Orchard Ridge

United Church of Christ

Sunday Worship Resources

Sunday, December 21

The Fourth Sunday of Advent

9:00 am: Faith Formation for children and youth

9:30 am – 12:00 noon: Annual Fair Trade Market (see below)

10:00 am – Worship

Point Pastor/Sermon: Julia Burkey

Theme: Blue Christmas, Black Madonna

We will light a blue candle

as we hold space for the grief this season brings.

Lay Liturgist: Nancy Wettersten

Musical Offerings: ORUCC Choir

Advent Candles Lighters: Drury family

Christmas Eve Worship Services

Wednesday, December 24

Children and Family Service

3:00 pm

Worship Hall

Music Connections children and TRU Function youth band will lead a service for all ages themed around Mary’s Song!

Candlelight Christmas Eve service shared with

Madison Mennonite Church

5:30 pm

Worship Hall

Sermon: Theotokos: We Are All Mothers of God

Merry Christmas!

Thursday, December 25

The Church Office is closed today and Friday, December 26.



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Ethical Trade Co is excited to host our second annual Fair Trade Market at Orchard Ridge UCC on Sunday, December 21, from 9:30am–12:00pm!



Come shop meaningful, last-minute gifts that empower artisans and farmers around the world. Discover fair trade jewelry, chocolate, coffee, Palestinian olive oil, and so much more.

Your purchases support real livelihoods and help create a more just, sustainable global economy.

To learn more and preview what we’ll have available, visit www.ethicaltradeco.com

ORUCC Post Office:

Last Call to “Post” Your Cards on Sunday 12/21!

Bring your holiday cards for friends who attend ORUCC (please only include folks who are able to make it to church and retrieve their cards) and sort them by name into our “Post Office boxes” in the Crossroads. Check the boxes to see what cards have been left for you! We will leave the boxes up for a couple of weeks post-Christmas so that all may retrieve their mail. This is a fundraiser for the Youth Service Trip; suggested donation of 50 cents per card.

December Compassion Offering: The UCC Christmas Fund

For more than 100 years, The Pension Boards-United Church of Christ (PBUCC) has been able to provide financial assistance to UCC pastors, church workers and their families thanks to congregations and individuals contributing to the fund. 

The Christmas Fund has been caring for active and retired clergy and lay employees of the United Church of Christ for over 100 years, providing emergency grants, supplementation of small annuities and health premiums, and Christmas “Thank You” gift checks each December to our lower-income retirees.

United Church of Christ congregations and members have blessed the Christmas Fund with their generosity for many years. This year, your care and compassion will be especially appreciated by those servants of the church who are facing a time of need. Thank you!

For more information on the UCC Christmas Fund, please view this video.

Senior Pastor: Rev. Dr. Julia Burkey EMAIL

Associate Pastor: Rev. Kate Mackey EMAIL

Associate Pastor: Rev. Ken Pennings EMAIL

Director of Children’s Arts and Education: Julie Mazer EMAIL

Office Manager George Decker

608-271-7212 or EMAIL



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