New Baby Boy

Pat and Mike O'Neill are the proud grandparents of a new little boy, Cole. Kristy (O'Neill) and Paul Klemke had their baby son on June 13, 2012.

Cole is a little brother for Brooke and Grady. What a blessing the gift of new life is!

Little Cole

Thanks for the photos, Mike O.

Vacation Bible School 2012

SKY is the theme of Vacation Bible School this year. Many boys and girls of various ages are enjoying the six different stations set up in the lower level of Orchard City SDA church, parking lot, pond and park area and youth building. Each station re-enforces the Bible point of the day.

We are so thrilled to have such great leaders and helpers involved with SKY. Thanks to all!

Here are just a few photos of this morning for you to see and catch the fun.

Nancy leading the Up and Away Sing and Play

Team Leader Heidi at Up and Away Sing and Play

A crown of thorns is not so nice to think about having to wear

Pastor Bob telling the Bible story in Wild Blue Bible Adventures

Ready for Imagination Station

Decorating the tube-a-loons

Looks like it is a good morning for this youngster

Hands are clean and so are the cheeks

Cherri, the Imagination Station Leader

Skydive Diner is always interesting with Jerrie Lou organizing it. She has a bunch of great helpers.

Shannon includes everyone in the All Star Games. Each day she brings new, fun games to play.

Bird and turtle watching young helper

Actions are easy to follow with the great DVD of songs and some enthusiastic leaders

Fly Away Home is the closing of the morning.

Bye and come back tomorrow. Our week is almost over now.

Golf Tournament at CAUC

Here are Paul Klemke (Kristy's husband), Jerrold Ritchey, Phil Ritchey, and Pat O'Neill at the annual CAUC golf tournament in Lacombe.

I believe there were 36 teams and these handsome lads came in first place!

Yay Team!! ~ Photo from Jerrold Ritchey

Thanks for sending this in Mikey O'Neill! We are always happy to hear of events like this. 

25th Anniversary for Couple

We celebrated the occasion of Reg and Pat's 25th wedding anniversary at our fellowship meal on Sabbath, June 9th, 2012. Our fellowship room was full of happy friends of the couple and visitors from Teen Challenge.

Congratulations Reg and Pat. We wish you well in the future years.

They will enjoy more well wishes on their actual wedding anniversary date of June 28th.

Sabbath School and Church on June 16th, 2012

What a pleasant surprise it was to have the classroom door open and have the children come in with ribbons for all the fathers. They made them in their class and then brought them around to the different classes to give them out. They had precious smiles as they handed ribbon to each man.

Bryn lead in the praise time and the children seemed to really enjoy their song.

It was "Peter and John Went to Pray."  They really liked the last part where the song says -- "They went walking and leaping and praising God. Walking and leaping and praising God."

Julie is home... the little girls are so excited to see her again. Awwww!

Bryn and Ty had the special music selection on guitar and violin and with their voices, too.

The children's story had a very stuffed animals in it this week. Here is the fuzzy little bear acting out his part. Grama was the brave, brave broom chaser in the this bear story!!

The sermon was by Frank Harford and he had some very interesting photos and also a very old Bible belonging to his relative. The verse he used for his sermon was a verse that was in the front of this old, old Bible.

So glad Mr. C. and his wife come to our church. We missed them when they were gone for their grandson's wedding. The ribbon he is wearing is what the children gave out during the lesson time. He wears it well, like all of his medals from the war.

Ending the service with a hymn