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 22, 2008
The Scoop at The Place - May 22, 2008
This Week At The Place/Happy Memorial Day WeekendWe pray that you will have a happy Memorial Day Weekend as we remember those who are serving and have served our country. We look forward to seeing you this coming Sabbath at The Place. This Sabbath Pastor Steve will be preaching a sermon over Romans 6 titled "Human Nature". Dean Palacio will be leading worship and our cafe will be open after church services. We invite you to stay a while following our church time to enjoy refreshments, snacks, and fellowship.
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.
Community Service- Community Action Day Sign Up
TAKING’ IT TO THE STREETS community serve weekend May 31 and June 1.
Thanks to everyone who has signed up to work on our service projects so far!
It will be fun and rewarding as we work together in sharing God’s love through service to others. We need a few more volunteers for Sunday June 1. We will be working at the new CAES campus to help the school get ready for its grand opening. We will work together from 8AM till Noon on landscaping; putting desks together and doing general clean up. Sign up sheets are on the back table. For questions or more info see Joyce or Frank Thomsen—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.
Youth Stuff
YOUTH: SOCIAL THIS SATURDAY NIGHT
- Small group EVERY Thursday night at Carlson’s 7-9 pm. Food & bible study.
- May 24th, THIS Saturday Night Youth Social, bowling and frozen yogurt; $10 per/person, call Pastor Steve for more details. Meet at NPAA at 7:30 p.m. to go to Harley's Bowl in Camarillo.
-May 30th, Friday Beach Vespers @ Sycamore Cove, more details to come.
-May 31st, Next Sabbath - outreach to Women's Shelter in Simi Valley, leaving church @ 1:15.
Young Adult Vespers This Friday Night
YOUNG ADULTS:
• Small Group EVERY Tuesday night at Carlson’s 7:30- 9:30...come for the food, fellowship & study of practical Christianity.
-May 23d - THIS Friday Night @ 7:00 p.m: Young Adult Vespers @ George & Lana Lee's house - 32220 Breezeport Drive, Westlake Village (818-991-1792) code for gate is 040. ALL young adults are invited...and bring a friend!
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:
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.
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 3d, Thursday night, we are planning our annual outing to the Hollywood Bowl for their Fourth of July Spectacular @ 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.
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.
Small Groups
We invite you to check out a small groups or start your own. There is a new group forming in Oxnard/Ventura. Contact Phil and Connie Gilbert for details @ 805-647-4030. Other groups include: Cindy/Rodney Andregg; Denise/Aaron Ramirez; Leila/Marcelo Vallado Steve/Daisy Carlson – all in Newbury Park; Robin Atmore/Donna Goldman in Camarillo; Simon/Cecilia Liversidge in Thousand Oaks; and Solomon/Bola Faka in Woodland Hills.
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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