"Tis the Season" - an enduring Season

by Pastor Jim Bender

As I am writing this, I am distracted by the big project at home, which is packing for a vacation to Eastern Europe—Budapest, Prague, and Vienna. But as you are reading this, we have returned. And its Advent.


“Tis the Season”


What I’m suspecting I’m going to find in these three cities is the complications and consequences of long histories involving epochs and empires—the Romans, the Magyars and other barbarian tribes, Christianity, the muslims and the Ottoman Empire, The Hapsburgs, nationalism and WWI, Nazis and WWII and concentration camps, Communism and the Cold War. There will be museums and monuments capturing these moments in order to celebrate or to apologize. I’m looking forward to Prague the most because it is the one major European city that was not bombed in the world wars and it has escaped modernist architecture. 


“Tis the Season” is the sermon series. We celebrate God taking on human flesh to deliver us from sin, satan and death.

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NEWSLETTER


Hebrews 10:11-25 emphasizes the superiority of Christ's sacrifice compared to the Old Testament system of repeated animal sacrifices. Jesus' one-time sacrifice fully atones for sin and offers believers forgiveness, establishing a new covenant where God's laws are written on their hearts. The passage encourages Christians to confidently approach God, assured of their salvation through Christ’s blood. It also calls believers to persevere in faith, hold firmly to their hope in God’s promises, and encourage one another in love and good deeds. Gathering together for mutual support and worship is highlighted as essential, especially as they anticipate Christ's return.

Worship at Mount Olive

Regular Worship

In house  & Online:

Sundays Mornings (8:00 10:30 AM)

In house:

Monday Evenings (6:30 PM)


Holiday Worship Schedule

Christmas Eve, December 24 (3:00 & 5:00 PM)

(No Worship on December 25
or Mondays December 23, 25 or 30)


Stay Tuned for ONLINE Worship

Sundays (8:00 & 10:30 AM)

(Online services will be available from the beginning  after the LIVE events)

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Upcoming Worship Schedule/Series

  • November 10-25: "Since then Christ...Let us..."
  • December 1/2-January 5/6: "Tis the Season"

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  • Tis the Season

    "A season of Preparation"

    (December 8)

    8:00 AM

    10:30 AM


Mount Olive's Daily Schedule


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