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Mount Olive UMC News
June 2011
5115 Old Court Road
Randallstown, MD 21133
Phone: 410-922-2853
Web page: www.mountoliveumc-md.org
Email: pastormark.johnson@gmail.com
Fax: 410-922-2864
Pastor
Ministers
OUR MINISTRY TEAM
Rev. Dr. Mark Johnson
pastormark.johnson@gmail.com
http://mostmorningmeanderings @blogspot.com
410-645-0388
All the members
Church Office 410-922-2853
Office Hours (Monday thru Thursday) 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Church Secretary
Director of Music
Janet R. Wheaton
office.mtoliveumc@gmail.com
Thomas E. Wilson
Mt. Olive UMC Preschool Director Kathy DiGrazia
410-655-0058
Preschool.mtoliveumc@gmail.com
Bookkeeper
Custodian
Prayer Chain Coordinator
Tamesha Townsend
tamesa.townsend@gmail.com
AFFILIATED MINISTRIES
Alpha & Omega Before &
After School Program
Teens In Action
Raymond Beale
Libby Mann
LaQuanta Baldwin
alphaomegakids@yahoo.com
James & Charlotte Barrett
Incoutreach@netscape.net
Young Scholars GED Program
Rosalyn Burns
youngscholarsged@gmail.com
All Church Picnic
An All-Church picnic is in the works for later in
June. The plan is to gather after worship for games,
good food and great fellowship. Watch the Sunday
bulletin insert for more details.
Dear Friends
My wife, Sandi, shared a story in worship that is
so good that I asked her permission to pass it on. A
couple weeks ago she had a meeting scheduled with
the Pastor of a downtown church that is located in a
tough part of town. Now Sandi is not usually
intimidated by that sort of thing but she is wise
enough to be on her guard. As she pulled up to the
church there was a group of three or four young
men hanging out on the street corner near the front
door. As she parked she surveyed the young men –
pants hanging down, hats sidewise – and she
considered for a moment whether she should call
her colleague inside the church and have someone
come out to meet her. She decided instead to take a
deep breath, put her rising fears aside, and greet the
young men as she walked past them to the church
entrance. She even toyed with the idea of
suggesting to them that they should pull up their
pants and wear a belt.
As she got out of the car she began to wonder
about the wisdom of her decision because the young
men started to walk toward her. Sandi was saying a
prayer when the first young man asked, “Do you
know the pastor?”
She replied, as calmly and strongly as she could,
“Yes, I am meeting with her.”
The young man replied, “Good. We’ll take you
to her. This is our church and we make sure people
are safe here.”
The Bible says, “Do not neglect to show
hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have
entertained angels without knowing it.” (Hebrews
13:2 NRSV) And sometimes, when put our
presumptions aside we meet unlikely “angels”
doing the Lord’s work.
See you in worship!
Grace and Peace,
Pastor Mark

FOOD MINISTRY
James and Charlotte Barrett are coordinating our
new Food Ministry. Our next community meal
(soup kitchen), food pantry and resource table will
be June 18 from noon to 3:00pm. If you would like
to volunteer or donate food, please contact James
and/or Charlotte at 410-944-6413.
ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS
Will you graduate from high school or complete
your GED this year? Are you a member of Mount
Olive UMC? If the answer is “yes”, then the
Endowment Committee would like to hear from
you. Please call either Rosalyn Burns, Barbara
Kirchhausen or Virginia Link for details.
DID YOU KNOW…? CORNER
We would like to know if there are milestones
and babies and grandbabies we haven't heard about.
Call Barbara Nelson at (410) 922-8850 or the
church secretary at (410) 922-2853.
LUNCH BUNCH – JUNE 8
Come on out for lunch! Meet on the church
parking lot at 11:00 am, and carpool to Red
Lobster. Sign up on the bulletin board between the
church offices.
DINNER BUNCH – JULY 2
The June Dinner Bunch has been rescheduled
due to UMW Meeting on 6.25. Please meet on the
church parking lot at 3:00 pm, on July 2 and
carpool to Peppermill. Sign up on the bulletin
board between the church offices.
CHARITY CIRCLE
The Charity Circle will meet on Wednesday,
June 1 in the parlor at 7:00pm.
HOPE CIRCLE
The Hope Circle will meet every second
Wednesday of the month at 10:30am, in the Church
Parlor. The next meeting is scheduled for
Wednesday, June 8.
NEW SUMMER WORSHIP SERVICE
We will begin a new summer worship
service beginning June 5. Tentatively called the
“Khakis and Cut-offs” service, this casual worship
service will begin at 8am and will give people
another worship choice. The 8am “Khakis and Cutoffs”
service will meet in the historic chapel and our
10:30am worship service will continue in the
sanctuary. Please pray for the success of this new
worship opportunity.
FAITH CIRCLE
The Faith Circle will meet on Monday, June
13 at 11am in the parking lot. We will carpool from
there to the Candlelight Inn for lunch.
The United Methodist General Meeting will be
held on Saturday, June 25 at 4:00pm in the parlor.
Charity Circle will have the program and
refreshments. All women of the church are invited
to join us.
Peace with Justice Sunday is June 19, 2011.
Your generous gift to support this special Sunday is
appreciated.

