2012–2013
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the orchard evangelical free church<br />
annual report <strong>2012–2013</strong>
annual report 2012-2013<br />
The Orchard 60th Anniversary Celebration<br />
It was only a Bible study.<br />
Pastor Gordon Addington,<br />
The Orchard’s first pastor,<br />
shared these words with<br />
Pastor Colin Smith at The<br />
Orchard’s 50th Anniversary<br />
Celebration as he looked at<br />
the crowd assembled in the<br />
gym at Hersey High School.<br />
This year, as we celebrated<br />
The Orchard’s 60th year<br />
of ministry, Pastor Colin<br />
reminded us that, according<br />
to Pastor Will Norton, what<br />
started as a Bible study with<br />
just 43 people gathered<br />
around a mission is now a<br />
multi-site church comprised<br />
of more than 2,000 people<br />
worshipping in three<br />
locations.<br />
With thanksgiving, we<br />
celebrated God’s faithfulness<br />
during our 60 years of<br />
ministry and were reminded<br />
that “Jesus Christ is the<br />
same yesterday, today, and<br />
forever.” (Hebrews 13:8)<br />
Pastor Colin challenged the<br />
congregation to send out 43<br />
people each year for the next<br />
decade. Think of the impact<br />
The Orchard can have in the<br />
Chicago area and around<br />
the world if we launch 430<br />
servants of Christ over the<br />
next ten years.<br />
We have been truly blessed<br />
this year. The Lord is at work<br />
in and through His people<br />
at The Orchard Evangelical<br />
Free Church.<br />
The Orchard’s staff is<br />
comprised of four capable,<br />
skilled teams: the Arlington<br />
Heights Campus team, the<br />
Barrington Campus team,<br />
the Itasca Campus team, and<br />
the Central Staff team. The<br />
following report includes<br />
highlights from the past year<br />
from each team.
2 • arlington heights campus<br />
arlington heights campus • 3<br />
SpringHill Day Camp Pastor Bob Warren High School Gypsy Trip Pastor Matt Zaubi The Orchard Symphony Women’s Event Francis Chan<br />
The Apostle Paul wrote,<br />
“We give thanks to<br />
God always for all of you,<br />
constantly mentioning<br />
you in our prayers,<br />
remembering before<br />
our God and Father your<br />
work of faith and labor<br />
of love and steadfastness<br />
of hope in our Lord Jesus<br />
Christ. (I Thessalonians 1:2-<br />
3) The work we are involved<br />
in is produced by faith. Our<br />
labor is prompted by the love<br />
we have for our Savior. We<br />
remain steadfast because<br />
of the hope we have in our<br />
Redeemer. It is a joy and a<br />
privilege to work alongside<br />
you as we serve such a<br />
wonderful Savior.<br />
Pastors Matt Zaubi and<br />
Bob Warren<br />
Worship<br />
As Pastor Colin preached<br />
series through both 1 Kings<br />
and the Beatitudes, our music<br />
encouraged and exhorted the<br />
congregation to dwell on all that<br />
we have in Christ. Special events<br />
included The Orchard Symphony,<br />
featuring Oscar Wilde’s The<br />
Selfish Giant set to music by<br />
Dan Goeller and the premiere of<br />
the Symphonic Hymn Suite by<br />
Pastor Dan Wells. The Christmas<br />
concert was one of our very best.<br />
Hymn Sing continued to gain<br />
momentum: the fall event drew<br />
more than 1,000 which led to<br />
offering two performances in the<br />
spring. Thanks to the leadership<br />
of Tim Patterson and the worship<br />
team, the contemporary service<br />
has continued to thrive. Several<br />
times throughout the year, those<br />
in the gym enjoy a bluegrass<br />
worship experience.<br />
Orchard Kids<br />
Children receive Gospel teaching<br />
in their Sunday school classes<br />
thanks to many committed<br />
volunteers. Awana is thriving as it<br />
provides a safe, fun environment<br />
for many to hear and learn God’s<br />
Word. SpringHill Day Camp took<br />
over the Arlington Heights<br />
Campus in June for a week of<br />
fun activities (climbing wall,<br />
inflatable water slide) and<br />
learning. Campers participated<br />
in a small group with a SpringHill<br />
counselor and a high school<br />
student from The Orchard where<br />
they memorized Jeremiah<br />
29:11-13. Many kids are looking<br />
forward to the return of SpringHill<br />
this summer.<br />
For I know the plans I have for<br />
you, declares the Lord, plans for<br />
welfare and not for evil, to give<br />
you a future and a hope. Then<br />
you will call upon me and come<br />
and pray to me, and I will hear<br />
you. you will seek me and find me,<br />
when you seek me with all your<br />
