A Pastor s Birthday

On  May 9th I remembered three birthdays.

One of those birthdays was of our Pastor Josue.

I heard a few little stories about his interesting day and his creative wife having plans for a great day.

Tammy sent me a few photos of their adventures and you might agree with me... it looked like a fun one.

That must have been a super fun birthday in fresh air and sunshine with his wonderful wife.

Have a great new year, Pastor. 

Special Sunday Event

 Coming up Sunday afternoon the 25th of May, Orchard City church will host a class called  " Foods that Heal". 

It will begin at 4:30 pm at the church fellowship hall.

Plant based meal is included and recipes shared. 

Come join in.

Please call ahead to reserve your place.

250 859 3537 and or 250 808 5255

See you there.

Bonnie Hostess with Joy Team.

Another So Long

 Our dear church member Edith had her mother die a little more than a week ago.

Thelma Johnson was 104 years old.

I am sure Edith has many good memories of her mum but will miss her presence also.

So sorry for the unpleasantness of death in this world.

Our church gave some flowers to Edith as a little love token.

Joyful Music at OCC May 9th

 We came to a church that had open doors and a warm feeling of welcome.

Thank you deacons for always being there on time with your keys to have church ready.

After a short reading on Jesus the Shepherd from this little book we had a lovely prayer time.

Thank you for all who came and joined in.

Alex was ready with his white board to lead the lesson.

After Mission Spotlight it was nice to see so many young people coming into the church

 It was grade 4, 5 and 6  students coming to sing. 

They brought their teachers and help and parents along.

Announcements and opening song were looked after and then four students had Praise Time.

Cute

Bonnie sharing about the next Event.

Announcement for a Healthy Healing Foods in Your Pantry. Coming up soon.

Mr Kevin....deacon.

Announcing VBS coming up in July.

They did such a great job.

Special music followed...

So much music this morning.

Students did so well and teachers and parents and other listeners were happy.

Newly baptized at OCC he came here again and shared the scripture and prayer before the sermon. 

Our Pastor spoke about mother's but mostly about Hazel...Samson's mum.

Staff from OCClead the closing sing...Family.

Shannon was much to busy to take  photos of the 35 children who were in Children's church after special music.

They were kept busy..

They participated in activities about families, talked about characteristics of mothers in the Bible, discussed how God gave us all different kinds of families,  and then made a project to celebrate the mother figures in their lives. 

From Shannon...

Here’s a picture of one of the “potato babies” who featured in one of our activities. 😊😂

We were quick! And, it was a fast-action game…not thorough. :)

Thank you Shannon and Cherri for this time with the students.

There were many who stayed for the meal after church ...Jerrie Lou and her team with Lori and Loretta and Liza for some...made lots of people happy with the foods set out. 

Then clean up done.

Such a lovely, full Sabbath.

This grade 6 student accompanied the choir and played so well.

His composure and way he  watched the leader and singers was amazing.

Sure did appreciate all the dedication and work put into a program like this. 

For the glory of God.