Mount Olivet UMC

We, the church, are resurrection people. We do not believe the valley of dry bones gets the last word.

Through the pandemic, we've learned to live with constant fear and anxiety. But we are not in this alone. God sends angels who, through their actions, say "Fear not." Have hope.

Rev. Lynne Alley-Grant from Walker Chapel UMC continues our Lenten series "Building A Life". We look at gestures of justice - something as simple as a drink of water. Gestures like this keep us in the flow of God's living water.

He came not to condemn, but to save. Because of God's great love for you, YOU are the beloved.

The good news is not that we must ascend up to God by our own good deeds or spiritual striving; the good news of the Gospel is that the one who met Moses in a burning bush and spoke through Elijah has come down to us in Jesus Christ and will come again to….

The central truth about sharing Christ's love? You can't do it from a distance. We need to engage with people. We need to show up.

Our only hope is the love and grace of God.

Jesus gave a simple instruction, “Follow me.” Two words, without much explanation and yet those words have set the course for the church, for generation upon generation of Christians to do one of two things: get it right or get it wrong.

With so many things dividing us, we'll look at how people from different views of life can come together through God's grace.

Every person who has been baptized – regardless if you were sprinkled, poured over, or dunked – every person who has been baptized into a new life in Jesus Christ has been baptized into Hope. Hope that can only come from the One Hope of the World.

There's a lot we can learn in the nine miles from Jerusalem to Bethlehem.

Sam Riedel, our Youth Director, leads us in a message the first Sunday after Christmas.

We're all tired of waiting, and yet, waiting and hoping are exactly what we need to do.

"We who are seeking hope must repent of our participation in systems of injustice..."

We begin our Advent journey not by looking back to the manger or the proclamation of the Angel Gabriel, rather the Gospel writer invites us to look ahead, beyond the historical Jesus and towards Jesus’ promised return.

How do the “monumental, historic, scary, and angst-filled” moments of the past (election) week expose the lack of unity we in the church have been trying to course-correct since the first Christian communities began to form?

As we move past the election, what’s next? We’ll talk about addressing the deep divisions not just in our country, but within Christianity. Hint: God plays the central role…

The Saints' are those who walk before us, those who show us the way. Today we honor and give thanks for them.

We're living in a world designed to trigger us and divide us. As Christians, we know a better way.

What does it really mean to BE the church? Especially in 2020?

Karen McElfish, Lay Leader for the Arlington District of the UMC, gives an important message on social justice.

Paul had swagger. Confidence in the Gospel. Do you?

Do we guard the Gospel? Or do we cultivate and share it with others, like a gardener?

Wait...God's not fair?! Well, maybe that's a good thing.

Maybe forgiveness isn't what we think.