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Worship

Lenten Focus

Lenten Focus

Our Lenten focus for worship and study will be Climate Justice. Pulling from resources such as Pat Watkins’ Climate Justice: A Call to Hope and Action, we will contemplate our theological and spiritual responsibility to ourselves, each other, and all of creation. View Resources

Lenten Offering

Lenten Offering

This year’s Lenten Offering will support Mount Olivet’s Community Assistance Ministry.  Community Assistance changes lives!  It’s changing the lives of hundreds of women, men, and children who are struggling to make ends meet. In February 2024 we helped over 200 families which included over 700 individuals. It’s changing the lives of our volunteers who have found a place to serve others. And it’s changing our community into one that seeks to work together to give a helping hand to our neighbors by providing fresh produce and other food items on the second Saturday of every month. Your donations will help us provide additional food and gift cards to our guests. Thank you for your support of our Community Assistance Ministry. Financial contributions are tax deductible.

Serve Communion on Easter

Serve Communion on Easter

As Easter Sunday approaches, we would like to request your assistance in serving communion during our Easter services. We will provide training and guidance to ensure that all servers feel confident and prepared. This is a wonderful opportunity to serve the church community and participate in the Easter celebration. We hope that you will consider joining us in this important ministry. If interested, please email Pastor Sara.

Holy Week Services

Holy Week Services

Palm Sunday
Sunday, March 24
Regular services at 9:15 AM (Traditional) and 11:15 AM (the Way). Children’s Choirs at both services.

Maundy Thursday
Thursday, March 28, 7:30 PM at Walker Chapel

Traditional Tenebrae service. Tenebrae (the Latin word for darkness) is a service held during the three days preceding Easter Day, and characterized by gradual extinguishing of candles, and by a loud noise taking place in total darkness near the end of the service.

Good Friday  
Friday, March 29, 7 PM, Fellowship Hall

Join us for a service of dramatic storytelling as Sam Riedel and Ty Edwards explore the moments after the arrest and eventual death of Jesus through a production of Two Faces in the Shadows: by Paul Duke and Jeff Allee. This piece is a two-person theatrical dialogue recounting the feelings and motivations of Peter and Judas, walking through the events of Holy Week. We will explore the gravity and joy of Easter in a new and fresh way. Suitable for children but has serious themes and moments of volume/emotion.

Easter Morning

Easter Morning

March 31, 2024 9:15 AM

Traditional Worship at 9:15 AM

A festive service with choir and brass. This service will be live-streamed.

Children will be invited to Children’s church after the children’s message to hear the Easter story and make a craft.  

Family Worship at 11 AM in the Sanctuary

Child-friendly Easter worship experience.

The Way (Modern worship) at 11:15 AM in the Fellowship Hall

Children will be invited to Children’s church after the children’s message to hear the Easter story and make a craft.

Children’s Activities from 10 AM – 1 PM outside

Fun activities on the playground including a petting zoo, glitter tattoos, snacks, and arts and crafts. Nursery for kids 3 and under available from 9 AM until 12:30 PM.

Community

Reconciling Ministries Network Event: General Conference Information Session

Reconciling Ministries Network Event: General Conference Information Session

March 17, 2024 5:30 PM

Join local UMC congregations as we invite Jan Lawrence, Executive Director of the Reconciling Ministries Network (RMN) on Sunday, March 17 at 5:30 PM for a conversation about the upcoming 2024 General Conference. The event will be held in the sanctuary at Mount Olivet UMC and live streamed. Light refreshments will be served. The event is open to all, whether you are new to the work of the RMN or a long-term member and voice for full inclusion of LGBTQ+ persons in the life of the Church. View Livestream

Spring Clean-Up Day

Spring Clean-Up Day

March 23, 2024 8:00 AM

Help Mount Olivet get ready for Easter by helping spruce up the Church inside and out on Spring Clean-up Day, Saturday, March 23. We'll be spending the morning mulching and weeding the gardens, polishing the Sanctuary pews, and doing other activities inside and outside to make the Church ready and welcoming for our celebration. Contact Ann Speicher for more information. 

Northern Virginia Chorale Concert with Dr. Bryan Holten

Northern Virginia Chorale Concert with Dr. Bryan Holten

March 23, 2024 4:00 PM

On Saturday, March 23, at 4:00 p.m., Minister of Music and Organist Dr. Bryan Holten will appear on a concert of the Northern Virginia Chorale. Works include the Requiem by Maurice Duruflé and “The Promise of Living” by Aaron Copland. St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 5800 Backlick Rd, Springfield, VA.

Easter Egg Hunt

Easter Egg Hunt

March 30, 2024 11:00 AM

It’s time for the Annual Easter Egg Hunt! We’re gathering at beautiful Woodlawn Park to hunt for all the best goodies! Children will be divided by age – but don’t be late because we have some expert egg hunters and it goes by fast. Bring a basket and invite your friends. (We may even have a special guest stop by!) Parking is available in the church lot and it’s a short walk down the block to Woodlawn Park. Please check your child’s eggs for allergens.

Discover Mount Olivet

Discover Mount Olivet

April 7, 2024 10:15 AM

New or interested in learning more about Mount Olivet? Join us for “Discover Mount Olivet,” a class to learn about the church and become a member. Save the date for Sundays, April 7, 14 and 21, 10:15 AM in Room S11 (Preschool Wing). More information to follow.

Racial Equity Resources

It is Women's History Month. Who is often left out of discussions of women's accomplishments? Women with disabilities and especially women of color. Learn about Lois Curtis, Judy Heumann, Vilissa Thompson, Kitty Cone, Conchita Hernadez Legorreta and Alice Wong. These six women have brought increased awareness to the significant portion of the population that has disabilities.

Caretakers of God's Creation

It’s time to gather electronic items and household hazardous materials that you want to discard for Arlington’s residential Spring E-CARE event at Wakefield High School on March 23. For a list of items accepted and hints on packing your car see arlingtonva.us/Government/Programs.

Estimate of Giving Reminder

Just a reminder. Support Mount Olivet by making your estimate of giving for 2024. Give Now

Children & Families

Easter Egg Hunt

Easter Egg Hunt

March 30, 2024 11:00 AM

It’s time for the Annual Easter Egg Hunt! We’re gathering at beautiful Woodlawn Park to hunt for all the best goodies! Children will be divided by age – but don’t be late because we have some expert egg hunters and it goes by fast. Bring a basket and invite your friends. (We may even have a special guest stop by!) Parking is available in the church lot and it’s a short walk down the block to Woodlawn Park. Please check your child’s eggs for allergens.

Youth

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Adults

Pick Up Choirs Are Back!

Pick Up Choirs Are Back!

If you love to sing but struggle with the weekly commitment of a choir rehearsal, please consider joining the choir on the following Sundays: March 17, April 28, and June 2. It is optional but very helpful to attend a rehearsal on the Wednesday prior. For more details, please contact Bryan Holten, Minister of Music and Organist.

Fire

There are no announcements at this time.