Worship Resources for Sunday, October 27, 2024

Orchard Ridge UCC on October 26, 2024

Orchard Ridge

United Church of Christ

Sunday Worship Resources

Sunday, October 27, 2024

9:00 am – Children and Youth Faith Formation

9:00 am – Second Prospective New Members Class

Dorothy Day Room

9:00 am – Thanksgiving Year-Round

and Neighborhood Support Conversation

Alfred Swan Room

(see article below)

10:00 am Worship

Sermon: Julia Burkey

Centering Moment: Leslie Linser

Lay Liturgist: Joyce Waldorf

Musical Offerings: TruFunction

11:00 am Sermon Talk-Back

11:00 am – 12:00 noon – Hurricane Disaster Relief Project

Friendship Hall

(see article below)

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Serving our Neighbors:

Thanksgiving Year-Round

and Neighborhood Support Conversation

This Sunday, October 27th at 9:00 am in the Alfred Swan Room, you are invited to join Loretta Swanson and Eric Alvin for a conversation about the importance of our October Compassion Offering, the Thanksgiving Year-Round fund and the needs they see in our immediate neighborhood. Loretta and Eric are local social workers who actively support individuals and families in our community. They will also be available after worship to answer any remaining questions you might have.

Hurricane Relief

Support Project

October 27, 11:00 a.m.

Friendship Hall

ORUCC joins along with other congregations in the Wisconsin Conference UCC to support relief efforts following the hurricane disasters this fall. We have a goal to assemble 10 cleanup buckets for Church World Service (CWS)! Please sign up here with supplies that you would like to contribute, and bring them to church by Sunday 10/27 or before (M-F 8:30-noon). After worship on Sunday we will have an all-ages opportunity to pack and bless these buckets! Thank you for your generosity of spirit to support this initiative.

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.