Easter at the Orchard

Easter weekend at The Orchard was a great weekend.  Here are some highlights!

• Saturday morning we had our annual egg drop and between 6000 and 7000 people came out (and who knows how many more that were lining the streets that we had to turn away because we were at capacity!) !  This was an amazing event (if you’re a church leader reading this, to answer your question, yes it was indeed hectic for a time but our volunteers hung in there and did a great job and had a great time in the process).  Kids were everywhere and the helicopter dropped eggs all over the field (50,000 eggs total!)
• We had 5 services and great crowds at each with over 1900 people for the weekend.
• We incorporated some interesting creative elements into the services, like a beat poet and a dj (much props to Mike Jones, our creative arts director, and his team).
• We had nearly 400 volunteers serving throughout the weekend!  Kudos volunteer teams, you rock!

All in all it was a powerful weekend and I think Jesus was lifted high in our midst!  Here’s a highlight video that gives you a little glimpse into the weekend experience!

Easter ‘09 @ The Orchard from The Orchard on Vimeo.