The Place

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 29, 2008

The Scoop at The Place - May 29, 2008

This Week At The Place
We look forward to seeing you this coming Sabbath at The Place. This Sabbath Pastor Simon will begin his new summer sermon series titled "A Summer Fling With Jesus". This week's sermon is titled "He Is So The Boy Next Door" and focuses on Luke 4. Pastor Steve will be leading worship.

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. We realize that life is difficult for many of our members, and want to let you know we are praying for you. We believe God will continue to bless you in your faithfulness!

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 This Weekend
TAKING’ IT TO THE STREETS community service weekend is scheduled for this weekend, May 31st 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. If you are still interested in participating, we would love to have you. This SUNDAY, 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. For questions or more info see Joyce or Frank Thomsen—805 377-8892, october5@aol.com.

We will also be participating in a Nursing Home Project on Sabbath May 31. Please join us at Thousand Oaks Health Care Center at 93 W. Avenida De Los Arboles in Thousand Oaks from 2-4 p.m. There will be wheel chair races, singing, talking with patients, and poetry readings. Please bring cookies and your friends and family members. Call or email Reiner with any questions: ReinerRoeske@yahoo.com. (818) 456-7424

Youth & Young Adult Stuff
YOUTH:
Small group EVERY Thursday night at Carlson’s 7-9 pm. Food & bible study.
-May 30th, Friday Beach Vespers @ Sycamore Cove
-June 1st - THIS SUNDAY- outreach to Women's Shelter in Simi Valley on Sunday morning...come and help with painting.
-June 13th - Big House Vespers

YOUNG ADULTS:
• Small Group EVERY Tuesday night at Carlson’s 7:30- 9:30...come for the food, fellowship & study of practical Christianity.


Beach Vespers Next Sabbath Afternoon
There will be a beach vespers next Sabbath, June 7th @ our usual spot in Sycamore Cove. Please join us at 5:30 for worship and food. Bring your family and friends and come and hang out at the beach and fellowship together with one another and our God! We will have our usual hot dog fare...but invite you to bring a dish to share if possible.

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 restuarant 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 Fouth 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.

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

Baptismal/Bible Study Class Forming
If you are interested in Baptismal studies or have questions about SDA doctrines, you are invited to join a new class that is forming. We will meet on Sabbath at 10:15 a.m. starting June 14th in the "Little Place." Pastor Simon and Elder Bill Werner will be leading out. You may sign up in the lobby starting this Sabbath or contact Pastor Simon if you have any questions. We would love to have you join us.

posted by The Place @ 8:20 PM  

Thursday, May 22, 2008

The Scoop at The Place - May 22, 2008

This Week At The Place/Happy Memorial Day Weekend
We 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

posted by The Place @ 2:27 PM  

Thursday, May 15, 2008

The Scoop at The Place - May 15, 2008

This Week At The Place
We 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

posted by The Place @ 5:29 PM  

Thursday, May 08, 2008

The Scoop at The Place - May 8, 2008

This Week At The Place/Camping and Church at Carpinteria
We look forward to seeing you this coming Sabbath. We will not be meeting at church this Sabbath but instead will meet at Carpinteria State Beach located at 5361 6th St. Carpinteria, CA. 805-684-2811. We have three group camp sites and we invite everyone to come! This is a WHOLE church camping trip. Our theme for the weekend is Genesis 49 and focuses on how much God knows and loves us. Even if you can't camp, we invite EVERYONE to come out and spend Sabbath with us. We will have Sabbath School at 10:30 and church at 11:30 followed by lunch together.

Because we will be camping there will be NO CHURCH service at The Place this Sabbath. However, THERE WILL BE 2 SABBATH SCHOOLS for those who can't get out to Carpinteria but would like to receive a spiritual blessing. There will be a children's Sabbath School lead by Jennifer Lew as well as an adult Sabbath School lead by Rob Randall. Both classes will meet at 10:30 a.m.

We are camping Friday and Saturday nights. Our meeting times will be: Friday at 7:30 p.m.; Sabbath School – 10:30 a.m.; Church Service – 11:30 a.m. (S.S. and church will be in the amphitheater.) Saturday afternoon vespers – 6:00 p.m. Sunday morning we will move out after breakfast so you can enjoy Mother’s Day together as a family! Steve Carlson will be leading out on our Friday night worship. Steve Jackson will be with us on Sabbath and be leading the praise time. Pastor Simon will be leading out on all the Sabbath meetings.

Each family will be responsible for their own food, except for Sabbath Lunch. For Sabbath Lunch we will be having haystacks together. Mary James (805-581-4476) is organizing the lunch. If you can bring something to help, that would be great. We will also be bringing hot dogs to roast for Saturday evening. If you are interested in bringing something along to share to go along with that, we would appreciate it!

Directions to the campground: Take 101 FWY North 40 miles from Newbury Park. Take exit 86 – Casitas Pass Road…turn left. Turn right at Carpinteria Ave; turn left at Palm Avenue – go to the end of Palm Avenue at the beach. Parking is $8 (unless you are camping...in which case there are a limited # of spaces available as part of the reservation.)

Despite the fact we are not having church this Sabbath, we 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. Please email Pastor Simon if you have something this week you would like us to pray for. God bless.

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.

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.

Youth & Young Adult Stuff -
YOUTH:
- Small group EVERY Thursday night at Carlson’s 7-9 pm. Food & bible study.
- May 16 - NTP Vespers
- May 24th Youth Social, stay tuned for more details.


