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 25, 2007
The Scoop at The Place - October 25, 2007
This Week At The Place/Please Pray for Los AngelesWe look forward to seeing you at The Place this Sabbath. This Sabbath Pastor Simon will continue the third in his series on Revolutionary Living. This week's sermon is titled "Priority Praying" and focuses on Daniel chapter 6...the story of Daniel and the lion's den. Pastor Steve will be leading praise and worship. There will also be special music by Jabari Washington. We invite you all to stay for snacks and refreshments after church services in our cafe.
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!
This week Los Angeles and the whole Southland has been burning. We invite you to join in prayer each day as we pray for our city and the victims of this fire. Also, if you know of specific needs or families who have lost their homes or need help, please let us know so we can do whatever we can to assist them. 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 and our community 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 continue to be 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 or on-line by clicking on the link. God bless.
New Meditation Vespers This Friday Night
Starting this Friday, October 26th, we will be having a monthly prayer and meditation vespers at The Place. Pastor Steve will be leading an informal acoustic praise and worship and we will have a time of meditation and prayer, as we focus on the topic of forgiveness. There will be refreshments following the fellowship time. Please join us for the first of these monthly vespers starting at 7:30 pm. All are welcome...and bring a friend!
Evangelism Rally This Sabbath Afternoon
There will be an evangelism rally THIS Sabbath, Oct. 27th from 3:30-5:30 p.m. at the Thousand Oaks SDA church (480 W. Gainsborough Rd., Thousand Oaks.) Joe Cirigliano is the rally speaker. The rally is in preparation for the L.A. - wide evangelism series planned for 2009 with Shawn Boonstra. All are invited.
Fall Fest Celebration/Steven Curtis Chapman Concert
Our Fall Fest celebration is coming up on Saturday night, November 3rd. The Fall Fest will be held at the NPAA cafeteria and will start at 6:30 pm This year's theme is the 50's era and our fabulous band will be performing 50's songs. We invite you to dress up in your fabulous 50's best or other "Halloween" costumes for our Hallowed Eve. We would appreciate if you could sign up to bring soup, bread, or desserts in the lobby this Sabbath. All are welcome.
And, we have a few tickets left for the Steven Curtis Chapman concert scheduled for this coming Saturday night (Oct. 27th) at 7:30 p.m. at Calvary Chapel. If you would like to go, please contact Pastor Simon at 805-498-2300, tickets are $35 and you will be in the front rows!!
Community Service-Christmas Shoppe
The Place is excited to be a participating church in the Community Christmas Shoppe that will take place on December 8 at the Newbury Park First Christian Church. The Christmas Shoppe is a Christian outreach to underprivileged families in our community sponsored by area churches. Here’s how you can help… We’re looking for individuals to sign up for a toy donation box that you can take to your workplace or any other place to collect toys—we will supply you with a decorated box. We also need volunteers to help out during the event. If you speak Spanish, you are especially needed! You can find more detailed information and a sign up sheet at the back of the church or call Joyce Thomsen at (805) 377-8892.
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.
Rollerskating Party- Saturday night, November 10th. Details to come.
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.
Friday, November 9th: Homeless Outreach Ministry meet at church at 7pm. Please bring blankets, jackets, Bibles, or money to help the young adults in their street ministry in the valley. 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).
Saturday night, November 17th: Movie & game night @ The Carlson's.
Mommies Ministry
This month's activities for mommies are:
Friday, October 26th: Field trip to The Pumpkin Patch @ Underwood Family Farms meet @ 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 (THIS Thursday, Oct. 25th). 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. p.m. We invite you to come out and pray together.
Fundraising For The Place Kids
It's a simple idea. When you go about your regular shopping, at no cost to you, an eScrip company will give some of its profits to The Place to pay for programs for our kids.
If you have a VONS Club card, please register it online at escrip.com right now. A portion of your Vons grocery bill will go to children and youth of The Place - including the worthy student fund, materials, missions, etc.
Our immediate goal is to sign up 100 cards for The Place. A hundred supporters would mean at least another $5,000 a year for The Place -- with little effort.
Please sign up - take a second right now to help us raise money for our kids.
Go to escrip.com
Our eScrip Group ID – 166446978
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