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GATHER After Service

Please join us after service at the Coffee Bar for a few minutes to share and enjoy a time of fellowship after service. Let’s continue to share God’s Koinonia with one another.

GATHER

New Message Series to Begin:
GPS? "Every believer sharing; every person hearing"
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--We have heard a lot about change over these last 18 months or so, and there's no doubt it is certainly headed our way. But when it comes to the mission field of North America, change is already here and it has been happening all around us. Just this August, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that by 2042 ethnic minorities would be the majority in the United States. And our children will lead the way -- the majority of children in the U.S. will be ethnic minorities by 2023. We already see this trend in our schools, the workplace, where we shop and in our neighborhoods. The North American mission field is changing and Southern Baptists need to respond to those changes. We need to see North America for what it has become: a growing blend of ethnic and national backgrounds. That makes sharing the Gospel more difficult in some ways, but it also opens up remarkable opportunities to impact the world with the salvation of Christ while we share it right here in our own neighborhoods. That is one of the reasons we are so excited about the National Evangelism Initiative -- God's Plan for Sharing (GPS) -- that Southern Baptists throughout North America have begun embracing. This evangelism emphasis will prayerfully draw us together as Southern Baptists until 2020. Our goal is nothing less than every believer sharing and every person hearing.

Weather Alert!
In the case of bad weather and the possibility of cancelling Worship service, please listen to WLJN for cancellation updates. Also during regular office hours if school is cancelled due to the weather, the Orchard Office will be closed as well. Thank you for your understanding.

2010 Calendar
The Orchard’s 2010 event calendars are now available. Stop by the resource table to pick up yours and see “What’s Happening” at the Orchard for the new year.

GIVE

Safe Harbor Event 2010
Safe Harbor Update
Due to a scheduling conflict with the school on March 6th thru the 12th, the Orchard will be looking at a different time and place to serve the homeless. Traverse City Christian Schools have chosen a different location to host Safe Harbor. We will be working with Safe Harbor directly for future options. Updates will be available soon. I thank you all who already signed up to serve or offered to donate money. Other opportunities to work directly with Safe Harbor are available. If you would like more information, please contact Beth at the church office.

It’s time for you to sign up for a Life Group! If you are already in a life group and plan to continue, or if you are looking for a group to begin the One Month To Live series with us, please see the communication card and let us know. New groups are in the process of being formed. ALL Growing Healthy Believers need to be in a Life Group. Are you in a Life Group? If not, sign up for one today and get connected!

~ Current Listing of Life Groups ~

SUN
Patty Bell-Johnson (Orchard Office)
Scott & Beth Stringer (Kingsley)
Bruce & Judy Sheets (Interlochen)
Tracy & Kathy Hatfield (TC East)
Phil & Barb Ellis (TC West)

MON
Youth Group (Hinson’s @ Kingsley)

TUE
Rob & Brenda Cline [Orchard Office]

Rob & Christine Boorsma (Cadillac)

WED
Cam & Dawn Fuller (Williamsburg)

THUR
Ken Wilson (Orchard Office)

SAT
None currently scheduled for Saturday.