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 49 Issue 5
C O
M
M
U
N
I
C
A
T
I
O
N
2015
“Celebration
Sunday”
May 3rd …
Mt. Olivet
Presbyterian
Church
member of:
EPC
Evangelical
Presbyterian
Church
Pastor’s Point:
An Outlet for the Lord’s Power!
Richard Lederer was a teacher and writer who had become nationally
known by collecting such things as unintentionally funny headlines and signs, etc. You
may very well have seen some of his work. Here are some typical classified ads from one
of his books: “Home. $199, 500,” read one ad. “Great Location. 2/3’s of an acre with
4 bedrooms, 2-baths, brick Cape. Built the way they used to. Won’t last.” Or here’s
another: “For sale: Bull dog. Will eat anything. Loves children.” And Richard’s favorite:
“Extremely independent male, 17 years old, needs to rent room. Call his mother at. . .”
People magazine did a story on Lederer. Their photographer asked Lederer to think about
setting up a humorous, posed picture that would somehow summarize his work. The
solution immediately presented itself. On the outskirts of Lederer’s town stands a
telephone pole with the street sign “Electric Avenue.” Sure enough, right below it is a
yellow diamond traffic sign announcing, “No Outlet.”
The last thing in the world any church wants to experience is the inability to be a source
of God’s power alive and at work in our midst. It is our goal that when people participate
in the worship services and the programs here at MOPC they can know they will be
recipients of the power of our Lord and God to bring order out of chaos, healing of soul
and body, knowledge of Biblical truths that results in the transformation of the mind, and
a place of warmth and welcoming fellowship for walking in the Christian faith. We are to
be an outlet.
The Apostle Paul wrote it well in Romans 8: 15- 17: “This resurrection life you received
from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It’s adventurously expectant, greeting God
with a childlike ‘What’ next, Papa?’ God’s Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we
really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children. And we
know we are going to get what’s coming to us – an unbelievable inheritance! (The Message).
Let’s get plugged in!
See you Sunday,
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
Ladies Bible Study
1st & 3rd Mondays @ 6:30pm
Birthday Dinner
3rd Tuesday of the month@ 6pm
Session Meets 2nd Wed. @ 7pm
Usher Schedule
May 3: Al Irwin, Patty Ratliff, Gary Schenck, Ed Harrison
May 10: Mike Lynskey, Tim Adams, Paul Huffman, Paul Durham
May 17: Wanda Stamper, Bonnie Nicely, Dan & Gail Hellmuth
May 24: Jack Davis, Mike Lynskey, Charlie Martin, Bill Fry
May 31: Bobby & Tara Hunt, Mike Lynskey, Leon Campbell
March Tithes and Offerings
04/05 + Maundy $ 5,218.55
04/12 2,176.00
04/19 1,805.00
04/26 3378.10
TOTAL: $12,577.65
May 2 9am Mother’s Day Breakfast
May 3 A Celebration of MT. OLIVET! May 6 7pm Finance Committee
8:30pm Worship Committee
May 7 5:30pm Deacons Meeting
May 10 8:30am Christian Ed Meeting
May 13 7pm SESSION MEETING
May 15 EPC Meeting (Lebanon)
May 19 6pm Birthday Dinner
May 25 Memorial Day: OFFICE CLOSED
May 31 PANTRY SUNDAY
NEW adult Sunday school Bible study is about to
begin. This series will be based on the book,
Jesus Among Other Gods by Ravi Zacharias.
This study will provide the answers to the most
fundamental claims about Christianity, such as:
~Aren’t all religions fundamentally the same?
~Was Jesus who He claimed to be?
~Can one study the life of Christ and demonstrate
conclusively the He was and is the way, the truth,
and the life?
* Books available in the church office.
Sunday, May 3rd,
Mt. Olivet Presbyterian Church
will come together for
CELEBRATION SUNDAY
We’re going to roll out the red carpet. Invite your family members, your friends,
your neighbors; because we’re going to be showing off just a bit. Just wait until you
hear and see everything that we’ve been able to accomplish in JUST ONE YEAR. Yes!
