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Pray for the Homeless with Us Online

Do you want to help the homeless but don’t know how? Are you limited with your time but would like to make a difference?  Our multi-church prayer group, The Orchard Prays, is meeting on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 from 7pm – 8:30pm via Zoom to pray for the homeless in Sacramento with the team from Carmichael HART (Carmichael Homeless Assistance Resource Team). …

“Be the Bridge” – New Forum Series on Racial Justice and Reconciliation

Our nation has been experiencing great unrest in the last few weeks that’s been precipitated by the unjust killing of African-Americans by police officers. This has resulted in a large number of peaceful protests and also, in certain places, riots and looting. While we pray for an immediate end to violence and destruction of property, we don’t want to slip back into…

Pastoral Team Addition

Greg Smit has been appointed to serve The Orchard as part of our pastoral team. Greg is a true brother and has shown great dedication in lovingly serving our church family. This addition expands our pastoral team to three pastors. That excites us because it helps us better realize the team pastoral leadership of the church we believe Scripture teaches us and…

Qualifications for Senior Pastoral Team Members

Updated May 9, 2022 Since our church body is considering adding another pastor to our senior pastoral team, it might be helpful for us to post these qualifications for the elders/pastors who shepherd the whole church, compiled from 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1:5-9: Desire to serve: The desire to serve by shepherding or pastoring the church is an honorable one from…

Digging Deeper: new monthly seminar

This is a new monthly seminar for those who desire to study theological and church-related issues more deeply. We’ll meet on the first Sunday of each month, 9 am, in the adult/youth classroom, and will seek to explore subjects that are particularly significant or timely. Watch for announcements on coming discussion topics.