Announcements March 7, 2010
infants & children
(through 4th grade)
CHILDREN’S MINISTRIES CONTACTS: If you would like more information about our Children’s Ministries for Infants through 4th grade, please feel free to contact: Tricia Popp at tricia@sbcommunity.org or Donna Sugano at donna@sbcommunity.org.
youth
(5th grade through high school)
JUNIOR HIGH RESCUE MISSION AND FELLOWSHP: Join us Friday night as we serve others in our community. We'll meet at the Rescue Mission at 6:30pm, and then after the service head up to the church to talk about the experience. After we debrief, we'll dive in to the "World's Fifth-Longest Ice Cream Sundae!" Students can be picked up at church at 9:30pm.
HIGH SCHOOL BREAKFAST: Join us on Wednesdays at 6:45am in the Fellowship Hall. Come, gather together with other high schoolers to eat, fellowship, worship and get focused on Christ before the school day starts.
YOUTH MINISTRY CONTACTS:
Benji Bruneel, 687-7797x17/benji@sbcommunity.org
Erik Anderson, 687-7797 X18/erik@sbcommunity.org
women
WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY SIGN-UPS:
Thursday morning Gathering groups will be starting a new study on March 18th. We will do a "tour" of the Old Testament by studying Jewish feasts -- their context and their place in Biblical history. We have room in some of our groups, so please sign up, either on the website, www.sbcommunity.org/life/womensministries, or at the women's ministries sign-up table after the service.
STORYNIGHT: Join us tomorrow night for great evening of food, fellowship and hearing one woman's story. Monday evening, March 8th at 7pm, we will have the privilege of hearing Jane Higa's story. This is an event for the purpose of inviting others – roommates, co-workers, neighbors, friends. If you are interested in helping with this event, please contact Bonnie Fearer, bonnie@sbcommunity.org.
church retreat
ANNUAL ALL-CHURCH RETREAT: Once a year, for an extended time, we have an opportunity for the church body to enjoy fellowship together. This is a time to corporately worship God, reconnect with friends, make new ones, and receive great teaching. Most of all, we can praise God for the luxury of being able to spend a weekend together, drawing near to Him and each other. We will retreat to the Salvation Army Camp in Malibu Hills from Friday, April 16–Sunday, April 18th. Online registration has begun at www.sbcommunity.org/life/retreats/ and continues through March 14th. Opportunities will be available to register after services this Sunday and on March 14th. For complete information, pick up a flyer in the entry way. Questions? Contact Sara Rudeen at retreatinfo@sbcommunity.org or call 685-8577.
RETREAT PARENTS and OTHERS WHO LIKE TO HAVE FUN: If you are attending the annual all-church retreat, sign up today, March 7th & 14th for a Children’s Retreat Team Leadership slot. Individuals, homegroups, and groups of friends can also sign up to help during any of the sessions of the Children’s Retreat. As parents, you will devote one session of the retreat to helping with children but when you sign up, you get to choose your role. Then, mark your calendars to attend the Session Team Meeting April 6th, meet your teammates and enjoy planning your time with the kids together!
opportunities & info
KEENAGERS: Join us on Mon., March 15th at 6:00pm…Family Style Food and Fellowship; 7:00pm…One of the outreach ministries of SBCC is the Preschool. Brittney Grimshaw, the Preschool Director, will give her testimony and tell how The Lord saved the school from closing and provided her the job as Director. All are welcome, regardless of age or social status. If you plan to dine with us, please sign-up at the table in the church entryway. You may call 964-7939 for dinner reservations on or before Wed., March 10th.
BOP BUILDING MEETING: The elders have solicited feed-back from our congregation, have prayed and thought carefully about the next step for our church with regard to the construction / non-construction of what is called the BOP building on our property. Please plan to attend a meeting on March 14th at either 11:40am (following our morning service) or 2:30pm before our evening services. The elders will present what they believe is the next step in this process.
TENEBRAE CHOIR: If you would like to be a part of the choir that will sing at the Tenebrae service on Good Friday, there will be 4 mandatory practices starting tomorrow night, in the Fireside Room at 7pm, Monday, March 8th and continue on Mondays, March 15th, 22nd, and 29th in the Sanctuary. If you're interested, contact Mike (mike@sbcommunity.org) for more info.