We’re going to ...
Why? Because we have
We will be celebrating the one year anniversary of Pastor Jerry, enjoying our favorite
bagpiper, having a special speaker and listening to testimonies!
A great feast will be served after worship to celebrate.
Wednesday evenings
in the LIBRARY at Mt. Olivet
ALL are invited
to participate in the
prayer gathering at 8pm.
Women’s Bible Study and Women’s Bible Study and Prayer Prayer is held every 1st and is held every 1st and
3rd Monday evening @ 3rd Monday evening @ 6:30pm in the sanctuary. 6:30pm in the sanctuary.
Led by Donna Irwin.Led by Donna Irwin.
Bryn Recker ,from Austin, TX is graduating from high school with plans to attend
James Madison Univ. with a full volleyball scholarship.: granddaughter of Dan & Gail Hellmuth
Sydney Pressler, Trenton, OH is graduating from Edgewood High School with plans to
attend the Univ. of Cincinnati: Lorraine Curry
Arielle Applegate, Middletown, OH and member of Mt. Olivet Presbyterian Church, is
graduating from Edgewood High School with plans to follow education in childcare:
daughter of Steve and Jennifer Applegate, grand daughter of Bonnie Nicely.
Chris Martin, from Illinois is graduating from Jacksonville High School: grandson of
Sandy Lindquist.
Nick Martin, is graduating from Logan College of Chiropractic in St. Louis, MO.:
grandson of Sandy Lindquist.
Christopher Garcia, from Cincinnati, OH is graduating from St. Xavier High School
with plans to attend Ohio University: son of Clinton and Kimberly Hodson Garcia, grandson of Betty
Hodson.
Gage Ashcraft, of Trenton, OH, and member of Mt. Olivet
Presbyterian Church, is graduating from Edgewood High School:
son of Brandi Ashcraft
Barbara Fairchild 05/01
Todd Butt 05/01
Samantha Short 05/02
Arielle Applegate 05/10
Katie Ballantyne 05/13
Ron Kash 05/15
Kathy Pitman 05/15
Evan Dougherty 05/26
Ed Harrison 05/29
Bessie Skaggs 05/30
Alan and Donna
Irwin
May 25th
MAY 2015
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2
9am Ladies
Breakfast
Prepared by
the men!
3CeCel 4
6:30pm
Women’s
Bible Study
5 6 6:30 Choir
7pm Finance
Comm. Mtg.
8pm Prayer
8:30 Worship
Committee
7
(National Day
of Prayer)
5:30 Deacons
Mtg.
8 9
8am
Men’s Group
10
8:30am Christian
Ed Mtg.
Communion
Sunday
11
12 13
6:30 Choir
7pm SESSION
8pm Prayer
14 15 OFFICE
CLOSE
EPC
Meeting
Lebanon
16 EPC
(meeting
continued)
TRENTON YARD
SALE
17
TRENTON
YARD SALE
18
6:30pm
Women’s
Bible Study
19
6pm Birthday
Dinner
20
6:30 Choir
8pm Prayer
21 22
23
8am
Men’s Group
24
31
Pantry
Sunday
25
Office
closed
26 27
6:30 Choir
8pm Prayer
28 29 30
The Birthday Dinner is for
everyone!
Tuesday May 19th @ 6pm.
If YOU have a birthday in
April or May: EAT FREE!
Don’t forget to sign up...
EVERYBODY’S
COMING!!!
There will be a Community Prayer and
Worship Event sponsored by the EMA
from 7-8pm at Trenton City Park
(behind the Skateway). Let us join
together as a community to pray for
our Nation, City, Schools, and
Churches! There will be light
refreshments to follow.
PASTOR JERRY will be participating.
*rain location will be Edgewood High School
May 7th