OOC Tidbits — September
10, 2006
Welcome to Old Orchard
Church!
We welcome you to our
worship, and thank you for your patience while we renovate our building. We
invite you to use our child care services to infants through children in
kindergarten, located in the church building basement. Please see nursery
details below. Also, visit our Sunday School, offered for all ages (9
a.m. on Sunday mornings). If you would
like to find out more about Old Orchard and what we are about, please fill out
one of our visitor forms.
Sunday School News
For adults,
we are offering a 3-week
class, “The Da Vinci Code.” What you should know about the novel, about the
four gospels, and about early Christianity if you want to talk intelligently
with your friends and if you want to be encouraged in your own conviction that
Christianity is true and historically reliable.
Dates offered: September 10, 17,
24. 9-10 a.m. in the Milligan House. Coffee will be served. —Ron Lutjens
Overture Deadline—New
Editor Wanted
Today is the deadline
for the next Overture (our newsletter) which comes out next Sunday,
September 17. Susan O’Neal is Editor for the week. All submissions need to be
signed. Please place your articles in the Overture mail slot (currently
in the coat room).
New Editor Wanted: If
you’d be interested in taking a turn once every two months (six times during
the year), let me know. Access to computer and internet needed. See me if you
want to know more. —Durinda Hood
Children’s Ministries
Nursery is offered for infants & children through
Kindergarten age. Our nurseries have been returned to the church building’s
basement!
·
Infants &
Toddlers Nursery for infants — 35
months begins at 10 a.m.
·
Preschool nursery: Begins at
10:00 a.m. for 3 & 4 year olds and 10:50 a.m. for 5 through K. Children
ages 3 and 4 can be in the nursery at the beginning of worship, and then the
older children (5 through K) remain with their parents until 10:50 a.m. when
children will be dismissed. Nursery is now located in the church basement.
·
Parents: please pick
up your children from the nurseries immediately after worship.
Children’s
Worship. For Grades 1-5. Our
Children’s Worship time will begin again on September 17. This fall we will
meet every week except on a fifth Sunday in a month. Beginning on the 10th our
dismissal time for both the preschool nursery and children’s worship will be
changed to 10:50 in order for the children to be present for Children’s Lessons
and the Moment for Missions during worship.
25th Anniversary Picnic
All invited to come to our
25th Anniversary Picnic at the home of Jack & Lois Easterling. See info
& directions below. Maps are available in the parlor.
When: Saturday,
September 16, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
(Lunch at noon)
Food: Meat will be
provided (deacons will be grilling again), but we ask you to bring food
according to the first letter of your last name:
A-H/Favorite
Side Dish — I-P/Salad — Q-Z/Dessert
Where: 693 Hwy F, Defiance, MO 63341/636.798.2998.
Directions: Take Hwy 40 West, cross the Missouri River to Hwy 94,
Exit 10. Go south (left) on Hwy 94 (7 miles). (follow the signs for the Daniel
Boone Home). Turn Right on Hwy F, approximately 1.5 miles. Look for 693 Hwy F
on the right side after Frisella Nursery. Drive up the driveway. The
Easterlings will have balloons on their mailbox.
25th
Anniversary Schedule
This fall we are doing a few
things in connection with our 25th Anniversary. Please note the
following:
·
Wednesday, September
27. Day of Prayer & Fasting.
·
Sunday, October 1. 25th
anniversary worship, building dedication. Parlor Fellowship and Art Show
after worship. Laurent Torno will display his art work.
·
Later in October we
will have an Art Show by artists in our congregation.
·
Sunday evening,
November 19, we will have an Open House for OOC neighbors to see our
renovated building.
·
On the Calendar!
English Conversations have begun to meet again on Fridays 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
at Milligan House (but probably not September 15). See Hurvey or Dorothy
Woodson for more information.
Adult Choir is rehearsing again. New voices invited! Meets
Thursdays at 7:15 p.m. See Greg Roig for more information.
Men’s Bible Study. Men, you’re invited to a Men’s Bible Study led by
Seth Dyrness. Next one will be Saturday, September 23, at 7:45 a.m. at Milligan
House. See Seth if you have questions!
Arts Ministry. Artists in the congregation are invited to come at
7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 12 to meet together at Milligan House. See Ron
Lutjens if you have questions.
Durinda Hood will be on
vacation this week (9/11 through 9/15) and not in the church office.
Hurvey & Dorothy Woodson
will be away Sept. 11-22.
Tutoring Opportunities
It’s the beginning of the
school year, and once again students will need help with their studies.
Consider working with a child in the City of St. Louis (north or south) or the
Rock-Hill or Webster area. Here are opportunities. Please note that we’ve added
South City Church’s ministry to the list.
