OOC Tidbits — October 8,
2006
Welcome to Old Orchard
Church!
We welcome you to our
worship. We invite you to visit our Sunday School, offered for all ages
(beginning with age 3) at 9 a.m. on Sunday mornings. Also, we invite you to use
our child care services to infants through children in kindergarten,
located in the church building’s basement. Please see nursery info below. If
you would like to find out more about Old Orchard & what we are about,
please fill out one of our visitor forms.
Sunday School News
Adults, we are offering a study of 1 John
in the Milligan House.
Pastor Ron’s
Sabbatical/Vacation
Pastor Ron is currently away
for his sabbatical/vacation through Thursday, November 2. While he is away if
you need pastoral care, please contact Pastor Mark Tucker, or ruling elders
Jack Easterling or Hurvey Woodson.
Overture
Today is the deadline
for the next Overture (our newsletter) which comes out next Sunday,
October 15. All submissions need to be signed. Please place your articles in
the Overture mail slot (currently in the coat room).
Sunday Fellowship Meal
We’ll have a Sunday
Fellowship Meal after worship on Sunday, October 22. Sign up today to come. See
Chris Carter for more information.
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 located in the church basement.
·
Parents: please pick
up your children from the nurseries immediately after worship.
Children’s
Worship. For Grades 1-5. Dismissal
time: 10:50 to the Milligan House.
On the Calendar!
·
English
Conversations meet on Fridays 4:30
to 6:00 p.m. at Milligan House. See Hurvey or Dorothy Woodson for more
information.
·
Adult Choir. 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, October 14, at 7:45 a.m. at Milligan
House. See Seth if you have questions!
·
Fall Open House at
Sunshine Ministries
Staff and Board of Directors
of Sunshine Ministries invite you to visit Sunshine Ministries today, Sunday,
Oct. 8, 1-4 p.m. Drop by to tour the Mission at 1520 North 13th Street and the
Youth and Family Center, 1410 Howard. Call for directions at 314.231.8209.
Sunshine Ministries works with homeless men, and reaches out to women and youth
in their inner-city neighborhood.
House Church in October
We will have House
Church on Wednesday, October 18, when Rene and Lani Quimbo, missionaries
in Mindanao, Philippines, will be with us to share about their work. We will
meet at 6 p.m. for a pot-luck supper and at 7:00 p.m. for our meeting. If you
need child care for the meeting, please let Stacey Stefanski know or sign up on
the sheets circulating.
Joni Eareckson Tada—Next Sunday!
The
Special Needs Ministry of Twin Oaks Presbyterian Church invites you to join
them in welcoming Joni Eareckson Tada on Sunday, October 15th, at 6:00
p.m. The evening will include a unique worship service led by Pastor Ron Steel
and highlighted by Joni's testimony and call to disability ministry. Joni will
give her testimony and Twin Oaks’ signing choir will also help lead in worship.
A dessert reception will follow.
The church is
located on the corner of Route 141 and Big Bend Rd. A love offering will be
taken. Please call Robin Mourey, Director of the Special Needs Ministry at
636-861-3658, ext. 3172 if you have questions.
OOC’s Youth Group will meet at OOC at 5 p.m. that
day to go hear Joni speak.
Gift Boxes to
Brazil
Again this year we
are sending boxes of gifts to our brothers and sisters in Belo Horizonte,
Brazil. Several years ago Leonardo and Alessandra De Carvalho's attended Old
Orchard Church while Leo was in Seminary. Upon finishing school, the De
Carvalho's went back to Brazil to minister in a poor community in Belo
Horizonte. Since then they have planted three churches in some of the poorest
parts of the city. Old Orchard has sent teams to serve in these communities
three times and we plan to go every other year. Another way that we serve these
churches is by sending Christmas gift boxes. So we are asking members of our
church to do the following: get an old shoe box, fill it with gifts, including
$5 for shipping, and bring it to the church by November 5th. The idea was
inspired by The Samaritan's Purse Christmas Box ministry. If you have questions
see Pastor Mark.
Please
Note: More copies of the instructions are out in the parlor.
Fund For Cook Family
The Session of Old Orchard
Church has established a fund to help meet the financial needs of Bruce &
Cheryl Cook. As Ron shared with the congregation some time ago, her physician
is treating Cheryl as an ALS (aka Lou Gehrig’s) patient. Due to her health, she
is unable to continue much of the employment (since June 2006) that has helped
meet the Cooks expenses. She continues to do some work (as our accompanist and
one other small job), but no longer is she able to contribute financially in
the same manner as before. Cheryl applied for Social Security benefits and has
been approved for them. Those benefits will begin in January 2007, but will not
totally replace what she used to contribute. Also, there are increased medical
expenses.
We invite you to contribute
to this fund. Checks can be written to Old Orchard Church and designated “Cook
Family.” You can put your gift in the collection plate or mail it to the church
office at Old Orchard Church, 639 Amelia, Webster Groves, MO 63119. These gifts
will be anonymous and tax-deductible. If you have any questions, please talk to
one of the elders.
—Durinda Hood for the elders
and deacons
Fundraiser
for Cooks
The following invitation comes from several friends of
the Cook family who know the Cooks through Jesse’s friends. They have organized
themselves to sponsor the following fundraiser.
A
gathering of friends and family will be held at Blackburn Park in Webster
Groves to benefit the Cook family. Cheryl Cook has been battling some
neurological issues since early spring and it is our hope to raise funds to
assist Cheryl and her family during this difficult time.
We invite you to join us on Sunday, October 15th
any time between 3:00 pm-7:00 pm. Join us for bar-b-que, washers, Frisbee and
fun. Please bring your own cooler and a side dish (with a serving spoon) to
share. Bar-b-qued hot dogs and dessert will be provided.
You'll find us at the main pavilion, rain or shine.
Any monetary donation is greatly appreciated.
RSVP/Questions, call: Sharon
Ayres at 314-962-6472 or Ann Riti at 314-781-6447.
--Submitted
by Sharon Ayres, Cook family friend
[See info in separate
announcement if you want to contribute to the Cook Family Fund without
attending this event.]
The Fall 2006 Francis A.
Schaeffer
Lecture Series
Caretakers of God's Creation:
A Calling or a Consideration?
When: October
20-21, 2006
Where: Rayburn
Chapel at Covenant Seminary
Conference Fee: $15 (Free to alumni, current students, & staff.)
Plenary Speaker:
* Dr. Calvin DeWitt,
Professor of Environmental Studies, Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental
Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and President Emeritus of the
Au Sable Institute for Environmental Studies.
Other speakers include:
* Tim Keyes, Georgia
Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division
* Greg Pitchford, Missouri
Department of Conservation
Call the Francis A.
Schaeffer Institute at 314.434.4044 for more details.
Bring Food Any Sunday
You are invited to make
donations of non-perishable food, individual sizes. Container is now in the
foyer!
Suggested shopping
list: canned meat, boxed meals, large
& small soups, tomato products, fruit, vegetables, beans, rice or pasta,
and ramen noodles.
Donations are given to the
Food Pantry at Grace & Peace Fellowship.
Grace & Peace Winter
Shelter
In a little over a month
(November 12), the Grace & Peace Winter Shelter will start its season of
serving homeless women in the City of St. Louis. We will publish their recent
letter in next week’s Overture, and will have a Moment for Missions
presented by them in the near future. Pray for their volunteer and financial
needs to be provided. Consider volunteering in some way: Staff, Evening Volunteer, Evening Meal
Preparer, Serving a Holiday Meal, Cooking/Serving a Sunday Breakfast. Brochures
giving more information about volunteering is in the parlor.
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