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, October 11, 2007
The Scoop at The Place - October 11, 2007
This Week At The PlaceWe look forward to seeing you at The Place this Sabbath. This Sabbath Bill Werner will be preaching at The Place. Bill's sermon is titled "What God and Rambo Have In Common". Steve Jackson will be leading praise and worship. There will also be special music by Allie Vete and Max.
Children's Church is scheduled for this coming Sabbath. Children's church begins at 11:30 am and will be hosted by the Roeske and Bachmann families. We invite all kids to come and join the fun.
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.
Elder Rob Randall will be leading the 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.
We also invite you to continue your faithful giving. We appreciate your support so much. We are in special need of more financial donations for our worthy student fund. If you would like to donate to this fund, please specify the amount on your tithe envelope. You may return tithes and offerings at The Place or on-line. God bless.
Relay For Life This Saturday
The Relay for Life event will be held this Saturday, October 13th at Newbury Park High School off of Reino. It is a 24 hour walk to raise money for the fight against cancer. If you are still interested in participating, please contact Kevin Emmerson at 805-501-8285. This year our Relay for Life team is proud to announce we will be walking to honor Erik Kalberg! We're excited for this opportunity to show our support of Erik in his fight. As of last Tuesday we have 17 members on our Relay For Life team but there's always room for more. If you're interested in getting involved with the prayer outreach team for the Relay, please contact Rachelle LeMond at 626-698-0889. And, we invite all of you to come out this Saturday and support our team members at any time during the walk or join in with our prayer team. The prayer team will be praying for anyone with prayer requests during this time! It will be a great ministry. The Relay begins this Saturday, October 13 at 10am and finishes 24 hours later. We hope to see you there!
Youth, Young Adult, & Collegiate Stuff
Youth:
Thursdays: Small group bible study @ The Carlson's starting at 7 pm.
Young Adults:
Sundays:Basketball at the NPAA gym from 6-8 pm
Tuesdays: Small group bible study @ The Carlson's starting at 7:30 pm.
Friday, October 26th: Vespers at The Place.
Fellowship Luncheon
Our monthly fellowship luncheon is scheduled for Sabbath, October 20th. Please stay for the fellowship and tasty food following church services.
This month's theme is soups, salads, & breads. Heidi Figueroa will be coordinating this month. If you would like to sign up to bring food, please contact Heidi at 805-583-2154.
Upcoming Events
We will have lots of opportunities to hang out together and have fun in the coming months. Here are some of the events that are already on the calendar, so you can put them on yours!
Saturday night, October 27th: Steven Curtis Chapman Concert at Calvary Westlake. Tickets are $35...and the seats are right up the front! Contact Pastor Simon @805-498-2300.
Saturday night, November 3rd: The Place Fall Fest, 50's theme featuring our fantastic band! Please sign up to bring food this coming Sabbath.
Saturday night, December 8th: The Place Christmas Party...if you are interested in hosting this year, please contact Jona at 408-219-6003.
Friday Night Vespers & Meditation Time
Starting on Friday, October 26th, we will be having a monthly prayer and meditation vespers at The Place. There will be a full band for praise and worship, a time for meditation, sharing, interaction, and fellowship (and no sermon!). Please join us for the first of these monthly vespers starting at 7:30 pm.
Community Service Projects
On October 21st, the community services team will be having a pumpkin carving event for the children living at the Oxnard Battered Women's Shelter in Oxnard. We would very much appreciate your help for this project by supplying pumpkins and pumpkin carving tools for us to use. If you would like to help, please bring these items to church on Sabbath October 20th. If you have any questions see Joyce Thomsen after church or call her at (805) 377-8892. THANK YOU! Also, we are looking forward to participating in the Ventura County wide "Christmas Shops"...a time to help needy families during the Christmas Season. You will be hearing alot more about this soon.
Mommies Ministry
This month's actvities for mommies are:
Wed Oct 17th: The Lakes for "Dance with Creation Station" @11am
Tues Oct 23rd:Playtime @ Conejo Community Park @ 10 am
Friday, October 26th: Fieldtrip to The Pumpkin Patch @ Underwood Family Farms @ 3pm
Wed Oct 31st: The Lakes "Face painting by Party Faces"; Folk Music with The Hollow Trees" @ 11am
And, this month's "Girl's Night Out" will be on Thursday, October 25th, at Robin Shea's home for a game night. The fun will start at 6:30 pm and there will be a light dinner served. This will be the night that we pick names for our secret santa gift exchange and Christmas dinner that we will be having in December. If you would like to participate in the Christmas celebration, but can not come to Robin's house, please contact Cecilia Liversidge at cecilialiversidge@hotmail.com.
Robin is at 170 Roth Court on the NPAA campus.
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