Baptism & Fellowship Luncheon-This Sabbath
Everyone
is invited to the baptism of Natalie Figueroa this Sabbath, January 7th
after church. Natalie Figueroa will be baptized at the Bachmann's house
(837 Blue Spring Drive 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.
Day of Prayer - this Sabbath
The worldwide SDA
church will have an international day of prayer this Sabbath, January
7th. We as a church will join all other churches around the world at
3:00 p.m. So if you come to Natalie's baptism, you can join us all
there! We will also pray together on Sabbath morning at 10:00 a.m.
during our church prayer time together and we'll pray together during
our church service for our church around the world.
Adventure/Small Groups-sign up this week
We
will be starting new adventure groups and small groups this week,
January 7th. 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 or sign up this
Sabbath.
The Place Junior High Ministry
Part
2 of our series on “Family Matters” this Sabbath. What kinds of street
signs do drivers see each day? Brainstorm some ideas and come to Sabbath
school this weekend.
NEXT
Discipleship (Girls) will meet this coming Sabbath at 9:15am at the
Sivers’ House. (Don’t forget to read through #40 in “Hearing God’s
Call”)
Upcoming event: Believe! Youth Conference January 27 & 28th.
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!
We
are starting up Women's Ministry Small Groups and Adventure Groups this
new year!!! We already have our Monday Night Meetings, and we will be
starting Cooking/Baking, Arts/Crafts/Scrap-booking, Outdoor Activities,
Book Club, Bible Study. Watch for sign up sheets after church, or
contact Natasha Geigle if you are interested in joining or
hosting/leading!
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 - get involved
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 part of our focus, we
are inviting EACH family (or individual if you are single) to
participate during the worship service during 2012. Specifically, we
invite you to share a (not too long) testimony about how God has moved
in your life. You may also share special music, drama, reading, poem or
any other form of worship you would like. As a first step to making this
happen,weI invite you to respond to Pastor Simon directly by choosing a
week you are interested in doing this! If we don't hear from you, we
will be contacting you throughout the year to invite you to
participate.We are excited to hear your stories and experience your
worship!
New Member/Spiritual Gifts Orientation
For
those of you who would like to be involved in ministry, but are not
sure what to do, we would like to invite you to be part of our welcome
to the place/spiritual gifts meeting. We will meeting about 2x a month
on Sabbath mornings at 9:30 a.m. at Starbucks with Bill Werner - and
will be done before church starts. We are inviting all new members to
participate...but even if you have been around for a while but not sure
how best to be involved in our community, we would love to have you
participate. The first one will be on January 28th.
Meals for the Buttlers
Last
month Brent and Simone Buttler had their daughter, Rebecca. All are
doing well but are ready for meals since Simone went back to work this
week. They are vegetarians (not spicy) but dairy is okay. The Buttlers
live at 2745 Tumbleweed Ave in Simi Valley. They prefer to eat between
6-6:30 p.m. If you would like to help them, please contact Cecilia
Liversidge @ 310-699-3521. They are due to receive meals until January 20th. Thank you.
Guys Night Out - THIS Wednesday
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.
Bowling Next Saturday Night
We are rolling out the new year with a
bowling night next Saturday night, January 14th. Everyone is invited to
our bowling night beginning at 7 p.m. at Harley's Simi Bowl in Simi
Valley. The cost is $7 per person. Come join the fun and bring a
friend!
Memorial Fund for Adam David Appel
As many of you know by now, little Adam
Appel passed away last week at six months of age due to a seizure as a
result of malaria. Many of you have expressed profound sadness and have
asked if you could help in any way. We are going to establish a
memorial fund that will be dedicated to help build the hospital in
Mondou, Tchad, where James, Sarah and Miriam are at the present time.
The website will be up and running in the next few days. In the mean
time, you can always support their mission by giving at www.theplacechurch.com and marking your donations for the Bere Mission. Thanks so much for your continued love, prayers and support for this family.
Fellowship Luncheon & Church Business Meeting
All are invited to stay following church
services on Sabbath, January 21st for our monthly fellowship luncheon.
The annual church business meeting will take place following the
luncheon at 2 p.m. This is an opportunity for everyone to be able to
review and bring ideas to the church finances, membership, vision and
plans for the future.
Reach Out Sabbath
We would like to be more involved in our
community on a more consistent basis. In an effort to reach that goal,
we would like to have regular opportunities to be able to minister to
others and to bless our community. Starting in a few weeks, we will
have a couple of opportunities a month for you to get involved. If you
are interested in LEADING out in any area (could be just a ONE time
thing!), please talk to Randall Goulard.
Mission trip this year?
We will meet briefly after church next
Sabbath, January 14th to discuss the possible mission trip options for
2012. We are again looking at early August or early September. The 2
most likely projects are in India and Nicaragua. If you have an
interest in going, please come and express your opinion.
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