The Orchard Lake Community Church, Presbyterian, is blessed with tremendous volunteers freely offering their time, their many talents, and even personal resources to advance our mission. Thank you for your willingness to serve one another.

The Bible bears unique testimony to our Lord Jesus, and those who follow him are meant to be ordinary, everyday evidence for the presence of the kingdom’s reality. The heart of God calls us to demonstrate the reality of God’s kingdom each day.

No one can accomplish this perfectly, but we are called to have hearts that beat to a different vision, that are formed by a different narrative, and that courageously seek a different kingdom.

Let us continue to work together as we seek to show the love and justice of our God.

With Appreciation,

Pastor Rich

Pray for these people on our Prayer List:

Marion Benedict, Martha Besuden, Nancy Burton, Mark Carpenter, Nancy Carter, Judy Daulton, Jean Downing, Pamela Duplacey, Dorothy Friedl, Xander Frost, Nancy Galloway, Paul Gribbell, Tom Gribbell, Steve Hauser, Herbert Jarvie, Karla Kurzweil, Bill Marvin, Julie Morrish, Dick Mudge, Sarah Robertson Nadeau, Abby Paul, Lindsey Roeder, Jack Rothley, Brian Russek, Karen Schoonover, Pat Sluka, Dara Sperstad, Paul Stottlemyer, Terry family, Ron Verduin, Doris Wiegert, Sara Zeumer, and Pamela Zimmerman.

Please be sure that all food products in the church are stored in sealed plastic containers (not baggies) or in the refrigerators. If you have an event in the church with food, please empty garbage cans before you leave and dispose of them in the dumpster.

Your cooperation is greatly appreciated!!

Building & Grounds

Join us the first and third Monday of the Month in the Lakeview area for knitting starting February 6.

f you know of someone in need of a prayer shawl, please contact Emily Grakul at 248-346-7062 or Doreen Dutton at 248-804-5995.

On February 12, our OLCC,P Gathering Team, with youth participation, will be hosting Souper Bowl Sunday. The Souper Bowl of Caring is typically held on Super Bowl weekend and is used to mobilize young people to fight hunger and poverty in their local communities.

This year all proceeds will be donated to Big Family of Michigan. Big Family of Michigan supports and serves the needs of foster children, institutionalized children and grandchildren raised by their grandparents.

Click here to learn more about Big Family of Michigan.

You are invited to join the team after the 10:30 am service for a delicious bowl

of homemade soup in the Fellowship Hall and Valentine desserts in the Lakeview area.

Pull out your favorite soup recipe and bring a crockpot to share with the congregation!

Be sure to wear your favorite sport’s team or Valentine apparel too!

Soup Needed!

A sign up sheet is in the Lakeview area at the messaging center.

The Quilt Ministry has resumed and are making "I Spy" quilts for deserving children. Please join the group if you are able - no special talent required - one only needs to be able to sew a straight seam.

They meet on the 1st Wednesday of each month at 2:00 pm and the 3rd Thursday of the month at 10:00 am.

Contact Helene King - cell: 248-520-3190, email: hmking56@gmail.com.

Join us on Zoom for our Winter Daily Bread Devotions during the winter months Monday through Friday at 9:00 am.

Free devotional guides are available for pick-up 24/7 in the Little Free Library outside our entrance.

The Zoom link is

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88183107041?pwd=ZG9mSTIwYi9BaDRkOHdFWGpYRlpBdz09

And to lead the class, you can sign up here Orchard Lake Community Church, Presbyterian: Our Daily Bread Devotional (signupgenius.com)

Our friends at Grosse Ile Presbyterian Church have invited us to join another zoom study led by Rev. Dr. Loren Scribner. Information from GIPC is below. If you have any questions, please contact Betsy Telford, starryskys@comcast.net.

The text, Calvin for Armchair Theologians, was written by Dr. Christopher Elwood, Associate Professor of Historical Theology at Louisville Presbyterian Seminary.

This series will be offered HYBRID, meaning both in person at GIPC and on Zoom for our remote participants. Weekly emails will go out with Zoom link details and reminders. Class will begin 6:45pm Wednesday evenings and conclude around 8pm.

We look forward to seeing you there! Questions about the series? Please contact Sue Hurst (hursts@wowway.com) or Mike Reynolds (mike.reynolds.gi@gmail.com).

Did you know that the OLCC,P church library is available for all of us to use? We have a fiction section, a children’s bookcase, Chicken Soup for the Soul, devotional books and books by popular Christian authors like Max Lucado. There are books on grief, health issues, parenting. And of course many books to support Bible study. Some selected books are on the shelves in the gathering area, but the library itself is just beyond Heritage Hall. Next time you are at church, feel free to check out a book.