Come to connect and learn stories of community from the New Testament led by Dr. Ron Troxel. Ron is a retired Pastor and Professor of Religion and Semitic Studies from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and has found a place at Mount Olivet with his wife Jacki.

Over four weeks, Ron will dwell and teach from stories of the early church, as we all discover the joys and the challenges of forming Christian community.

The sessions will run Sundays from 10-10:45am on 10/13, 10/20, and 10/27 with a summary session on 11/3.

Senior High: Volunteering + Game Show Studio!
Saturday, March 2nd -- 12:30 - 5:30pm*
Grades 9-12 | $30/person

 Senior High will be volunteering at Arc Value Village in Richfield and then heading out to Gameshow Studio in Roseville for an hour of professionally hosted game show fun (family feud, price is right, wheel of fortune)!

Sign up here by Wed 2/21

*Schedule:

12:30pm:                     (Optional) Carpooling - Meet at Church, leaving at 12:30pm

1:00 - 3:00pm:            Volunteering: Arc Value Village Richfield

3:45 - 4:45pm:            Gameshow: Gameshow Studio Roseville

5:30pm:                       (Optional) Carpooling - Back at Church

More Info:

COST: $30 covers the Gameshow Studio per person fee. We'll have our own private gameshow and host at the studio!

FOOD: Eat lunch beforehand, and plan for dinner after!

DRIVING: Students can drive or plan their own rides together to and from Arc Value Village and Gameshow Studio.

OPTIONAL CARPOOLING: Joe Kaatz and Michelle Saatzer will be available for carpool pickup and drop-off at church. Signup in the form. We'll send out confirmation emails, but plan to be at church at 12:30pm and return around 5:30pm.

About Arc Value Village Richfield:

We'll be helping at Arc Value Village sorting & organizing donations, hanging clothing, door greeters, rack organizing on the sales floor, etc. We can sign volunteer hour sheets. Wear close toed shoes!

Learn more about Arc's impact

About Gameshow Studio Roseville:

We head to Game Show Studio for an hour of laughter competition, and fun with a professional host, and a private studio experience for our group! We'll play versions of "Wheel of Fortune," "Family Feud," and "Price is Right"

Check out the Game Show Studio experience

This time is devoted to teaching 5/6th graders the parts of worship and how they can help lead in it.  We also play lots of games, have lots of snacks, and get a chance to connect in community!  We encourage all 5 and 6th graders to sign up HERE by January 31st.

When: February 9th from 5-8:30pm

Where: Mount Olivet Lutheran Church of Plymouth

Cost: $20

Feed My Starving Children + Culvers

10th-12th students, join us for a volunteering night at Feed My Starving Children. After we volunteer as a group, we will go to Culvers for dinner and ice cream for those who want to (bring your own $). We have a maximum of 20 spots. We will meet at the church beforehand in order to leave MO by 3:45pm. Sign up HERE by Wednesday, November 8.

Have you ever wondered how best to talk to the kids in your life about race and racism?

Join us for a special evening on Wednesday, November 1, as Dianne Haulcy helps us explore how racial bias begins to form in children and offers adults tools for talking to children about race. The same tools will support better conversations with the adults in your life, too! Dianne will preach at 6:30pm worship, and then start her talk at 7:15pm in the Worship Center.

Dianne Haulcy is creator and host of Early Risers, a podcast from Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) and Little Moments Count, with frank facts, engaging stories, and real how-tos for anyone who cares about raising children with a clear-eyed understanding of cultural differences, race, and implicit bias. Known for her leadership and vast experience in the field of early childhood development and education, Dianne Haulcy serves as President and CEO of The Family Partnership, a Minneapolis-based non-profit responding to the needs of families by providing mental health therapy, early childhood education and care, and family home visiting. Haulcy is an active member of Liberty Community Church where she serves as a Ruling Elder. She earned a Master of Divinity from Luther Seminary in Saint Paul, a Master of Public Administration from the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota, and a Bachelor of Arts from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia.

Join Mount Olivet's Housing Team for this fall book read exploring housing, the multi-dimensional characteristics of poverty, and what the Team has been learning about needs in our community over the last 18 months.

There are millions of homeless children in America today. In his memoir A Place Called Home, award-winning child welfare advocate David Ambroz writes about his own homelessness as a young child and his subsequent years in foster care, offering a window into what so many kids living in poverty experience every day.

Participants are asked to purchase their own copy of the book before the first gathering on Sunday, October 1st, at 10am in the Conference Room.

*Please do note that Ambroz’ book contains potentially sensitive content, including: strong language, physical and emotional abuse, and sexual violence.      

Sign up HERE

The Bible Milestones are presented at various points in Mount Olivet's faith formation programming. At each event, children are gifted an age-appropriate Bible and are invited to explore the Bible through fun, hands-on activities, while parents and guardians who attend will get tips and tricks on how to use the Bible in an engaging way with their children. Then, at the 10:45 am service, the children and their families are recognized as participating in the milestone in front of the congregation.

The 3rd Grade Bible Milestone is the second milestone. Third graders learn more in-depth about the Bible and are presented with The Deep Blue Kids Bible, an easy-to-read modern English translation, to tie in with the promises to hear the word of God and proclaim the good news.This event is free (though donations to offset the cost of the Bibles are welcome).

If you can't attend the milestone event but would like your child to receive a Bible, please let us know in the RSVP as well.

Sign up HERE.

Join other 7th and 8th graders as we continue MO’s focus on connection this fall. We’ll eat together, play games and reflect on how we can grow as a welcoming presence to those around us. The retreat will be led by Rich! Cost is $20.

Sign up HERE.

