Insights & Encouragement

We are making plans for a special night of worship through music and/or prayer in the months ahead. And if that sounds exciting to you, we want to include you in the planning process! Please participate in the two-question survey by following the link below:https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XL9JCMX...

Parents, letscare more about character in our children than about "external badges of honor"! Please read this importantarticle: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/responsible-parenting-priority-character/ Posted byLars@orchardbible.org...

We need to hear from God's Word now more than ever, to encourage us and show us how to cling to Him in the midst of our pain....

Here is an excellent article on being a gospel neighbor, very much in line with eternally focused friendships....

In our day, the messages of this world come at us with relentless force through manifold media. Now, more than ever, we need to be soaking in the Word of God that we might think and live clearly, according to his revealed will....

Here is an insightful article copied from: https://ftc.co/resource-library/1/3260 A couple of months ago, I was invited to a church to help lead their annual leader training. At this annual meeting, they eat dinner together, talk about their overall ministry philosophy and goals, and then break out into age segments for more directed and specific training. During the dinn...

Let's continue to prayerfully consider our first application point from Sunday's sermon on Jonah chapter 2: Have you received mercy?...

If you missed our Sunday Nights @Orchard parenting class, you can listen to all three sessions here: http://www.orchardbible.org/sermons/series/sunday-nights-orchard...

"Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit" 1 Corinthians 12:4...

It's very intimidating to write anything geared towards parents regarding children. There are so many perspectives and an endless combination of personality/belief/application/circumstance regarding how to raise children into Christ's disciples. "How to's" and "Don't do these 5 things" abound in our expansively available resources on parenting, it's hardly necessa...