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, December 13, 2007
The Scoop at The Place - December 13, 2007
This Week At The Place/New Online Giving!We look forward to seeing you at The Place this Sabbath.
This week Pastor Simon will be preaching at The Place. This week's sermon is titled "Wise Men Still Seek Him" as we are in the midst of celebrating the Christmas season. Pastor Simon's sermon is over the book of Matthew chapter 2, verses 1-12. Dean Palacio will be leading praise and worship.
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. If you have any old DVD's or CD's that you would like to donate to our newly forming children's media library, we would be very appreciative! The media library would give children an opportunity to view and/or listen to different movies and music and then return them for other ones. Please contact Lilian Alves @310-948-6476.
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 and our community or if you would like to 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 now using a new online donation program through Adventistgiving.org. This new program does NOT CHARGE any fee for us...so, please feel free to return your donations online to The Place with no guilt!! You may return your tithes and offerings online by clicking on the link (or, of course, at The Place.)
In November we received $11,850 in tithe, giving us a total of $160,727 for the year. We also received $11,736 in giving towards The Place, for a total of about $164,000 for the year. Thanks so much for your support! God bless.
Fellowship Luncheon This Sabbath
Our fellowship luncheon is scheduled for this Sabbath, December 15th. We invite you to stay after church services for lunch and fellowship. This month's theme is Christmas type foods and this month's host is Sally Baher. If you would like to sign up to bring something, please contact Sally at baher@sbcglobal.net. Thanks for your cooperation. Please stay and share in this time of joy together!
Friday Night Communion & Vespers-Next Week
We will be having our monthly vespers next Friday night, December 21st at The Place. It will be a special night as we will be celebrating Christmas together. We will have a band leading praise with Christmas carols, a time of worship, and communion. Refreshments and snacks will also be served after services. We look forward to seeing you!
Community Service Projects
The Community Christmas Shoppe last Sabbath was a big success. We helped serve approximately 240 families in need through this event. It was a fun filled day with lots of activities for the kids as the parents shopped for their presents. Thanks to everyone who contributed toys and clothing items. A big thank you to the amazing volunteers who sponsored collection boxes, helped with the set up and the event itself. It was truly a blessing to be part of this community outreach as we reached out in love and service.
Youth & Young Adult Stuff-Young Adult XMAS Party This Saturday Night
Youth:
Thursdays: Small group bible study is scheduled for this Thursday, December 13th at its regular time.
Sabbath mornings: Sabbath School IS HAPPENING, so please feel free to wake up EARLY and come start the day with your friends (and Pastor Steve ;-).
Ski Trip Day is scheduled for January 2nd, more details to come. If you have any questions, please contact Pastor Steve @ 805-657-6979.
Young Adults:
Sundays: Basketball at the NPAA gym from 6-8 pm
Tuesdays, Bible Study has been canceled for the next two weeks (12/18 & 12/25).
Young Adult Christmas party is scheduled for this coming Saturday evening, December 15th @ Eugene & Eunice Lee's home, 460 Fallbrook Avenue in Newbury Park, CA 91320.
Directions:
From 101, take Wendy exit, go south
Make a right on Borchard
Left on Reino
Right on Kimber
Left on Fallbrook (sign that says Twin Oaks)
House on left
Gift Card Exchange: $15/per person (be creative). For questions contact Daisy Carlson (805) 630-9499 or daisy_carlson3@yahoo.com.
Mommies Ministry Christmas Brunch This Sunday
The mommies ministry will be having its annual Christmas celebration this coming Sunday morning, December 16th. This year's festivities will be held at Jolene Roeske's home in Westlake Village. The gathering will begin at 11 a.m. and will consist of a brunch and gift exchange. You may sign up to bring food with Cecilia at cecilialiversidge@hotmail.com and the limit for the gift exchange is $15. We look forward to this time together.
Jolene's address is 3159 W. Black Hills Court in Westlake Village.
Prayer 24/7 & Other Misc Things
For those of you who are not in the know, The Place has begun a new prayer ministry that goes 24/7. Our goal is to have someone praying for our church community and special needs and requests on an ongoing 24/7 basis. If you would like to sign up, please do so in the lobby this Sabbath. Thanks!
And, for those of you who enjoyed Hilary Watson's music a few Sabbath's ago and purchased her CD, please don't forget to contact Brendon or Jennifer Lew with the $10. Thanks.
There is also a new small group that has started this week. The group meets on Wednesday nights at Donna Goldman's home in Camarillo. Please contact Robin Atmore @805-901-4866 if you are interested. And, don't forget there are many more weekly small groups and opportunities for fellowship! Don't miss out.
New Year, New Things
There are lots of new things planned for the new year. There will be a ten week discipleship class starting in January with Pastor Simon focusing on "Learning To Let God's Word Speak To You." You may sign up with Pastor Simon or at The Place.
There will also be a six week class starting in January with Bill Werner on - "Learning Your Spiritual Gifts & How To Get Involved in Ministry."
And, there will also be a seminar on prayer and overcoming temptation, adversities, and lack of joy in your life with Ray Beeson scheduled for the first week in February.
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