heart. Jeremiah 29:11-13<br />
Student Ministries<br />
We praise God for the many<br />
students and volunteers involved<br />
in ministry. Interns Josh Parsons<br />
and Colton Tatham have played a<br />
big role in shepherding students<br />
alongside Pastor Brad Wetherell.<br />
Youth Group, Connections,<br />
LIFE Groups, trips and other<br />
events have helped students<br />
find a community of believers to<br />
connect with. Over spring break,<br />
80 high school students and<br />
leaders from all three campuses<br />
headed to Florida for the annual<br />
Gypsy trip. A high point of the<br />
trip included two students who<br />
took first time steps of faith. We<br />
are excited to see that the Lord<br />
continues to speak into the lives<br />
of teenagers as they grow in their<br />
knowledge and love for Christ.<br />
Women’s Ministries<br />
Fifty-five women participated<br />
in Titus 2 Training, an<br />
intergenerational group that<br />
meets to train women to<br />
encourage and equip others as<br />
they study God’s divine design<br />
for womanhood. Many women<br />
participated in LIFE Groups,<br />
including those specifically for<br />
mothers and daughters. Two<br />
exciting events were held:<br />
Women Running with the Gospel<br />
helped women apply the Gospel<br />
practically and an evening with<br />
Kate McCord, author of In<br />
the Land of the Blue Burquas,<br />
challenged us to share the love<br />
of Christ wherever we are. In the<br />
summer, 150 women gathered<br />
to study God’s Word and learn<br />
how to apply the Gospel to our<br />
thought life.<br />
Christianity Explored &<br />
Running with the Gospel<br />
Two helpful electives were<br />
offered this year. Christianity<br />
Explored focused on the basics<br />
of Christianity and was geared<br />
toward new believers and<br />
those exploring Christianity.<br />
Running with the Gospel tackled<br />
some tough questions about<br />
Christianity and prepared<br />
individuals to share the Gospel<br />
with others.<br />
Community Care<br />
Each week, the Community Care<br />
team welcomes guests who are<br />
experiencing difficulty due to<br />
homelessness or joblessness.<br />
Team members meet with guests<br />
one-on-one to assess how we<br />
might provide help in their time<br />
of need, while also sharing the<br />
Gospel and praying with each<br />
guest. Though limited in how<br />
we can help financially, the team<br />
finds great joy in sharing the vast<br />
riches found in Jesus Christ. It has<br />
been amazing to see attendance<br />
grow at the weekly lunch and<br />
Bible study.<br />
Francis Chan<br />
With very little notice or planning,<br />
about 1,000 people came to hear<br />
Francis Chan speak in October. It<br />
was a great night of worship and<br />
teaching. Those in attendance<br />
left encouraged to talk boldly<br />
about the Gospel with their<br />
friends and neighbors.<br />
Arlington Heights Campus<br />
1330 N. Douglas Ave.<br />
Arlington Heights, IL 60004<br />
Classic worship services on<br />
Sundays at 8:45 & 10:30 a.m.<br />
Contemporary worship services on<br />
Sundays at 8:45 & 10:30 a.m.
4 • barrington campus<br />
barrington campus • 5<br />
College & Career Ministries Pastor Tom Olson Behold the Lamb of God The Snare of Compare Awana Student Ministries Seeds Event<br />
It’s been an absolute joy<br />
to serve the Barrington<br />
Campus as its pastor this<br />
last year. My wife, kids and I<br />
have loved it. As you read the<br />
great reports below, you’ll see<br />
why the first year has made<br />
us excited for what’s ahead<br />
for the Barrington Campus.<br />
Pastor Tom Olson<br />
Orchard Kids<br />
Awana participation more than<br />
doubled from the previous year<br />
and God continues to bless and<br />
grow the ministry. Vacation Bible<br />
School drew 150 kids, nearly<br />
40% coming from the community.<br />
Families served together to pack<br />
boxes for Operation Christmas<br />
Child. Easter EGGstravaganza<br />
welcomed many new families and<br />
demonstrated that we are getting<br />
good at inviting people to the<br />
Barrington Campus!<br />
Student Ministries<br />
Prayers are being answered: the<br />
high school ministry is growing<br />
and new middle school leaders<br />
have started serving. Last spring,<br />
3 students were attending the<br />
high school Youth Group. In the<br />
summer, Pastor Josh Newton<br />
hosted a high school Bible study<br />
at his home. What started as just<br />
a few students grew each week<br />
and peaked at 22, many of whom<br />
