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 Church News
Youth Tubing Trip Saturday - August 30
The youth are going to Blue Ridge, GA for a two-and-a-half hour tubing trip down the Toccoa River and lunch at the Blue Jean’s Pizza and Pasta Factory. Cost for the trip is $10 (includes tubing prices and lunch). We need some more parents/guardians to drive. We’ll be leaving at 8:00 a.m. and should be home around 5:00 p.m. If you can drive, please email Torre at t.stanfill@orangehill.org.
Sanders Elementary Book-bag Drive Update
60 Book Bags loaded with school supplies were received by counselor Corinna Oliver @ Sanders Elementary on Friday, August 8, in time for a new school year. Thank you to all who participated with donations of supplies and funds. Special thanks to Fran McTier and all the women of our WMU for gathering, organizing and delivering the bags. Congratulations on the completion of yet another project that touches the hearts of kids and families in our community.
Circle of Praise Worship Choir Fall Kick-Off - Sunday, September 6
We have exciting news concerning the COP Worship Choir: beginning this September, we’ll be leading the congregation in a call to worship every other week during our Sunday morning worship services. And this Fall, we welcome our new choir directors, Allyson Haygood and Tara Chatham. Rehearsals will be every other Sunday afternoon at 2:00 pm and we’re looking for new members! If you would like to be a part of the Circle of Praise, please sign up at the table in the worship center lobby. (This includes previous members.)
Community Transformation Update
South Cobb High School Is a Success! We congratulate the students and staff @ South Cobb High School for passing AYP (Annual Yearly Progress) and being removed from the “needs improvement” list. The students at South Cobb are performing at the highest levels in the history of the school! For the past two years, OHBC has invested in the success of SCHS students on the High School Graduation Test by being the host site for preparatory tutoring sessions (an important part of meeting AYP). We also provided drinks and snacks. SCHS principal, Dr. Grant Rivera, wrote a very nice letter to our congregation recently. To read his words of encouragement to us, visit the bulletin board in the Fellowship Hall.
Kids Kingdom Ministry
Once again, our Kids Kingdom Ministry was a great success! We want to thank all of you who helped in any way. Thank you to our committee, volunteers and sellers! It takes many helping hands working together to make this ministry what it is. Thank you!
 Are the Apostolic Fathers the Dads of the original disciples? And just who were the Apologists, and what were they so sorry for anyway? Isn't St. Augustine just a city in Florida? What's a Diet of Worms? And was the Battle of Tours one of those advertising wars between competing travel agents? What is all this stuff, and why is it important? Is the monkey-version of history right? Is it just all dates and dead people? Or is history something radically different than we've perhaps ever thought? Come join us on Wednesdays at 7:00 pm for a wild and wonderful study of church history from the first century until now, and find out!
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