Worship with Mount Olivet on Good Friday at 7pm.

Worship with Mount Olivet on Maundy Thursday. at 7pm.

What is Maundy Thursday?

The word “Maundy” came from the Latin “mandatum” which means “to order” — or command. On Maundy Thursday, we remember Jesus’ command to love one another as Jesus has loved us (John 13:34). We also remember the Last Supper where Jesus instituted the sacrament of communion when he gave the disciples bread and wine as his body and blood. During Maundy Thursday worship, communion is celebrated, and then all the things on the altar are removed — symbolizing how Jesus was abandoned by his disciples and his clothes were stripped by soldiers before his crucifixion.

Worship with Mount Olivet on Palm Sunday! One service at 10am followed by continental breakfast in the Fireside Room.

 Older Wiser Lutherans: On Wednesday, April 9 at 1pm, come and find out more about the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra as Mount Olivet members Karen and Brian Anderson share their involvement. We will meet in the conference room with make your own ice cream sundae. Send RSVPs to Marlene Stimpson.

Join in community for a thoughtful, inclusive workshop making collage as an embodied practice of faith and examination. How might we recontextualize familiar imagery to reimagine a troubled world? What might we discover when we allow ourselves to play in the space of the unknown? Exploring trust in our instincts, emotions, and each other, we will gather to practice making as an act of prayer, alchemy, and community.

This event is funded in part by a contemplative prayer grant from St. Catherine’s University.

Wednesday, April 2 6:00-8:00pm

Location:  Mount Olivet Lutheran Church of Plymouth, Fireside Room

Who: It's a multi-generational event - Grade 7 - 100 years old

$10 per person

Meet Workshop Leader Jess Kiel-Wornson

Jess Kiel-Wornson is an interdisciplinary artist based in North Minneapolis. Using sculptural installation, collaged cultural artifact, painting, drawing, and performance, she addresses the insidiousness of the systems of power in our surroundings. Her work speaks to the material consequence of trauma in our bodies and buildings and asks us to reframe our conversations about goodness, success, and identity away from individuals and toward the systems that allow and promote violence toward some bodies distinctly from others. She received her MFA from University of Illinois Champaign Urbana. Recent collaborations include Echoes: We are Imperfect Mortal Beings (Mirror Lab, April Sellers Dance 2025), It's Physical (Southern Theater, Jagged Moves Dance, 2024), and Mariology (Mixed Blood Theater, Nancy Keystone and Critical Mass Performance Group, 2023). She is currently most accountable to her roles as artist, bonus mom, auntie, and neighbor. More musings at jkwornson.com

Please contact Beth Mc-K @ emcgrewking@moply.org with questions. 

All are welcome to help with a service project that rolls bandages for hospitals in Africa, Indonesia, India, and South America for Global Health Ministries.  

No previous experience required!

We meet on the 4th Wednesday of each month at 1pm in the Conference Room.

Come and try it out!

Donations of clean, white sheets (OR clean pillowcases of any color or pattern) are welcome .

Spring is here! Let's celebrate by getting together with great lasagna from Frankies and an afternoon of visiting and games. Cost is $7, and Judy Sterud and Shirley Kehrberg are hosting.

Eat a yummy dinner before Ash Wednesday worship and support youth going to Flathead Lutheran BIble Camp in Montana this summer! Proceeds from dinner help support youth and adult leaders as they travel to connect with God and neighbor this summer! Dinner is $10 per person.

Menu:
Chicken Noodle Soup (contains gluten)
Vegetable Wild Rice (Gluten Free & Vegetarian)
Cranberry Wild Rice Biscuits (Gluten Free biscuit option available)
Salad

To help us plan for enough food, please RSVP by Sunday, March 2.

All are welcome to help with a service project that rolls bandages for hospitals in Africa, Indonesia, India, and South America for Global Health Ministries.  

No previous experience required!

We meet on the 4th Wednesday of each month at 1pm in the Conference Room.

Come and try it out!

Donations of clean, white sheets (OR clean pillowcases of any color or pattern) are welcome .

Join the Faith Formation Co-op Team for an update about faith formation programming after the listening sessions that happened this winter!

Hello Older Wiser Lutherans, February is just around the corner and it will soon be Valentine’s Day.  Mark your calendars for our annual Valentine/BINGO party to be held on Wednesday, February 12th, at 1:00 pm in the conference room.  You are invited to bring your favorite dessert to share.  We will again be playing bingo.  Prizes, coffee and water will be furnished.  Bring your own beverage if you prefer another option.  Invite a friend and join the fun.  This event is hosted by Barb & Curt Schoenrock.

Faith Formation Co-Op Listening Session for 9th-12th Graders

The Co-Op Team is hosting listening sessions this fall and winter to discern next steps for youth & family faith formation at Mount Olivet.

Wondering more about what this process is about? Find out more about this two year process HERE.

Co-0p team members include Dan Roff, Tori Selzler, Kirsten Scheller, Adia Capistrant, Quinn Himmelberg, Feven Harder, Zac Harder, Rich Holleque, and Beth McGrew-King.