are committed to youth group.<br />
With the growth of the ministry,<br />
more Barrington students have<br />
attended the all-campus trips,<br />
retreats and activities.<br />
As the middle school ministry<br />
has grown, several new leaders<br />
have stepped out in faith to<br />
serve. Half of the students who<br />
currently attend the middle<br />
school Youth Group have been<br />
invited by our students and do<br />
not yet attend The Orchard for<br />
worship. (Many come from other<br />
non-evangelical churches or have<br />
no church affiliation.)<br />
Women’s Ministries<br />
We’ve seen the number of<br />
Women’s LIFE Groups nearly<br />
triple this year, allowing us to<br />
minister and care for the women<br />
of our campus more effectively.<br />
The Barrington Campus hosted<br />
an all-church event, Women<br />
Running with the Gospel, in<br />
November where Pastor Colin<br />
spoke about how women can<br />
run with the Gospel in the local<br />
church, at their jobs, and within<br />
their families. In January, at The<br />
Snare of Compare event, women<br />
were encouraged through<br />
testimonies and teaching about<br />
how the Gospel gloriously frees<br />
us from the comparison snare.<br />
Approximately 50 out of the<br />
75 women gathered were either<br />
visitors or new to The Orchard<br />
since the building opened<br />
in 2010.<br />
College & Career Ministries<br />
God answered prayer by raising<br />
a solid foundation for Career<br />
Ministry over the last year,<br />
including launching three new<br />
LIFE Groups. The College and<br />
Career Ministries spent Thursday<br />
nights this summer studying the<br />
book of Daniel in a series called<br />
Embracing Uncertainty and<br />
the first Thursday of the month<br />
during the school year learning<br />
how to pray for God to Open<br />
Doors in our lives for the Gospel<br />
to be shared with others. Twentyone<br />
people from the ministry<br />
traveled to Montreal to lead an<br />
English Camp and assist the local<br />
church in building relationships<br />
with the community. Two from<br />
the ministry were baptized<br />
in February.<br />
Worship<br />
The Behold the Lamb of God<br />
Christmas concert provided<br />
a deep look at the coming of<br />
Christ and how it fits in the<br />
greater Gospel story. With<br />
musicians and attendees from<br />
multiple campuses we were again<br />
reminded to behold this Lamb<br />
of God, who came to take away<br />
the sins of the world! Overall,<br />
it’s been a great joy to focus on<br />
congregational singing over the<br />
past year.<br />
Seeds<br />
The Bible calls us to boldly<br />
share the good news of Jesus<br />
Christ with people around the<br />
world. All of us desire to obey<br />
this command and to make<br />
new disciples, but often we<br />
do not feel confident in our<br />
ability to do so, and so we hold<br />
back. The Seeds ministry is all<br />
about equipping people and<br />
preparing them for outreach. It<br />
is about helping to plant a seed<br />
in someone’s heart, praying for<br />
God to make that seed grow,<br />
and committing to shepherding<br />
that individual in the early stages<br />
of their walk. A new ministry,<br />
Seeds hosted top-notch speakers<br />
to serve both believers and<br />
unbelievers by answering tough<br />
questions about Christianity.<br />
Mark Mittelberg, author and<br />
apologist, kicked off the series<br />
by walking us through “The<br />
Questions Christians Hope No<br />
One Will Ask.” Jerry Root, a<br />
professor at Wheaton College,<br />
spoke about “C.S. Lewis and the<br />
Problem of Evil.” The speakers<br />
were both engaging and helpful<br />
for those in attendance.<br />
Prayer<br />
The Barrington Campus raised<br />
the focus on prayer. With weekly<br />
prayer meetings on Tuesdays<br />
and a men’s prayer time on<br />
Sunday mornings, more people<br />
are gathering together at the<br />
Barrington Campus to pray<br />
for our church, missionaries,<br />
community, and country. A<br />
Thanksgiving Prayer Open<br />
House was held in November.<br />
Individuals, LIFE Groups, and<br />
families participated in this<br />
guided prayer walk which<br />
led them to various locations<br />
throughout the building. Each<br />
prayer station provided a guide<br />
that was designed to spur their<br />
hearts in gratitude for all God<br />
had done during the year.<br />
Barrington Campus<br />
1301 S. Grove Ave.<br />
Barrington, IL 60010<br />
Worship services on Saturdays<br />
at 5:30 p.m. and Sundays at<br />
9 & 10:45 a.m.
