2026
quarterlyREPORT
We kicked off the year with Communion Sunday and launched 3 Sunday evening classes. January and February's "Icemageddon" disrupted services, but spared us for the most part. Celebrate Recovery celebrated their 10th Anniversary at The Orchard Church! Our women's ministry, OWOW, started a new study series, The Names of God. Super Sunday generated 21 first time partners, 32 new people joined LifeGroups and 21 new people joined serve teams. We also baptized 6 people that day! In March our Orchard Student Ministry partnered with churches in our community for the annual DNOW. Plus, our VIPs started preparing for another Easter in the Park, but God had other plans for Easter this year...more about that in the next quarter.
Making the Gospel Relevant
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Loving God
Decisions for Christ
Loving Others
People in LifeGroups
Making Disciples
Equipping & Serving in some capacity
6 Baptisms
and 12 decision for Christ!
Super Sunday
Super Sunday is a very important Sunday at The Orchard Church. It's the one day a year we give everyone the opportunity to partner with us for one year. Why? Because we don't have members, we have partners! This past Super Sunday, 201 people re-partnered with us, and 21 new people partnered with us for the first time! 32 people joined LifeGroups and 21 people joined serve teams, all for the first time as well. We also had 34 sign-up to grow deeper through taking one of our classes. In addition, we baptized a total of 6 people split between our 10am and 11:30am services.
Partnered with Us for 2026
New People Joined LifeGroups
New People Joined Serve Teams
For more information about Partnership with The Orchard Church click the button below.
Engagement
Our attendance numbers are growing compared to this time last year! The Celebrate Recovery attendance numbers are the total over the 3 separate meetings at The Orchard Church, Timothy House and Inmate Outreach for Fannin County.
Service Attendance
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Lifegroup Participation
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Celebrate Recovery Attendance
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Student Ministry
The Multi-Church DNOW was a HUGE hit. We're so glad we're able to partner with other churches in our community for this event each year. There were over 190 students between all the churches in attendance. We brought 36 students and 11 volunteers. 3 of our students gave their lives to Christ and 3 rededicated their lives.
Our Wednesday night service continues to see our youth inviting friends to join them for the first time. It's been such a blessing to watch our youth grow in faith and discipleship!
Orchard Women of the Word
The OWOWs leadership team is dedicated to this ministry, and it shows! This quarter they began a new monthly study series, The Names of God. Averaging 28 in attendance each month, the women enjoyed fellowshipping and diving deeper into who God is. 8 volunteers served a total of 96 hours in the first quarter!
Orchard Guys
8 Spiritual Father’s are in mentoring relationships with spiritual sons. If you'd like to be mentored email Dan Davis for more information.
2 men's groups continue to meet with 12 men participating between them both. A few of the men have started getting together 1 on 1 for coffee with other men in our church, helping them get more plugged in.
OG’s continue to meet the first Saturday of the month for our breakfast at iHop. It's been a wonderful time of fellowship and devotionals together. Attendance per month varied with 12 in January, 8 in February and a huge jump up to 30 in March!
Celebrate Recovery
We celebrated our 10th Anniversary on February 6th. 3 Ministry Leaders were in attendance, Cheryl Martin, Janet Crawford, and Suzie Fleming. We also recognized our late ministry leader, Rick Matthews. The Orchard worship team and the Murphy LG helped make the night special. The testimony of Orchard Celebrate Recovery was the focus of the evening. We celebrated our roots while looking forward to what's to come as we move to our new location.
On March 20th we shared communion during large group and the Timothy House men joined us. We also took communion inside the Fannin County Jail for the women for the first time on March 21st. These were very special meeting days.
Our Celebrate Recovery Ministry just for the Timothy House has been changing lives. 7 Leaders/volunteers bring our ministry weekly to approximately 64 men in this recovery house.
Our Inmate Outreach currently has 3 leaders ministering to 13 inmates. It hasn't been easy gaining access to inmates, but we're so glad we're there! God is changing lives!
Sobriety Chips Awarded
Dinner Volunteers
Meals Prepared/Served
Leaders/Apprentices
Hours of Training
Salvations
Rededicated Lives
We continue to find innovative ways to inspire growth and share the gospel with those around us both physically and digitally. Our For Gilmer strategy has adapted and grown in ways we never imagined! From serving meals to playground maintenance, we have been hard at work continually identifying and meeting the needs of our community.
MEETING TOGETHER
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DEEPER CONNECTIONS
We continue to look for new ways to engage with our online audience. We understand not everyone can meet in person, which is why our digital presence is so important to us, both on Sunday mornings and throughout the week. Take a look at the social connections we're making!
2026 Quarterly General Fund
$136,766
Current Fund Balance
$209,500
1st Quarter Budget
$176,922
1st Quarter Giving
$198,754
1st Quarter Spending
Through 1st Quarter
Student Ministry
$26,057
Current Fund Balances
$3,010
Total Giving
$928
Total Spending
Celebrate Recovery
$3,246
Current Fund Balances
$9,273
Total Giving
$9,367
Total Spending
For Gilmer
$538
Current Fund Balances
$300
Total Giving
$0
Total Spending
Guatemala
$834
Current Fund Balances
$154
Total Giving
$0
Total Spending
Building Fund
$1,614,148
Current Fund Balances
$278,617
1st Qtr Total Giving
$1,202,607
1st Qtr Total Spending
"Right Now" Pledge Progress
$2,046,342
Total Pledged
$2,178,501
Total Pledges Received
$2,333,749
Total Non-Pledged Received
220%
of Campaign Goal Received
"Catch the Vision" to learn all about our future home, how it all started, plus check out the live video cam up on our new property. You can also follow Paster Steve's blog for the latest building progress.
We hope that this information gives you a complete and well rounded look at how we seek to steward our resources. Your obedience and generosity makes all of this possible. If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to reach out to our executive director, Steven Mansell. You can call at 706-621-5160, or email through the button below. He manages our accounts and is more than happy to help!
If you would like to give towards our mission for 2026:
The Orchard Church
7288 Hwy 515 N
Ellijay, GA 30536
706-621-5160
hello@orchardellijay.com
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