Orange City Christian School

09/12/2026

We anticipate a big week next week and we hope you can all carve out some time to pitch in for some of our bigger piles!

When: Monday, September 14
Time: 5:30 pm
Where: Flynn Valley Dairy, 5089 Marsh Ave, Granville, IA (5 miles south of Granville)
Sign-up: https://signup.com/go/jHOcAOP

If you cannot make it right at 5:30, feel free to show up later if you can to help us finish before sunset!

09/10/2026

A great way to start your Saturday, with some donuts?!?!...and right outside of town!

When: Saturday, September 12
Where: Boerdery, 4280 Jackson Ave, Orange City
Time: 8:00 a.m.
Food: Donuts
Sign up: https://signup.com/go/UUmxMGr

Come and join us...did we mention donuts yet?!?

09/08/2026

09/07/2026

Our Tiger PAWS Fall Apparel store closes this Wednesday, September 9th at noon. If you haven't placed your order yet, make sure to check out all the design options!

1️⃣ There are specific sizes & styles for men, women, & kids.
2️⃣ There is a "Tall" section for you extra-tall dutch folk.
3️⃣ There is a "Novelty Print" section (hover over "More" at the top) with extra designs/sayings.

Click the link below to check out what the store has to offer!

https://occsapparel26.itemorder.com/shop/home/

09/04/2026

This morning, our 5th-8th grade students hopped back on the buses and took a trip down the road to Hospers to see the grapevines on the Kreykes farm.

Why?

This year our theme is "Abide" based on the words of John 15. Mr. Alons spoke to the students about the importance of the branches (us) to stay connected to the vine (Christ). If we are not connected to the vine, we have no chance to produce grapes (fruit that will last).

We were also able to hear from Mr. Kreykes and the importance of taking care of the grapevines, especially pruning them. It didn't seem to make sense at first that you would cut off perfectly good branches (doesn't more branches mean more fruit?!?). We discovered that the stump of the grapevine is only able to feed a certain amount of nutrients up to the rest of the plant. If there are too many branches to feed, the nutrients cannot make it to the fruit to produce mature, healthy grapes.

It was a great morning of learning (and tasting!) for our students and we are excited to be able to use the examples from our time this morning throughout the year as we learn what it means to "abide" in Christ.

09/03/2026

We were blessed with an amazing crew last night for our pile in Holstein, a well placed cloud by our Creator to relieve some of the heat, and a majestic sunset with prime views.

We're also blessed with amazing volunteers who filled up tonight's pile's needs in less than 30 minutes.

We're still looking for someone to bring supplies to the pile, so if you're available to be our transport vehicle, please sign up!

When: Thursday, September 3
Time: 6:00
Location: 4212 430th St. Alton
Link: https://signup.com/go/jhLXaUn

09/01/2026

You may not know what the "Impossible Shot" is, but our PE students do! Miss Niemyer introduced this challenge for her students this year and we have our first winner...Mrs. Krommendyk!

She stepped in at the end of our 5th grade PE class today, lined up her shot, and sunk it!

Ask any K-8 student what this challenge is all about...they're pretty excited to take their shot!

08/31/2026

A bit of a schedule change based on which fields were ready first, so here are the details for the first pile of the week. This is one of our bigger piles (needing 80 volunteers!) , so even if you can't make it right away, we would love to see you for what time you have available!

When: Wed., Sept. 2
Time: 6:00 pm
Where: B&D Dairy (5211 130th St. Holstein IA)
Sign-up: https://signup.com/go/RnazaRu

Carpool: Leaving at 4:45 pm from school

08/28/2026

We are anticipating a pair of silage piles next week and wanted to give our OCCS supporters a heads up! Right now we are TENTATIVELY looking at piles on Wednesday/Thursday, so make sure to dig out those "pile-covering" clothes and dig out the gloves!