Gateway for Kids is an outreach ministry of South City Church. Gateway
for Kid's goal is to share the love of Jesus Christ with the youth who live in
South St. Louis. Our after school program will be starting up in October and we
are looking for more volunteers who will come and partner with us.
Tuesdays from 3:00-6:00—a discipleship class for grades 6-8; Wednesday
from 3:00-5:30— is homework help for grades 4th on up, and Thursday from
4:00-6:00 is reading tutoring for grades K-5. Volunteers need to commit to
coming once a week.
Tutor training is during the first week of October, the 3rd, 4th,
and 5th depending on which day you volunteer for. The ministry office is at 2715 Cherokee St. Please contact Molly Hammett if you are
interested in finding out more information: 314.276.8407, mollyb77@hotmail.com
Firm Foundation Tutoring
Program. Member of Restore St. Louis
and New City Fellowship (PCA). Tutoring location: one block east of Skinker just inside city limits. After-school
tutoring program. Tutors come for 1 1/2 hours/week, choosing day and time that
works best for them. Elementary students: 4:15-5:45 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays or Thursdays. Middle
school or senior high students come on Tuesdays and Thursdays 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Students work with same
student each week on homework, devotions, academic activities which are all
provided. Educational background not needed, just a desire to show children the
love of Christ. If interested, contact Laurie Jones at 726.2302 ext. 33 or by
e-mail:
laurie@ncfstl.org.
William Yandell Tutoring
Program. Sponsored by Webster-Rock
Hill Ministries. Starting September 26, this program will begin again.
Volunteer tutors are wanted.
Location: Rock Hill
Baptist Church, 9125 Manchester Road, Brentwood, MO 63144.
When: Tutoring
takes place on Tuesdays, 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. beginning September 26. You will be
matched with a child to tutor. The program will provide all support, supplies,
snacks. Substitutes are available.
Who Can Tutor: Any academically
strong high school or college student or adults can tutor. Substitute
volunteers welcomed.
Volunteer Orientation will be on Tuesday, September 19, 7-8 p.m. (Info
provided if you are unable to attend.)
Want To Volunteer? Contact Coordinators: Mrs. Peggy Kachulis at 314.968.8612 or Mrs. Lisa Miller at 314.821.2763 only Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. if you want to tutor. For general information, call Webster-Rock Hill Ministries at 314.961.5082.
Newborn Diapers Wanted
Bethany Christian Services
is in need of newborn diapers to give to birthmoms who decide to parent. You
are invited to help to meet this need. Please give diapers to Debbie
Pendergrass who will deliver diapers to Bethany to distribute.
Bethany in St. Louis is a
crisis pregnancy ministry that offers free counseling, as well as domestic and
international adoption services. Hal and Debbie Pendergrass serve as foster
parents for infants being placed for adoption through Bethany.
South City Church—Nursery
Items Wanted!
Please note, beginning
today, South City Church is now meeting Sunday mornings at 10:30 a.m.!
Your daughter church, South
City Church, is moving our nursery to a larger space in the building at St.
Luke's. We will have space now for more
toys, and there will be a nursing mother's room off of the nursery. We would
love
to have any of your old
baby/toddler things for the nursery (ages infant through 3 years). We would
especially love to have a few comfortable chairs for the nursing room, a table
for changing, books, book shelves, rugs, bean bags, toddler toys, toy bins,
etc. Please call
Lindsay Perkins at (314) 226-9094 if you have anything to donate. Thank you!
Bring Food Any Sunday
You are invited to make
donations of non-perishable food, individual sizes. Container is at Milligan
House.
Suggested shopping
list: canned meat, boxed meals, large
& small soups, tomato products, fruit, vegetables, beans, rice or pasta,
and ramen noodles.
For the Food Pantry at Grace
& Peace Fellowship.
When: September 15 Time:
7:30 p.m.
Topic: Where Shall We Begin?
Speaker: Dr. Michael Williams, professor of systematic
theology, Covenant Seminary
Place: Edwards Hall Community
Center, Covenant Seminary campus Bring your questions and join us for a L'Abri-style
open forum. —Submitted by Tim Padgett, Francis Schaeffer Institute Intern
Old Orchard Church
Church Office/Milligan House/639
Amelia:
314.962.3795
Church Building/640 Amelia: 314.961.6932
Ron Lutjens’ (Home) Study: 314.962.6196
Mark Tucker’s Office: 314.680.3670
Fax:
314.962.8285
Church Office E-mail: office@oldorchardchurch.org
Web Site: www.oldorchardchurch.org