Hi Orchard Beach Friend

We're going LIVE!  We're excited to announce that beginning this Sunday, our in-person services will be available LIVE on Facebook - at 10:30 AM and then anytime after that on demand.  They will then be later available on our website and Youtube- no later than Monday evenings.  If you feel you are stil unable to come in person, we hope the live experience will appeal to you. 

Last Sunday we had 3 individuals commit or recommit to Christ!  We're excited that they have begin their new faith journey with us.  That service, on Identity Crisis, is already availlable on all our platforms. 

We want to give a big shout out to Ed Heinrich who has taken the lead in helping us get to this point.  As our volunteer PRODUCTION COACH, he has purchased and set up new equipment and begun to develop a team.  If you have any interest in video production, camera operation, or video editing, we'd love your help. (click here)

Hope to see you Sunday in person or on line at 10:30AM!  (Identity Crisis-part 4: the secret to being able to live out my true identity)

Note:  to all who attend in person, we ask you to please continue to follow CDC guidelines- social distancing and mask wearing.  You may notice that our platform shields are no longer up.  This is due to changes in PA governors guidelines, insight from emergency managment personnel (we are safe distance from each other), and to problems we've had with distracting reflections off the shields.  

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ORCHARD BEACH UPDATE:

January 13, 2021

IN-PERSON CHURCH SERVICES RESUME

We resumed in-person Sunday services on Sunday, January 17th.  There will be one service on Sundays at 10:30 AM.  All entrances will be available.  Ideally, children should enter thru the North or East entrance.  Services will also be available on line but posted one week behind our in-person services until we are able to go live.    

WITH YOUR SAFETY IN MIND

We encourage all to abide by our current government and CDC guidelines.  

Also, every other pew is marked off, we'll avoid hand shaking and passing of offering plates, we have several hand sanitizing stations, Plexiglas has been installed on the platform for singers and speakers, and thorough cleaning takes place after each service.

STUDENT MINISTRIES

Sunday and Wednesday children's and youth ministries will resume also.

All children/students over the age of 2 and all student ministry volunteers are required to wear masks.

CHILDLREN

Ideally, children should enter the North or East entrance for temperature checks and hand washing as they enter on Sundays and Wednesdays.  

The nursery (for toddlers), the preschool ministry, and Kids Church for kids up to grade 5 will all be available.  The infant nursery will not be staffed but open for parents to use.  

Wednesday CHAMPS will begin on January 20th at 7PM for all kids up to grade 5.    

YOUTH

On Sundays, students in grades 6-8 are invited to attend a small group following our singing time together.  

On Wednesdays, beginning January 20th at 7 PM, --it's time for Youth Group!! All students in grades 6-12 will meet with our new Youth Director, Rhonda Keith.    

LIFE GROUPS & SPECIALTY GROUPS

We have several Life Groups that meet during the week in person and others through Zoom or both.  We'd love to help you connect with one that would be best for you.

Also available is a Celebrate Recovery group, a MOPS group, and a Widows group.  

Please contact us at the church for help or further information.   

MEMBERSHIP OPPORTUNITY

As water baptism is a public expression of our commitment to Christ, membership is a public expression of our commitment to the local church.  To learn more about Orchard Beach, our heart, beliefs, and ways to get the most out of your experience here, join us:  All are invited to our next Membership Class on Saturday, January 23rd from 9-12 noon at the church.  Junior membership is also available, through this meeting, for students ages 9-16.  To reserve your spot, please contact us at the church by Friday, January 22.     

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE, UNDERSTANDING, AND SUPPORT IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES.  WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT GOD WILL DO IN 2021.  

Pastor Troy

ORCHARD BEACH WELCOMES NEW YOUTH DIRECTOR

Hello Orchard Beach

Celebrate with us as we look forward to the hundreds and hundreds of teenagers we are expecting to reach and disciple in the days, weeks, months, and years to come!

A new Youth Director is in town.  Rhonda Keith has been hired full-time at Orchard Beach Assembly (2025 Orchard Beach Rd) to coordinate and oversee ministries to teenagers in the North East community. Selected from several candidates, Rhonda comes with a passionate enthusiasm and commitment to and love for young people. She and her now deceased husband were Youth Pastors in Albion,  PA for over eight years. She has served in various areas of church ministry, alongside her current husband, lead pastor at Orchard Beach Assembly, for the past 12 years.  Along with years of church ministry, she has led the charge in her home, raising five children and fostering twenty-five additional children, including one miracle child everyone knows as Zoey. Rhonda is uniquely gifted to provide love and leadership to parents and students.  Recently, she had been serving in the North East High School as an aid for social and emotional support. She is now working to add pastoral ministry credentials, through the Assemblies of God, to her personal experiences. The church is excited to welcome Rhonda to their student ministries team and looks forward to her contributions in helping the church fulfill its mission to reach students far from God and teach them how to follow Jesus step by step. 

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