SKIDs and TIDS

SKIDS and TIDS will meet next Sunday, February 7 from 12 noon until 4pm. We will be making special Valentine crafts. All kids are welcome.

SKIDS--Sunday for KIDS

TIDS--Teens In Devotions and Study

This Sunday's praise song

This Sunday, January 31, we will be having a hymn sing. Along with that, we will be learning a new iWORSH!P praise song, "Rise Up and Praise Him" by Paul Baloche and Gary Sadler. You can watch the video below to become familiar with the song.

See you Sunday!

It's Coming.....Again!!

What is it?

COMING ALIVE - 2010

Come join your neighbors as the community gathers for food, fellowship and bible study, sponsored by the North River Ministerial Association. It kicks off with the Ash Wednesday Service at 7.00 pm at Mossy Creek Presbyterian Church.

Then continues with six Sunday evenings, February 21 - March 28, 2010, at Sangerville Church of the Brethren. Dinner at 6:00 pm - Worship at 6:45 pm - Study begins at 7:00 pm.

The conclusion is an April 4th Easter Sunrise Service, 7:00 am at Natural Chimneys Park.

All ages are welcome. There will be special activities for children and teens. Hope to meet you there.

Events for 2010

Some events on the Mount "O" calender:

• February 6, 9am: Work day at the church
  
• February 12, 6:30pm: Adult Sunday School class Valentine dinner
• March: Food drive for Stokesville Food Pantry
• Lenton Season: Community Bible Study
  
• March 27: Living Cross in Lynchburg
• April 1: Maundy Thursday service
  
• April 25, 10am: Homecoming Service, fellowship meal will follow the service
• May 1: Missions fundraiser, food booth at the Horse Show in Bridgewater
• May 31: Missions fundraiser, food booth at Rockingham County Fairgrounds at the Memorial Day Horse Auction
• June: Vacation Bible School (TBA)
• June 11 - 19: Medical Team to San Pedro Sula, Honduras; more info
  
• June 27 through July 24: Youth camps at Rhodes Grove Camp; go here for schedule and registration
• July 31 - August 5: Mission trip to Big Laurel, Kentucky
  
• August 29: Church picnic at Oakdale Park in Bridgewater
• September 6: Missions fundraiser, food booth at Rockingham County Fairgrounds at the Labor Day Horse Auction
• September 12: Hay Ride immediately following the morning worship service
• November 20: Planning Session for 2011
• December 12, 3pm: Christmas Caroling
  
• December 19: Christmas breakfast at 9am and children's Christmas program to follow at 10am
• December 24: Christmas Eve service

There will be more as dates become available and more details as we near each event.

ESL : 3 weeks old

The ESL program is off and running. This was the 3rd week and each week has brought new people. Today, even 3 week old Gabriela attended. Each class consists of dvd instruction and singing of praise choruses. Then everyone joins the morning worship service. Attendance is expected to rapidly increase as weather conditions improve and others learn of the opportunity. This exciting new ministry is already a blessing to Mt. Olivet.

Pastor's Penpoint - January 2010

2010 ... sounds like a science fiction movie title. Wonder what this year will find, what will we discover, who will we meet and how will God use us? No doubt this year will mark some of the old tried and true ways of doing things - but change will be obvious as well. Not just in our personal lives, but as the body of Christ as Mt. Olivet Church as well.

Here are a few changes we are aware of:
- The first Sunday in January, Mt. Olivet is beginning to offer an English as a Second Language (ESL) program as part of our Outreach Commission. This will enable sisters and brothers from other cultures and parts of this community to gather and merge with Mt. Olivet's community in fellowship and worship. It will be a blessing to see more faces and have more names to learn in the coming year.
- There is a new format to our worship service. The order of worship has changed a bit, the way we lead music has changed, we have added the Apostle's Creed, weekly, to our worship service and even the bulletin has been changed to make worship easier to follow and for church related information to be accessible to future visitors.
- Other changes are less visible but still important. Mt. Olivet is blessed that members have agreed to serve in new ways of leadership and take on new responsibilities in the coming year. Certainly the intent will not be to change things for change sake, but new and differing perspectives will no doubt bring changes that are subtle and some that are bigger.

Here are a few things that will not change:
- We will continue to seek discernment of God and acknowledge Jesus Christ as the head of this and all Christian churches.
- We will boldly proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ as truth and hope in an embattled and embittered world - always placing scripture as inerrant and authoritative in all ages (past, present and future).
- We will denounce Satan and sin in this world and unapologetically stress the need for all God's children to repent, receive Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and acknowledge him as Lord of all.
- We will continue to remember and practice what the book of Acts teaches about the responsibilities of the church - worship, fellowship, training/discipleship, outreach/evangelism, and service/missions.

I hope you will join me in prayer for the direction and discernment to follow God's will as we embark on a new year and we continue together as ministers in Jesus Christ.

New Year Blessings ~ Pastor Todd

Here we go...

As we begin a new year and a new decade, Mount Olivet United Brethren Church is beginning a blog. Here you will be able to keep up with all the happenings at Mt. "O", see photos, read stories about the people, and much more. Here we go. Enjoy and God bless.