Mount Olive Lutheran Church

News and Information at Mount Olive and Elsewhere

This is a page for news about Mount Olive and the Church at large. The Mount Olive calendar is available here, plus you can see recent issues of the Mount Olive Messenger newsletter. Also here are links to articles about Faith and Church issues as well as blogs by thought provoking writers. The links here are not intended as an endorsement of a particular opinion or theology. The intent is merely to stimulate thought and discussion about your own faith and actions.

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2011 Churchwide Assembly Summary:

Every two years members of the ELCA from all over America gather for worship, discussion, and voting on new issues. This year all gathered in Orlando Florida from August 15-19. Over one thousand people - bishops, pastors and lots of lay people - gathered around the theme “Freed in Christ to Serve”. Here are some of the highlights:

• ELCA Malaria Campaign was officially launched
• “Genetics, Faith and Responsibility” social statement was adopted
• A review process for social statements was adopted
• Living into the Future Together implementing resolutions adopted
• 2012-2013 Budget proposals adopted
• Memorials and constitutional changes adopted.

A broader summary is available in the church office or go to www.elca.org/assembly.

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News

• Messenger Going Digital
  Mount Olive is going green! Beginning with the October Messenger, members with email in the church database will receive their monthly church newsletter via the internet. If you currently receive the weekly email devotions, the church office already has your email address. If you‟re not on that list, please send your preferred email address to Pam Berg, pam@molive. Printed Messengers will continue to be mailed to those members without email addresses. Extra hard copies will still be available in the magazine rack outside the sanctuary.

• Church Council Minutes
  We don't publish the Executive Committee and Council minutes for the world to see, but they are available upon request from the Council Secretary. There is a link to an online request form in the Church Council section of the Contacts page.