Mount Olivet UMC

If the disciples are a mirror to us, if their mistakes and missteps mirror our own, we can take heart, we do not have to live in fear, because through the life, death, and resurrection of Christ we, just like the first 12, have been claimed and redeemed. Like them, called away from their families and occupations, we have been set to a new task. We have been set to follow.

What does it mean for us as Christians to proclaim that Jesus is Lord? What does "lordship" look like in 2021?

In the Kingdom of God peace is not the result of the sword or a world at war with itself, or human accomplishment. The peace of Christ, extended far and wide, extended indiscriminately, is the result of Christ’s faithfulness.

This week we are joined by Rev. Drew Ensz - a methodist pastor and ministry director at Arise Campus Ministry, an organization that serves George Mason University and Northern Virginia community colleges.

Have you ever wondered where God might be leading you? This week we walk through Psalm 84 and what it might say to us in our day to day lives. Asking first and foremost, are you extrovert or an introvert and how that could guide to a newfound life in Christ.

The scripture reading today reminds us that no family is perfect. But here's the good news- we've been set free. Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law so that we might receive the promise of the Holy Spirit.

In the end, how do we view King David? A flawed human? Someone God can use? In today's message we'll see what happens when we're confronted by the reality of sin, and what God offers us instead.

No matter the history of our lives, we're caught up in God's redeeming love and God's redeeming work.

The church, along with all of creation, is joined together in the house of the Lord. Christ is in you, in us. The Lord cannot be controlled and will always be with us.

As the world resumes more and more in-person and indoor activities, and as changes we were forced to make 16 months ago either become permanent or relics of the past the church as a choice to make - what will we keep with us and what will we allow to be left behind? How might we enter the new space we find ourselves in with singing and dancing, and at the same time not become too causal with that...

We begin this series looking at history through the lens of faith, divinely called leaders, and God's ultimate will for his chosen people.

Where is Jesus in the transitional, in-between, "liminal" spaces of our life?

Stillness is hard to find, but being in community can help us foster peace and stillness together.

Jesus calls us to grow into the Kingdom of God, but what is the Kingdom?

Jesus created a new family, and frankly, it looked and continues to look different than many expect.

On this Sunday after Pentecost, we're joined by laity from the Arlington District for a conversation on what it means for us to "move into the neighborhood".

We have been filled with the power of the Holy Spirit to proclaim the Good News - that the God who created and sustains all creation has redeemed us.

The amazing thing about God's grace? Just when I think I'm not qualified, I'm reminded that God is with me. We're in this together.

John's gospel tells us that we're to spend our time and energy producing love in the world. Thankfully, love is handed down. We're able to love because we were loved first.

Isn't it easier to focus on other things? Well, we bear fruit because it glorifies God. It's what naturally happens when we are connected to others, connected to Christ.

Being caretakers of God's creation invites us into working to make sure that this creation is there for generations to come.

The resurrection is real. It is grounded in the reality in which we live. Touch and see.

Don't run away from your inner Doubting Thomas. Lean into it.

To be of the same mind as Christ, to build a life that does not fall into the fallacy of thinking six weeks Lenten of intentionality and introspection are enough for a lifetime of discipleship means that we are of the same mind as Jesus. And we see this clearly on Palm Sunday as Jesus is humble, obedient, and still to be exalted by God. Life as a disciple of Jesus begins as John the Baptist did- p...

Jesus calls us friend, and it's through this relationship that we learn how to build a life of love.