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, May 15, 2008
The Scoop at The Place - May 15, 2008
This Week At The PlaceWe look forward to seeing you this coming Sabbath back at our church, The Place. This Sabbath Pastor Simon will be preaching and concluding his series on the story of Joseph. This week's sermon is titled "Three Tears For Joseph" and will go over Genesis chapter 50. Pastor Steve Carlson will be leading worship and Robin Shea will have special music.
We will also welcome Peter Nielsen into membership at The Place as he is being baptized along with other members of his 8th grade class this Saturday night at La Crescenta church.
We invite you to come before church services and attend one of our many Sabbath School classes. We have cradle roll, kindergarten, primary, junior/earliteen, youth and adult Sabbath school classes that meet every Sabbath morning beginning at 10:30 a.m. The adult Sabbath school class is lead by Elder Rob Randall and meets in the main sanctuary.
We also invite your continued financial support of the ministry of The Place. You may continue to return your tithes and offerings on-line at www.theplacechurch.com or by clicking on the link.
Also, if you have specific prayer requests, our prayer team would love the opportunity to lift you and your prayer requests up to God. Our prayer team meets each Sabbath at 9:45 a.m. to pray for our church and for special requests. We would love for you to join us in prayer in the junior/earliteen room. God bless.
Church Fellowship Luncheon This Sabbath
You are invited to our monthly fellowship luncheon THIS coming Sabbath, May 17th following church services at The Place. This month's theme is general so anything you love to cook will be greatly appreciated.
We want to stress what a blessing this time is together not only as a church family but also as a ministry to those who are visiting. We encourage all of you to take some time out of your busy schedule and prepare anything you would like (it doesn't have to be fancy) because every little bit helps. We also want to invite anyone who feels moved to come early and help set up or to stay late and help with the clean up...this is a community effort. We thank Ileana so much for all she does every month as Fellowship Luncheon Coordinator and to the many others who also make it possible to have a church luncheon. We look forward to eating and fellowshipping with you.
Youth & Young Adult Stuff -
YOUTH:
- Small group EVERY Thursday night at Carlson’s 7-9 pm. Food & bible study.
THIS Friday night - May 16 - NTP Vespers at NPAA
- May 24th Youth Social, stay tuned for more details.
YOUNG ADULTS:
• Small Group EVERY Tuesday night at Carlson’s 7:30- 9:30...come for the food, fellowship & study of practical Christianity.
THIS Saturday night, May 17th - Young adult social...join us to see the new movie in the Narnia series...Prince Caspian and for dinner. Contact Pastor Steve for more details.
Community Service Update - Community Action Day & Food Drive
TAKING’ IT TO THE STREETS community serve weekend May 31 and June 1. We would like to have EVERYONE involved the service projects we have scheduled. It will be fun and rewarding as we work together in sharing God’s love through service to others. Choose Sabbath, Sunday or both days to volunteer and SIGN UP TODAY! There are sign up sheets on the back table. For questions or more information, contact Joyce Thomsen at 805 377-8892 / october5@aol.com.
FOOD DRIVE. One of our projects for ACTION Day is to support our food banks in Ventura County. The items that we collect are distributed to thousands of children, seniors and families in our community. There will be a box by the main door this Sabbath and each Sabbath during the month of May for your contributions. There are a few items that are of special need: peanut butter, tuna fish, cereal and sugar-free cereal. Thank you for your continued support for our community.
Chile Mission Trip Fund Raising
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. Here are some of the fundraising ideas we need your support with:
This Sabbath we will begin building our "Lego Church." This church represents the one we are building in Chile...and we need your support. We invite you to buy a brick or several bricks...each brick is $1 and we have 3,000 bricks to sell. These bricks will be available in the lobby.
Garage Sale:
Don't forget to bring any items you may have for the garage sale each Sabbath for Donna Goldman. She is also willing to pick-up if needed. Her contact number is 805/407-9535
Donna will be out of town May 31st. She is collecting through June 15th.
Outback Luncheon June 29th:
Tickets are going very fast. Donna Goldman and Solomon Faka will have tickets available each Sabbath or you may contact Donna at 805/407-9535 to have tickets mailed. The cost is $10.00 per person. You have a choice of a chicken breast sandwich or an Outback burger with Aussie fries and a soft drink or coffee. ALL OF THE MONIES FROM THIS LUNCHEON GOES TO US.
Gift Raffle:
Very soon we will be selling tickets for a chance to win any one of a number of wonderful gifts we have had donated. We can always use more gifts. If you have a favorite restaurant or any type of business you frequent please ask if they would be willing to donate items or gift certificates.
Hollywood Bowl Outing for 4th of July - Sign up this Sabbath!!
We are planning our annual outing to the Hollywood Bowl for their Fourth of July Spectacular. The outing is scheduled for Thursday Night, July 3d at 7:30 p.m. Besides the beautiful music and fireworks there will be a celebration of the LA Dodgers 60th anniversary in Los Angeles. Tickets are $18 for adults and $9 for kids. If you are interested in going, please sign up or let Pastor Simon know by May 23rd as we must give a final number of tickets by that date.
Upcoming Social Events
June 22 - LA Dodgers v. Cleveland Indians at Dodger Stadium at 1:10 p.m. Tickets are $10. You may sign up at church or with Pastor Simon.
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.
Bridal Shower
There will be a bridal shower in honor of Robin Atmore on Sunday, June 1st. Robin Atmore and Steve Fosler are to be married at the end of June. Robin's shower will be hosted by her small group and will begin at 3 p.m. @ Donna Pullen's home, 2709 Las Posas Circle in Santa Rosa Valley. Please RSVP to Donna at 805-491-2456 or donnap7@dslextreme.com
Please bring a favorite recipe to share with Robin. You may view their registry by logging onto http//www.ekbrowning.com/RobinandSteve/Registry.asp
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