Anthem Camarillo is part a family of churches helping people find their way back to God. The Anthem family of churches is united around shared mission, vision, values, and submission to the Lordship of King Jesus. In our cities, we are working to obey Jesus in helping people find their way back to God.
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Often we feel like there is not enough time to be in the word daily. We want to equip you with tools to daily engage with God in his Word. We also want to do this as a community! Community Bible Reading (CBR) is not so much a sprint through the Bible but a way to create a daily rhythm in God's word. Download the 2021 plan below!
It's a great time to join a Community Group! Community groups meet together each week for discussion from the Scriptures, prayer, and connection.
You can check out the days and times of our groups below. When your request to join a group you will be reached out to by one of the Community Group Leaders.
February 27th
Family Meeting
Join us for our annual Family Meeting. We will be meeting at the Boys & Girls Club following our Sunday Gathering from 11:30-1:30. We will be providing pizza, salad and drinks from 11:30-12:00 and meeting from 12:00-1:30. This will be a time to be reminded of what God has done over the last year and be encouraged with vision of where our church is headed in 2022. Childcare will be provided in the gym for the meeting portion from 12:00-1:30pm. We look forward to being with you on that day!
*Registration is not required for participation, but it is helpful in our planning. When you register please select the number of people planning to attend and eat lunch. Lunch will be pizza and salad (if you are gluten or dairy free please plan to bring something).
Thula is here!
Many of you are aware that our friend Thula Mbambo is back with us for the next three months. After visiting for a few weeks last fall, Thula agreed to come and give leadership to our worship ministry and we are so excited for you to get to know him. Thula is an Elder at Redpoint Church in Durban, South Africa overseeing their music teams as well as a host of other duties. He’s a gifted worship leader and we are excited for him to share not only his gifts and leadership with us on Sundays, but also to pour into our musicians and our body and expand our understanding and experience of worshiping God through music. During his time here, he would love to get together or grab coffee with you - so please reach out to him via email, WhatsApp, or iMessage at toolz.m@gmail.com.
March 4th
Worship & Prayer Night
In the book of Acts we see the gathered community devoted themselves to a number of practices that would mark them as now disciples of Christ. Two of these practices which they did corporately was gathering together to praise God, as well as for prayer (Acts 2:42, & 47.) We know that Christ has called us to be a community that loves to worship and pray together, as such, we invite you to join us for an evening of prayer and worship on Friday the 4th of March from 7:00-8:30pm at the Boys & Girls Club!
Hope Partners Costa Rica
Interest Meeting
We have an opportunity to join Hope Partners in Costa Rica this Summer from July 30 - August 6. We will be having an interest meeting Sunday, March 6th from 12:00-12:30 at the Boys & Girls Club. Join us if you are interested in learning more about the Costa Rica trip.
Anthem Students
Upcoming Dates
March 15 Discipleship Group 7:00-8:30
March 20 Sunday Breakout
March 29 Discipleship Group 7:00-8:30
March 25th
Worship & Prayer Night
In the book of Acts we see the gathered community devoted themselves to a number of practices that would mark them as now disciples of Christ. Two of these practices which they did corporately was gathering together to praise God, as well as for prayer (Acts 2:42, & 47.) We know that Christ has called us to be a community that loves to worship and pray together, as such, we invite you to join us for an evening of prayer and worship on Friday the 25th of March from 7:00-8:30pm at the Boys & Girls Club!
Memorial Day Camping
May 26-30
Come Join us for a weekend of camping in the Los Padres National Forest!
Location: Paradise Campground - Los Padres National Forest - 301 Paradise Rd. Santa Barbara, Ca 93105
Cost: $16 per person + $5 per vehicle per night
Registering: There is limited space both for people are RV's. Please read through all the information on the registration before registering.
Anthem Students
Upcoming Dates
April 3 Sunday breakout
April 12 Discipleship Group 7:00-8:30
April 17 Sunday breakout
April 26 Discipleship Group 7:00-8:30
Join us
Good Friday & Easter
Good Friday Gathering at Good Shepherd Lutheran - 380 Arneill Rd. Camarillo Ca 93010. This year we are partnering with Good Shepherd for a Soup Supper 5:30-6:30 and Good Friday Gathering 6:30-7:30. We hope to see you there!
Join us for our Easter Sunday Gathering 10am at the Boys & Girls Club!
