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, March 13, 2008
The Scoop at the Place - March 13th, 2008
This Week At The Place/Financial UpdateWe look forward to worshiping with you this coming Sabbath. This Sabbath Pastor Simon will be preaching at The Place. Pastor Simon will continue his series on Joseph. This week's sermon is titled "How To Be A Brother" and is about the story of Joseph found in Genesis chapter 43-44. This week Chad Reisser will be leading praise and worship and there will be special music by Greg & Meg Quilop as well as special music by Matt Fowler.
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 and our community or if you would like to be prayed for, we invite you to come and share in this powerful time together.
And, we invite you to support the ministry of The Place financially. During February we received $13,304 in tithe and $7,424 towards our church budget. This gives us $21,472 in tithe for the year, and $16,436 towards our church budget and our Associate Pastor. Since our monthly local budget is about $16,000 per month, you can see that we need help in our local church budget. You may return your tithes and offering donations online to The Place by clicking on the link (or, of course, at The Place.) Thanks so much for your support! God bless.
Fellowship Luncheon-This Sabbath
It's time for our monthly fellowship luncheon this Sabbath, March 15th. We invite you to stay after services for lunch and fellowship. This month's hosts are Andrea Harlan and The Placers Softball team, and the theme is Mexican. This month's luncheon will also be our farewell gathering for Greg, Meg, and Glicerio Quilop. Please come by and spend some quality time with them before they are gone! We will really miss them!
Youth & Young Adult Stuff
YOUTH:
- Small group EVERY Thursday night at Carlson’s 7-9 pm. Food & bible study.
- Youth Vespers - Friday, March 28th - details to come.
- Hospital Outreach - Sabbath, April 5th (singing and talking with patients.)
YOUNG ADULTS:
• Small Group EVERY Tuesday night at Carlson’s 7:30-9:30 pm. Food, fellowship & study of practical Christianity.
• Basketball EVERY Sunday night from 6-8 pm at the NPAA gymnasium.
Young Adult outing on Sabbath, March 22nd to The Santa Barbara Zoo after church...leaving from church going straight to the zoo. We will be stopping for food on the way out somewhere. the cost is $11 per/adult.
Baby Shower-This Sunday and another soon!
There will be a baby shower for Lauren Fung THIS coming Sunday, March 16th at Cecilia Liversidge's home in Thousand Oaks. Lauren and her husband, Glen are expecting their first child in mid April. The gender of the baby is not yet known, but Lauren and Glen are registered at Babies R Us. The shower will be from 11-1 p.m. Stop by to shower Lauren and the little Fung with some love! Cecilia's address is 1727 Calle Artigas, Thousand Oaks - 805-531-0494.
Also, there is another mommy to be, Megan Maleshenko who is also due in April. Megan's shower is scheduled for Sunday, April 6th at Edna Bachmann's home in Westlake Village. More details to come!
Whale Watching-This Weekend & Other Upcoming Events
It is that time of year again…the whales are swimming by…and you are invited to join a group and see them! This is your last chance to go on a whale trip THIS Sunday, March 16th at 1:00 p.m. out of Ventura Harbor. Contact Caleb Guevara @ 805-796-7035 for more information.
Jaci Velasquez/Salvador Concert - Saturday night, March 29th @ 7:00 p.m. Tickets are only $17 and it will be held at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center. Please sign up this Sabbath or contact Pastor Simon by this weekend if you want to go as we will purchase the reserved tickets on Monday.
Mark your calendars as we will have the the first annual Place Camping Trip to Carpinteria State Beach the weekend of May 9-11th. We have two group camp sites and we invite everyone to come! You may start signing up this Sabbath!! This is a WHOLE church camping trip. We will not be having church at The Place that Sabbath, but will be having church at the camp site on the beach!
Easter Weekend
Easter is next weekend and we have some very special events planned...so invite your friends for a wonderful time together. First, our Sabbath program will focus on "A Dangerous Truth" of worshiping a risen Jesus and will be complete with lots of special music and drama.
Then, we invite everyone to come and share a special sunrise service as we celebrate our resurrected Lord the next morning, Sunday at 9 a.m. @ Dos Vientos Park off Lynn Road in Newbury Park. The service will be immediately followed by the baptism of Noemi Gomez across the street at The Ramirez home. We invite all parents to bring an Easter basket to use for the children's Easter Egg Hunt as well. Please sign up in the lobby or with Jona if you can bring food to share for our Sunday Sunrise Service.
Chile Mission Project
Yes, it is true…we have a project. We are building a church outside the town of San Felipe, about 50 miles north of Santiago, from August 5-17. We have made plane reservations…and need to give a $100 deposit for each seat. If you have signed up and are planning on going on the mission trip, please get your deposit to Pastor Simon by Thursday, March 21st to reserve your place. Write your check to The Place, but please let Pastor Simon know!!
Mommies Ministry
This month's mommy of the month is Marisa Allen. Marisa has requested special prayers for her family. Since Marisa lives in Santa Paula, it won't be easy to deliver meals. If you would like to sign up to send Marisa and her family a gift card or anything else, please contact Alisa at ACKalberg@aol.com.
This month's events are:
Sunday, March 16th: Baby Shower for Lauren Fung @ Cecilia's house from 11-1 p.m.
Tuesday, March 18th: Santa Barbara Zoo - meet @ 9:45 at the Starbucks at The Village Plaza (next to Target).
Wednesday, March 26th: The Lakes for play time and a show starting at 10 a.m.
Thursday, March 28th: Girl's Night Out to Taverna Tony's Greek Restaurant in Malibu, please RSVP to Cecilia.
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