OOC Tidbitsí January 30, 2005

Sunday Schedule:

9 a.m. Sunday School for all ages.

10:15 a.m. Worship

6:00 pm. Worship

Welcome Visitors!

We invite you to fill out one of the visitor forms from the thin books in the pews to help us get to know you. Please place it in the offering plate. Thanks!

Please also note... Part of our gladness on the Lord’s Day is visiting with each other! But before the service please greet each other outside or in the parlor so that the sanctuary can remain quiet for those who want to meditate on the Lord.

Our Nursery

Infants’ nursery: Ages 0 - 35 months...Begins at 10:00 a.m.

Preschool nursery: Ages 3 & 4…Begins at 10:00 a.m.

Ages 5 – K…Begins at 10:45 a.m.

Here’s how it works…children ages 3 and 4 can be in the nursery at the beginning of worship. The older children (5 through K) will remain with their parents until 10:45 a.m. at which time they will be dismissed to join the other preschoolers already in the nursery.

Parents: please pick up your children from both the infant and preschool nurseries immediately after worship.

Officer Nominations

Remember, this month and next nominations are being taken for the office of elder and deacon. See the nominating procedures posted or in last week’s Overture.

Budget Reports Due

Reminder: Budget reports are due Sunday, February 13.

Written summaries of last year’s work, including 2004 expenditures, and ministry proposals for 2005. Deadline also for revised budget notes. Questions? See Jack Easterling or Paul Stefanski.

A Few Calendar Notes!

RAdult Choir !

Thursdays, 7:15 p.m. (Questions? See Greg Roig, Director

RSong of Dawn

Rehearsals are on Thursdays beginning at 6:30 p.m. For kids first thru fifth grade. See Kelli McKie for questions. Kelli@natemckie.com or 636-230-5754) for questions.

REnglish Conversations Class

Fridays, 4-6 p.m. at Milligan House. Questions? See Hurvey or Dorothy Woodson.

RCollege Group

Meets Tuesdays, 8:30 p.m. in the Milligan House basement. Questions? Call Mark Tucker at 314.961.6932.

Overture Deadline

Today is the deadline for the next Overture.

Melissa Nelson is Editor for the week. Please place your articles in the Overture mail slot in the hallway.

Foreign Missions Ministry Meeting

The Foreign Missions Ministry will meet today after worship . All welcome! Please join us!

Brazil Worship

All invited to worship with our brothers and sisters from Brazil today at 5 p.m. at Milligan House. The service is in Portuguese, but the sermon will be translated into English. See Jorge Patrocinio if you have questions.

Milligan House House Party

Friday, February 11, 6:30 p.m. –9:30 p.m. Plan on coming! Questions? See René Kreisel.

Parlor Fellowship

We will have a Parlor Fellowship on Sunday, February 13 after worship. Please sign up to bring sweetbread or fruit. See Katherine Lutjens, our hostess, if you have questions. (314.968.4524)

Day of Prayer and Fasting

The Session has set aside Wednesday, February 9, as a day of prayer and fasting for Old Orchard Church. This will replace all prayer groups that evening as well as the two February house church meetings. Begin now to ask the Lord to convict us all of the deep need we have to seek his face in prayer as a church family as we move forward with our renovation plans and our south city church plant.

Here’s the schedule for the day:

7 a.m.— 8 a.m. Time of worship & prayer at the church. Come for any part of this hour you can! You can sign up to have the elders pray with you sometime between 7:30 and 8 a.m. (or 7:30 and 8 p.m. in the evening).

8 a.m.— 6:30 p.m. People will be praying on their own, as they have time—at home, at work, etc. The church and Milligan House will be open through the day for those who want to come and pray there.

6:30 p.m.— 8:00 p.m. Closing worship and extended prayer time at the Milligan House. After singing together we’ll break up into groups in Milligan House rooms and pray together by themes: for the church plant, for OOC people in great need, for our missionaries, for our renovation plans, for the world. Also, people can sign up to have the elders pray for them between 7:30 – 8:00 p.m.

8:00 p.m. —-8:30 p.m. Sandwiches and light refreshments for those who want to stick around.

The elders want to encourage you to join us in this day of prayer and fasting in one way or another. You can fast if you want to: it’s a discipline that the Bible encourages. At the same time, some have a physical constitution (like my own) that makes fasting very difficult. You probably should not be fasting if it will make you sick. Christians can pray earnestly to their Father in heaven without fasting!