April 15th
Good Friday Service
We are excited to share that we are going to be participating in a Good Friday service together with Good Shepherd Lutheran Church at their facility on April 15th.
We are looking forward to the opportunity for us to have fellowship together. Not only will we be joining in the Good Friday service from 6:30 - 7:30, we are also going to be doing a Soup Supper from 5:30 - 6:30. We can share a meal and our kids can play together as well!
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is located at 380 Arneill Road in Camarillo, CA 93010.
Save the Date
Easter Gathering - April 17th
Join us at The Boys and Girls Club at 10am for an Easter gathering.
8:30-9:30am
Every Sunday
Join us on Zoom as we pray before our Sunday Gathering and Livestream. We hope you will join us!
Registration open
Wild Wonder Creation Care Camp
What: Wild Wonder Creation Care Camp
When: July 25-29, 8:45am-12:15pm
Who: Kids TK-4th grade and friends
Where: Nancy Bush Park / Camarillo
Why: The wonder we feel when we look at something beautiful leads us to care for it. In the same vein, we value and care for the things we know, so there is an emphasis in Year Two on getting to know our specific place and learning the names of the birds, the plants, and the people that are local to us. Christian creation care is also hopeful. It allows us to ask the question, “How might I bless creation? How might I bless the Lord?” Year Two is all about exploring hopeful ways to care for creation while also discovering how deeply the Father cares for us.
If you are new to Wild Wonder, don't worry! Your child does not need to have attended Year 1 to delight in Year 2.
Cost: $30 per child / $90 family cap (please contact Lauren Amaro at amaro.lauren@gmail.com if your family needs a scholarship for camp)
Wednesdays starting June 8th
Financial Peace University
"Financial Peace University is a nine-lesson course that teaches you how to save for emergencies, pay off debt fast, spend wisely, and invest for your future." There are over 120 references to money in the Bible, this course is a great opportunity to see what God has to say about money. Financial Peace University is a course for singles and married couples, teenagers to golden retirees – for anyone who really wants to learn how to manage money God’s way.
We will begin meeting on Wednesday June 8th from 6:30-8:30pm. Location to be determined. Childcare will be provided.
The cost will be approximately $60 per household. It will include online access to the course for 1 year. Payment will be collected at a later time.
Register below!
Contact Carol (text only - 805.844.9565) with questions.
July 5th
Dodger Night!
Join us in a community outing to Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, July 5th! First pitch will be at 7:10pm against the Colorado Rockies. It is also Chris Taylor Bobblehead Night, so get there early to receive this included give away.
We have purchased 30 tickets and we are all seated together (three rows of 10). Each ticket is $47. If you are interested, please text Alex Roth at 805-304-3447 with your name and how many tickets you are going to buy. You will reserve your ticket by Venmoing @Alex-Roth-14 to reserve your seats!
Deadline is Friday June 3rd to reserve your seats. Go Dodgers!
update from
Costa Rica Trip
Well, the trip didn’t exactly start out as planned. But honestly, it wasn’t all that surprising. Our theme for the week was Puedo confiar en Dios pase lo que pase, I can trust in God no matter. That was put to the test right away.
Thankfully our team had an incredible attitude and never complained, or if they did they kept it to themselves. Believe me, there was plenty to complain about since it took us more than 30 hrs to get to Costa Rica from LAX. Though the travel was quite a headache, we were so excited to see what God was going to do with our team through the time.
Once in Costa Rica, I think we would all agree how blessed we were to work along side Hope Partners. I can’t say we saw God move in power like never before or we got to see crazy things in the world, but we did get to see how God uses the ordinary to do extraordinary things, how faithful followers of Jesus working little by little over the last 10 years is making a huge impact in one of the worst slums of Costa Rica. Pavas, Costa Rica is a 1 square mile slum with 60 thousand people in it. Hope Partners knows that they can’t reach everyone in that area, but they can make a difference. They are aware of their limitations and that God is limitless. Their faith in His promises and the hope they want to share with the people in Pavas is remarkable. Right now the center serves 484 meals a day and works with 198 families.