Faith Explorers is hosting a Halloween party on Wednesday, October 25th from 7-7:45pm. Kids are encouraged to come in costume. There will be fun, games, a costume contest, and safe, indoor trick-or-treating. Sunday Faith Explorers families are encouraged to attend, too! 

 Also, don't worry, if your child forgets a costume, they can try one on from our collection of costumes from past plays and Christmas pageants. 

Join Mount Olivet's Housing Team for this fall book read exploring housing, the multi-dimensional characteristics of poverty, and what the Team has been learning about needs in our community over the last 18 months.

There are millions of homeless children in America today. In his memoir A Place Called Home, award-winning child welfare advocate David Ambroz writes about his own homelessness as a young child and his subsequent years in foster care, offering a window into what so many kids living in poverty experience every day.

Participants are asked to purchase their own copy of the book before the first gathering on Sunday, October 1st, at 10am in the Conference Room.

*Please do note that Ambroz’ book contains potentially sensitive content, including: strong language, physical and emotional abuse, and sexual violence.      

Sign up HERE

Join Mount Olivet's Housing Team for this fall book read exploring housing, the multi-dimensional characteristics of poverty, and what the Team has been learning about needs in our community over the last 18 months.

There are millions of homeless children in America today. In his memoir A Place Called Home, award-winning child welfare advocate David Ambroz writes about his own homelessness as a young child and his subsequent years in foster care, offering a window into what so many kids living in poverty experience every day.

Participants are asked to purchase their own copy of the book before the first gathering on Sunday, October 1st, at 10am in the Conference Room.

*Please do note that Ambroz’ book contains potentially sensitive content, including: strong language, physical and emotional abuse, and sexual violence.      

Sign up HERE

Join Mount Olivet's Housing Team for this fall book read exploring housing, the multi-dimensional characteristics of poverty, and what the Team has been learning about needs in our community over the last 18 months.

There are millions of homeless children in America today. In his memoir A Place Called Home, award-winning child welfare advocate David Ambroz writes about his own homelessness as a young child and his subsequent years in foster care, offering a window into what so many kids living in poverty experience every day.

Participants are asked to purchase their own copy of the book before the first gathering on Sunday, October 1st, at 10am in the Conference Room.

*Please do note that Ambroz’ book contains potentially sensitive content, including: strong language, physical and emotional abuse, and sexual violence.      

Sign up HERE

Curious about baptism for yourself or your child? Sign up for the baptism class HERE.

At Mount Olivet, we baptize on the first Sunday of the month at 9:00 and 10:45 AM. We baptize people of all ages who are members of Mount Olivet and who have attended a baptism class. The baptism class is required for families new to baptism at Mount Olivet. If you have already attended class, you do not need to attend another.

Baptism Classes will be held the first Sunday of October, February, and May.

Join Mount Olivet's Housing Team for this fall book read exploring housing, the multi-dimensional characteristics of poverty, and what the Team has been learning about needs in our community over the last 18 months.

There are millions of homeless children in America today. In his memoir A Place Called Home, award-winning child welfare advocate David Ambroz writes about his own homelessness as a young child and his subsequent years in foster care, offering a window into what so many kids living in poverty experience every day.

Participants are asked to purchase their own copy of the book before the first gathering on Sunday, October 1st, at 10am in the Conference Room.

*Please do note that Ambroz’ book contains potentially sensitive content, including: strong language, physical and emotional abuse, and sexual violence.      

Sign up HERE

Join Pace every Sunday this summer over Zoom for a story! Join in pajamas or comfy clothes, bring your favorite stuffed animal, and listen to a children's book read by Pace. Join the Facebook group by clicking this link or email Pace for the Zoom invitation. 

August 20: God Is Just Like Me by Karen Valentin, Illus. Antonieta Munoz Estrada

Grades 9-12
Snacks & Gathering in the Grove at 8pm
Movie begins at 8:30pm
August 16 | Mean Girls

Join Pace every Sunday this summer over Zoom for a story! Join in pajamas or comfy clothes, bring your favorite stuffed animal, and listen to a children's book read by Pace. Join the Facebook group by clicking this link or email Pace for the Zoom invitation. 

August 13: We Move Together by Kelly Fritsch, Anne McGuire, and Eduardo Trejos
August 20: God Is Just Like Me by Karen Valentin, Illus. Antonieta Munoz Estrada

Join Pace every Sunday this summer over Zoom for a story! Join in pajamas or comfy clothes, bring your favorite stuffed animal, and listen to a children's book read by Pace. Join the Facebook group by clicking this link or email Pace for the Zoom invitation. 

August 6: Picturing God by Ruth Goring
August 13: We Move Together by Kelly Fritsch, Anne McGuire, and Eduardo Trejos
August 20: God Is Just Like Me by Karen Valentin, Illus. Antonieta Munoz Estrada

In late July, 32 high school students and adult leaders will depart by train for Flathead Lutheran Bible Camp in northwestern Montana. This time of connection, learning and growth is made possible through the generosity of the Mount Olivet community, and we are so grateful for your investment in young people!

As a way to say thank you and share stories of impact, you’re invited to join students and adults leaders in the Fireside Room on Sunday, August 6 at 10am as students tell their stories from the trip.

Join Pace every Sunday this summer over Zoom for a story! Join in pajamas or comfy clothes, bring your favorite stuffed animal, and listen to a children's book read by Pace. Join the Facebook group by clicking this link or email Pace for the Zoom invitation. 

July 30: Old Turtle by Douglas Wood, Illus. Cheng-Khee Chee
August 6: Picturing God by Ruth Goring
August 13: We Move Together by Kelly Fritsch, Anne McGuire, and Eduardo Trejos
August 20: God Is Just Like Me by Karen Valentin, Illus. Antonieta Munoz Estrada