Mt. Olivet Presbyterian Church

509 W. State Street Office: (513)988-0422 e-mail: mtolivetpc@gmail

Trenton, Ohio 45067 Monday-Friday (9am-1pm) www.mtolivetchurch.org

Music Minister: Jon Sanford

Pastor: Rev. Dr. Jerry W. Pitman

Sunday School for all ages:

9:15am

Worship Service: Sunday @ 10:30am

Communion served 1st Sunday

of every month

Mt. Olivet Presbyterian Church

e-mail: mtolivetpc@gmail

www.mtolivetchurch.org

Volume 50 Issue 5

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Pastor’s Point:

Be Alive in Worship:

Spirits are up, activity is improving, and a new sense of life has sprung forth in this

springtime. It is a great time to be alive. The next few months will provide outstanding

opportunities to enjoy the best life offers. It is getting more beautiful with the flowers

blooming and soon the sniffles from the pollen in the air will cease and be replaced with

laughter and a best sense of tiredness in the evening.

It is the time when MOPC will host the National Day of Prayer (May 5), we will celebrate

graduations, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, and Father’s Day in June. It sounds like a lot

of life.

One thing that will add great meaning to these days is to remain faithful in our regular

and continual worship of our Lord and Savior, Jesus, the Christ. There are two things to

keep in mind regarding ‘worship’ during these busy days. The first is that “the evil one”

seeks to influence us to worship him by giving all our loyalties to his deceptions about

his how life is found. The way of the “evil one” ultimately causes one to disconnect from

our Creator and lose life (Matthew 4:8 – 11). The second thing comes from John 4:23, 24

where Jesus says “But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers will

worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His wor-

shippers.” Did you get that? The Father seeks worshippers. This is you and me. Our

Heavenly Father is seeking us to honor Him with a sense the He is worth our loyalty and

willingness to be under His influence in our lives.

I like the way pastor Bob Moorehead declared his faith by the following excerpt: “I am

part of the fellowship of the unashamed . . . I am a disciple of Jesus Christ . . . . My past

is redeemed, my present makes sense, and my future is secure . . . I no longer need

preeminence, prosperity, position, promotions, plaudits, or popularity . . . I am a disciple

of Jesus Christ . . . I won’t give up, shut up, let up, or slow up until I’ve preached up, paid

up, prayed up, stored up, and stayed up for the cause of Jesus Christ. And when

Jesus comes to get His own, He’ll have no problem recognizing me.

See you Sunday in Worship.

Pastor Jerry

This month at Mt. Olivet... There is an active Scouting Program.

call the office to be put in touch with a

Scout Leader!

Lions Club

2nd and 4th Thursday @ 6pm

Choir Practice

Wednesday 6:30

Prayer Gathering

Wednesday 8pm

Men’s Group

2nd & 4th Saturday 8am

Women’s Fellowship

2nd & 4th Fridays @ 6:30 pm

Birthday Dinner

3rd Tuesday of the month@ 6pm

Session Meets 2nd Wed. @ 7pm

Usher Schedule

May 1: Al Irwin, Patty Ratliff, Gary Schenck, Mike Lynskey

May 8: Van Skaggs, Tim Adams, Paul Huffman, Paul Durham

May 15: Bonnie Nicely, Wanda Stamper, Jeff Hamey, Darrell Pitman

May 22: Jack Davis, Tim Stamper, Charlie Martin, Randy Smith

May 29: Bobby hunt, Margaret Cline, Leon Campbell, John Schoultis

April “State of the Church” Report

Tithes & Offerings -vs– Budgeted Needs

$11,124.00 $10,675.83

YTD:

$ 40,175.27 $42, 703.32

April income from “Designated Gifts”

$1,150.00

May 1 Communion Sunday

Carry-in Dinner

May 4 7pm Finance Committee

8:30p Worship Committee

May 5 5:30p Deacon’s Meeting

May 8 8:30a Christian Education Meeting

MOTHER’S DAY

May 11 7pm SESSION Meeting

May17 6pm Birthday Dinner

May29 Pantry Sunday

May 30 MEMORIAL DAY

Scheduled for

Sunday May 1st:

Thursday

May 5, 2016

The National Day of Prayer

Edgewood Ministerial Association

Hosted by: The Mt. Olivet Presbyterian Church

*Our Men’s Group will be preparing the breakfast!

