OUMC on the Move !
Christmas Activities - Come join OUMC in a month of great programs, pageants, music, children & youth activiites and candlelight services. Don't miss the great joy !
Children's Christmas Pageant - Hear how the Children of Orange UMC have kept the Traditional Carols of our Faith Alive and “Kickin’” ! Join us on Sunday, December 19, 6:00 p.m. in the Orange UMC Fellowship Hall.
Prison Ministries Christmas Angels
Thank you for taking an angel tree gift tag. Your gift will be delivered to a child living in the Efland-Mebane-Hillsborough area whose parent is in prison during the Christmas season.
Please note on the delivery sign-up sheet if you would like to help deliver the gifts. Gift wrap your child's package and securely attach the whole angel tag to it.
Click here for a quick view of OUMC Angel Tree contributions !
Golden Gates
You are cordially invited to attend a concert by "Golden Gates," a family concert program made up of children from 5 to 16 years old from St. Petersburg, Russia. This group of Russian children will be performing at Orange UMC on Tuesday, January 4, at 7:00 pm in the church fellowship hall. There is no charge for the performance, but a love offering will be taken. The "Golden Gates" group was created in 1993 and has performed at many different cultural events, folk festivals, and concerts in Russia as well as across Europe. The program will include songs, rituals, folk stories and games with elements of moving and dance. The group will be accompanied by "Moscow Nights," a traditional Russian folk band who are prize-winning, classically trained artists. This promises to be an exciting and fun-filled evening of entertainment for the young and the old, so please come join us on January 4!
Panama Mission Trip -
Congratulations to our team on the mission trip to Panama ! Our OUMC participants consisted of Don & Doris Click, Jane & Thomas Landreth, Greg Gipson, and Julia Wacker. Thanks for contributing to a great mission experience.
Check out our Media Gallery for pics from the trip !
Heritage Homecoming !
On September 12, OUMC honored 44 members that have been active OUMC participants for 30+ years ! Under the tent at 10:30, we enjoyed singing groups, choirs, joyful noise, old-time hymns, a great message by the Reverend Dr. John Paschal (our first full-time pastor from 1966-1972), dinner on the grounds, and videos of past OUMC production spectaculars. On quilt-laden tables, we enjoyed great food, great music, guests from all over the nation, friends, and FUN ! Check out our Media Gallery for pics from this event !
Organ Fund - the fundraiser program to raise money for a new organ has concluded with a successful drive that reached 100% of the funds needed ! Thanks for your generous support !
PATHWAYS - Please join us for our tremendous PATHWAYS experience. Embrace God, His glory and His grace through sights, sounds, fun and excitement ! This contemporary service begins at 9:00 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Don't miss it !!
Check out our Media Gallery for pics from Pathways !
Camps and Seasonal Fun !
Family Fun & Fellowship at Camp Chestnut Ridge ! Children's Ministries is sponsoring a family day at Camp Chestnut Ridge on Sunday, October 24 from 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Join us for outdoor games, canoeing, fellowship and supper. Sign up in the Fellowship Hall to attend.
North Carolina Conference Camps
OUMC has many camps for our children and youth. For more information, forms, and directions, check out our North Carolina Conference Camps.
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Service and OutReach !
Operation Christmas Child needs YOU ! October 24 is OUMC's kick-off Sunday to begin collecting carefully packed and colorfully wrapped shoeboxes (or similar sized plastic boxes) filled with toys, school supplies, hygiene items, candy and other gifts for hurting children in over 95 countries. We will continue to collect these boxes until our Advent Workshop on November 21, 2004. You may drop your wrapped and filled boxes off in the Fellowship Hall. If you want to help but aren't able to wrap and fill a box, please donate a couple of items in the larger boxes in the Fellowship Hall. Thank you for your prayers and support !
Support for Our Soldiers - Many thanks to all who have donated items for the soldiers. To date, we have sent six boxes to Iraq totaling over 150 pounds. Please continue to keep these soldiers and their families in your hearts and prayers. We will send our last box to Iraq at the end of October. An updated list of the soldiers information is posted on the bulletin board in the Fellowship Hall.
Volunteers wanting to assist in hurricane Charley, Frances, Ivan & Jeanne recovery efforts may call United Methodist Committee on Relief's (UMCOR's) volunteer hotline at (800) 918-3100. UMCOR is asking United Methodists to help replenish its supply of flood buckets in what is now the beginning of hurricane season. The buckets include such items as sponges, brushes, trash bags and various types of cleaning materials. Specifications can be found at UMCOR Kits online. Completed flood buckets should be sent to UMCOR Sager Brown, 101 Sager Brown Road, Baldwin, LA 70514. UMCOR is also requesting donations in response to Charley and other hurricanes. Checks should be earmarked for Hurricanes 2004, UMCOR Advance No. 982410.
Orange UMC and IFC Shelter - For many years now OUMC has participated in the InterFaith Council (IFC) meal program by preparing and serving one meal a month at the IFC Shelter for the Homeless on Rosemary Street. Starting April 15 the Shelter is closing for up to six months, and OUMC is extending our love to host some of the men from the shelter. We are one of over a dozen churches participating in this ministry while the Rosemary Street building is being renovated.
OUMC Youth finish 30 hour fast for World famine. The youth raised $373 - enough to feed one child for a year ! Congratulations Justin, Cari, Catherine, Melissa and Jaci for a job well done !
Congratulations OUMC ! You're efforts raised $6000 for the Heifer project that will send an ark of animals plus more ! Thanks for your efforts in this ministry !
Crop Walk ! OUMC participated in this year's Crop Walk. This event was a great success - thanks to all that contributed to this worthy ministry.
Hats for Homestart ! Please place gently used/new hats, mittens and scarves for women and children in the box near the Angel Tree in the Fellowship Hall.
eContact: homestart
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Study and Ministry - get involved !
A six- week study about parenting teenagers is underway at Orange. It meets from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. on Sunday evenings, at the same time that the youth are taking part in their fellowship. Everyone wants to feel they are doing the best they can in raising their teens as they face challenges that they may not feel prepared for. Using the book
The Age
of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens and with the involvement of mentor parents, this series gives everyone a chance to share ideas, learn, hear what works and what may not and become better equipped to steer the family through the teen experience. Want to take part or know more? Sessions begin September 19th and run through October 24th. They will be held downstairs, under Fellowship Hall, in the Samaria Room, number 111. Mentors are invited to participate in as many sessions as you like.
OUMC Prayer Shawls - a ministry for those who would like to knit or crochet and pray for those in need. "Prayer Shawls" for the ill or suffering is a link to the fellowship through prayers and caring. If you are interested in supporting this ministry with prayer, would like to learn to knit or crochet, or if you know of someone who would benefit from receiving a shawl, please eContact prayershawls.
the Mill - a college and young adult community living life to the fullest ! Join us on Friday nights at 7:00 p.m. - beginning September 24. Panera bread, live music and Starbucks coffee !
For more information, eContact adultministry.
