Annual Meeting

In Person & Virtual

February 5, 11 am after worship

We will gather in-person right after worship in the Worship Hall on Sunday February 5th and hold our Annual Meeting.

We want our Annual Meeting to be as accessible as possible, so we will keep live-streaming and we will also open up a ZOOM room for anyone who wants to tune in from home to vote and to make any comments or questions. A member of our Leadership Team will monitor the ZOOM.

We will vote on the budget for 2023 and as well as a new slate of volunteers and officers. 

2022 Annual Report

Zoom meeting.

Topic: Annual Meeting

Time: Feb 5, 2023 11:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)

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Spiritual

Nourishment

for you!

For the week of Feb 2 – Feb 8

Read this week’s reflections as a way to dive deeper into your spiritual practice or to get some nourishment and inspiration

for your day.

Click Here for Reflections

We are grateful for the ministry of Jeanne Moberly who is a member of Adult Faith Formation, as she puts together a set of fresh readings every week for our devotional practice at Orchard Ridge UCC. You will see these posted daily if you are part of the “Members & Friends” Facebook group. If you know someone who needs encouragement and would like the devotional mailed to them, please contact Julie Wombacher in the church office.

2023 Youth/Teen Mission Trip Fund Raisers

Valentine’s Day Treat & Bake Sale!

Our annual Valentine’s Day Treat & Bake Sale will be after church on Sunday, 2/12/2023. We’ll have a variety of treats to sell for you and your Valentine!

           $6/half dozen

           $10/full dozen

Gloves and plates will be provided.

Valentine’s Singing Telegram Fundraiser…from our Teen Performers! 

Would you like to show your love, friendship or appreciation to a special someone this Valentine’s Day? Consider a Singing Telegram from our own ORUCC teen performers!

You will have the opportunity to choose one of three songs to be sent to your Valentine on Valentine’s Day. For more details and to sign up, complete this Google form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDvb4voJw1WEJdUgEX6jR20Iq-8ekae87DYjBXEaSOSUwq9Q/viewform or visit our table in Friendship Hall after church services on 2/5 and 2/12. We’ll be taking orders the next two Sundays (online orders must be completed by 2/11). Cost depends on options, ranging from a simple message and song via video ($10) to a personalized message and song via video ($25-$50) to an in-person visit from our singers, perfect for anyone who wants to go all-out for their sweetie this year ($100, limited number available)! Please note, we can send a Singing Telegram to anyone (they don’t have to be an ORUCC member) with an email address or cell phone but you’ll need to provide us their contact information at sign-up! 

RACIAL JUSTICE NEWS

Monthly Moses Meeting

The monthly MOSES general meeting will be 2:30-4:30 Sunday February 5 on Zoom. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81036805998

(this is the same recurring link as always) Meeting ID: 810 3680 5998 Visitors welcome. It is fine to say you are just seeking to learn more. This month’s program includes a discussion of how to consider racial equity on MOSES work, testimony by a formerly incarcerated person, and a presentation on an important proposed amendment to the Wisconsin constitution that will be on the April 4 ballot that would seek to limit the right of people accused of crimes to bail out of jail before conviction. There will also be a presentation on how to improve pre-trial justice. 

Faithful Stance for Equity

Faithful Stance for Equity (a coalition including Wisconsin Council of Churches, WIOM, and Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice) is sponsoring three sessions on the White Christian Nationalist challenge to democracy led by Rev. Jen Butler, founder of Faith in Public Life. All are available in person and two will be live-streamed: (1) Sunday, February 5, 2 pm In person only First Baptist church of Waukesha Talking to Friends and Loved Ones Caught up in Conspiracy Theories and Christian Nationalism, (2) Monday, February 6, 7 pm, at Unitarian Universalist Church West, Brookfield (in person and live streamed) The Rise of the Christian Right and White Christian Nationalism, (3) Tuesday, Feb. 7, 7 pm, at First Baptist church of Madison (in-person and live streamed) American Democracy and the Role of Faith,  Find more information and register 

GREAT COMMUNITY, GREAT FOOD, GREAT PROGRAM

Over 55 Wednesday, February 8, 11:30 am

JustDane is entering its 50th year serving the Madison area serving people in a wide variety of ways. Healing House provides medical respite for families without housing after hospitalization. Just Bakery not only provides delicious baked goods, but provides job training for people reentering the community after imprisonment. A variety of other programs work to protect health, reduce violence, and reconnect people with the community.

Orchard Ridge UCC members Julie Horst and Phil Haslanger will give an overview of the work of JustDane at the Over 55 lunch gathering on Wednesday, Feb. 8. Julie is co-president of the JustDane board and is a research project manager at the Center for Health Enhancement System Studies at UW-Madison. Phil is secretary of the JustDane Board and is serving this year as a parish associate at Christ Presbyterian Church.

Please RSVP to Steve Sheets, [email protected] (LINK) to assist the catering team with a head count

Movie Group Returns to Oakwood Village

Friday, Feb. 10, 7:00 pm

Join us to Watch the Film: “CODA” With Discussion to Follow

Our November showing was so successful we are returning to Oakwood Village to watch CODA (Child Of Deaf Adults) a 2021 coming-of-age film set in Gloucester, Mass. The movie won three Academy Awards- Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay. The film explores the struggles of 17 year old Ruby Rossi, the only hearing person in her fishing business family. Ruby faces the moral dilemma of going away to college to further her passion for singing, knowing that may mean abandoning her family and their livelihood. 

Much to enjoy and discuss in this film. We will meet at the Oakwood Village Arts Center at 7:00 on Friday, February 10th and, following the film, meet in the Sun Room for a discussion. Contact Baxter Richardson, [email protected], Doug Loving [email protected], or Steve Sheets, erab1958 @icloud.com Movie Group coordinators with any questions.

Parking made easy. Enter Oakwood Village at the Island Drive traffic signal, immediately make a right turn and you’ll find yourself at the auditorium parking area on your left. That’s where we need to be. Walk up the sidewalk and enter.

YOGA

Thursdays 5:30 Friendship Hall

Instructor Leslie Linser     

A slow flow class with a spiritual intention. Bring a yoga mat.

For questions email Leslie at [email protected]  

COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE

Members of ORUCC are invited to apply for 2023-2024 college scholarships of $1,000 to $2,000 from the Frank E. Page Scholarship Fund. Applicants should be planning to begin or continue education at any accredited 2- or 4-year college or university, and should have a record of academic achievement, service to church and community, and demonstrated financial need. The application deadline is February 15, 2023; contact [email protected] for an electronic application. Questions? Contact [email protected] .

AT ORUCC, the Members

are the Ministers!

We are seeking volunteers to serve on Sunday mornings for in-person worship. You need not be a member, simply a person who loves ORUCC and is eager to find

a place to serve!

Young people are welcome to sign up too!

Would you consider serving one or more times as

a Coffee Maker, a Welcomer, a Lay Liturgist or

to assist with Holy Communion?

It has been fairly easy finding Lay Liturgists and Communion Assistants, but much more challenging finding

Coffee-Makers and Welcomers!

Feel free to sign up as an individual, a couple, or a family!

Click here to sign up as a Coffee Maker

Click here to sign up as a Welcomer

Click here to sign up as a Lay Liturgist

Click here to Assist with Holy Communion

After selecting one or more dates, you will need to click “Submit and Sign Up” at the bottom of the page, then enter your name & email address, then click “Sign Up Now.”

Questions or problems signing up?

Contact Ken Pennings at [email protected] or 608-556-2371.

Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ

1501 Gilbert Road

Madison, WI 53711

608-271-7212

Office Hours: M-Th 8:30-12:30