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, April 17, 2008
The Scoop at The Place - April 17, 2008
This Week At The Place/ Financial UpdateWe look forward to seeing you this coming Sabbath. This Sabbath Elder Bill Liversidge will be preaching on John 15. This week's sermon is titled "The Power of The Spirit". Bill is the president of Creative Growth Ministries and an international speaker...and also known as "Simon's dad."
This week Dean Palacio will be leading praise and worship.
We will also have a baby dedication for Asher Adams, as we celebrate with Ken and Alicia and their family.
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.
In March we received $14,621 in tithe, giving us a total of $36,093 for 2008 (tithe goes directly to the Southern California Conference.) We also received $12,740 in giving towards our local church budget; $1,100 to our Associate Pastor Fund and $2,328 towards our worthy student fund. This gives us a total of $27,211 for 2008 towards our church budget and just over $5,000 in other local giving for The Place. Our monthly budget is about $16,000. We appreciate your support of The Place and our ministry. 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
We invite you to stay for our fellowship luncheon this coming Sabbath. Our luncheon will follow church services and will be held in the Fellowship Hall. This month's hosts (Liversidge small group) will provide the main entrees, we just ask that you bring bread, salad, and/or dessert. Thanks!
Youth & Young Adult Stuff
YOUTH:
- Small group EVERY Thursday night at Carlson’s 7-9 pm. Food & bible study.
THIS Friday, April 18 - NTP vespers at NPAA
NEXT Friday, April 25 - Big House vespers at 7:30 p.m. at the Place. There will be a great worship band lead by Pastor Steve...and Mary Jane Kupu will share about her recent accident...and how God brought her through it.
YOUNG ADULTS:
• Small Group EVERY Tuesday night at Carlson’s 7:30-9:30 pm. Food, fellowship & study of practical Christianity.
This Sabbath Afternoon, April 19 -outing to Griffith Observatory - www.griffithobs.org/ Meet at 6:30pm at Griffith Observatory. There is FREE admission, however, there is a $7 fee for the planetarium show we will be attending @ 7:45pm. Call Pastor Steve for more info... 805.657.6979
Community Service - Meeting this Sabbath at 9:30 a.m.
Thanks to everyone for bringing items for our care package to James Baker and also Walla Walla student bags. Your support and participation are greatly appreciated!
SAVE THE DATE May 31 and June 1. TAKING’ IT TO THE STREETS community service weekend. We will be working in partnership with area churches to demonstrate God’s love through service projects scheduled for Sabbath and Sunday. More details and information coming soon. But, one project we will be working on will be our very own CAES elementary school. Contact: Joyce Thomsen at october5@aol.com or 805 377-8892.
Also, if you are interested in participating in the planning of community service projects, we invite you to our planning meeting this Sabbath at 9:30 a.m. at The Place.
Church Camping Trip & Mission Trip To Chile - We need YOU!
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! 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! You may sign up this Sabbath or with Pastor Simon!! More than 70 people have already signed up to camp for the weekend...but we would love everyone to camp with us (not just drive up on Sabbath!)
We are planning our annual mission trip for this August and there is still ROOM for you! This year we are building a church outside the town of San Felipe, about 50 miles north of Santiago in Chile, from August 6-18. We have made plane reservations…and need to give a $100 deposit for each seat. Due to higher airline costs the total cost for the trip is around $1600. But, we are going to be fundraising as a church to help cover those costs. We need a few more people to come and help us accomplish our project. If you are interested or have questions, please contact Pastor Simon.
Get Involved in Ministry!
The Place is in the process of filling our ministry positions for next year...but, we want you to be part of our ministry! Please fill out one of the ministry interest sheets at The Place this Sabbath or contact Pastor Simon or Pastor Steve. We would love to hear back from you about your interests and ideas. If you have a crazy idea about ministry in our community or our church we would love to talk! Even if your interests are more normal, we would love to have you involved. But, we would love to hear from ALL of you!
Beach Vespers Next Sabbath Afternoon
Summer is coming and we want to celebrate the warm weather in style You are invited to our first beach vespers next Sabbath, April 26th at Sycamore Cove. Please come and meet us at 5 p.m. Picnic food will be served, but if you can help by bringing a dish to share (we will have our usual hot dogs), we would love it! There will be a time of worship and sharing, prayer and fellowship. Everyone is welcome...and bring a friend.
Upcoming Stuff/ People looking for rooms
There are a few things you can sign up for at the Place that are coming up this summer:
June 22 - LA Dodgers v. Cleveland Indians at Dodger Stadium.
July 3d - Fourth of July Celebration at the Hollywood Bowl. Tickets are $18 for adults and $9 for kids.
July 25 - Mercy Me and The David Crowder Band will be at the Santa Barbara County Bowl on Friday, July 25th at 6:30pm (plan to arrive by 5:45 due to parking). Tickets are $40 each (with venue fees included). To sign up or for more info email Dawn Lyman at dawnlyman@gmail.com.
And, there are several people who attend The Place who are looking for rooms. First, a lady and her teen age daughter are looking to rent a room; and a college student is also looking for very cheap rent for a room.
If you are interested or have questions, please contact Pastor Simon.
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