The program begins @ 7am & will end at 7:45am.

Key Note Speaker:

Russ Fussnecker, Superintendent of Edgewood Schools

A FREE BREAKFAST. Gathering in prayer and a sense of community, encouraging

men & women from the business community, churches, family and all believers to

gather together.

Wednesday evenings

in the LIBRARY at Mt. Olivet

ALL are invited

to participate in the

prayer gathering at 8pm.

With Sausage,

juice, & coffee

The Men of Mt. Olivet are sponsoring a breakfast for

every woman of this church in honor of Mother’s Day.

To All Women: Saturday May 7th at 9am plan to

attend this beautiful breakfast meant to show the love,

honor, and respect for each woman for

her devoted, caring heart.

Midwest Presbytery

Meeting

May 20—21 in Brighton, Michigan

Elders are always encouraged to

attend, however, ALL MEMBERS should

consider going also! The EPC is a truly

impressive church and this is the place

to see what our “church” is all about.

Please contact Pastor Jerry if you would

like to attend.

Starting in May, our children’s Sunday School will study The

Lord’s Prayer. Making an effort to bring your child (grandchild,

neighbor child, or even the child of someone you work with) will

plant the seeds that reap rewards. If we don’t make the effort to teach our children

about the Word of God, about Jesus; we can be sure the world will teach them

otherwise. Train up a child in the way he should go, and when they are old, they will

not depart from it. Prov. 22:6

Hey! SPORTS FANS! Sunday May 22 is “Favorite Team Day”. Wear the shirt of

your favorite team on that day & let’s see who our neighbors cheer for. Wear your

favorite team shirt and show your support! Yeah Team! ...football, basketball,

baseball, soccer.

It’s THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN! Look who’s

graduating! The son of Randy and Kathy Smith,

grandson of Janet Adams.

KELLEY R. SMITH, Masters of Science

Let’s help Kelley’s family congratulate him with a card,

sharing any “happy/funny” memories.

Kelley Smith

211 South Clemens Ave.

Lansing, MI 48912

Be sure and read about

Kelley on the church bulletin

board in the narthex. WOW!!

Barbara Fairchild 1

Todd Butt 1

Samantha Short 2

Arielle Applegate 11

Katie Ballantyne 14

Ron Kash 15

Kathy Pitman 15

Evan Dougherty 26

Ed Harrison 29

Bessie Skaggs 30

Alan & Donna Irwin

May 25th

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Communion Sunday

Carry-in Dinner

2 3 4Choir

7pm Finance Mtg

8pm Prayer

8:30 Worship

5 7-7:45 am

PRAYER

BREAKFAST

6 7 9am

MOTHER’S

DAY

BREAKFAST

8 8:30am

Christian Ed

9

10 11

6:30 choir

7pm Session

8pm Prayer

12

13

6:30pm Women’s

Bible/Fellowship

9 8m

Men’s Group

15

16

17

6pm Birthday

Dinner

18 6:30

Choir

7pm Session

19 20 21

22

Favorite Team

Day

23 24

25

6:30 Choir

8pm Prayer

26

27

6:30pm Women’s

Bible/Fellowship

23

8am Men’s Group

29

Pantry Sunday

30

Office Closed

31 6:30 Choir

8pm Prayer

Supporting the EMA

really helps The 9th & 10th of April

everyone was asked to eat at

the Trenton Skyline. The EMA

received a percentage of the

sales to help the Back-pack

Program. Skyline was busier

than ever those two days and

guess what? YOU, the folks

from Mt. Olivet showed up and

made a difference. Thank you

all.

Birthday Dinner

Tuesday, May 17 @ 6pm.

If YOU have a birthday this

month...YOU EAT FREE!

Mid-West Presbytery: Brighton, MI

NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER May 5th. The Mt. Olivet men will be

hosting a PANCAKE BREAKFAST open to ALL business and

professional folks, friends, family and neighbors. The program begins

at 7am and will end by 7:45am.

What a beautiful concept, our nation bowing its head and praying

across the entire country.

Sunday, May 1st, during our worship

service we will welcome to Mt. Olivet

as NEW MEMBERS:

Cynthia Shields

Deborah Crowley

Angie Hamey

Linda Kay Abner