We spent the first half of the day painting the outside walls of the Center and cleaning up a few spaces inside. The Center believes that hope sometimes needs to be seen, so they have a huge desire to bring beauty into the city. The teams that come during the summer are a huge part of that. The staff doesn’t have the capacity during the rest of the year to work on most of the projects so using the teams in the summer has been extremely helpful. In the afternoons, we spent the time loving on a group of 30-40 first and second graders. We got to know them by name and loved on them through being wild and crazy and sharing about how they can trust in Jesus no matter what. Many of the murals the Center has painted throughout the city and on the Hope Center walls, inside and out, say “eres importante” (you are important). We got to help show these kids that they are important. That they matter. That they are seen and loved by a wonderful savior who loves them, knows them, and sees them right where they are at.
We are excited to continue our friendship with Hope Partners Costa Rica and to send more teams from our church next year and beyond. Thank you for praying for us while we were gone. We couldn’t have done this trip without your prayers and support. Thank you!
Community Group
Sign Ups!
Community Groups are starting this week! We have groups meeting Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays! Check out the groups below and join today!
Join us
September 25th
If you are new or newish to Anthem Camarillo, this lunch is for you! It’s an opportunity for you to get to know us a little bit and ask any questions you’d like, and its an opportunity for us to get to know you’re story a bit too! We provide lunch, please select the number of people planning to attend and eat (including kids) when registering.
The September Welcome Lunch will be hosted by the Anderson family. You will be sent the address when you register.
Questions ?? - email Alex Greene alex@anthemchurch.org
Sunday Gathering
Come join us Sundays at 10:00am as we worship Jesus together at the Boys and Girls Club, 1500 Temple Avenue.
Anthem Kids classrooms, Infants through Elementary, will be up and running.
We will continue to livestream the gathering.
We hope to see you Sunday!
8:30-9:30 am
Join us every Sunday on Zoom before the gathering.
Meeting ID: 829 3021 7933
Sign up for a
Community Group
Community Groups are starting up this week/month! We have groups meeting Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Check out the groups below!
We are asking everyone to sign up for a group, even if you were already in one previously!
November 13
If you are new or newish to Anthem Camarillo, this lunch is for you! It’s an opportunity for you to get to know us a little bit and ask any questions you’d like, and its an opportunity for us to get to know you’re story a bit too! We provide lunch, please select the number of people planning to attend and eat (including kids) when registering.
The November Welcome Lunch will be hosted by Jon and Stephanie Olson. You will be sent the address when you register.
Questions ?? - email Alex Greene alex@anthemchurch.org
Sundays at 10:00am
Get Connected
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Community Groups
A Community Group is a place you can be known and loved because the Gospel is real. Not only can you be known and loved boy God, but you can be known and loved by your brothers and sisters in Jesus. These communities are always welcome to newcomers.
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Community Bible Reading
We want to create a daily rhythm in God's word. Join us in opening the scriptures each day with our Community Bible Reading (CBR) plan.
Come and serve
Nyland Acres
Join the fun with the Nyland Acres kids on a Monday evening! Sign up for a week and love the kids through coming out and leading them in a song, a craft, a story, or a game with a gospel emphasis. What a great way to get your creative juices flowing and serve the Lord! Laurie will be there with you too!
There is also an opportunity to pass out food with Tim. Both experiences will graciously serve others in our community!
Contact: Laurie@thedonahues.us or Tim@thedonahues.us
When: Mondays, 5-6:30 pm
Where: 2825 Ventura Blvd. // Oxnard (Nyland Acres)
Our Vision
Our vision is to bring a movement of reproducing churches empowered by the Gospel of Jesus to love and serve southern California. Our dream for the future is not that one church be built up, but that Anthem would be a part of a reproducing church movement throughout the world. To do this, we believe that the culture of Anthem must be centered around not just doing the work of the Gospel, but reproducing the work of the Gospel.
Our Mission
Our mission is to Help people find their way back to God. God created us to be in perfect relationship with Him. Sin caused that relationship to be broken, and has caused us to stray away from Him. Wherever we are currently at in our relationship with God, whether we are Christ-followers or not, we need to continue to find our way back to a perfect relationship with Him.
We have the opportunity to partner with ACTION VC for their county wide event LOVE VC this summer. We will be serving a local community, Casa del Norte Mobile Home park by doing outdoor projects including yard work and window washing.
This morning is open to all ages. Everyone who plans to attend must fill out a volunteer waiver.
We will be there from 8:30am-12:30pm, but would love for people to join for any amount of time.
