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December 9, 2018 – Advent – Week 2 – Scott Hodge

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Advent is a time for us to pause and consider how we are facing the struggles in our lives and the world around us. During this season, we are invited to give up the usual sources of knowing, question our typical ways of seeing, and open ourselves to more honest and hopeful ways of waiting. This week, Scott Hodge continues our journey through Advent by posing introspective questions about the liminal, or in-between, spaces that we are invited to reflect on during this season.

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December 2, 2018 – Advent – Week 1 – Scott Hodge

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Advent is a time for us to pause and consider how we are facing the struggles in our lives and the world around us. During this season, we are invited to give up the usual sources of knowing, question our typical ways of seeing, and open ourselves to more honest and hopeful ways of waiting.

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Sundays at 10am
1175 Oak Street, North Aurora, IL 60542
www.theorchardcommunity.com

November 25, 2018 – Gratitude – Week 3 – Anna Hammond

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This week, Anna Hammond concludes our “Gratitude” series. Anna invites us to learn from the subversiveness of Jesus in the story of Jesus meeting Zacchaeus, the tax collector, found in Luke 19. Through this story, we see the true good-news gospel is a message of abundance and grace for everyone, and that when we are grateful in all things we can build communities and lives founded in generosity, wholeness, and grace.

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www.theorchardcommunity.com

October 28, 2018 – Not Like Me – Week 8 – Scott Hodge & Anna Hammond

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Over the past 7 weeks we have covered a lot of ground in our “Not Like Me” series. This week we invited our Orchard tribe to ask the questions that have been stirred up throughout the series. Lead Pastor Scott Hodge and Anna Hammond collaborate to respond to these questions as we attempt to dive deeper still into understanding how to become compassionate stewards of the Kingdom of God to everyone around us.

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www.theorchardcommunity.com

October 21, 2018 – Not Like Me – Week 7 – Scott Hodge

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NLM TITLE CARDS2.002.jpegIn the seventh week of the series “Not Like Me”, Pastor Scott Hodge tackles the divisive topic of politics, and explains how a dualistic and polarized political system hinders wholeness and, in turn, the Kingdom of God. Through this exploration of our differences as well as our shared vision, we are challenged to let our politics be shaped by Jesus, not our Jesus be reshaped by our politics.

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1175 Oak Street, North Aurora, IL 60542
www.theorchardcommunity.com

October 7, 2018 – Not Like Me – Week 5 – Daniel White Hodge

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We continue our “Not Like Me” series by welcoming author, professor, and speaker, Dr. Daniel White Hodge. With 25 years of multi-ethnic & intercultural youth work experience, Daniel White Hodge, Ph.D., is a recognized urban youth culture expert & cultural literacy scholar. Dr. Hodge is the Associate Professor of Intercultural Communications at North Park University in Chicago where he chairs the Department of Communication Arts & is research lead for the Catalyst 606 program. His research interests are the intersections of faith, Hip Hop culture, race/ethnicity, & young adult ethnic-minority emerging generations. Daniel shares his powerful life story that is sure to challenge and inspire our hearts.

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1175 Oak Street, North Aurora, IL 60542
www.theorchardcommunity.com

September 23, 2018 – Not Like Me – Week 3 – Ryan Dowd & Scott Hodge

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Our series, “Not Like Me”, continues with a candid and practical conversation with special guest, Ryan Dowd. Ryan is the Executive Director of Aurora’s Hesed House, the second largest homeless shelter in Illinois, and the largest shelter outside of the city of Chicago. In this conversation, Ryan and Lead Pastor Scott Hodge, explore the topic of “Empathy” and how embracing relationships with people who are not like us involves tension, conflict, enrichment, and joy. Ryan explains how the “revolution is in the relationship” and we become more when we appreciate who we are in relation to others.

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Sundays at 10am
1175 Oak Street, North Aurora, IL 60542
www.theorchardcommunity.com