ORUCC Worship Resources for Sunday November 5

Orchard Ridge UCC on November 4, 2023

Orchard Ridge

United Church of Christ

Sunday Worship Resources

November 5, 2023

All Saints Day &

Worship & Work

9:00 am Prospective New Member Class – Anne Frank Room

10:00 am Worship with Indigenous Justice Fall Theme

Lay Liturgist: Ginny Moore Kruse

Stewardship Testimony: John Day

Special Music: ORUCC Choir

Preaching: Julia Burkey, “Ancestors”

11:15 am: Sermon Talk-Back – Alfred Swan Room

Worship & Work: Stay to help out with the church grounds and for a luncheon! Wear your grubbies, and bring your garden gloves, wheelbarrows and garden tools to help spruce up the church grounds after worship! There may be a few indoor tasks to tackle also. There will be a free luncheon sponsored by the Ministry of Congregational Life. Please stay for lunch even if you’re unable to assist with the work projects.

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For Children & Youth November 5th

Nursery Care opens at 8:30. Jade and Marie are ready to play with your little one!

This Sunday, 11/5, at 9:00 a.m. we have a special opportunity for our children and youth to participate in a labyrinth walk and contemplative practice/prayer stations. This will be a multi-age experience held in several rooms of the education wing. Everyone PreK-High School will first gather together in the Bridges Room. After a brief opening conversation, small groups of children and youth will have the opportunity to travel through our small labyrinth in the Johnson Room. Those waiting to walk the labyrinth will be invited to freely explore artistic, tactile, and mindfulness stations.

There will be no music connections this Sunday, and the children are welcome to remain in worship.

TRU Function will practice from 10:00-12:00.

Looking ahead, we also have some more exciting things on the horizon:

**November 17**: 5:30-7:30 “Friendsgiving” Party at St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church– Our youth (6th-high school) are invited to get to know other youth at St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church (6205 University Ave, Madison, WI 53705) at a potluck “Friendsgiving” party. We are looking to do some combined youth programming with St. Dunstan’s and other progressive Christian churches in the future; this is one step toward this exciting collaboration!

November 19: First Service Trip Deadline–If your youth (entering 8th-H.S. graduation) would like to come on the Service Trip to Nashville, TN, please let Pastor Kate know by Nov. 19th. First payment of $250 is due by that date.

Thank you to those of you who signed up to be a Music Connections Volunteer! There are still opportunities to assist throughout the programming year. Sign up at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0944A5AB2B0-20231#/

Java & Jesus

Sunday November 5th 9am

Attend in-person at the church in the

Alfred Swan Room, or attend remotely

by Zoom

Peg Knueve 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 introduction to Jawanza Eric Clark’s book

Reclaiming Stolen Earth An Africana Ecotheology.

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October Compassion Offering

Thanksgiving Year Round Fund

ORUCC has a long tradition of supporting our social services partners in their work with neighbors in need. Post pandemic and the end of CARES funds have left some of our neediest ORUCC neighbors struggling to keep up with inflationary food prices and skyrocketing rent increases.

Established in 2020, the ORUCC Thanksgiving Year Round Fund helps support our neighbors with Woodman’s gift cards distributed by staff from Joining Forces for Families (JFF), Commonwealth Development (CWD), and Early Childhood Development (ECI). There is now a need to replenish this fund in order to continue this vital support.

ORUCC member Loretta Swanson and Community Social Worker, Eric Alvin are our lead social services team who distribute the gift cards to other neighborhood case workers. Loretta reports how a $20-$50 gift card can help a family through the holiday season and beyond:

To cover the cost of extra food needed while children are home during holiday breaks
To help pay for gas to allow a parent to travel for a job interview

These gift cards help in so many ways. Please consider a donation to the Thanksgiving Year Round Fund to provide direct support to families and individuals in our neighborhood. Your donation is truly appreciated, this holiday season and beyond.

Thank you in advance for your contribution.

You can make a donation by check, on the memo line, please write “compassion” and mail to ORUCC, 1501 Gilbert Road, Madison, WI 53711,

or donate online from our website. The link is https://orucc.org/contribute/support/