Adults

With the opening of the fireside, closed for three-and-a-half years due to fire damage, this Easter season at Mount Olivet feels especially joyful and purposeful. This is a time of gathering and celebrating, of rebuilding and re-envisioning. Who are we as a community of faith? How are we growing? What are our hopes and dreams, and how can we serve our neighbors and strengthen our connections?

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With these questions in mind, Pastors Sara, Jett and Stephanie will be preaching and leading a study on the biblical book of Acts, a work by the gospel writer, Luke, detailing the birth and expansion of the early church. Please join us.

What: Study of Acts (reading, discussion, application)

When: Starting April 30, Thursdays, 7:15 – 8:30 pm for five weeks  

Where: Zoom (link to follow)

How to prepare: Read the assigned chapter(s) for that week (details to come)

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Contact Pastor Stephanie to register for the class or if you have any questions.

Mount Olivet’s Senior Adult Book Group meets via Zoom at 10 AM on the first Wednesday of each month. Books the group will discuss next are: 

• June 3 All That Lingers by Irene Wittig
• July 1 The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy
• August 5 Judge Stone by Viola Davis and James Patterson
• September 2 Theo the Golden by Allen Levi

If you would like to participate in the book group discussions, please contact Jim Dake.

We are deeply grateful to everyone who has pledged and continues to give faithfully to Mount Olivet. Thanks to the generosity of our congregation, giving has increased compared to last year. This growth has enabled us to keep pace with rising expenses and continue supporting the mission and ministry of our church.

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As we reflect on “Why Church” and give thanks for being fully open again, we would love to hear how God’s presence is evident in your life. If you feel led to share, please follow this link. Share Your Story

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Whether your experience was big or small—a quiet reassurance, an answered prayer, or an unexpected blessing—your story can encourage and uplift others in our community. Please consider sharing so we can celebrate together how God is at work among us.

The Mount Olivet Foundation offers zero-interest student loans and need-based grants for secondary education. You may have received a brochure in the mail detailing other ways the Foundation supports students and community organizations. See our website for more information.

If asked, many of us would identify Chinese workers on the transcontinental railroad as the first group of Asian immigrants to arrive in the United States. In fact, Spanish records document the landing of Filipino workers from a Spanish ship in Morro Bay, California, in 1587, although they left within days. The first permanent residents from the Philippines had arrived in Louisiana by the early 1800s, where they fought against the British in the War of 1812 and developed the shrimp industry.   

If you are someone who finds visual representations more helpful than written ones, Project Drawdown’s charts showing how our climate change focus may be too narrow are very useful.

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