YOUNG ADULTS:
• Small Group EVERY Tuesday night at Carlson’s 7:30- 9:30(except May 6th & 13th) come for the food, fellowship & study of practical Christianity.
- May 17th - Horseback Riding Sabbath afternoon (more details to come)
-May 23- Young Adult Social


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.


Fellowship Luncheon Next Sabbath
You are invited to our monthly fellowship luncheon next 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 look forward to eating and fellowshipping with you.

Hollywood Bowl Outing for 4th of July
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.

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.

Happy Mother's Day
We at The Place want to wish all the mom's a Happy Mother's Day this Sunday. We pray God's richest blessings on you and your families. If we at The Place can bless you in any way, please feel free to contact us.

posted by The Place @ 11:22 AM  

Thursday, May 01, 2008

The Scoop at The Place - May 1, 2008

This Week At The Place
We look forward to seeing you this coming Sabbath. This Sabbath Pastor Simon will continue his series over the story of Joseph. This week's sermon is over Genesis 48 and is titled "How To Be A Blessing". This week Chad Reisser will be leading praise and worship.

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.

You can return your tithes and offerings at The Place or you can return them at www.theplacechurch.com or by clicking on the link provided. Thank you for your faithfulness and generosity.

Visitor Luncheon This Sabbath
We invite all new members and visitors to our monthly visitor luncheon this coming Sabbath. This special luncheon is designed to give all visitors and new members an opportunity to get to know each other and meet more Placers. Of course, this luncheon is for ALL members, we just ask that you bring food to share if you are a member of The Place.

This month's hosts are Ken and April Fowler. The Fowlers live at 12622 Hillside Drive in Moorpark. Directions will be available at The Place.

Youth & Young Adult Stuff - Big House this Friday Night
YOUTH:
- Small group EVERY Thursday night at Carlson’s 7-9 pm. Food & bible study.
- May 16 - NTP Vespers
- May 24th Youth Social, stay tuned for more details.


YOUNG ADULTS:
• Small Group EVERY Tuesday night at Carlson’s 7:30- 9:30(except May 6th & 13th) come for the food, fellowship & study of practical Christianity.
- May 17th - Horseback Riding Sabbath afternoon (more details to come)
-May 23- Young Adult Social


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.


Church Camping Trip - Sign up this Sabbath
You are invited to the first annual Camping Trip to Carpinteria State Beach NEXT weekend, May 9-11th, located at 5361 6th St. Carpinteria, CA. 805-684-2811. Our theme for the weekend is Genesis 49...and focuses on how much God knows and loves us. We have three group camp sites and we invite everyone to come! This is a WHOLE church camping trip. We will not be having Sabbath School or Church at The Place that Sabbath, but will be having Sabbath School and Church at the camp site on the beach! You may sign up this Sabbath or with Pastor Simon!! More than 75 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 camping Friday and Saturday nights. Our meeting times will be: Friday at 7:30 p.m.; Sabbath School – 10:30 a.m.; Church Service – 11:30 a.m. (S.S. and church will be in the amphitheater.) Saturday afternoon vespers – 6:00 p.m. Sunday morning we will move out after breakfast so you can enjoy Mother’s Day together as a family! Steve Carlson will be leading out on our Friday night worship. Steve Jackson will be with us on Sabbath and be leading the praise time. Pastor Simon will be leading out on all the Sabbath meetings.

Each family will be responsible for their own food, except for Sabbath Lunch. For Sabbath Lunch we will be having haystacks together. Mary James (805-581-4476) is organizing the lunch. If you can bring something to help, that would be great.

This Sabbath we will have a poster with all the camping sites and invite you to sign up for your site!! But, even if you don't camp...please drive up on Sabbath!

Directions to the campground: Take 101 FWY North 40 miles from Newbury Park. Take exit 86 – Casitas Pass Road…turn left. Turn right at Carpinteria Ave; turn left at Palm Avenue – go to the end of Palm Avenue at the beach. Parking is $8 (unless you are camping...in which case there are a limited # of spaces available as part of the reservation.)



Family Fun
You are invited to Family fun this Sabbath...a way of spending fun, quality time with your children, grandchildren or borrowed children.

We are going to have our first Family Fun time after church THIS SABBATH May 3. Bring a picnic lunch and join the other families at Bendix Park...use the entrance off Gainsborough Road next to the T.O. SDA church. There will be directions at The Place. After lunch we will be geocaching and if you've never heard of this you are in or a treat! Bring your walking shoes and get ready to find some treasure!

Children: bring a pouch of some sort with little trinket like
items in it that you don't mind trading. Examples would be: marbles, tiny action figure, plastic braclets, plastic figures. Anything very small that you already have around the house.

We are planning on having a Family Fun event every month. Spread the word and join us. You may contact Robin Atmore with any questions.


Mission Trip to Chile - Upcoming Fundraising
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.

Donna Goldman has volunteered to hold a garage sale at her home and donate the proceeds to the trip. If you have any items that you would like to donate, please bring them to church any Sabbath in May or contact Donna directly at (805) 407-9535. Donna has also offered to pick up the items from your home (thanks, Donna!) in order to make it easier for you. We need to raise as much money as possible, so anything you could donate would be greatly appreciated!
We are also going to be doing a lunch fundraiser on Sunday, June 29th at Outback Steakhouse in Oxnard. Stay tuned for details.

Hot Flashers/Upcoming Stuff/ People looking for rooms
May 4th: The next Hot Flasher's Movie Night is scheduled at 6:30 THIS Sunday evening. The theme this month is Southwest. Wear a sombero, cowboy hat or anything southwest you can think of. For directions or to volunteer to help with food please call Jennie Kay on her cell at 805-990-5811. See you at the Casa de Dappolonia.

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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