New Year's Eve Celebration-This Saturday
We invite
everyone young and old to our annual New Year's Eve Celebration. This
year, Glenn and Karen Littell and family will be hosting us at their
house, 2067 Shady Brook Dr., Thousand Oaks. The fun begins Saturday
night, Dec. 31st at 6:00 p.m. til ??! We will have worship and singing
together; share in a potluck dinner and fellowship; and then later have
games together as we bring in the new year. We invite you to bring a
dish to share. Please let Karen (603-828-5135)
know that you will be attending the festivities by RSVP'ing to her or
by signing up this Sabbath. Please bring a game you like to play and
your holiday cheer!
Financial Update - Last chance for 2011
We have been so
blessed by your faithful giving and support of The Place and our
ministry. As we detailed last week, God has blessed us in so many ways!
This week is your last chance to bless our church and our mission and
get a tax deductible receipt for your tithes and offerings for 2011.
Any gifts must be mailed by December 31st. You may choose also to give
on-line at www.theplacechurch.com or at The Place. Any gift you can give is greatly appreciated!
Men's Ministry
There
is a lot of opportunity for getting together and growing spiritually
with other men - new lunch group in Newbury Park on Tuesday; group of
guys meet on Wednesday for lunch in Moorpark; 'Samson' group - men's
accountability - alternate Tuesday nights; guys night out - 1 or 2
Wednesday nights a month; football - Sunday mornings at 10:30 a.m.
(starting again after the holidays); basketball - Sunday afternoons at
4:00 p.m. at Npaa gym; indoor soccer - every Sunday night at 7:30 p.m.
at Npaa gym; volleyball - one Saturday night a month! Talk to Pastor
Simon if you have other ideas or want to get involved.
Women's Ministry
The
next Women's Ministry meetings will be on January 9 and 23, the 2nd and
4th Monday evenings of January from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Ladies of all ages
are invited to come join us at The Place for worship and fellowship as
we gather to receive from God, seek God, and gift God's love to others!
Prayer Ministry - Do you want to pray or be prayed for?
Our
prayer ministry would like to pray for you! Do you have a request or
praise that you would like to share with the team? If so, we invite you
to stay after church and get prayed over or to pray over someone else.
If you would like to join our prayer ministry team, please contact
Suzanne Aiken (the coordinator) for more information.
Worship Conference
This
year's West Coast Worship Conference, February 2-4, 2012 at the
Adventist Media Center, is designed to help you maneuver through the
maze of advances in social media, high tech gadgets, and shorter and
shorter attention spans as you seek to connect God with those who come
to worship.
You are invited to attend. Right now go to www.westcoastworshipconference.com
or use the Quick Links and check out the schedule, speakers, workshop
titles and registration information. This is FREE for members.
Happy New Year - Plans for 2012!
At
The Place, we would like to designate 2012 as the year of the FAMILY.
This does NOT mean you will be left out if you are single! What it does
mean is that in 2012 we will be focusing on our spiritual growth of
knowing what it means to be a child of God and part of the family of
God. We will also be growing in hearing the voice of God our Father as
he speaks to us.
As a church family, we want to help families, beginning a
new ministry for couples and a new parents group. We will also focus on
giving each family/member at The Place an opportunity to share a
testimony and a special music, drama, reading, etc. We want families to
be involved! We invite you and your
family to get involved in 2012! There is so much already going on...but,
much more to come by the grace of God. If you have ideas or would like
to lead out or participate, let's talk!
Adventure/Small Groups
We
will be starting new adventure groups and small groups the week of
January 7-14. Are you are interested in hosting, leading, or just have
an idea for a small group or adventure group in our community? We have
many different adventure groups which include indoor soccer; kids
soccer; football; volleyball; couples ministry; parents ministry;
various small groups (three with kids - Newbury Park, Camarillo and in
Simi Valley); youth; 2 young adults; and several weekly small groups as
well. For more information, please contact Pastor John.
New Member/Spiritual Gifts Orientation
If
you are not involved in ministry now, we invite you to get involved! We
are going to be having regular meetings for new members or anyone
looking to find their spiritual gifts at Starbucks on Sabbath mornings.
Bill Werner will lead out twice a month from at 9:30 a.m. - 11:15 am.
The first meeting will take place on January 28th. If you are interested
in becoming a member at The Place and/or involved in ministry, we
invite you to sign up. We are inviting all those not currently involved
to check it out!
Baptism & Potluck Next Sabbath
Everyone
is invited to the baptism of Natalie Figueroa next Sabbath, January 7th
after church. Natalie Figueroa will be baptized at the Bachmann's house
in Westlake Village. There will also be a fellowship potluck lunch
there. Come and bring a dish to share and welcome Natalie into our
church family.
Guys Night Out
All
the men are invited to come out on Wednesday night, January 11th. The
men will meet at Sunil's house in Camarillo (1451 Menta Lane) at 6:30
p.m. for sports and dinner.
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