Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ
Spiritually Alive, Joyfully Inclusive, Committed to Justice
Throughout the first nine months of 2008, Four Explorer Teams worked to bring recommendations and ideas to the Leadership Team regarding the church’s future programming, leadership, and facility. The Leadership Team is excited to present a draft Next Generation Initiative proposal for congregational discussion and action. We encourage and invite all members to participate in [...]
On Sunday, November 10 the Search committee met for the first time. At the meeting, Association Minister Rev. Bob Mutton outlined the hiring process. A poster showing the process step and our progress is in the hallway leading to the kitchen. An important next step will be the creation of a congregational description or profile [...]
September 7 – February 22: The Essentials – Packing our Biblical Backpack Every hiker knows you don’t go out into the wilderness, even for a day, without the “essentials” – map, compass, first-aid kit, fire-starter, etc. In the same way, we can ask, “What are the essential biblical stories or passages that today’s Christian travelers [...]
The Welcome and Homily offered by Winton Boyd at the funeral of Daniel Myers on Monday, September 1. WELCOME Not a single person here could have anticipated nor expected this service so soon in Daniel’s life. It is not a service any of us would have chosen. Nothing shakes our universe as much as the [...]
Fast from taking yourself so seriously.
Feast on the spontaneous joy of life lived well.
The Joy in me greets the Joy in you.
Beginning February 22- A new Lenten devotional series titled The Christ in Me Greets the Christ in You. This innovative devotional will feature pictures and quotes that will help us find the sacred in all of life.
Many are convinced that the correct pronunciation is an attempt to replicate and imitate the very sound in inhalation and exhalation. Therefore, the one thing we do at every moment is say the name of God.
