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…

Summer greetings!! I hope this email finds you well and enjoying the sunshine! Can’t believe that we are already celebrating Children’s Sunday and introducing “Level Up” Sunday. We will be celebrating Graduates, Sunday School Teachers, Children AND especially our 8th graders who are “Levelling Up” into youth ministry with a special ceremony and special prayers…

Greetings OCC! Summer is here! Can you believe it? Over the next few Sundays, we have some wonderful things planned! Dina Hokanson has been working hard with the Teens for Teen Takeover this Sunday. I can’t wait to see and hear what the Lord has put on their hearts to share with all of us! On…

OrgCom and what God is doing with our church In the busy-ness of life,  you may not remember that at our annual business meeting in February,  the church voted to create a team to talk about our leadership organizational structure.  The team ended up calling itself — OrgCom (Organizational Committee).   On the team is Mike Foster (who…

Can you believe it is May? It is just dawning on me that in a little over a month, my kids will be out of school and asking to be entertained! It seems incredible that summer is coming so quickly. I am ready for it and not ready for it. But let’s make sure that…