Christmas, Event
Hope Tree
Dec/21/2010 10:52 AM
This church is amazing. You know, as much as I feel the pressure for us to be a fully mature church, we are still a brand-new little baby church. YET, God is really using us so much! That Hope Tree thing that we just did was really something! In case you missed it, we were able to provide Christmas Gifts to supply basic needs for school kids around Ellijay and Gilmer County. We literally BOUGHT OUT the WalMart kids shoes. We delivered TUBS and TUBS of stuff to schools for distribution. We impacted approximately 130 families! Unbelievable! Thanks, church, for being the church.
Celebrate Christmas Eve
Nov/19/2010 09:44 PM
Our team has been working behind the scenes for the last month or two, planning out our SECOND ANNUAL Christmas Eve Celebration! I know a bunch of you were exposed to The Orchard Church for the first time at last year’s event. This year’s event will be much bigger and better than last year’s!
This year, we’re going to have:
Two venues under one roof
Last year’s event all took place in one room at the Conference Center. This year, we will be having an EARLY venue at 6PM in the cafeteria with food and live music, in addition to the MAIN VENUE at 7PM.
Much higher capacity
We’re in a much larger space this year with a 600-seat seating capacity in the main venue!
Presentation that will knock your socks off! (bring extra socks)
We’ve been working to plan out what looks to be an amazing presentation... You are going to LOVE it! I wish I could tell you about it now, but I can’t give it away just yet! It will have a lot of our regular Sunday morning feel to it, but with some added coolness that will make it sweet!
This is really going to be a great opportunity for us to serve Ellijay and Gilmer County on Christmas Eve. I hope you’ll plan to be part of it, and that you will be intentionally praying about who you will be bringing with you.
This year, we’re going to have:
Two venues under one roof
Last year’s event all took place in one room at the Conference Center. This year, we will be having an EARLY venue at 6PM in the cafeteria with food and live music, in addition to the MAIN VENUE at 7PM.
Much higher capacity
We’re in a much larger space this year with a 600-seat seating capacity in the main venue!
Presentation that will knock your socks off! (bring extra socks)
We’ve been working to plan out what looks to be an amazing presentation... You are going to LOVE it! I wish I could tell you about it now, but I can’t give it away just yet! It will have a lot of our regular Sunday morning feel to it, but with some added coolness that will make it sweet!
This is really going to be a great opportunity for us to serve Ellijay and Gilmer County on Christmas Eve. I hope you’ll plan to be part of it, and that you will be intentionally praying about who you will be bringing with you.
Christmas Eve
Dec/26/2009 11:36 AM
The Christmas Eve Celebration was just fantastic. SO many people were involved in making it a success, that I couldn’t possibly thank them all. It was great to see so many of our folks work so tirelessly to just tell the story of JESUS here in Ellijay. To all of you that helped out before, after, and/or during our first Christmas Eve event, THANK YOU!
Here are a few of my thoughts about the event:
All in all, it was just a great Christmas Eve. Can’t wait for next year!
Here are a few of my thoughts about the event:
- That “He Loves Us” song was a real winner. I know lots of people have asked about it. It was written by John Mark McMillan, and recorded by Kim Walker and most recently, David Crowder. I find myself listening to it all the time lately.
- The setting of the Gilmer County Bank Conference Center was just great. It was exactly what we needed it to be... But we couldn’t have fit 10 more people in there. It was PACKED.
- Somehow, we got the time published wrong somewhere, or something... We had quite a few people arrive early and we didn’t get to finish our rehearsal beforehand! Even so, it still came off very well
- We experienced a few power surges, but nothing blew up.
- The bottom line that it always comes down to: The Gospel. Christmas is all about the fact that “God demonstrates his own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)
All in all, it was just a great Christmas Eve. Can’t wait for next year!