Worship Resources for Sunday, October 13, 2024

Orchard Ridge UCC on October 12, 2024

Orchard Ridge

United Church of Christ

Sunday Worship Resources

Sunday, October 13, 2024

9:00 am – Children and Youth Faith Formation

9:00 am – “Meet & Greet” for adults who are brand new or

fairly new to the church in the Dorothy Day Room

9:00 am – Land Acknowledgement Discussion

Friendship Hall

Rev. Kerri Parker

(see article below)

10:00 am Worship

Point Pastor: Kate Mackey

Sermon: Kerri Parker

Lay Liturgist: Laura Conners

Musical Offering: ORUCC Bell Choir

Accompanist: Bruce Gladstone

Compassion Offering: Jane Glaze, Loretta Swanson and Eric Alvin

11:15 am Sermon Talk-Back

11:15 am – 12:15 pm, Youth Service Trip Meeting (parents and youth), Friendship Hall

(see article below)

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Join our Land Acknowledgement discussion this Sunday at 9 am in Friendship Hall

A proposal for a land acknowledgment has been written by members of Orchard Ridge. On Sunday, October 13th at 9:00 am, we would like you to join in a discussion facilitated by Rev. Kerri Parker. We will meet in Friendship Hall.

Below is our statement:

“Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ occupies the ancestral, sacred and continuously inhabited TeeJop (Four Lakes region). In 1832, the United States government forced the Ho-Chunk People to cede this territory and then fought to remove them from Wisconsin. We acknowledge the unjust use of land ownership by White society to suppress and profit from the Ho-Chunk and others. This history informs our work and vision for a collaborative future.

We honor the Ho-Chunk legacy of resistance and resilience, and respectfully acknowledge the inherent sovereignty of the Ho-Chunk nation and other Indigenous Nations in what is now known as the State of Wisconsin.

In light of these injustices, we as a congregation commit to learning from, listening to, and building relationships with Ho-Chunk peoples, and acting in accordance with our faith by contributing money, time, and energy to the work and needs of Indigenous Peoples.”

Youth Service Trip 2025 meeting this Sunday,

October 13th, 11:15 a.m.

Any youth and their guardians who are interested in Service Trip 2025 are asked to attend this meeting after worship on Oct. 13th. Youth entering 8th grade summer 2025 to those just graduating from High School are eligible for the trip.

We will discuss trip particulars, fundraising needs, and make some decisions together!

October Compassion Offering:

The ORUCC 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 federal 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 (ECD). There is now a need to replenish this fund 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 or for an 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.

Thank you in advance for your donation to benefit the ORUCC Thanksgiving Year-Round Fund as our October Compassion Offering recipient. This video shares more info.

Your donation is truly appreciated, this 2024 holiday season and beyond.