OOC
Tidbits — February 11, 2007—
Welcome to Old Orchard Church!
We welcome you to our
worship. If you would like to find out more about Old Orchard & what we are
about, please fill out one of our visitor forms. Also, we invite you to use our
child care services for infants through children in kindergarten,
located in the church building’s basement.
Parlor Fellowship:
Please join us after worship
for a time of fellowship and food. Thanks to our hostesses, Katherine Lutjens
& Becca Skrainka.
Sunday Fellowship Meal
We will share together a
Fellowship Meal after worship after worship in 2 weeks, February 25. Please
sign up! Our hostess is Chris Carter.
Sunday School News
Is Allah the
Father of Jesus Christ?
We
are continuing a study of Islam and Christianity in adult Sunday School class.
The core of the class is a 4-part DVD series by Professor Timothy George who is
the dean of the Beeson Divinity School at Samford University in Alabama. Ron
Lutjens is leading the class.
--Ron
Lutjens
Children’s Ministries
Nursery is offered for infants & children through
Kindergarten age. Our nurseries are in 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.
·
Parents: please pick
up your children from the nurseries immediately after worship.
Children’s
Worship. Children grades 1-5
are dismissed at 10:50 a.m.
Calendar Notes
Adult Choir: Meets
Thursdays, 7:15 p.m. See Greg Roig.
English
Conversations: Meets Fridays, 4:30—6 p.m. at Milligan House.
Building being used for
wedding: Rehearsal Feb. 16, 6:30 pm, and wedding Saturday, Feb. 17 at 5
p.m.
Church Wide Retreat
Mark your calendar! Don’t
plan to miss it! The third annual OOC church-wide retreat will be Friday,
May 11 and Saturday, May 12. Details will be forthcoming when it’s time to
sign up!
OOC Talent Show
Acts Wanted! For the next OOC Talent Show on Sunday evening, March
4, 6 p.m.. Be planning, & preparing! Mark your calendar to come!!
WANTED: Acts for the next OOC Talent Show on Sunday
evening, March 4. Be planning, & preparing! See Hannah Nelson if you
want to perform. Deadline to sign up an Act: Sunday, February 25. Acts should be short. Jim Lowe has
agreed to emcee! Hospitality Ministry will host the refreshments. Mark your
calendar to come!!
Who is this guy at an OOC Talent Show? And does he
have any talent?
Will he appear again???
Overture
The deadline for the
next Overture (our newsletter) is today for the next issue published
next Sunday. Jim Lowe is editor for the
week.
Reminder: we are encouraging
your submissions of articles, art, short essays, poetry, etc. All submissions
need to be signed. Please place your articles in the Overture mail slot
(in the coat room). Electronic submissions are very helpful, but not required.
E-mail them to the church office (office@oldorchardchurch.org).
—The Overture Editors: Jim Lowe,
Melissa Nelson, Susan O’Neal, Heather Sparkman
Children’s Art Show
Children through
high school are invited to contribute their art for showing on Sunday, March
11. Kids, or parents, see Cayce Zavaglia if you want to display your art.
Leaders Meeting
This Tuesday, February 13, 7
p.m. at Milligan House. Ministry Coordinators, Prayer Group Leaders, Elders
& Deacons, see you there!
Congregational Budget Meeting
We will have our annual
budget meeting on Wednesday, February 21 at 6:45 p.m. Please mark your
calendar! Extra copies of the budget ministry reports are on the table. Child
care will be provided, but we ask that you sign your child(ren) up. The
proposed budget and explanations will be out next Sunday before the meeting.
Nominations to Office of Elder & Deacon
Nominations are being
accepted through the month of February for the office of Elder & Deacon.
Full instructions on how to nominate have been last week’s Overture and
previous Tidbits. There is also one posted. Questions? See any elder.
“Praying with Children”
Rescheduled for Saturday, February 17th!!
Parent/ Volunteer/ Teacher Session
Praying is something that is difficult for ALL of us,
regardless of age. Yet, prayer is SO vital to following Christ. How do we teach
children to pray? How can we incorporate prayer into our home, church, and
class in a way that engages their hearts? How can we model a life a prayer to
our children? To tackle these questions we are having a presentation and
discussion time by former OOC member Dorie Fink.
Everyone is
welcome to come. Parents are encouraged to come. Children’s
Ministry teachers and volunteers are required to come:
What: "Praying
with Children"
Who: Dorie
Fink, child development sage and former OOC member
When: Sat.,
February 17, 9 a.m.—12 p.m. (new
date!)
Where: Milligan
House
See sign up sheets
circulating today to let us know you are coming. —Mark Tucker
Movies@Milligan House
Movie Night at Milligan
House will be Friday, February 23 at 6:30 p.m. The movie to be shown is to be
announced. All invited! Movies@Milligan
House are free and open to anyone (Christian or otherwise) interested in
watching and discussing movies. Complimentary pizza and child care are
provided. Please RSVP to Matt by Wednesday, February 21 for child care.
The Welcoming Ministry Is!
We’re delighted that Paula
Rice (with Steve Leung, our intern, as
helper) is reviving the almost-expired Welcoming Ministry. Beginning February
18 Welcoming Ministry photographer Tamara Rice, will begin taking mug shots of
people new and old for a photo board at the church. Smile nicely! —Ron
Lutjens
OOC Talent Show—March 4!
Will the OOC Choir come up with an act?
(and who are these people anyway?)
Grace & Peace Food Drive
Help to stock the pantry
Bookmarks will be given out at the communion circle.
We are partnering with Grace
and Peace Fellowship this month to collect food for Grace & Peace’s Food
Pantry on February 25, the first Sunday in Lent. Let’s remember those in need
and bring non-perishable, canned food. Although you can bring food “any
Sunday”, this is a special effort to stock their shelves. Their shelves are
empty. On Sunday, February 25, we will end this specific drive, and pray
for this ministry to those in their neighborhood. You can bring the food before
February 25, but let’s make a special effort to bring food! Drop off is in the
foyer.
Here’s a list of what the
Food Pantry puts in a “typical bag” for their Food Pantry guests.
1
box meal
1
small soup
1
large soup
1
can of fruit
1-2
cans of tuna
1
can of tomato product
1
bag of rice or pasta
2
packs of ramen noodles
3
cans of veggies (no green beans)
1
miscellaneous item (cereal/muffin mix/toilet paper)
Bring enough for a bag,
several bags or bring any amount of one item. But no green beans, please.
--Durinda Hood for the Mercy Ministry
Address
Here’s the address for Sam
Rice, son of Paula Rice who is serving in Iraq, for anyone who wants to write
him:
Lcpl
Rice, Samuel P.
2/7 E Co
Unit 41550
FPO AP 96426-1550
Old Orchard Church Contact
Info:
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; Church Office Fax: 314.962.8285
Church Office E-mail: office@oldorchardchurch.org; Web Site: www.oldorchardchurch.org