Sabbath, August 13th, 2016

The beauty of flowers greets us each Sabbath and I sure do appreciate them.

ohhhh ohhhh.

Nature SS class meeting by the shade of the trees.

Salmon swimming in the stream in the Kid's Corner this month.

The children helped create a lovely garden scene.

It is wonderful to see and hear the little ones sing their sweet songs of Jesus.
We thank their leaders for teaching them each week.

Helping where he can.

It was lovely to hear him play the violin and his mum play the guitar at Sutherland Hills in the afternoon.
Thank you so much for sharing your love for music with all of us.

Sabbath, January 9th, 2016 at OCC

You are most welcome to join us at Orchard City SDA church each Sabbath morning starting at 9:15 a.m. for our Praise Time before Sabbath School.

This week Lori had our Sabbath School for the adult group and brought us interesting ways to learn Bible verses.

One thing she suggested and showed us how it worked was the Bible game of saying a verse and having a friend find a certain word in it to link another Bible verse too and pass that verse back to the first person.  It keeps on going by finding one word in the first verse and then the second person finds a second Bible verse with that word in it, too.

We took a try at it and it was sure something to get us to open our Bibles and use our concordances and think. Thanks, Lori.
Please share your ideas on here if you know of some interesting ways to keep Bible verses in our minds.

Alex had the upstairs lesson while the group downstairs had Lori lead.

Alex uses the white board to help the visual people see the lesson.

I took a little walk out to the Children's Sabbath School room and on the way stopped at the Kid's Corner #2 Sabbath School for the older children.

Cherri had it all set up nicely with a big new black board she painted. It is all ready for children to enjoy the activities she has planned.

Thank you for what you plan and do for the older children, Cherri.

Just a little way away is the Kid's Corner #1 for the smaller ones. This Sabbath it was full of happy, singing children and smiling parents and grandparents.

The new theme ~ sign outdoors.

I was so happy to see the boat being used this time for a slide for the otters.

Happy Birthday to you!!!

Handsome, dressed up little lad.

Lovely children enjoy Sabbath School.

There were 8 cousins together this week.  So glad they came to OCC.

Dropping in a 'bubble'.

Bible story time at the other end of the room.

Pretty jelly fish by the background Loretta painted.

Back inside the church it was time for Praise Time singing and the children's song. And then story time with Jolanta. She was so nice with the children and her story was about losing her car key and finding it again.

Don't forget to look at the bulletin board. This week there was a nice letter from Quinton and Marguarite Covey.

To go with the ocean theme ~ "Deep and Wide".

The key that was lost and found.

I must get better at the video taking but the words and music were beautiful for Heidi's special music song. Thank you so much for sharing!

Doug L. had the sermon ~ A Fresh Start.
The Bible text was Colossians 2:16. Don read it from the NKJV and Glenda read it from the International Children's Bible.

After the service was over we enjoyed a fellowship lunch together. The theme was Greek foods and there was plenty of it. It was a nice relaxed time together.

Tabouli salad

Vegan lasagna

Bowtie salad

Greek salad on a happy person's plate.

Spanakopita tastiness.

Going to enjoy her Greek meal.

Once Rich and Naomi finished up the dishes and Edith and Bonnie and others had cleaned up the tablecloths, recycling, and other things, it was time to leave our little church.

It was soon time for Sunshine Bands at Sutherland Hills. Beverly led out and we had a surprise piano player take part.

The song leader group.

Our helpful piano player.

Friend helping friend with the hymnal.

A quick consult.

Alex read a poem about the New Year.

Glenda also shared two stories about a girl from many years ago who was a Pathfinder in Kelowna. They were very interesting stories.

Have a lovely week and please remember to pray for one another as it seems many of us have desires to share with God.

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. 

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