Orchard Valley United Church

You are invited to attend our Zoom “Coffee Time” on Sunday, from 11:30 am to 12:00 pm. You may join us online or via phone. We hope you can join us!

Join the Zoom Meeting:
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1-855-703-8985  Canada Toll-free
Meeting ID: 834 7410 7986
Passcode:  019067

This is a reminder that the Affirming Committee will be meeting via Zoom on Tuesday, June 15, at 12:00 noon. The Zoom link will be available closer to the date.

Blessing of the Animals, Sunday, June 27, 3:00 pm – As a way to gather families together one more time before the summer, Rev Don, Thea Burton, Grace Marcoux and Andy Pitter will offer a blessing of the animals on the last Sunday of the month. Location TBA. Hopefully Public Health will allow an outdoor faith-gathering of 25 by then; if not, watch for an alternate plan. Pre-registration required regardless; please contact the office by Friday, June 25, 4:00 pm. Individuals and couples welcome, if room is available. Social distancing and other measures are required as per government requirements. Bring your pets, photographs or stuffies and maybe lawn chairs.

Fundscrip cards make excellent gifts and are a very convenient and easy way to shop. To place an order, please contact Ian Godfrey, Cecil White or Bruce Smith for an order form. Thank you for your continued support.

Rev Don has prepared video recordings of our worship services, to be shared with our church family.

Please view our video recorded services by hovering over Worship Services on the ribbon above and then clicking on Video Recorded Messages OR by clicking on the following link:  Video Recorded Messages.

For those in the congregation who would like to continue supporting the church financially while we are experiencing our temporary closure, we have several ways you can donate:

• Mail your post-dated cheque(s) to the office (OVUC, 130 Cornwallis Ave, New Minas, NS B4N 3M7);
• Drop your offerings into our mail slot. It’s located on the outside of the OVUC building, on the left corner. This is a secure, internal mailbox;
• Click the DONATE button on our website;
• Transfer funds to us via bank e-transfer. Please contact the office for details; or
• Sign-up for PAR. Please contact the office for details.

Regardless of the method you choose, you will receive a tax receipt in 2021 for your donation(s). For more information or assistance, please contact the office (902-681-0366, ext 1, or AdminOVU@bellaliant.com).

Want to know when the latest “Fruit from the Orchard” video is released? One way is to subscribe to our YouTube Channel. Simply select the ‘Subscribe’ button the next time you are watching one of our videos or during the Live Streamed Worship Service. (Please note that you must have a Google account in order to subscribe.) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEW4VOpk_znrA5qevOqCr9Q