6 • itasca campus<br />
itasca campus • 7<br />
Women’s Night<br />
Pastor Greg Norwine Worship Service LIFE Group Student Ministries Easter EGGS at The Orchard LIFE Group<br />
This has been a year of<br />
change for the Itasca<br />
Campus. God led Dave and<br />
Katie Smith, who helped<br />
to launch this campus, to<br />
Indiana for a new chapter<br />
in their life. Dave was<br />
our worship leader and<br />
Katie was our Director of<br />
Children’s Ministries and<br />
Administrative Assistant for<br />
the campus. When Dave and<br />
Katie walked out the door<br />
for the last time, we lost half<br />
of our staff! But God has<br />
been gracious to us. Carla<br />
Himpelmann has come on<br />
as Administrative Assistant.<br />
Linda Hrivnak stepped in<br />
to be the interim Director<br />
of Children’s Ministries and<br />
intern Jared Hendricks has<br />
very capably taken over<br />
the worship leading role in<br />
addition to running Student<br />
Ministries.<br />
Pastor Greg Norwine<br />
Family LIFE<br />
Family LIFE is a time where our<br />
church family comes together<br />
for an age-appropriate time<br />
of Bible study and fellowship.<br />
Orchard Kids provides a time for<br />
children to learn from the Bible<br />
while Middle School and High<br />
School students meet together<br />
with several leaders to study the<br />
Bible and learn how it relates to<br />
their life. Adult LIFE Groups for<br />
men, women, and couples are<br />
available. Family LIFE provides<br />
an opportunity for everyone who<br />
calls the Itasca Campus home to<br />
grow closer to Jesus together.<br />
Once a month, Family LIFE starts<br />
a bit earlier, and dinner is served<br />
to allow participants to share a<br />
meal together before splitting<br />
into their age-specific groups.<br />
Prayer<br />
We’ve always known prayer<br />
is important, but this year we<br />
wanted to give it a more central<br />
place in our church schedule.<br />
Beginning in January we<br />
dedicated the first Wednesday of<br />
the month during Family LIFE to<br />
prayer. Everyone is involved. The<br />
youth join us for the beginning<br />
of the evening. The young adult<br />
LIFE Group cancels their meeting<br />
for that week. We all come<br />
together to pray.<br />
One of our biggest prayer<br />
requests has been for God to<br />
bring us more young families.<br />
Several families from our campus<br />
moved away this summer, so<br />
the number of children in our<br />
children’s program decreased<br />
significantly. For example, our<br />
3rd-5th grade Sunday School<br />
class often only had one child<br />
in it. Since we began praying,<br />
a number of young families<br />
have walked through our doors.<br />
They are a blessing to us and<br />
a reminder of His goodness,<br />
kindness and willingness to<br />
give good gifts to His children.<br />
Lately, we have had 7 children<br />
in the 3rd-5th grade Sunday<br />
School class.<br />
Spiritual Growth<br />
There certainly has been<br />
numerical growth at the campus<br />
this year, but we’ve also seen<br />
tremendous spiritual growth.<br />
For example, the women’s LIFE<br />
Group has been studying the<br />
book of James. Sheila Clark,<br />
Women’s Ministry Coordinator,<br />
reports that approximately 30<br />
women have been involved and<br />
nine of them are memorizing<br />
the entire book of James. In<br />
groups and one-on-one, women<br />
are speaking the Gospel to one<br />
another regularly as a means of<br />
encouragement and grace. The<br />
group has also committed to<br />
serving in a variety of ways at the<br />
Itasca Food Pantry.<br />
Connecting<br />
LIFE Connections has been an<br />
important connection point at<br />
Itasca. For many newcomers, LIFE<br />
Connections is their first step in<br />
building deeper relationships.<br />
LIFE Connections now includes<br />
nearly 25 people. New folks<br />
are getting quickly connected,<br />
enthusiastically engaging<br />
in sermon discussion, and<br />
participating in prayer as a group.<br />
Intergenerational Ministry<br />
The young can benefit from<br />
contact with those who have<br />
walked with God for many<br />
years and older Christians are<br />
encouraged by the passion<br />
of younger Christians. We’ve<br />
made more effort to mix the<br />
generations this year at the Itasca<br />
Campus. Prayer meetings are<br />
intergenerational. We’ve hosted<br />
quarterly men’s and women’s<br />
events to provide additional<br />
opportunities to learn from<br />
and encourage one another.<br />
This year our young adult LIFE<br />
Group reached out to the older<br />
generations by initiating dinners<br />
with younger couples and more<br />
mature couples together.<br />
Outreach<br />
In an effort to reach out and<br />
share the love of Christ with the<br />
Itasca community, we hosted<br />
several outreach. Mega Sports<br />
Camp (the Itasca Campus’ twist<br />
on Vacation Bible School), the<br />
third annual Live Nativity, and<br />
Easter Eggs at The Orchard<br />
drew many families from the<br />
neighborhood and surrounding<br />
community.<br />
In January, Karl Clauson,<br />
nationally syndicated radio show<br />
host of 180 with Karl Clauson,<br />
headlined an event titled Raising<br />
Good Kids in a Perilous World.<br />
Pastor Colin and Pastor Greg also<br />
spoke at this exciting evening<br />
that served families from both the<br />
congregation and the community<br />
by discussing steps parents can<br />
take while their kids are young<br />
to help them avoid dangerous<br />
behaviors and live happy,<br />
healthy, faith-filled lives.<br />
Itasca Campus<br />
416 E. George St.<br />
Itasca, IL 60143<br />
Contemporary worship services<br />
on Sundays at 9:30 a.m.
