Orchard Ridge
United Church of Christ
Lent 3: Worship Resources
03.12.2023
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Sunday, March 12th
9:00 am
Programming for Children & Adults
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10:00 am
Worship
in-person & virtually
Sermon: The Rev. Dr. Julia Burkey
The Virtues of Radical Hospitality:
Being Host of Your Own Spirit
Special Music: ORUCC Bell Choir
Lay Liturgist: Lauren Amburn
Join our Worship virtually
on YouTube any time after
10 am:
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after 10 am if you have opened it before
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New to the Church? Join us!
You are invited to a series of New Member Classes with the Pastors and Leadership Team of Orchard Ridge UCC. You may find the classes helpful even if you don’t intend to join the church at this time.
Sunday, March 12, 9:00 a.m. — Informational Class in the Anne Frank Room
Sunday, March 19, 9:00 a.m. — Informational Class in the Anne Frank Room
Sunday, March 26, 9:00 a.m. — Informational Class in the Anne Frank Room
Sunday, April 2 (Palm Sunday), 9:00 a.m. — Informational Class in the Anne Frank Room
RSVP to [email protected], or 608-271-7212. At the Informational Classes, you’ll learn more about Orchard Ridge and the United Church of Christ (UCC). We’ll discuss our history as a local church, ministries within the congregation and the wider community, and some of the church’s views on important issues of faith. In preparation for this series, you may wish to browse ORUCC’s website: www.orucc.org.
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Java & Jesus
Sunday, March 12th. 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 a reading that looks at survey data suggesting church membership, church attendance, and belief in God all declined during the pandemic years, accelerating decades long trends away from organized worship. The share of Americans who belong to churches
dipped below half in 2020, a historic low.
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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
March 12th
Nursery Care: Antonia and Amalia are ready to play with your little one!
K-5 Sunday School starts at 9am: First and foremost, don’t forget to set your clocks AHEAD ONE HOUR. 3/12 starts daylight savings time. We’ll have a light, easy day starting with music (led by Julie), a story about How the Church Tells Time, playtime, and donuts for our snack! Paul, Jadyn and Josie will guide the children in their learning.
Music Connections 10am This week the children will begin the 10 o’clock hour in the sanctuary with you. When they are dismissed for Music Connections, we will move to the downstairs Bonhoeffer Room for some ukulele playing and mixed instrument soundscapes based on the Genesis Creation Story (complementary to what the children have recently studied in Sunday School). I am in need of a Music Connections volunteer. Please respond to this message if you can help.
Save The Date! April 30, the children are invited to play two songs with TruFunction! We’ll play one easy song and a harder song for those ready for a challenge. Those participating need to attend Music Connections at least twice in March and on April 16 and 23. Please note your family’s availability here: https://forms.gle/wwYAFBV5duPFJUpF8
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March Compassion Offering
One Great Hour of Sharing
One Great Hour of Sharing®, an ecumenical offering sponsored in Lent by the United Church of Christ, provides humanitarian and disaster relief in the United States and around the world. When a disaster strikes or people are displaced or made refugees by violence or extreme poverty, you are part of the immediate response and the work for long- term recovery. Because the UCC works in partnership to churches and organizations through Global Ministries and worldwide response and recovery networks, your contributions to One Great Hour of Sharing put you in the right place at the right time for the relief, accompaniment and recovery of the most vulnerable. You meet immediate needs and you address the underlying causes that create those needs in the first place.
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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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