OOC Tidbits — May 14, 2006
Welcome to Old Orchard
Church!
We welcome you to our
worship, and thank you for your patience while we renovate our old building. We
invite you to use our child care services to infants through children in
kindergarten, located at Milligan House. Please see nursery details on the back
page. Also, visit our Sunday School, offered for all ages (9 a.m. on
Sunday mornings—see schedule below). If you would like to find out more about
Old Orchard and what we are about, please fill out one of our visitor forms
(currently in the foyer).
Sunday Schedule
9:00 a.m. Sunday School for all ages
(but no Sunday School 5/21 & 28)
10:15 a.m. Worship
6:00 p.m. South City Church Worship. Location at:
2336
Tennessee Avenue, 63104
Sunday School Schedule
No Sunday School for the
next two Sundays. This is due to the next week’s church-wide retreat, and the
Memorial Day holiday weekend on the 28th. Intergenerational Sunday School is
coming up during the month of June. No Sunday School during the month of July.
Overture Deadline
Today, May 14, is the
deadline for the next Overture. (our newsletter). Heather Sparkman is
Editor. All submissions need to be signed. Please place your articles in the
Overture mail slot (in the foyer).
Leaders Meeting—Yes, another one!
The Session has called
for a Leaders’ Meeting for Tuesday, May 30 at 7:00 p.m. Ministry
Coordinators and prayer group leaders, mark your calendar.
Parlor Fellowship
Please join us for a parlor
fellowship after worship on Sunday, June 4. Mark Tucker and Michelle Kraft are
hosting. We’ll be honoring our high school graduates: Jesse Cook and Toby Lowe. Sign up on the clipboards
to bring food.
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Lunch provided.
Mark your calendar! Sign up
to come work part or all of the day! If you can host the lunch, please contact
Matt Philip.
Katherine and I want to extend an invitation to
all of you, our Old Orchard Church family, to witness the vows our daughter,
Susannah, will make to her fiancé, Perry Newman, and his to her, at their
wedding on Saturday, June 3 at 2:00 p.m. at Grace and Peace Fellowship, 5574
Delmar, St. Louis, MO 63112 (1/2 mile east of Delmar and Skinker). Don
Bailey, former OOC pastor, will be preaching and marrying them.
You’re invited to a cake, fruit, and punch reception
in the fellowship hall here right after the ceremony.
We’re so thankful for God’s grace in the life of our
youngest daughter, and hope you can be there to share our joy that day! —Ron
and Katherine Lutjens
OOC Church-Wide 2006 Retreat
Renovating Our Lives &
Celebrating OOC’s 25th Anniversary
Deadline to sign up today! It’s next week!!
Sign up on one of the brochures!
When: Saturday,
May 20–Sunday, May 21
Where: Pinecrest
Retreat Camp & Conference Center located 5 miles from Fredericktown, MO (1
hr. 40 min./93 miles from OOC). See brochure for details/costs.
Registration: Please
give your form & payment to either Durinda Hood or Mark Tucker TODAY. (Even
if you don’t have your checkbook today please register so we can reserve
housing/meals for you.) Questions? See Mark Tucker. ***For those who are attending: Today please get from Durinda an
important letter about the retreat.***
Today’s Parlor Fellowship
All
invited to join us after worship at Milligan House for fellowship and food. We
are saying “farewell” to Chad and Deb Anderson and to Ben and Dawn Robertson as
each couple prepares to leave St. Louis for ministry positions. Chad and Deb
are moving by the end of May to Kearney, Nebraska to become a Director of Youth
and Family Ministry at Trinity Presbyterian in Kearney,
Nebraska and Ben and Dawn will move in June to Williamsburg, Virginia to serve
with Reformed University Fellowship at William and Mary College.
We
also want to congratulate each of our college and seminary graduates.
See list of graduates on the back of this sheet.
Lawn Mowers Wanted
It’s time again!! Please
sign up to mow the lawns of our two buildings and also Willie Lee’s lawn
(Willie is disabled & his home is located in the Webster/Rock Hill area).
We especially need more volunteers for Willie’s lawn over the next few weeks.
See Jerry Taussig if you have any questions.
Old Orchard Church’s Summer Children’s
Program
(Kindergarten through 6th grade)
When: August
1-5, 9:00 am — 12:00 pm
See Kelli McKie for volunteering or more information.
