Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ

Preached by Winton Boyd on Sunday, June 27

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Sitting in the hospital after the birth of our first child, we had too many visitors with too much advice. Almost all of our friends who were a bit older joked that while our little boy was cute, “wait til he’s a teenager.” One couple who visited stood out – Elgin and Sally. Parents of 7 children themselves, they simply said, “enjoy each stage. Each stage is beautiful in its own way.” Not only were their words positive and encouraging, but they seemed to endorse that while raising children was a universal experience, ours would be uniquely beautiful and uniquely ours – and they were right. Continue Reading »

Preached by Winton Boyd on Sunday June 13, 2010

Opening introduction to Phoenix Affirmations

As people who are joyfully and unapologetically Christian, we pledge ourselves completely to the way of Love. We work to express our love, as Jesus teaches us, in three ways: by loving God, neighbor, and self. This includes the following affirmations:

First Affirmation

We walk fully in the path of Jesus, without denying the legitimacy of other paths God may provide humanity

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Our last fundraiser for our mission trip is the Orchard Ridge UCC Golf Outing to be held at Foxboro Golf Course in Oregon on Saturday, June 19.

Registration for 9 holes of golf begins at 2:00, and golfing starts at 3:00.

I have attached golf sign up forms and player registration forms. It would be great have some more golfers take part.

2010 Player Registration Form

2010 Golf Sign Up

Also we have about 70 bags of Organic Compost to be sold. The proceeds for the compost go to our mission trip. You can pick up the bags of compost outside the church entrance off the parking lot. Each bag is $8.00. You can pay in the church office or get a check to me.

By Winton Boyd

It was indeed exciting to announce after worship on Sunday that collectively, we have pledged over $1.5 million towards our Seeds for the Next Generation capital campaign (now at $1,510,720.40 with some pledges still coming in). Many of you worked hard to make this process work so smoothly and effectively.  It speaks of your love for the church.  As one of your pastors, I’m very grateful. Continue Reading »

Below is a printable list of both summer activities and the summer worship themes.

2010 Summer Activities and Worship Themes

Worship will focus on the “Phoenix Affirmations” – a collection of faith affirmations crafted in the last few years by progressive Christians seeking to articulate vision of faith that is more true to their lives and that counters some of the main stream Christian rhetoric in our country.  We welcome your input and ideas.