Orcas Island Community Church

Pursuing God in the Company of Friends for the Benefit of the World.

Men’s Ministries

Mission statement: Our purpose is to encourage and equip men to become Christ-like servant leaders in the home, the Church and the community.

Annual Retreat: Dec 10-11, 2010

Retreat for men of the Church and community. Speaker will be Jeff Kemp who will speak about families and marriage. The theme is “Making of a Man, A Christian Man, A Christian Husband, a Christian Father”. Jeff is a former quarterback in the NFL and founder of “Stronger Families” organization. The retreat will be at Moran State Park Environmental Center on Friday December 10th and Saturday December 11th. Additional information about Jeff is provided below.

Learning:


Weekly Bible Studies/Small Groups

Day Time            Location                  Leader                    Study

Wed   6:30 am      Petro Shop              Petro..Brann

Thu    6:30 am      Family Center        Moran-Hodge     Book “About You”

Fri      6:30 am      Family Center        Myles-Era             Book “About You”

Sat      8:30 am     Family Center        Boucher                Colossians

{Note:  There are many small groups that include men and women.  Additional information about these groups will be provided in the future}

More details on small groups will be provided.

Breakfasts {Four times a year} Recent events have featured Gary Covington and Bob Cairns as speakers.  Stan Armstrong has organized and managed the breakfast for each event.

The next breakfast with speaker will feature David Eckland as speaker on January 15, 2011.  Dave will be talking about how the wilderness expeditions have effected men of the Church and enhanced their lives.

Serving

Work Parties for Church Work

Twice a year men of the Church assemble for breakfast and then conduct work on the buildings and the grounds to enhance the appearance and condition of our facilities.

Outreach-Firewood for People of the Church

People of the Church donate fire wood that is then provided to those in need of wood to keep warm during the winter months.  Coordinator:  Dick Wood

Helping Hands

Purpose is to meet extraordinary needs of the community that require men to construct and repair facilities that are needed by people who can not perform their own work. Coordinator: Gary Clark.

Fellowship

Annual Golf Tournament

More information on this golf tournament will be provided.

Wilderness Expeditions

David Ecklund will provide more information about this program.

Additional Activities

If you have any ideas about other activities please let us know your suggestions.  You should contact Terry Moran-Hodge (5953), Rick Petro (3466) or Tom Ritter (5288)

Mens Ministry Team

Co-Leaders:            Terry Moran Hodge, Rick Petro

Team:  Gary Clark, Ted Driggers, Tony Ghazel, John Heath, John Lebiez, Cord Leih,

Mike Macksey, Ron Montgomery, Tom Ritter, Dick Staub