Orchard Christian Fellowship's Youth Ministry seeks to build teens into Christian disciples who actively live out their faith within their families and schools.
More information about our Youth Ministry is available via the menu to the left.
Below you will find a few thoughts from our Youth Ministry Director, Graham Buck.
Hey all, the time has come for OrchardYouth's summer ministries! I've put together a calendar of events for everyone's information.
For now visit, http://goo.gl/8oKw to view the calendar. Updated to the calendar on this site is forthcoming.
This is going to be an awesome summer!!!
As I was perusing the youth ministry blogs that I follow I ran across this post. It resonates so well with what I believe that I just had to pass this along to you all.
inHim,
Graham
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Hey all,
I hope you all are enjoying your vacation week. God loves taking breaks. He seemed to take on on that seventh day...
Youth Group Update
We have begun a new study, i...
So, I spend a fair amount of time reading online. Reading to keep me abreast of things going on in the world. Reading for tips and tricks to do this youth ministry thing better. Reading to keep me and my stubborn heart from calcifying into a hardened rock.
<!--break-->That's one of the reasons I love Don Miller. I find that his writing speaks into my heart and ferrets out hidden areas of sin and pride.
I think this particular post to be of great worth to all of us: <...
Because it is Earth Day: here is a great article on Christian environmental stewardship. Enjoy!
http://www.theresurgence.com/stewardship_vs_environmentalism
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Hey all,
Crazy times! So the powers-that-be let me preach this last week. Needless to say, that has somewhat consumed my life this last week or two. I hope that it blessed you all. Not because I am anything to wave a stick at, but because God speaks to us...
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I hope that everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend. I know I did (but that's a story for another email...). In this post-Easter season I want to encourage us to try and not forget what we have just celebrated. Jesus is no longer in the grave, he is risen!
Here's a great song about this theme: Read the rest of this entry
Hey all,
It's Holy Week!!! I hope that you all are finding time to dwell on what this week means to us as Christians. Here's a portion on the Apostle's Creed to chew on:
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended into hell.
Hey all,
In my previous post “Giving up for Lent…?” I looked at the fact that most of us are familiar with the idea of giving something up for Lent (fasting, if you will), but not many of us are familiar with the idea that the season is also one of intense prayer and giving as well.
