Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, Serving our community for Santa Monica, California's Sunset Park neighborhood. Located at 1343 Ocean Park Blvd Santa Monica, CA 90405 Phone:(310)452-1116
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Welcome to Mt. Olive -
A church for the whole community!
"Who is Jesus?" - Sundays in January and February we explore the question: “who is this Jesus who was born in Bethlehem in a manger?”
January 3
Pastor Stephanie preaching on “Jesus, the light, the wisdom, the word.”
January 10
Baptism of Our Lord. Pastor Stephanie preaching on “Jesus, God’s beloved.”
Also: Interfaith Education Sunday. We welcome guests from the Pacifica Institute, a Turkish Muslim cultural organization.
January 17
Pastor Stephanie preaching on “Jesus, the miracle worker.”
January 24
Pastor Stephanie preaching on “Jesus, the liberator.”
January 31
Congregational Meeting Sunday. One service only at 9a.m.! Meeting begins at 10:30.
Pastor Stephanie preaching on “Jesus, the reviled.”
Men’s Breakfast and Bible Study
Saturday, Jan. 9, 8a.m.
Join the men of the westside Lutheran churches for breakfast and spiritual growth.  We continue our study of Jesus and the Rise of Early Christianity,  Chapters. 9-10.
Movie Night!
Saturday, Jan. 9, 6p.m. dinner, 6:45 showing
All are welcome at our monthly community dinner and movie night. Call 310.452.1116 for this month’s movie title.
Interfaith Education Sunday—Christian-Muslim Dialogue
Sunday, Jan. 10
We welcome guests from the Pacifica Institute, a Turkish Muslim organization that seeks to foster interfaith education and conversation. At a special Adult Forum at 10:10 a.m., a guest speaker will lead a presentation and discussion about Islam. Pacific Institute members will join as for our 11a.m. worship, followed by a tour for the visitors of the church campus. We will then join in a potluck luncheon with a “q and a” session for guests to ask about our faith practices.
An Invitation to Baptism
Jan. 10, 2009 is a Baptismal Sunday
Do you desire Baptism for yourself or your child? We are preparing for a Baptismal Sunday, Jan. 10, 2009, the festival Sunday of Baptism of our Lord. Please contact Pastor Stephanie at 310.968.7038 or note your name and contact information on the list in the narthex to set up a meeting with Pastor.
Jazz Vespers
Sunday, Jan. 10, 5p.m
Larry Goldings’ Piano Trio
MLK Prayer Breakfast at Calvary Baptist Church
Friday, Jan. 15, 7:30-9a.m.
This year’s theme: “For hope to become reality, we all must do our share.” Join Pastor Stephanie and other leaders from the faith communities and westside organizations in honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his dream for a beloved community. Featured speaker at the prayer breakfast: Rev. Louis Chase. Tickets: $25; to register e-mail westside interfaithcoalition@yahoo.com or call 310.452.1116.
 
New Young Adult Gathering!
Saturday, Jan. 30, 6p.m.
YOUNG ADULTS! Please join us for our first gathering of the new year. We will be meeting, greeting and playing some games! For more information please contact either Katie Marker (310.386.3244) or Catherine French (310.560.1641). WHERE: the home of Catherine French WHO: all young adults are welcome! WHAT: meetings, greetings, snacks and some fun & games.
Senior Celebration Luncheon
Tuesday, Jan. 26, 11:30a.m.-2:30p.m. NOTE CHANGE IN TIME!!
Bring a potluck dish to share and put on your dancing shoes! After lunch we’ll watch a riotously funny documentary about a senior citizen dance troupe “Gotta Dance!”
Adult Study: The Book of Acts and the Early Church
Sundays, 10:15 a.m., between services in the Olive Pit through February
What challenges did the early church have in the first decades after the death of Christ? What were the differences between the ministries of Peter and Paul? What was the position of the early church in the Roman Empire? We continue our study of the Book of Acts led by Martyn Nickel and Pastor Stephanie.
Happy 70th Birthday, Mt. Olive! - Capital Campaign
Campaign to Raise $70,000 by February 2010
Exciting things are happening at Mt. Olive! We are working on bringing our facility into the 21st Century in time for our 70th birthday in 2012.
At the congregational meeting on October 10th we launched phase-one of the “Happy 70th Birthday, Mt. Olive, Capital Campaign. Our current goal is to raise $70,000 by our February 2010 meeting--that’s just $1000 for each year we’ve been around.
In just the first few days of this campaign we have already raised $11,000. That’s amazing, but we still have a ways to go. Please donate whatever amount the Holy Spirit moves you to contribute to help make our church more physically welcoming to all.
Please Donate to our 70th Birthday Capital Campaign
Donations can be sent to the Church office, placed in the offering plate, or given to Angelika Gunn, Vice President of the Congregation. Please specify on the memo line of your check that the donation is intended for the capital improvements fund, or include that information with any cash donation. The monies raised for the capital improvements fund will be used solely for capital improvements.
Mt. Olive Lutheran Church
1343 Ocean Park Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90405
(310) 452-1116
mtoliveoffice@earthlink.net
Sunday Worship Services
9am- Celebration Service / Holy Communion
11am- Festival Service / Holy Communion
Sunday School
Preschool - Elementary: 9:15 - 10:00am
Elementary: 10:15 - 11:00am
Adult Bible Study: 10:15 - 11:00am
Nursery care available all morning.


Who is Jesus?
On Christmas Eve we heard again how a baby boy named Jesus was born in a manger in Bethlehem. But who is this Jesus whom we call the Christ? What has he come to do? What is God seeking to accomplish by becoming human? What does it mean for us? What are the implications for the world? These are some of the questions that we confront in the weeks after Epiphany.

Epiphany means “a showing forth” or “manifestation.” The birth of Jesus Christ was God making God’s self manifest—first to Mary and Joseph, to the shepherds, to the wisemen, and ultimately to us. But what now? During the weeks after Epiphany we begin to unpack the different ways God becoming human in Jesus Christ changed our lives and our deaths. Jesus teaches us new ways to live—repenting, insisting on justice, reorienting ourselves to God’s intentions for us, living in hope and joy. Jesus will teach us a new way to die—with confidence in the promise that through a Baptism like his, we will be raised from the dead in a resurrection like his.

Christmas was only the beginning. Come journey with me through the life and ministry of Jesus, the one we call the Christ.

Peace,
Pastor Stephanie
Mt. Olive Lutheran Church
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