Orchard Ridge
United Church of Christ
Lent 1: Worship Resources
02.26.2023
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Sunday, February 26th
Worship with us
in-person & virtually
10:00 am
Sermon: Rev. Dr. Julia Burkey
The Virtues of Radical Hospitality: From Guest to Host
Special Music: Tru Function
Lay Liturgist: Laura Conners
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10 am:
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From Racial Justice Mission Team
Learn about white christian nationalism
White christian nationalists are claiming to speak for Christians when they attack racial diversity, LGBTQ rights, abortion, and election results. ORUCC member Rev. Dr. David Anderman will lead an eight-week study group on Tuesday mornings 10:30-12 from February 28-April 25 and Thursday evenings March 2- April 27. The study group will be hybrid (in person and virtual on Zoom) in the Swan seminar room at ORUCC. The Racial Justice Mission Team has been discussing this issue for over a year and we think it is time to bring it to the congregation. We asked David to write a statement about this issue for the ORUCC website.
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Java & Jesus
Sunday, Feb 26th. 9am
Attend in-person at the church in the
Alfred Swan Room, or attend remotely
by Zoom
Dan Rossmiller facilitating
All are welcome!
Please join us even if this is your first time!
Please read ahead of time and come prepared to discuss the introductory chapter from Jon Meacham’s 2006 book, “American Gospel—God, the Founding Fathers and the Making of a Nation.”
Although the full chapter is provided, for this week read only the pages 22-33 about “public religion” in America.
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To join Zoom discussion by phone: 1 312 626 6799
Meeting ID: 836 4943 6657
Passcode: 315584
If you have difficulty accessing the Zoom discussion,
phone Ken Pennings at 608-556-2371
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Programming for Children
February 26th
Nursery Care: opens at 8:30am. Antonia and Amalia are ready to play with your little one!
K-5 Sunday School starts at 9am & 10am Labyrinth: Sunday School will be a little different this week. At 9am, the children will have the opportunity to walk a labyrinth with the Labyrinth Team (Chris Thomas and Betty Day), Paul Vash, and me. Any available Owlets are invited to join us as there is no OWL class that morning. Snow permitting, the labyrinth team will make an outdoor labyrinth. PLEASE DRESS YOUR CHILD IN WARM CLOTHES AND BOOTS IN THE EVENT WE AE OUTDOORS!!! Otherwise, we will use a smaller labyrinth downstairs in the Bonhoeffer Room. Either way, the children will work on environmental images for the Care of Creation’s spring postcard campaign following the walk.
To give us ample time and to not feel rushed, the children will start at 9am and then continue into the 10 o’clock hour. That means that the children will not attend service that day.
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February
Compassion Offering
Worker Justice Wisconsin
Worker Justice Wisconsin (WJW) is a Madison-based nonprofit that builds collective worker power together with faith and labor allies. Our worker center educates and empowers employees who do not have a union. We help them file complaints with state agencies, incubate worker-owned cooperatives, and train workers to organize their coworkers. With a mostly bilingual staff, WJW pays special attention to the Spanish-speaking, immigrant working class. In 2022, WJW trained 140 workers, helped recover $121,560.11 in previously owed but unpaid wages, organized two job sites, and incubated three cooperatives. Of the 200+ workers who opened cases in 2022, over 90% were immigrants, and 89% were Latinx.
February’s Compassion Offering will be deposited in the WJW Solidarity Fund. The Fund encourages workers to engage in job site organizing by providing a basic financial safety net. If a worker is retaliated against or fired by their employer for engaging in legally protected organizing activity, or if a workforce decides to go on strike, they can receive up to 50% of their income from the fund (so long as funds last and up to two months). The Fund is crucial to bolstering workers’ bargaining power. It is not charity. It is a direct contribution to workers’ struggle to overcome structural inequality.
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Donate to aid Turkish and Syrian Earthquake Victims
through the United Church of Christ!
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Office Manager Julie Wombacher
Mon.-Thurs. 8:30am -12:30 pm
Senior Pastor: Rev. Dr. Julia Burkey
Associate Pastor: Rev. Ken Pennings
Children’s Education Coordinator & Music Director: Julie Mazer EMAIL
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