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 20, 2008
The Scoop at The Place - March 20, 2008
This Week At The Place/Happy Easter!We look forward to worshiping with you this coming Easter Sabbath. There will be a special Easter program this Sabbath focusing on "The Dangerous Truth of The Resurrection" based on Matthew, chapter 28. Pastor Steve will be leading worship this week and there will be special music by Shearin Matute, Robin Shea, and Randy Aybar. There will be a drama with Aaron and Rebecca Altman, a children's story given by Clif Patten and a homily by Pastor Simon. We invite you to stay after services as the Cafe will be open with refreshments and snacks.
We invite you to attend 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.
Easter "Sunrise" Service this Sunday
You are invited to come and share a special "sunrise" service as we celebrate our resurrected Lord this coming Sunday morning at 9 a.m. @ Dos Vientos Park off Lynn Road in Newbury Park. (Take Lynn up the hill past Reino and Las Brisas...the park is on the corner of Lynn and Via Andrea, on the right side.) The service will be immediately followed by the baptism of Noemi Gomez and Giovanna Alves across the street at The Ramirez' home (4431 Paseo de la Paz, N.P.) We will eat brunch together and have a special time of worship and reflection on the risen Jesus. We also 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.
Youth & Young Adult Stuff
YOUTH:
- Small group EVERY Thursday night at Carlson’s 7-9 pm. Food & bible study.
- Youth Vespers - Friday, March 28th @ 6:30 p.m. Details to come.
- Hospital Outreach - Sabbath, April 5th (singing and talking with patients.)
YOUNG ADULTS: S.B. Zoo this Sabbath afternoon
• 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 THIS 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.
- Sabbath, April 5th, hospital ministry, singing and talking with patients.
Collegiates:
On Sabbath, April 5th, we will be filling bags with goodies for the Walla Walla students. Please start thinking about what you would like to include.
Community Services Book Drive THIS Sabbath/Care Package
There will be a book drive THIS Sabbath. We are collecting new and gently used children’s books that will be used by local schools to develop reading programs for students. You can bring your books to church this Sabbath and place them in the box provided. Thank you for your support.
Also, we are going to be doing a birthday care package for Marine James Baker who is stationed in Iraq. There will be a flyer in the bulletin this Sabbath of things you can bring for him starting Sabbath, March 29th.
Salvador & Jaci Velasquez in Concert/Whale Watching
Jaci Velasquez and Salvador will be in concert on 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 if you are interested in going.
And, our last attempt at whale watching got postponed due to high winds...but, we have rescheduled for Sunday, March 30th @ 1:30 p.m. with Island Packers out of Ventura Harbor. Cost is $24 for adults and $19 for kids 12 and under. Sign up in the lobby this Sabbath or contact Caleb Guevara if you want to go. (805-796-7035)
Upcoming Events
There will be a baby shower for Megan Maleshenko who is due in April. Megan's shower is scheduled for Sunday, April 6th starting at 11 a.m. at Edna Bachmann's home in Westlake Village. Megan is registered at Target and Babies R Us.
Friday night vespers/Communion @ The Place on April 11th at 7:30.
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!
Get Involved @ The Place/ Chile Mission
The Place is starting its annual nominating committee process. Even though it sounds kind of yucky...it is actually pretty cool...because it is our attempt to give everyone of you an opportunity to be involved in ministry at The Place. This ministry can take many forms...from small groups to leading Bible studies; setting up chairs to preparing food for our Cafe; helping with audio-visual to teaching Sabbath School. Whatever you are interested in, there is a place for you! In the next few weeks we will have sheets to fill out for you to indicate areas of ministry you are interested in...or you would like training in. We are the body of Christ...and we need all the parts to work well together. Get involved!
One way to get involved is with our annual mission trip. This year we are building a church outside the town of San Felipe, about 50 miles north of Santiago, from August 6-18. 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 to reserve your place...or sign up on the sign up sheet in the lobby. Write your check to The Place, but please let Pastor Simon know you are coming!!
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 remaining events are:
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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