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 18, 2007
The Scoop at The Place - October 18, 2007
This Week At The Place/Parking!We look forward to seeing you at The Place this Sabbath. This Sabbath Pastor Simon will continue his series on Revolutionary Living. This week's sermon is titled "First Things First" and focuses on Deut. 5-6. Chad Reisser will be leading praise and worship. There will also be special music by Xavier Lemond.
And, for our members and regular attenders, we love our parking problem!! But, we want to make sure we have parking for our visitors and those going to some of the businesses we share our parking lot with. So, we are kindly requesting that, if possible, you could park a bit further away and walk a little, or park around the sides. That would be a help to us as we make The Place welcoming for our visitors and as we stay in the good graces of our neighbors. THANKS!
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 URGENT 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. God bless.
Fellowship Luncheon This Sabbath
Our monthly fellowship luncheon is scheduled for this 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, or just bring something!
Community Services Pumpkin Carving Project This Sunday
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. And, we still have several very need families at The Place...if you can assist with gas cards or gift cards for food or with actual food or goods, please talk to Pastor Simon or Joyce Thomsen.
New Monthly Vespers & Meditation Services
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 NEXT FRIDAY for the first of these monthly vespers starting at 7:30 pm.
Steven Curtis Chapman/Upcoming Events
We will have lots of events planned for the weeks to come. 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. We still have a few seats left...so come and enjoy the music and fellowship.
Saturday night, December 8th: The Place Christmas Party...if you are interested in hosting this year, please contact Jona at 408-219-6003.
Youth, Young Adult & Collegiate Stuff
Youth:
Thursdays: Small group bible study @ The Carlson's starting at 7 pm.
NTP vespers at NPAA - Friday, Nov. 2d.
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 @ 7:30 p.m.: Vespers at The Place.
And, please continue to bring blankets, jackets, Bibles, or money to help us as the young adults do street ministry in the Valley. We will be listing exact outreach dates next weekend! Thank you for being the hands and feet of Jesus! For info please contact Pastor Steve (805.657.6979) or Scott Liers(805.990.2648).
Mommies Ministry
This month's actvities for mommies are:
Tues Oct 23rd:Playtime @ Conejo Community Park @ 10 am
Friday, October 26th: Field trip 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, there has been a change to this month's "Girl's Night Out". We will not be having a game night at Robin Shea's home but instead will be meeting at Cecilia's house for a special hour of prayer. We will be praying especially for Erik, Alisa, and the girls. Cecilia lives at 1727 Calle Artigas in Thousand Oaks. The prayer time will be from 7:30-8:30.
Fall 50's Fest - almost here!
This year's Fall Fest is fast approaching. Fall Fest is scheduled for Saturday evening, November 3rd at the NPAA cafeteria. The fun will start at 6:30 pm and it will be a 50's theme party. Please sign up to bring food this Sabbath in the lobby. For more information, please contact Jona Cooke.
The Place Fall Fest will feature our fantastic 50's band! And, we invite you to start gettting those 50's outfits ready!! We will have games and fun for kids of all ages.
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