What is Labor Day and why is it celebrated in the U.S.? Labor Day was this past Monday.  According to the history channel website, “Labor Day [is] an annual celebration of workers and their achievements, originated during one of American labor history’s most dismal chapters. In the late 1800s, at the height of the Industrial Revolution in the…

Greetings Orchard! I hope this email finds you well! In just two weeks, we will launch again our program year here at Orchard Cov. There is much to do! But don’t worry, it will get sorted out! I have people and school on my heart today. Our boys, Ben and Sam head back to school…

Back to Church Sunday… Who’s coming? Mission friends,  as we have returned back from our last summer vacation hurrah before Fall comes,  it reminds me that September 15th is the official Back to Church Sunday,  it is also the start of Sunday School, and our return to 11am service time. It is a great time…

Greetings OCC! I hope the e-news finds you well and soaking in the last weeks of summer. Our summer has been amazing so far but also been a little too busy. It’s probably not a surprise, if you know me, to hear that when I get busy, I start losing things. It all started when…

Greetings OCC! I hope this email finds you well! We are doing well, although things have been very busy lately. In May Jim Condap (Executive Director of Pilgrim Pines and Camp Squanto) asked if I would be willing to be the Pastor of the Week for Camp Squanto from July 7-13. This was a good…

Greetings! We are excited for this Sunday.  We have our church picnic but also,  we will be baptizing many of Paul and Bertha’s family!  Praise God.  The organizational committee got a lot of great feedback two weeks ago.  Look out for more information about that.  Last Sunday,  many of our ladies met to keep the…

Orchard Covenant, Pastor Karen reminded us on Sunday that Jesus never disappeared people.  He valued even the extremist.  Have you taken any steps of restoration in your relationships? Jesus very intentionally picked both a Zealot (Militant Right) and a Tax Collector (A Compromised Progressive). He also told them to follow him.  Leave aside the primacy of their politics…

Orchard Covenant, Pastor Karen reminded us on Sunday that Jesus never disappeared people.  He valued even the extremist.  Have you taken any steps of restoration in your relationships? Jesus very intentionally picked both a Zealot (Militant Right) and a Tax Collector (A Compromised Progressive). He also told them to follow him.  Leave aside the primacy of their politics…

Hey Orchard Covenant, We are starting our new series this Sunday, called, JESUS SAID WHAT??? We are going to spend most of the summer exploring Jesus. The Jesus that said some really beautiful things, as well as some hard things. The real Jesus is that one that C.S. Lewis explained as “not safe, but good.” So to…