8 • central staff<br />
central staff • 9<br />
John Aiello Linda Hrivnak LIFE Group Brad Mullet The Orchard’s Central Staff<br />
Brad Wetherell<br />
Liz Walker<br />
The central staff team<br />
moved into the secondfloor<br />
of the north building<br />
of the Barrington Campus<br />
in March. After weeks of<br />
renovating the previously<br />
unused space, donated<br />
furniture and boxes of<br />
supplies were unloaded<br />
into the new offices and<br />
work space. Central staff<br />
are now able to work in<br />
close proximity with other<br />
members of the team that<br />
serve all three campuses of<br />
The Orchard.<br />
Under the leadership of<br />
Pastor Scott Lothery, the<br />
central team has been<br />
working to make ministry<br />
and operations scalable<br />
and reproducible in a way<br />
that positions The Orchard<br />
for growth. With campus<br />
staff responsible for<br />
ministry specifically tied<br />
to each respective campus<br />
in Arlington Heights,<br />
Barrington, and Itasca, the<br />
central staff is focused on<br />
ministry “in the Chicago area<br />
and around the world.”<br />
Ministry Across Campuses<br />
LIFE Groups<br />
More than 100 LIFE Groups –<br />
men’s, women’s, couples, mixed,<br />
multi-cultural, multi-generational,<br />
or age-specific – meet regularly<br />
to dig deeply into God’s Word.<br />
They share burdens, joys,<br />
challenges, and the delights<br />
of service. LIFE Groups might<br />
be considered the glue of The<br />
Orchard as people seek to<br />
connect to others, the church,<br />
and the Word of God.<br />
Bear Fruit<br />
At The Orchard, we diligently dig<br />
deep roots into God’s Word and<br />
receive blessing through sharing<br />
life together in LIFE Groups. We<br />
are also challenged to bear fruit,<br />
abundantly living out our faith<br />
in Jesus Christ. The Orchard<br />
has many fruit bearers who are<br />
finding hope and purpose by<br />
serving in ministries at the church<br />
and in the community. Without<br />
many faithful servants, ministry<br />
would not be possible: children<br />
would not be taught, guests<br />
would not be greeted, and<br />
sermons would not be translated.<br />
Celebrate Recovery<br />
The Orchard is increasingly seen<br />
as a “safe place” to be a sinner,<br />
because under the instruction of<br />
God’s Word and in the presence<br />
of loving and faithful brothers<br />
and sisters in Christ, we can bring<br />
our sins to the Cross. We not only<br />
receive healing and grace, but<br />
also freedom from the power of<br />
those sins. Under the leadership<br />
of Pastor Tom Hutchison,<br />
Celebrate Recovery is running<br />
well at both the Barrington and<br />
Arlington Heights Campuses.<br />
Attendance at the Arlington<br />
Heights Campus averages about<br />
35 per week and the Barrington<br />
Campus averages about 25 each<br />
week. In addition, there are four<br />
to five active Step Study groups<br />
meeting at any one time. The<br />
ministry runs smoothly as a result<br />
of all those serving as greeters,<br />
musicians, small group leaders,<br />
food servers and prayer warriors.<br />
Communications<br />
In the past year, the website<br />
experienced a 25% increase<br />
in monthly visitors. One of the<br />
reasons for increased web traffic<br />
is that The Orchard began using<br />
social media - both Facebook<br />
and Twitter (@TheOrchardEFC)<br />
– which support other existing<br />
communications vehicles. Pastor<br />
Colin (@PastorColinS) is tweeting<br />
as well!<br />
Intern Program<br />
The Orchard has been blessed<br />
with a fantastic team of interns<br />
who preach, lead students and<br />
young adults, serve alongside<br />
our campus pastors, and lead<br />
worship. In addition to the<br />
role they serve in, the interns<br />
participated in a preaching and<br />
mentoring group with Pastor<br />
Colin and Hutz Hertzberg,<br />
Director of The Orchard Network.<br />
Community Threads<br />
Community Threads, a non-profit<br />
thrift store in Buffalo Grove,<br />
