Third Quarter End at Orchard City SDA Church September 26, 2015

We had communion this Sabbath.

Have a look and see all the things that happened once you enter the front doors.

Jeff and Julie leading the Praise Time.

Don and D. lead out, too.

I think they are singing "Wide Wide as the Ocean".

A very good Praise Time.

spot of colour by the stairs.

Lesson study leader

Participation makes for a nice study.

We sure do enjoy hearing Dave play and sing.

The Pastor leads us in Communion.

Bonnie and Olga getting the table ready.

Breaking Bread

Taking part in the service.

A lovely, colourful time of year.

Thanksgiving 2015 at Orchard City SDA church

What joy it was to have friends and family gather together on a special holiday Sabbath.

The music was really beautiful and the decorations lovely.
Warmth and happiness were felt everywhere.

At the end of the service we had a small table of fruit in the foyer - that ended up growing bigger.

Glad you were all there in person or in thought and prayer.

Heidi added her graceful and pretty touches to the front of the church.

Our outdoor rich colours

Sitting so quietly by Grama - when she is not playing the piano.

Helping Uncle Arnie with the offering.

Autumn

Helpful people make thing go smoother

Don't forget to read your FYI from OKAA

Trombone section

Nice to have a visitor play his green trombone.

Donovan shares his music. We enjoy it so much.

Sleepy little man.

Eldon reads the scripture text.

Our dear Pastor Bob

Fruit for after the church service. Flowers from Auntie Beth, a thank you for 93 years of life.

Another one of Grama Vicki's little boys.

So thankful for each and every sweet child that comes to Orchard City Church,
and the parents who bring them and guide them through the week.

Listening to the songs and sermonette.

Enjoying his treat of a fresh pea in the pod. Grandparents deserve a lot of credit too for guiding the young ones.

Delicious fruit - sitting on the front steps with a friend.

Sharon shared her vocal solo with us.

Children's song

Refreshment table.

Flowers for celebrating Auntie Beth's 93 years of life.

Jeff taking the E string off Bryn's electric violin.

Singing at Sunshine Bands together.

Little bit of sunshine came along.

The trombone trio play again.

Julie and Jeff with their flute and violin duet.

Walter helping with the hymn pages.

Don and Pastor Zaft

A delightful Sabbath. 

Some YouTube videos will show up here sometime.

Week of Prayer - Day 4 October 7th, 2015

It was very interesting to see how different the Week of Prayer meeting was tonight than last night.

This time it was at Son Valley Church on Gordon Drive, and members of that church greeted us and had the praise time.

It is wonderful to sing together. The songs chosen were a good mix of choruses and hymns.

Jean played his guitar and helped lead the Praise Time along with his wife.

Tanya played the keyboard and sang to lead us in the hymns and choruses.

It was Pastor Cam's turn to have the talk this evening and he shared Bible verses and the special Beatitude for tonight.

"Blessed are the merciful... for they shall receive mercy."
He ended with a powerful story about a lady who forgave the man who killed her son and later her husband.
She not only forgave him but asked to take him as her son so she could continue to have someone to pour out her love on.

After a special music by Jean and Tanya, Pastor Cam had us involved in a responsive prayer time.

He gave pauses for us to pray silently and then times were we could add our prayers for others or our praises or share a Bible verse or song. This was a very special time.

After we ended the evening, people gathered in the foyer for refreshments and visiting.

These boxes were stacked up in the foyer and reminded me that we might want to fill some boxes
for children who might get no other Christmas gift. If anyone wants to fill a box I can pick some up at the Alliance Church on Cooper and Springfield.

Hope some more of our OCC members can join in this Week of Prayer at Kelowna Church with OKAA leading out.