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 06, 2007
The Scoop at The Place - December 6, 2007
This Week At The PlaceWe look forward to seeing you at The Place this Sabbath.
This coming Sabbath, Newbury Teen Power of the Newbury Park Academy will be taking our worship service and Ryan Dolinsky will be preaching. Steve Jackson will be leading praise and worship. We invite you to stay after services as our cafe will be open for snacks and refreshments.
We will have children's church this Sabbath and Meg Quilop is this month's leader. We invite the kids to come out and enjoy a great time of 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 Videos that you would like to donate to our newly forming media library, we would be very appreciative! Please contact Lilian Alves.
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 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. You may return your tithes and offerings at The Place or online by clicking on the link. God bless.
Christmas Shoppe This Sabbath
Our Christmas shoppe is scheduled for this coming Sabbath. Please bring an unwrapped gift to church to donate to the shoppe. Many of you have volunteered already (thank you), but if you have not yet done so and would like to, please contact Joyce Thomsen at october5@aol.com or by phone at (805) 498-0246. Also, if you know of a family that needs assistance and would like to be able to participate, please contact Joyce as well. Thank you so much for your support which means so more than just providing gifts, it's an outreach with the love of Jesus to these families in our community.
The Place Progressive Party This Saturday Night
The holidays are once again upon us and we look forward to celebrating with you. Our annual Place Progressive party is scheduled for this Saturday evening, December 8th. Our progressive party is a three part dinner held at three different homes (appetizers & salads, entrees, dessert and ornament exchange). We invite you to participate in this festive night, and please bring an ornament for the exchange during the third and final portion of the party. The appetizers will be hosted at 5:00 p.m. by Deane and Elvina Wolcott (3216 Casino Drive in Thousand Oaks), the entrees will be hosted by Alan & Christa Reinach at 6:00 p.m. (163 Castillian Avenue in Newbury Park), and the dessert and ornament exchange portion of the party will be hosted by Jeremy & Edna Bachmann at 7:00 p.m. (837 Blue Springs Drive in Westlake Village). There will be a flyer in the lobby this Sabbath that will have all the details and directions. Please plan on spending this awesome time together...and invite a friend!
Fellowship Luncheon Next Sabbath
Our fellowship luncheon is scheduled for next Sabbath, December 15th. We invite you to stay after church services for lunch and fellowship. This month's theme is Christmas 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.
Youth & Young Adult Stuff
Youth:
Thursdays: Small group bible study is cancelled next week due to Christmas break.
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 ;-). And, there is a possible Mammoth snowboarding ski trip planned for the last week in January, more details to come.
Young Adults:
Sundays: Basketball at the NPAA gym from 6-8 pm
Tuesday, November 27th: Small group @ The Carlson's home.
Saturday evening December 15th, Young Adult Christmas Party @ 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.
Hot Flashers Adventure Group & Small Groups
The next Hot Flasher's move night will be this coming Sunday, December 9 at 6:30 p.m. The event will be held at the Dappolonia "Hospital" located at 180 Via Rebecca in Newbury Park. Please come dressed as a doctor, nurse, x-ray tech, patient...... or just wear a holiday sweater. Bring a favorite holiday photo share. See you there. Questions or RSVP to Jennie Kay, R.N. at 805-499-6524 or 805-990-5811.
And, we have lots of small groups/adventure groups at The Place. Check out all the groups on-line or in the flyer in the lobby of The Place.
If you haven't joined an adventure group or small group yet, please remember that there are many groups that meet on a regular basis all over the Conejo Valley and even into the San Fernando Valley. Contact Pastor Simon for more information.
Christmas Stuff
We have a special Christmas program scheduled for Sabbath, December 22nd at The Place. There will be drama, special music, children's choir, and we will celebrate the season by singing Christmas carols.
We also have a Christmas/ New Years vespers & communion scheduled for Friday night, December 28th, please save the date!
Mommies Ministry
The mommies ministry will be having its annual Christmas celebration on 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.
There will also be a mommy and child outing next Tuesday, December 11th to the Thousand Oaks Botanical Gardens. We will meet in the front area at 11 a.m.
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