Hope for the Future is one of our long-time partners in ministry. They’ve had a wide-ranging ministry in Romania for more than 20 years, and do a tremendous work there. Each year they raise most of their operating funds through a dinner and silent auction. It’s not only a worthy cause, it’s a lot of fun with a chance to visit with…

We’re excited to announce that yesterday we publicly appointed a new addition to our pastoral team — Jack Foster. Jack and his wife, Damaris, live in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico with their two grandsons, Ivan and Jetxiel. Jack is especially passionate about diligent and thorough study of the Scriptures, theological reflection, and faithfully applying biblical truth to the church and to our…

Our next Forum discussion will be Saturday, Aug 14, at 10 am Pacific / 1 pm Eastern. We ‘ll be exploring the topic of “Fundamentalists & Evangelicals.” What are the differences? Why is this important? For more information, please email us at info@orchardefc.org.

The Sacramento-area youth are beginning a new 7-week series examining God’s Amazing Book. The study series begins Thursday, June 24, 6 pm, at the Brackett family home in Orangevale. Mona Brackett will be leading this study. For more information contact her at monica.brackett@gmail.com.

Our Forum study and discussion group now meets bimonthly. Our next meeting is June 12 at 10 am (Pacific). We’ll be discussing whether The Orchard should allow differing views on the nature of hell, or whether we should insist on only the Eternal Conscious Torment view. Since this will also be a church meeting, we encourage all of our church family to…

We’re fine-tuning and simplifying our Sunday schedule. The Forum will now be a bimonthly study and discussion, and our main service will be meet at 10 am (Pacific).

Beginning Sunday, March 21, our Forum will meet Sundays at 9 am, and our main service will be Sundays at 11 am. Stay tuned for more information!

Our next Forum series, “Exploring Hell,” will begin Sunday, November 22. In this series we’ll search out what we can know from Scripture regarding hell, and what comes to us from tradition. We’ll also examine different views that Christians have historically held about hell. In this study series, we’ll be using a book, and reading will be required each week. Our Forum…