PRAXIS MEN’S MINISTRY…the next meeting is March 12th at 6:15am for coffee & donuts. Meeting from 6:30-7:45am. Enjoy guest speakers, testimonies, small group discussion, fellowship. Meet other men from SBCC. For more information, contact Scott Smith (964-1720), Jack Dawson (963-1861) or Jim Wilcox (967-0021).
TENEBRAE SERVICE: Remembering the Passion and Death of Jesus on Friday, April 2nd, 7pm at Living Faith Center, 4597 Hollister Avenue. Families welcome. Childcare not provided. For details, call Deana at 687-7797 or www.sbcommunity.org. Pick up a flier in the entryway to use to invite friends and family.
EASTER CELEBRATION!: Sunday, April 4th, 9:30-11am at the UCSB Faculty Club Green (outside). Bring: family & friends, coffee, blankets, lawn chairs. Supplied: folding chairs, free parking & continental breakfast (at 9am). For information, call Deana at 687-7797 or see www.sbcommunity.org. Pick up fliers in the entryway to use to invite friends and family.
AN EVENING OF PRAYER AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR WOMEN LONGING FOR CHILDREN: Are you a woman who has been hoping, longing and aching for a child and that child has not yet come? Join with others who share your same experience as we tell of our journeys, encourage one another and pray. Tuesday, March 23rd, 7-9pm, 108 Lancaster Place, Goleta. For more info and/or to RSVP please contact Heidi Palladino at 965-8287 or paldesign@cox.net or Bonnie Fearer at 683-0399 or bonnie@sbcommunity.org.
YOU CAN BE A MISSIONARY WITH THE SKILLS YOU HAVE! Learn how you can help expand God's kingdom overseas even if you aren't a church planter, Bible translator or even a seminary professor. God can use you to change lives in South East Asia with the skills He has already given you! Come tomorrow night, Monday, March 8th at 7pm to hear from Tom Hardeman, a missionary serving in the Philippians as the Superintendent of the largest school for missionary kids in the world. Please join us on Monday, as Tom shares about what God is doing in Asia and the opportunities available. The meeting will be in the nursery. Please contact Ione Larinan at 964-3886 if you are planning to come. Tom will also be speaking to the Spectrum Sunday School class at 9am the following Sunday on March 14th, and will join us that day for our worship service.
ADOPTION STORY NIGHT: Community ONE:27 is hosting a night of sharing about foster care and adoption. Jill Baker and Shelley Fogg will share there stories of adoption. Joscelynn Murdock will share her story of being raised in a foster care home. Come Friday, March 12th, 7:30pm. Spouses welcomed and encouraged to join us. Hosted by Josh and Jenna Hayden and Community ONE:27, 7041 Armstrong Dr. Goleta 93117. Dessert will be provided. For more information please contact Jenna Hayden at jenna_hayden@hotmail.com or 685-1618.
CHRISTIANS BUILDING BRIDGES WITH MUSLIMS: Are you interested in learning more about Islam and how to love the Muslims you encounter? Join us for a DVD study on Christians Building Bridges with Muslims. March 12th, Friday night, 7-9:30pm and March 13th, Saturday afternoon, 1-5pm at Santa Barbara Community Church, in the Upper Room. Sign up, order the study guide and find more information online at www.crescentproject.org/santabarbara Questions? Email mandyabbas@gmail.com. Online registration ends TODAY, SUNDAY MARCH 7th.
A ROCHA: A Rocha Christians in Conservation Recycling and Sustainability Workshop, March 14th, 7pm, at The Loft, 821 State Street. Eric Lohela, from City of Santa Barbara's Environmental Services Department, leads this recycling workshop. This event got an overwhelming response in the past so please RSVP for head count at rich.dixon@arocha.org. This is a great opportunity to bring your friends and others to a Christian outreach event.
PROVIDENCE PRESENTS: Join us Wed., March 10th, 7:30-9:00pm at the University Club for a presentation led by Denny & Cheryl Wayman titled, How to Raise Healthy Teenagers & Release Them into Adulthood. Denny describes this seminar in this way: Launching our children into adulthood is both a difficult and joyful responsibility. Denny and Cheryl Wayman will help parents make a thoughtful plan to better accomplish this task. Please contact Kelly Soifer at 876-4361 or ksoifer@providencehallsb.org for more information.
GIVING NOTE: You are welcome to mail your church giving to Kathy Roberts at 41 S. Ontare Rd., SB, 93105. Please make checks payable to “SBCC.”