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If you can’t make the early morning worship and prayer time, feel free to drop by the church during the day to pick up a list of those people and needs you can be holding up before the Lord through the day.

Hope you will join your heart and your prayers to ours on the 9th! —Ron Lutjens for the Session

Lessons from King David

for 21st Century Christians

For the next couple of months we will be using the Sunday School hour to unpack the sermons on King David, sharing practical insights with each other from the extraordinary life of this very broken but God-loving man who is referred to in Scripture as a man “after God’s own heart.”

Come with questions, come with a desire to apply the truths of the Word of God to your life—to your work, your relationships, your wrestlings with God.

Jay Simmons and I will be class co-leaders, but Jay will lead through January 30. —Ron Lutjens

Public Lecture by Leading Bioethicist

Speaker: Dr. Christopher Hook
Topic: History of Eugenics
Date: Thursday, February 17, 2005
Location: Covenant Seminary's Rayburn Chapel
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Cost: Free

Eugenics (literally meaning good genes) involves the so-called "improvement" of the human race by both the elimination of perceived negative traits and the addition and/or enhancement of positive traits through a variety of means. Dr. Christopher Hook will address the history of this practice and help provide an ethical framework for dealing with eugenics today. This lecture is a joint venture between the Francis Schaeffer Institute and St. Louis Center of Bioethics and Culture.

Francis Schaeffer Spring Lectures

Making Room: The Mystery, Riches, and Challenge of Christian Hospitality
Dates: February 25-26, 2005 (Friday evening and Saturday morning)
Speakers include:
Christine Pohl, Professor of Christian Social Ethics for Asbury Theological Seminary & author of Making Room: Recovering the Practice of Christian Hospitality
Charlie Peacock, Author, Singer/Songwriter, Producer
Andi Ashworth, Author of Real Love for Real Life
Michael Gordon, Pastoral Assistant, Grace and Peace Fellowship, St. Louis, Mo.

Conference Fee: $15.00 (Free for alumni, current students, and staff)

More information and details can be found on Covenant Seminary’s web site at www.covenantseminary.edu

Opportunities to Serve

at Webster-Rock Hill Ministries:

#1: Volunteer Receptionist

The Ministries is in need of Volunteer Receptionists for Mondays and Fridays. The hours are 9 am until 12 noon and they provide excellent training. Please call Mike Bohannon at 961.5082 if you feel called to this ministry.

#2: Volunteer Tutoring Coordinator

Beginning in June, WRHM will need someone to head up its Tutoring Program.

Recommended skills/qualities:

- organized and detailed

- able to work with volunteers

- have parts of evenings free

If you have an interest in filling this void and/or have a person in mind who could share duties as co-coordinator, please call Ann Arnold at 965.9759 or Mike Bohannon at 961.5082.

#3: Action Council Delegate from OOC

As a member church of WRHM, OOC can send up to three delegates to the monthly Action Council meeting. Currently, we have one person attending these steering-board meetings. Please see Matt Philip (314.276.7941) for more info.

See Matt Philip if you have questions.

Host Homes Wanted for L’Abri Fellowship

Jubilee Conference

50th Anniversary Conference * St. Louis, Missouri

When: March 11-13, 2005

Opportunity to house one of the attendees of the L’Abri Fellowship Jubilee. If interested, call Marguerite Corey at 314.588.9958 or e-mail her at dmcorey@sbcglobal.net

Support Webster-Rock Hill Ministries

Webster-Rock Hill Ministries will have its annual Theatre Guild/Silent Auction fundraising event March 20. The Ministries is asking for help in the following ways:

1. Donations for the silent auction. Some suggested categories: antiques, appliances, art, vacation cabins, tickets, baked goods, lawn and garden items, white elephants, hand-knit items, rug cleaning, automotive assistance, beauty shops and manicures, legal help, electrical, carpentry and lawn care.

2. Attendance at the Theatre presentation and auction March 20.

Please contact WRHM representatives Sandy Hoyer at 962-6069 or K Wentzien at 961-0894 if you would like to donate something. See Matt Philip for more information.

Old Orchard Church
Office ~ 314.962.3795 ~ Fax — 314.962.8285 ~ E-mail — ooc@sbcglobal.net ~ Web Site — www.oldorchardchurch.org