Sign Up HERE to register for the Epiphany Retreat Sunday January 12th from 2-6pm

It is a new year, and we need time to breath and reflect before the flurry begins again. Come for an afternoon of body and spirit renewal.  This retreat will include dwelling in the story of the Magi, learning the art of Haiku writing led by local poet, Lori Hetteen, Yoga Nidra, a practice to renew your body and spirit led by Ann Arens, health/wellness coach and yoga instructor.  You will receive a star word that is uniquely yours, and a limited edition print of an Epiphany haiku written by Lori Hetteen just for this event.  There will be refreshments and time to connect with others curious about what this new year will hold.

This event is funded in part by a contemplative prayer grant from St. Catherine’s University.

Sunday, January 12th 2:00-6:00pm

Location:  Mount Olivet Lutheran Church of Plymouth

12235 Old Rockford Road, Plymouth 55441

Register here

$20/per person and a sweet deal if you invite a friend $30/two people

Dress is casual and comfortable.  Please bring a yoga mat, pillow, and blanket

Agenda:

1:30-2:00:  Welcome and registration

2:00-2:45:  Dwelling in the Magi story (Matthew 2: 1-12)

3:00-4:00:  Haiku teaching, writing, and sharing

4:00-4:45:  Snacks, conversation, and star gazing

5:00-6:00:  Yoga Nidra

Meet retreat leaders:

Lori Hetteen:

Lori Hetteen writes poems and then, because she cannot leave well enough alone, often creates accompanying artwork. She has three collections of poetry: Seventeen Syllables (2018), The Moon Says Hello (2020), and Stacks of Kindnesses (2022). She and her historian husband have four mostly grown children and live in Minneapolis with two perfect dogs and a tiny tarantula. You can find her work at and on Instagram @lorihetteen

Ann Arens:

Ann is a certified yoga teacher and nationally board-certified health and wellbeing coach. The connection of mind and body wellness has been a passion of Ann’s for many years. One of her favorite yoga classes to teach is Yoga Nidra. This 2,000-year-old practice is also known as yogic sleep and NSDR (non-sleep deep rest). Research on Yoga Nidra has shown it provides deep relaxing mind and body benefits by reducing stress and anxiety, rebalancing the nervous system, and deepening unconscious awareness.

I hope you can join us!

Please contact Pastor Beth Horsch @ bhorsch@moply.org with questions. 

On Sunday, December 29 there will be ONE service at 10am. No 9am or 10:45am worship, and no Sunday Faith Explorers.

This Christmas Eve join Mount Olivet for worship with candle lighting in the worship center. Services are at 2:00pm, 3;30pm and 10pm.

Join Mount Olivet for Christmas Eve worship with candle lighting in the Historic Chapel on December 24 at 8:30pm. Due to limited seating in the chapel, reservations are required. Sign up HERE.

This Christmas Eve join Mount Olivet for worship with candle lighting in the worship center. Services are at 2:00pm, 3;30pm and 10pm.

This Christmas Eve join Mount Olivet for worship with candle lighting in the worship center. Services are at 2:00pm, 3;30pm and 10pm.

We will take time to say thank you and good-bye to Pastor Kristin and her family on Sunday, December 22. There will be ONE worship service that morning at 10am, followed by time for fellowship and celebration.

If you would like to contribute to a community gift to honor Pastor Kristin, you can give online HERE. You may also mail a check to Mount Olivet with "Pastor Kristin" in the memo line.

Join the Mount Olivet Council in the Fireside Room on Sunday, December 15 for a financial update.

Join SimpleGifts with Billy McLaughlin - live at Mount Olivet!

As long-time fans will tell you, SimpleGifts makes musical magic by bringing a modern flair to traditional Christmas carols and hymns. SimpleGifts combines violin, Celtic flutes and bagpipes, piano, acoustic guitar and percussion with angelic three part female vocals to create a “modern Old-World” sound.

Light refreshments will be served in the Community Room during intermission.

Find more information about SimpleGifts HERE.

The Faith Formation Co-Op Team is listening to 5th-8th students during programming on Wednesday, December 11 from 7-7:45pm. More listening sessions coming soon!

Find out more about the Faith Formation Co-Op Team process HERE.

December is almost here!  We will gather together on December 11th at 12pm in the conference room for a Christmas potluck luncheon.  Please bring a dish to share.  Any and all dishes are welcome.  Following the potluck, we’ll have time for fellowship.

Please RSVP to Barb & Curt Schoenrock

Join our Mount Olivet Musicians in a worship service full of music of the Advent season. We celebrate with voices and band, bells and spoken word.

The Advent Concert takes place during 9am and 10:45am worship services on Sunday, December 8.

Interested in joining the Advent Concert choir?

Join in the fun as part of our larger choral ensemble. Contact Angela for more information, agritton@moply.org.

Join Beth McGrew-King in the Fireside Room for an inter-generational conversation about beginnings. We'll have treats, take a look at the Advent calendar word of the day, share stories, and for those so inclined -- make a little art together. This MOtalk is intended for ALL AGES -- come and connect across generations on Sunday, December 1 at 10am as we enter the season of Advent. Copies of the Advent calendar will also be available during this session and on the Welcome Counter.