celebrated its first year of ministry<br />
in October. The store opened<br />
to meet the needs of local<br />
families and to generate funds<br />
for the ministries of The Orchard,<br />
Breakthrough Urban Ministries<br />
in Chicago, and St. Peter<br />
Lutheran School in proportion<br />
with the number of volunteer<br />
hours provided and donations<br />
given. The Orchard received<br />
three grants totaling $100,000<br />
from Community Threads which<br />
are used to support ministry,<br />
including the intern program.<br />
Staff Changes<br />
We’ve been blessed with several<br />
new staff, including two central<br />
staff, John Aiello, Executive<br />
Director of Growth and Outreach;<br />
and Brad Mullet, Director of<br />
Missions; and two campus staff,<br />
Liz Walker, Director of Children’s<br />
Ministries – Arlington Heights;<br />
and Brad Wetherell, Pastor of<br />
Student Ministries – Arlington<br />
Heights.<br />
After serving as Director of<br />
Children’s Ministries at The<br />
Orchard for 15 years, Linda<br />
Hrivnak “retired” in June.<br />
For Linda, retirement has not<br />
meant that she’s stepped out of<br />
ministry. In fact, she’s currently<br />
serving as the interim Director of<br />
Children’s Ministries at the Itasca<br />
Campus. Kevin Meek, former<br />
Barrington Campus Pastor, has<br />
remained on staff at The Orchard<br />
while providing leadership as the<br />
Interim Senior Pastor at Covenant<br />
Baptist Church in Marengo for<br />
the past year. In April, he was<br />
hired as the Senior Pastor of<br />
Trinity Evangelical Free Church<br />
in South Bend, Indiana. We’re<br />
grateful for Kevin’s role in the<br />
development and launch of the<br />
Barrington Campus.
10 • new members<br />
In the past year, 117 people<br />
have made a commitment<br />
to The Orchard by pursuing<br />
membership, bringing our<br />
total to 1,134 members.<br />
Carla Aiello • John Aiello • Bill<br />
Anderson • Julie Anderson<br />
• Mark Anderson • Carole<br />
Bacon • Bob Baker • Dianne<br />
Baker • Dan Benson • Karen<br />
Benson • David Bergmann •<br />
Nancy Bergmann • Brandon<br />
Bocianski • Laura Bocianski •<br />
Gabriel Burca • Sophie Burca<br />
• Cornel Craciunean • Marta<br />
Craciunean • Missy Delp •<br />
Ryan Delp • Jean DiMonte •<br />
Ron DiMonte • Larry Dow •<br />
Marijeanne Dow • Jim Doyle •<br />
Karen Doyle • Barbara Duncan<br />
• Ginny Feldmann • Teegan<br />
Fiedler • Susan Garrison •<br />
Debra Geheb • Kenneth<br />
Geheb • Adrienne Gillette<br />
• Jay Gillette • Kyle Glavan<br />
• Stephanie Glavan • Betty<br />
Guthrie • David Guthrie • Kevin<br />
Halloran • Erin Hase • Alyssa<br />
Hillman • Emily Himpelmann<br />
• Jean Hodal • Bridgette<br />
Hodgkins • Dan Kaibel •<br />
Peter Kanetis • Paul Kostelny<br />
• Sybille Kostelny • Young<br />
Lee • Anna Levon • Clarence<br />
Maring • Elizabeth Maring •<br />
Andy Martin • Fara Martin<br />
• April McLaughlin • Rich<br />
McLaughlin • Ellie Meerdink •<br />
Joe Meerdink • Curt Merkelz<br />
• Jeannine Merkelz • Carole<br />
Michaels • Paul Miller • Jo<br />
Murphy • Lynn Nicoara • Mitch<br />
Nicoara • Bernie Odom • Joan<br />
Odom • Carol Oehlerking •<br />
Josh Parsons • Sarah Parsons •<br />
Lisa Patterson • Tim Patterson<br />
• Chris Perrino • Joel Perrino •<br />
Karen Piet • Donald Pochron<br />
• Donna Pochron • Steven<br />
Price • Liviu Prodan • Mirela<br />
Prodan • Carl Rau • Elaine Rau<br />
• Chuck Robertson • Jenni<br />
Robertson • Kristi Robinson •<br />
Kathy Ruda • Mark Ruda • Jim<br />
Russell • Rebeka Russell • Doug<br />
Schreiber • Jenny Schreiber •<br />
Erwin Schulz • Kristina Schulz •<br />
Kelley Seafield • Scott Seafield<br />
• Tova Shergold • Ken Siok •<br />
Sandy Siok • Chuck Staral •<br />
Gale Staral • Rachel Steele •<br />
Lucia Stef • Tim Stef • Emanuel<br />
Stoia • Emma Stoia • Doug<br />
Walker • Liz Walker • Billy<br />
Weaks • Jenn Weaks • Brad<br />
Wetherell • Bob Williams •<br />
Pam Wolski • Tom Wolski •<br />
Chris Wozniak • Sarah Wozniak<br />
• Christine Zaccaro • Frank<br />
Zaccaro<br />
