jackson will be leading praise and worship. We will also be praying over Carly Lopez and Bradon Schwarz (long distance), both of whom will be getting baptized this weekend. Carly will be getting baptized after church and Bradon in Colorado.
And, there will be no Children's Church this month.
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.
Baptism and Picnic This Sabbath and our Church Fellowship Luncheon next Sabbath
There will be a church picnic this coming Sabbath, July 14th after church services at Oxnard State Beach Park. This will be a time to celebrate Carly Lopez' baptism, which will be happening in the ocean after we eat! We will be having HAYSTACKS as we want to make sure Carly feels very welcomed into our fellowship! If you can bring an ingredient or something else to share, that would be great. If you need more information, please call Meg Quilop (805)490-1436 or Judy Ayars (805)-373-1936. Directions will be available at The Place.
And, we will have our regular church Fellowship Luncheon in the Fellowship Hall after church next Sabbath (July 21.) If you can bring a dish to share, that would be wonderful. thanks.
Baby Shower For Sandra Haynes This Sunday
There will be a baby shower for Sandra Haynes this coming 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 Angelo and 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 and her theme is sports/snoopy.
Youth Stuff - Beach Vespers this Friday Evening
We have begun our summer youth ministry and have some great things in store for you! It is a real blessing to have our new Pastor, Steve Carlson, with us!
There will be a youth beach vespers this Friday (July 13) at Sycamore Cove from 6-8 p.m. Please come and join the fun and stay for a hot dog dinner and more. Please contact Walter at (805) 338-8981 for more information.
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.
Collegiates & Young Adults
Are you ready to grow in Jesus and to grow together? We are planning a get together for young adults and collegiates at Macaroni Grill in the Westlake Promenade after church on Sabbath, July 28th (about 1:30 p.m.) This is an opportunity for us all to get to know each other and to talk and share about our ideas and to plan for some future activities together. Contact Pastor Steve for all the details at 970-203-5360. Btw, if you are not sure you are a collegiate or young adult, then just come and we will let you know! (just kidding.)
Placers Softball Update and L.A. Dodger Game
The Placers softball team completed their spring season with an impressive 12-2 record. The Placers took 1st place in their division, leading the competition by an imposing four games, and placed 3rd in the championship playoffs. Co-manager, Fred Harlan summed up the season by stating, “I can’t tell you how proud I am of our team. Everyone contributed. That was the secret of our success. This team came together better than a potluck jello mold”. Slugger Ralph Figueroa explained the special shirts the Placers wore during the playoffs. “We wanted to let our co-manager Erik Kalberg know how much he means to us so we wore shirts bearing his name to honor him and encourage him to get well soon. We dedicated our playoff run to Erik.” Congratulations Placers on a terrific season!
And, for all baseball fans, we are going as a group to the Dodger's/Mets game Sunday, July 22d. The game is at 1:10 p.m. at Dodger Stadium. Our seats will be down the 3rd base line and are $22 each. Contact Fernando Cano at 805-444-8007 with questions or to sign up. We will also have a sign-up sheet in the lobby at church.
Financial Update June 2007
Once again, we would like to thank you for your faithful giving. During June we received $26,973 in tithe, for a total of $91,969 for 2007 so far. That is a blessing to us and our world church.
Also, in June we received $14,656 towards our church budget, giving us a total of $60,584 for the year. This leaves us approximately even with our expenditures for church budget this year. That is a real blessing. We also received just over $3000 towards our Associate Pastor Fund. That is a good start for us as beginning in July we will be paying for our new Associate Pastor Steve Carlson from our church budget. Thanks so much for your willingness to support the ministry of The Place and especially for our new youth and young adult pastor.
As a reminder, 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 using a tithe envelope. Thanks for your support!
Mommies Ministry
This month's mommy of the month is Stacy Campagna. Stacy has just recently had a little girl, Gracelynn Brooke and has a two year old little girl, Chloe as well. We are all pampering Stacy this month with lots of TLC. If you would like to sign up to pamper Stacy, please contact Alisa Kalberg @ACKalberg@aol.com.
We have now started regularly scheduled play dates. The first and third Wednesdays of every month, we will meet at The Lakes on Thousand Oaks Blvd at 10:15 for play time and then stay for whatever venue they have that day at 11 a.m. The second and fourth Wednesdays we will meet at Conejo Community Park located off of Hendrix and Gainsborough at 10 a.m. for play time. Please come and bring your little ones.
We will also have our Girl's Night Out on the last Thursday of the month, July 26th. We will be going out to dinner at P.F. Chang's at The Lakes at 6:30 p.m.
Also, we are starting to plan for our annual Spa Day and Denise's home in Newbury Park. This month it will be held on Sunday, August 19th. Please set this date aside for some much needed pampering! Stay tuned for more details.
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