Announcements

Join our own, Holly Berkley Fletcher, author of The Missionary Kids in conversation with The Evangelicals author, Sarah McCammon for a book signing event at Mount Olivet on Thursday, September 11, 7-9 PM in Fellowship Hall. Book discussion of The Missionary Kids + the place of missions in white evangelicalism. Book signing by both authors. Free and open to the public.  Download Flyer

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It’s time to volunteer for Community Assistance. Our next event will be this Saturday, September 13. Please volunteer to help our neighbors in need receive some much-needed help with food and gift cards. Slots to volunteer are available from 8 AM through 12:45 PM. Sign up on the SignupGenius.

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You can make a financial contribution to Community Assistance, at mountolivetumc.com/giving and indicate Community Assistance. Thanks for your continued support of our Community Assistance Ministry.

You can take part in the international trash tally, sponsored by Ocean Conservancy and others, on September 20 (rain date September 27) between 10 AM and noon. The event is free but requires registration because numbers are limited.  And if you love ice cream, Jeni’s Ice Creams in Shirlington will donate 25% of sales on Thursday, September 25 from 3 to 6 PM to EcoAction Arlington. Yum!

Mount Olivet’s history and racial equity teams in conjunction with the Arlington Historical Society will present an afternoon of history on Sunday, September 28 from 3-5 PM. Three local historians will join us to tell the story of early Mount Olivet and Arlington heroes, pioneers and leaders. The latest research on local enslavers will also be presented. After the Fellowship Hall program, a tour of our cemetery will be hosted by costumed character interpreters. Tombstone rubbings and scavenger hunt for the children makes this a perfect family Sunday afternoon outing. Register by email.

Sign Up today for the Mount Olivet / Walker Chapel CROP Walk team. This is the first year we will have a joint team, so a new era begins!

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The 6K fundraiser starts and ends at nearby First Presbyterian Church, 601 N. Vermont St., Arlington, VA. Sign-in starts 8-8:30 AM, and the Walk begins at 9 AM, rain or shine. Walkers follow a 6K route around Arlington’s Ballston and Virginia Square areas. Route maps are available, and there are refreshments and rest rooms at the half-way point (Saint George’s Episcopal).

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Organized by Church World Service (CWS), this is a fundraising event to help fight hunger globally and here in Arlington. Like similar events, walkers are asked to seek friends, family, employers, and associates to sponsor their walks with donations. 75% of funds raised support food relief and sustainable agriculture programs worldwide; 25% goes to Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC), which now provides groceries each month to an average of 3,850 families facing food insecurity. One-third of those served are children, and 12% are seniors.

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To register, go to our team page and scroll down to the Join The Team button and follow the instructions. You will receive a personal webpage where your sponsors can make donations. Online donations are highly encouraged, but you can have a CWS envelope for donations of checks or cash (which are turned in to the team captain or when you check in).

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Have questions? Contact Kenn Speicher.

Mark your calendar for Mount Olivet’s Fall Clean-up Day on Saturday morning, October 25. We’ll have lots of outside projects around our property – raking leaves, weeding, pruning bushes and trees, and generally sprucing up our grounds—and maybe some projects in the newly renovated wing of the church. We’ll work from 8 AM – noon. No experience necessary and kids are welcome. For more information, contact Ann Speicher.

As a reminder, Mount Olivet pastors, staff or congregation members will never ask individuals for financial assistance, gift cards or any kind of personal information through email. Always look at the actual email address of any email you receive regarding these issues. Pastor and staff emails will always come from the mtolivet-umc.org exchange. If you have any question about an email you receive that you think is questionable, always reach out to us. Contact Tina Marcus.

Would you have known that East Texas and Western Louisiana were among the top lumber producers in the early 20th century? It would probably be less of a surprise that owners were hostile to the demands of their workers and to attempts to organize the labor force. Through the Brotherhood of Timber Workers, Industrial Workers of the World (which had successfully organized diverse groups in New England textile mills) was successful in unionizing an interracial work force but could not survive the violence meted out by owners.