We celebrate the addition of<br />
new members but are also<br />
saddened by the loss of nine<br />
members who are now with<br />
the Lord:<br />
Stowe Allen • Annette<br />
Anderson • Nils Christensen •<br />
Bob Dutton • Dorothy Evans •<br />
Glen Holmes • Mickey Sauter •<br />
Tom Shirley • Cammy Sproul
aptism • 13<br />
Baptism is a marvelous<br />
testimony of the new life<br />
growing at The Orchard.<br />
Forty-four people were<br />
baptized this year, giving<br />
public testimony to a new<br />
work that has begun in their<br />
hearts.<br />
Christine Anderson • Alexa<br />
Antuma • Kazden Catrambone<br />
• Angie Cornwell • Delaney<br />
Danson • Kamren Danson<br />
• Owen Danson • Bethany<br />
Ehmcke • LaPhonso Ellis •<br />
Homayra Flores • Richard<br />
Flores • Kyle George • Conner<br />
Grove-Fisher • Ryan Hammer •<br />
Espie Hartman • Tom Hartman<br />
• Helen Henderson • Darien<br />
Hiller • Hannah Kersemeier •<br />
Yuka Kosaka • Robert Lee •<br />
Sharon Lee • Heidi Lundquist<br />
• Michael Malzahn • Caroline<br />
Marhin • Jen Nazha • Joel<br />
Pabst • Jim Pinney • Malina<br />
Prodan • Bethany Rylander<br />
• Joelle Schreiber • Ben<br />
Shudak • Cynthia Sosa • Janine<br />
Starcevich • Linda Stienstra •<br />
Becky Talizin • Adam Threlkeld<br />
• Tim Threlkeld Jr. • Tim<br />
Threlkeld Sr. • Lindsey Usilton<br />
• Rebecca Usilton • Joe Vitale •<br />
Jon Vollman • Helen Walsh
14 • missions<br />
missions • 15<br />
Carrie Bergmann Laura Decker The Orchard Staff in Hungary College & Career in Montreal Baptism Bing Nieh Arabic Concert Multicultural Picnic<br />
In June, Brad Mullet was<br />
hired to serve as Director<br />
of Missions and assumed<br />
that role on February 1. He<br />
has shared that, “While I<br />
was busily preparing myself<br />
for how I wanted to serve<br />
God someday, God was<br />
faithfully preparing me for<br />
how and where He wanted<br />
me to serve him.” Before<br />
coming to The Orchard,<br />
Brad, his wife Kari and their<br />
four children spent 13 years<br />
in Budapest, Hungary. Brad<br />
is delighted to be leading<br />
The Orchard’s proactive<br />
and focused partnerships in<br />
evangelism, church planting,<br />
and leadership development<br />
in Indonesia, northern India,<br />
Hungary and the Balkans.<br />
New Missionaries<br />
This year, we sent missionaries<br />
around the world. In July, Carrie<br />
Bergmann moved to Bogota,<br />
Colombia, to teach at El Camino<br />
Academy alongside missionaries<br />
Bob and Vicki McCollum. Laura<br />
Decker moved to Budapest,<br />
Hungary, in August to serve at<br />
the International Christian School<br />
of Budapest with missionaries<br />
Bjorn and Trisha Olsen.<br />
Missions Weekend<br />
We were privileged to hear<br />
preaching from Isaac Shaw and<br />
Raju Abraham for this year’s<br />
Missions Weekend, which<br />
focused on ministry at the Dehli<br />
Bible Institute and the Emmanuel<br />
Hospital Association in Northern<br />
India. We praise God for His work<br />
and the opportunities we have<br />
to partner with Gospel-centered<br />
ministries in India.<br />
Short-term Missions<br />
Seven short-term mission trips<br />
were taken to five locations.<br />
Budapest, Hungary – In July,<br />
Student Ministries sent 18 high<br />
school students and leaders to<br />
run an English Camp for the<br />
third annual summer trip. A team<br />
of six returned in October to<br />
facilitate an English Camp with<br />
many of the same students who<br />
participated in the summer. In<br />
April, a team of four adults went<br />
to pray with and for evangelists,<br />
church planters, and leaders in<br />
Hungary.<br />
Northern India – In September,<br />
a team of four went to explore<br />
the possibility of developing<br />
a partnership with Delhi Bible<br />
Institute and Emmanuel Hospital<br />
Association.<br />
Astruc, Haiti – A team of 12<br />
traveled to serve our sister church<br />
in Astruc in February.<br />
Bogotá, Colombia – Ten<br />
individuals served at El Camino<br />
Academy alongside our<br />
