Mt. Olive ELCA Weekly Updates & Thought for the Day - October 19, 2011

Wednesday's at Mt. Olive (WAMO) tonight: Come participate in a North Carolina Synod presentation from 6:15-7:00pm led by Pastor Andrew Miller.

(NO KINDERCHOR REHEARSAL TONIGHT)

 WAMO next week (10/26): Presentation from the Family Care Center of Catawba Valley led by Pastor Scott Bollinger. http://www.familycare-center.com

Sunday, October 23

 Bread for the World Sunday (see below at Thought for the Week for info about Bread for the World)

 8:30 and 10:45AM Worship with Holy Communion

Matthew 22:34-40 What is the Greatest Commandment?

9:30AM Sunday school

NOON: Youth Group to the Amazing Maize Maze

Located near Charlotte, AMM is one of the largest corn mazes in the Southeast, with 1.25 miles of interconnecting path.

Pack or bring a lunch and comfy clothes. We'll leave shortly after the 10:45

service ends and return to Mt. Olive by 5pm. Contact Eric Griggs.

2:30pm Chrismon Workshop in the Fellowship Hall

5:13pm Worship and Praise in the Fellowship Hall

 

Faith Out Loud’s Contemporary Worship and Praise Service is back!

Sundays, 5:13pm, in the Fellowship Hall.

Bring your Bible. Bring your voice. Bring a neighbor. Bring your heart.

6-Week Message - “God Working in You” - based on the oldest letter in the New Testament, First Thessalonians.

Thursday, October 27, 7:00PM SpiriTed in Concert at Mt. Olive!

Invite a friend. Freewill offering to be collected.

- The SpiriTed duo of Jonathan Richard Cring and Janet Clazzy recently completed a 297-day tour of the United States in 261 cities, 30 states, and 249 performances!

- SpiriTed has appeared in over 1000 ELCA Congregations!

- The duo is responsible for 13 feature length films, 16 CD’s and 11 books.

- Janet Clazzy was the first female symphony conductor in Tenneessee.

- Jonathan Richard Cring is the author of “Mountain” – the Sermon on the Mount set to music, an off-Broadway show recently revived.

- Janet Clazzy plays the oboe, English horn, and the WX-5 Wind Machine which has 250 different instrument sounds.

- Jonathan Richard Cring’s movies have won awards at 32 film festivals. 

 

Some of our Prayer Concerns – Lord, in your mercy…

+ Bread for the World organization

+ the hungry

+ bread-makers and bread-sharers

+ those who work in cafeterias, restaurants, and bars

+ Weyburn Seabock, Ian Smail

+ The Work and Workers on Mt. Olive’s Sanctuary

+ military personnel and their families including Christopher Todd Metcalf, Adam Moose, and Chris Atwater

 

Thought for the Week
www.bread.org

Remember Vicar Jillian’s Sunday school class based on the book “Exodus from Hunger”? It was written by the Rev. David Beckmann, current President of Bread for the World. Bread was started in 1972 by Lutheran pastor, Arthur “Art” Simon, brother of deceased U.S. Senator Paul Simon.

Bread for the World encourages congregations to renew their commitment to ending hunger and poverty on World Food Day (10/16) by participating in Bread for the World Sunday. Thousands of congregations nationwide will recommit themselves to the fight against hunger and poverty in the United States and around the world.

“From the Horn of Africa to many places across the United States, nearly 1 billion people around the world are hungry,” said Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World. “What better way to observe World Food Day than to take action—especially at a time when our voices are most needed to influence lawmakers.”

As the congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (or Super Committee) works to identify $1.2 trillion in federal funds to help reduce the deficit, many programs that support hungry and poor people are in danger of being cut. Internationally, proposed cuts would take food aid away from about 14 million of the hungriest people in the world. The cuts would also reduce agricultural development assistance in places such as the Horn of Africa, where recurring famine could threaten the livelihoods of millions for years to come.

In the United States, Congress is considering devastating cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps). If passed, these cuts could remove 1 million recipients from the rolls and leave 200,000 children without school lunches at a time when U.S. poverty and food insecurity rates are the highest on record. By participating in Bread for the World Sunday, congregations will learn about these issues, pray for hungry people, and be empowered to lift their voices on behalf of vulnerable people.

“Churches have enormous influence in their communities, and they can play a tremendous role in changing history for hungry people,” added Beckmann. “I challenge congregations and organizations to participate in this event and learn how to use their influence in the fight for justice.”