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ORCHARD
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

          



30450 Farmington Rd.
Farmington Hills, MI
48334-1939

(248)626-3620


 

Welcome to Orchard

An Oasis of Grace

Our Mission:
To inspire and equip people to be disciples of Jesus Christ

Our Vision:
Connecting people to God,
To each other,

and
To the best parts of themselves

 

Orchard - A place to connect in 2010

 

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Here's what's happening at Orchard...

 

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Did you know...

You can automate your tithes and offerings (regular and debt reduction) through automatic bank withdrawal (EFT) or credit card (MasterCard and Visa only) payments?

Contributions made easy

 

Save time, simplify your life, and support Orchard. In this new millennium the church is keeping up with the times by offering our parishioners a new way to help our ministry. Our new electronic

contribution program is an automatic funds transfer program that will allow you to make contributions without having to lift a pen to write a check or reach into your wallet for cash! 

If you'd like to know more about this method of payment, click on the link below for a more detailed explanation. Or, you can give Suzanne Reddy, Financial Secretary, a call at 248-626-3620, ext. 48 (in office on Tuesdays and Thursdays). Click on the link below to download the Authorization Form and turn it to into Suzanne Reddy to get started on your EFT or credit card offerings.

Instruction Sheet for EFT Contributions

Authorization Form (EFT/Credit Card)


 

Pledge Update

 

"Together We Can" Goal - $525,000

Pledges to date:  155 responses; $486,513

 

 

"Together We Can" was our campaign to reduce the debt remaining on the mortgage that built our addition. But, "Together We Can" is more than a debt reduction campaign. It's about leaving a legacy so that God's work and God's will can be done for years to come!

 

On Sunday, June 13th, we celebrated together as a church at one special worship service. During our worship service, we were blessed to hear a Tim Schoenherr composition, Jesus, Fill Us With Your Love. Written in response to inspiration provided by the last line of the Orchard prayer, "Nothing can happen here without You and without our willing hearts," Tim's song is truly a prayer song. Click on the link below to hear the Chancel Choir as they prayed together in song.

 

Jesus, Fill Us With Your Love

Copyright 2004 Timothy Schoenherr

 


 

New class forming!

 

 

Here's what people who have taken the course at Orchard are saying:

 

"Financial Peace University is the best investment we've made this year!

My husband and I now have hope that we can get out of debt and start saving for our future! A working budget makes it seem like we have more money; we that WE'RE telling our money where to go!!" - Susan Mark Long

 

 

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about this wonderful program!

 

 


 

NEW MENTORING PROGRAM!

Networking opportunities for those who are unemployed or underemployed


 

 

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Hear Sunday's Sermons

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2010

 

AUGUST

 

8-29-10 - "Our Divine GPS"

Rev. Jim Braid

 

8-22-10 - "How to Survive"

 

8-15-10 - "Step Up, Stand Out, Live Worthy"

Rev. Suzanne Goodwin and the 2010 Fusion Mission Team

 

8-8-10 - "And Then It Hits You"

 

8-1-10 - "A Love That Will Not Let Go"

 

JULY

 

7-25-10 - "The Heart of a Champion"

 

7-18-10 - VBS Sunday - no audio

 

7-11-10 - "The Tarnished Rule"

 

7-4-10 - "Red, White and Blue"

 

JUNE

 

6-27-10 - "All in with God"

 

6-20-10 - "A Father's Blessing"

 

6-13-10 - "There is No 'I' in Orchard"

Together We Can Special Celebration

 

6-6-10 - "It Takes Two"

Confirmation Sunday sermon

 

Archived Sermons


SUNDAY SCHEDULE

(September through May - beginning the Sunday after Labor Day through the Sunday before Memorial Day )

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9:00 AM
WORSHIP SERVICE

(Care for infants and toddlers; Kids' Own Worship for children 4 years old through 3rd grade.)

10:00 AM
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CLASSES
for all ages.

11:00 AM
WORSHIP SERVICE
(Care for infants & toddlers; Kids' Own Worship for children 4 years old through 3rd grade.)

 

 

Summer Hours

(Memorial Day through Labor Day)

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9:00 AM
WORSHIP SERVICE
(Care for infants and toddlers; Kids' Own Worship for children 4 years old through 3rd grade.)


10:30 AM
WORSHIP SERVICE
(Care for infants & toddlers; Kids' Own Worship for children 4 years old through 3rd grade.)

   

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Connect

...with God

...with Yourself

...with Others

 

Read the current edition of the
Harvester Newsletter

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It’s almost September! Where has summer gone? Life continues to move whether I want it to or not. I can hear the marching band practicing in the athletic fields behind the parsonage while Orchard families are preparing for their end of summer camp out weekend at Myer’s Lake.

September will bring a series of hellos and goodbyes to Orchard. The Staff Parish Relations Committee is pleased to welcome to our staff...

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A Church of Excellence!

In early 2001, Orchard Church was selected as a "Church of Excellence" following a 2 year study funded by a Lilly Foundation Grant.  Scholars, pastors, religious journalists, religion professors and denomination leaders were asked to recommend the "best of the best" churches.  This study is chronicled in Paul Wilkes book "Excellent Protestant Churches: A Guide to Best Places and Practices"

 

 

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