Our Nursery
Nursery is offered for
infants & children through Kindergarten age.
Infants nursery for infants — 35 months begins at 10
a.m. This nursery is presently on the first floor of Milligan House.
Preschool nursery: Begins at 10:00
a.m. for 3 & 4 year olds and 10:45 a.m. for 5 through K. Pre-school
Nursery: 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 10:45 a.m. when children will be
dismissed. Nursery is located on the second floor of Milligan House.
Parents: please pick
up your children from both the infant and preschool nurseries immediately after
worship.
Chris Gillam
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical
Engineering
UMSL/Washington University Joint
Engineering Program
December 2004 (“better late than
never” acknowledgement)
Master of Arts in Counseling,
Covenant Theological Seminary
(December 2005; plans to return to
St. Louis to “walk”)
Elizabeth Jennings
Bachelor of Music Education
Wheaton College
Jenny Lowe
Bachelor’s degree
St. John’s College (Annapolis,
Maryland)
Master of Arts from Concordia
Seminary
Corrie Pendergrass
Bachelor of Arts in Communication,
Minor: Philosophy
Academic Excellence Award in
Communications
St. Louis University
(Corrie is attending Greentree
Community Church.)
Prisca Rice
Bachelor of Arts in International
Relations
Minor: French
Webster University
Master of Divinity, Covenant
Theological Seminary
Bachelor of Science in Accounting
University of Missouri – St. Louis
OOC Hurricane Disaster
Relief Team??
We are exploring the
possibility of sending a team to the Gulf Coast to assist in clean-up and/or
repair. What we need to know is if you are interested in participating in a
short-term trip either this summer or possibly early fall. We may work through
Samaritan’s Purse or with a specific church. Let Kelli McKie know if you are
interested.
The ceremonies will take
place in two parts:
Baccalaureate: Thursday,
May 18, 7:30 p.m. Rayburn Chapel at Covenant Seminary & Commencement: Friday, May 19, 7:30 p.m., First
Evangelical Free Church, 1375 Carman Road, Manchester, MO 63021. Reception
follows. Please note: Due to
limited space, childcare will be available during graduation events for the
children of graduates only. In addition, the Seminary is celebrating its 50th
Anniversary this year with a special Jubilee Chapel Service on May 19 at
noon. —Covenant Seminary
“Bring Food Any Sunday”
Continues
Container is at Milligan
House. Individual sizes. Canned meat, boxed meals, large & small soups,
tomato product, fruit, vegetables, beans, rice or pasta, and ramen noodles. You’re
invited to bring donations. Thanks!
—Durinda Hood for the Mercy
Ministry
Bethany Golf Classic
May 25 — Whitmoor Country Club
For Bethany Christian Services
Please join us for a day of
fun as we earn money to help find Christian forever families for children here
and around the world. Your partnership makes such a difference—one child at a
time. —Donna Nicholson, Missouri Bethany Director, 636.536.6363.
Registration deadline May
22. Copies of brochure are in the parlor. You may also simply make a donation.
Call the Bethany office or see the brochure.
Bethany-St. Louis counsels
women with unplanned pregnancies & offers domestic and international
adoptions.
In celebration of 25 years
of marriage
Please join us for a service of thanksgiving and renewal of vows,
followed by a reception on Saturday, June 10, 2006, 7:00 pm, Old Orchard Church. RSVP: 636-386-2394 or
jenningsj@sbcglogal.net (no gifts, please).
— Nelson and Kathy Jennings
South City Church (your
daughter church!) invites you all to “Karoga Bonga” (Swahili for “stir food as
it cooks as you talk to each other”). Invite your friends to this bi-weekly
pot-luck picnic in Tower Grove Park (at the “tunica site” in the southwest
quadrant of the park). It will be on Thursday evenings all summer starting at
5:30 p.m., and it will be a wonderful time to fellowship and eat and play
games, etc.! Just bring a side dish or desert as hot dogs and hamburgers will
be provided. These are the dates: May
25, June 8, 22, July 6, 20, August 3, 17, 31.
—Jay Simmons for South City Church
Old Orchard Church
Church Office/Milligan House: 314.962.3795
640 Amelia/Church Building: 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