WHEN: Saturday, June 10th
We are returning to Casa Del Norte Mobile Home Community to complete the projects for their residents. Join us July 15th or August 12th.
We have the opportunity to partner with ACTION VC for their county wide event LOVE VC this summer. We will be serving a local community, Casa Del Norte Mobile Home park by doing outdoor projects including yard work and window washing.
These mornings are open to all ages. Everyone who plans to attend must fill out a volunteer waiver.
We will be there from 8:30am-12:30pm, but would love for people to join for any amount of time.
Register below!
When: Thursday, September 28th 12pm – Sunday, October 1st 9am
Where: Lake Nacimiento – 3 hours north on the 101 – CA-46 West - Exit 231
What: Getting away from day to day to refocus life, relationships with Jesus and others.
Cost: $240 with registration starting August 1st – August 31st ONLY
Midyear
Financial Update
At our Annual Family Meeting in February, we shared where we were at as a church from a financial standpoint. In 2022, we took a pretty severe hit and we knew that we needed to make some adjustments to our budget and prayerfully pursue an increase in giving and a decrease in spending.
We wanted to be more intentional this year keeping our finances as a church in front of us. As an elder team, we desire to be accountable and follow through with what we communicated. So here is our mid year financial check in.
We have made adjustments to spending and we are much closer to budget than we have been in the past. Here are some numbers to help show where we’ve been and where we are.
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2022 Monthly Averages
Last year average monthly income $28,161.98
Last year average monthly expenses $32,827.95
Last year average monthly loss $4,665.97
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2023 Monthly Averages
Six month average income $27,396.67
Six month average expenses $30,155
Six month average loss $1,821
The main improvement we’ve seen as a church is an adjustment on our spending. Last year our average expenses were close to 33,000 a month, and this year we are right around 30,000 a month. Staff and elders are working hard to keep spending down. As you can see from the figures above our 7 month average income is about the same as it was last year.
This upcoming year there will be an increase in our rent at the Boys and Girls Club. We have not seen an increase from the Club in a long time. However, we knew that when the club completed their addition there would eventually be a rent increase. We do not know the final number yet, but we anticipate that it will be substantial. Additionally cost of living is high, and we would love to give our staff an increase to keep up with the cost of living which we were unable to do in the previous years.
As a church, even though we are tight financially, we are continuing to practice faithful giving as we give away 10% of everything that comes in. Through your generosity we are helping support the following: our friends in East Asia and the incredible work they are doing there, Anthony Naimo at Hope Partners International as they continue to help bring the whole gospel to some of the most vulnerable people around the globe, Genesis Collective as they help to equip and plant gospel centered churches around the globe, EFCA as they help equip and start churches nationwide, Anthem Denver as they continue to grow as a church plant in Denver, Co., and finally local generosity to help bless people in need here in Ventura County.
We are so grateful for your generosity and we want to continue to grow to be the church God has called us to be here in Ventura County. We are so grateful for our church family and the impact we are making in this city, so there is no reservation in inviting you to keep growing as disciples of Jesus in all areas of life including giving.
If you are already practicing giving on a regular basis at Anthem we want to say well done, thank you, and keep going! If you haven’t, or if you’ve taken a break we want to invite you into the discipline of regular giving. God doesn’t have a money problem, but we have a tendency, whether we like it or not, to begin to hold on. I believe God gave us the discipline of giving as a gift to us, to help our hearts regularly be divorced from the love of money. If you’d like to join us in regular giving you can do that through our app, on our website, or there is an offering box in the back of our main gathering space.
What can you do?
1. We invite you to pray alongside our elder team that the Lord would continue to provide financially.
2. If you haven’t started giving regularly, we invite you to start.
3. If you have put a pause on your giving or stopped, we invite you to re-engage in the discipline of regular giving.
4. If you are regularly giving, we invite you to prayerfully consider increasing your giving during this season where there is need.
If you would like to give there is a link below in which you can easily setup your giving.
If you have any questions about giving or if you are finding yourself under financial hardship we would love to talk with you and see if there is anything we could do to help. You can contact our elder team through the link below.
Join the Anthem Students for Winter Camp!
When: February 9-11
Where: Forest Home
Cost: $299 per camper, $150 deposit required when registering
Please complete these steps for registering.
1. Register here with Anthem Camarillo
2. Register with Forest Home
3. Complete the Student Release form which will be sent to your email when you register with Anthem Camarillo