missionaries, Bob and Vicki<br />
McCollum and Carrie Bergmann<br />
in February.<br />
Montreal, Canada - College and<br />
Career Ministries sent a group<br />
of 22 to run an English Camp<br />
in August.<br />
Boxwood<br />
Last fall, Bing Nieh and his family<br />
were commissioned by The<br />
Orchard to amplify the Gospel’s<br />
presence in the Boxwood<br />
neighborhood of Mount<br />
Prospect. The community is<br />
primarily comprised of immigrant<br />
families who are under-resourced<br />
and face many challenges. They<br />
are joining in the work that<br />
has already been taking place<br />
in the neighborhood and are<br />
eager to see Christ magnified<br />
in the community. Through<br />
both formal and informal events<br />
and activities, relationships are<br />
being developed and cultivated<br />
with the hope of reaching the<br />
neighborhood with the Gospel.<br />
Multicultural Ministries<br />
Multicultural Ministries at The<br />
Orchard delights in God’s<br />
international vision for the<br />
Gospel. It’s amazing to see<br />
the good news of Jesus Christ<br />
expressed and celebrated among<br />
the nations of our church. This<br />
year, multicultural ministries<br />
worked with 13 language groups:<br />
Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese,<br />
Filipino, Indian, Indonesian,<br />
Iranian, Japanese, Korean, Polish,<br />
Romanian, Russian and Spanish<br />
To help people plant their<br />
ROOTS in God’s word, sermons<br />
were translated into four<br />
languages - Japanese, Polish,<br />
Korean, and Russian - and<br />
each language group began<br />
translating LifeKEYS Daily, Pastor<br />
Colin’s weekly eDevotional for<br />
broader use. To help people<br />
share the LIFE of Christ together,<br />
we offered both languagespecific<br />
LIFE Groups (Japanese,<br />
Chinese, Polish, Korean) and<br />
various multi-cultural LIFE<br />
Groups with people from various<br />
ethnicities. To help people<br />
bear the FRUIT of Christ in the<br />
church and in the community,<br />
we expanded the English Café<br />
ministry and began meeting<br />
weekly. Two women have<br />
committed their lives to Christ<br />
through this ministry, and one<br />
was baptized last summer. Praise<br />
the Lord!<br />
The steady rhythms of ministry<br />
were also accented by special<br />
moments. More than 80 people<br />
gathered for a Korean BBQ picnic<br />
in Barrington as we kicked off<br />
the fall. In October, the walls of<br />
the sanctuary at the Arlington<br />
Heights Campus reverberated<br />
with Spanish praise as we hosted<br />
the Hispanic Pastors’ Conference<br />
for the Evangelical Free Church<br />
Association’s Great Lakes District.<br />
We welcomed more than 300<br />
people of Muslim background<br />
to hear a powerful testimony of<br />
Jesus’ saving power at an Arabic<br />
concert. Through every moment<br />
we rejoice to know that Jesus is<br />
being exalted, that multicultural<br />
people from throughout our<br />
community have a place to call<br />
home at The Orchard, and that<br />
God is doing His work to call<br />
the nations to Himself. We pray<br />
even more people from every<br />
nation can find the true hope of<br />
Jesus through this ministry in the<br />
coming years.<br />
Photo Credit: Greg Heck and Dick Shusha
Irving Park Rd<br />
16 • mission statement<br />
The Orchard’s mission is “to glorify<br />
God by multiplying God-centered,<br />
Christ-exalting, world-transforming<br />
believers through the Gospel in the<br />
greater Chicago area and around<br />
the world.”<br />
In the greater Chicago area<br />
Arlington Heights, Barrington, Itasca, Mt. Prospect<br />
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Around the world<br />
Indonesia, India, Hungary, Colombia, Haiti, Montreal<br />
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Barrington Campus · 1301 S. Grove Avenue, Barrington, IL 60010 · 847.852.2200<br />
Itasca Campus · 716 E. George Street, Itasca, IL 60143 · 630.773.1883<br />
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