UPCOMING EVENTS
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Summer Youth Activities
June Activities for Middle & High Schoolers
We have many fun activities and events for all middle and high school students to participate in and grow in community!
Join us for Youth Group Sundays from 4-6 pm!
Special Summer Events
Water Day - June 25
Overnighter - July 2-3
Ice Blocking @ Arroyo Verde - July 9
Casitas Water Park - July 16
Thrifting on Main St. - July 23
Summer Ed Series
Human Trafficking & Domestic Violence
Library
6:30 - 8:30 PM
July 9 - Human Trafficking
Presentations from Forever Found and Interface
July 16 - Human Trafficking
Presentations from District Attorney's Office
July 23 - Domestic Violence
Presentation from Coalition For Family Harmony
Summer Worship Under the Tent
Discipleship
What it Means to Follow Jesus
10:30 AM
July 20 - “Knowing”
July 27 - “Doing”
Aug. 3 - “Being”
Aug. 10 - “Sharing”
Plan to stay after the service for our annual Lemon Festival!
Tender Life Maternity Walk
July 26
Carpool From Orchard leaving at 8:15 am sharp.
Join the Orchard Team!
Let's come together on Saturday, July 26, for a delightful 2-mile walk downtown. This is not just a walk, but a shared experience of showing our support for the Tender Life Maternity Home here in Ventura.
CARPOOL FROM ORCHARD LEAVING AT 8:15 AM SHARP, PHOTO & INSPIRATION 8:45 AM,
WALK BEGINS 9:00 AM
Tender Life Maternity Home provides pregnant women with safe housing and supportive services in an environment that instills dignity and promotes self-sufficiency.
Forest Home Summer Camp
July 27- August 1, 2025
$460 ($100 non-refundable deposit due at sign-up)
Current 2nd-4th graders who will be 3rd-5th graders in Fall 2025 are invited to attend Summer Camp at Forest Home in Forest Falls, CA. We will sleep in yurts for 5 nights in the mountains. We will have a week of fun, friendship, and faith as we enjoy a beautiful lake and pool, outdoor activities, and campfire worship. This is the year's highlight for our students who have gone before.
Camp Pondo (Middle & High School Students)
July 28 - August 1, 2025
$450 ($100 nonrefundable deposit due at sign-up)
Hundreds of students gather each week for an amazing time of worship, teaching, community, and EPIC free time.
Students will be encouraged and challenged to live a life that’s leveraged for the glory of Jesus as they get to encounter Jesus in a unique way! In this environment students not only hear and read about loving one another, they will get to experience it firsthand!
Music & Concerts Common Interest Group
Harp Masterclass
Music Academy of the West
Santa Barbara
July 31 at 1 PM
$10
JoAnn Turovsky is principal harpist with the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Master Chorale Orchestra. She also serves as a professor of harp at the USC Thornton School of Music, the Colburn Conservatory, and the Colburn School of Performing Arts. More information and Tickets, click here.
We will meet at Orchard to carpool at 11:45am. We will have a restaurant snack/coffee/tea after the class ends. Please RSVP on the Music & Concerts Common Interest Group so we have a headcount.
Million Dollar Quartet
Rubicon Theatre
November 8 for the 2 PM show
Tickets are $80-85
Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins
Buy your ticket soon. Call 805-667-2900 or click here.
We will meet at Orchard at 12:30pm to caravan to the Rubicon Theater for the 2 PM show. We will eat an early dinner in a restaurant after the performance.
4th & 5th Graders (ONLY!)
August 4-5, 2025
9 PM - 12 PM
$15
Don't miss out on your end-of-summer hangout with lots of fun activities and delicious snacks!
4th and 5th graders only!
Blood Drive
August 17, 2025
9 AM - 12:30 PM
Orchard Parking Lot
Make your appointment now!
A pint makes all the difference.
Kids Club
Wednesdays 3:00 -4:30 pm
Children preschool through 5th grade are invited to join us Wednesday after school during the school year. Children rotate with their age group through activities like:
Throughout the year we include a few special events and performances.
Senior Singles
Ice Cream Social
August 21, 2025
11 - 12:30 PM
Library
Calling all Single Seniors! Join us for a good old-fashioned ice Cream Social in the library at Orchard. Invite your friends and neighbors!
Please rsvp online, in the Welcome Center on Sundays, or call the office by August 19.
YOU'RE INVITED!