Preschool Graduation is June 10 at 11:00am in
the Sanctuary. A reception will follow in the
Fellowship Hall.
VACATION BIBLE CAMP JULY 11-15
Get set for “PandaMania – Where God Is Wild
About You”. We are excited to offer this fantastic
Vacation Bible Camp for the young people of our
church and neighborhood. Pastor Mark will again
offer an adult class and this year we will study The
Prayer and Devotional Practices of United
Methodists. As in years past, we will begin with a
light supper at 6pm followed by VBC until 8:30pm.
Please put this in your calendar and plan to attend.
If you are interested in volunteering, please contact
Kathy DiGrazia.
The volunteer meeting for Vacation Bible Camp
will be held at 7:00pm on June 8, 2011.
Our pre-school is undergoing another transition
this June. Earlier this year, the Church Council
voted to assume responsibility and control of the
pre-school to ensure its continued strength and
viability. At that time it was decided that the Church
Council would reevaluate the decision after 6
months.
The Trustees and the Finance Committee
studied the pre-school’s progress and determined
that our church could no longer afford to bear this
program’s costs. While we had hoped that the preschool
could turn around and start covering the
costs of supplies and salaries, this turned out to be
unrealistic.
Rather than close the pre-school, however, the
Finance Committee and Trustees recommended to
the Church Council that Alpha And Omega Quality
Day Care be allowed to rent the existing space.
Alpha and Omega’s Director, LaQuanta Baldwin,
has been licensed to add child care to her current
before and after school program.
We feel this is a Win Win solution for everyone
involved. Our students will still get a high quality
pre-school experience and our church will no longer
be responsible for program costs.
If you have questions please talk to either Pastor
Mark, Trustee’s chair Dick Stanfield, or Finance
chair Barbara Kirchhausen.
ALPHA AND OMEGA
May 7, 2011 Hip Hop Spring Dance Fund
Raiser was a success! The dance helped students
with summer camp activity fee. I'd like to thank
parents who volunteered. Thank you for preparing
for the dance, keeping it organized, chaperoning, set
up and cleaning.
Thank you to Alpha & Omega Board for your
awesome support with planning. Special thank you
to Jackie Burnham, Carol - Anne Walker and Robin
Matthews for your gracious donation, who supplied
us with a total of $70.00 worth of a variety of gift
cards to McDonalds, Sonic, and Game Stop, to give
away as prizes during the dance!
We welcome Khloe Imes (Treasurer) and
Carolyn Nichols (Secretary) to the Alpha & Omega
Board.
Summer Camp will begin June 20- Aug 26,
7am - 6pm
Our last board meeting will be June 15, 2012 at
7:00pm, in the Parlor. We will resume September
14, 2011 at 7:00pm, in the Parlor. Thank you all for
your support, time and most of all helping
making Alpha & Omega a stronger program for the
kids in the community. You are truly a blessing!
Alpha & Omega will be in various parts of the
building beginning sometime in May /June due to
the installation of the air conditioning in the
Fellowship Hall.
Church Family we will need your support
please continue to check the calendar and flyers
around the church for fund raisers for the mission
trip.
Alpha & Omega wishes everyone a safe and
happy summer!

You are invited to join Pastors Mark and Sandi
on an 11 Day Cruise Of The Caribbean, January
15-25, 2012, with stops in Antigua, British Virgin
Islands, Dominican Republic, Barbados, St. Kitts,
and St. Maarten. The cruise features lectures by Dr.
David A. DiSilva on “Heeding the Book of
Revelations Without Playing Endgames.” We will
be traveling with Norwegian Cruise line and costs
(including applicable taxes) begin at about $860,
not including airfare to Miami. Brochures are
available.
Greeters:
June 5
June 12
June 19
June 26
Liturgists:
June 5
June 12
June 19
June 26
Worship Leaders for June
Charity Circle
Charity Circle
Charity Circle
Charity Circle
Carolyn Nichols
Donald Chilcote
Kathy DiGrazia
Patsie Williams
To Mount Olive Members
I would like to thank all who sent me cards,
made visits to the hospital and telephone calls. I
thank you very much for your concern.
Bill Copeland
Coffee Fellowship:
June 5 Marjuin Massalee
June 12 Carolyn Nichols
June 19 Kathy DiGrazia
June 26 Berta Brightman
To all the Men of Mount Olive who helped cook the
Easter breakfast. I thank you very much for filling
in for me.
Bill Copeland.

June 2011
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
7:00pm- Charity Circle
2
10:00am – Zumba
Class
6:00pm – Young
Scholars GED
3
10:00am – Young
Scholars GED
4
9:00am – Dance Lessons
11:30am – Teens In Action
1:00pm – Dance Recital
5
8:00am - Worship
9:00am – Choir
9:15am–Friendship
Bible Class
10:30am – Worship
6 7
6:00pm - Young
Scholars GED
6:30pm – GS #945
8
8:00am – Men’s Bible
Study – IHOP
11:00pm – Lunch
Bunch – Red Lobster
9
10:00am – Zumba
Class
5:00pm – Trustees
6:00pm – Young
Scholars GED
10
10:00am – Young
Scholars GED
11am – Preschool
Graduation
12pm – Preschool
Reception
6:30pm – GS #1890
11
9:00am – Dance Lessons
12
8:00am – Worship
9:00am – Choir
9:15am-Friendship
Bible Class
10:30am – Worship
11:30am – Membership
Exploration Class
13
12:00pm-Faith Circle
6:30pm-Prayer Shawl
Ministry
14
6:00pm – Young
Scholars GED
6:30pm – GS #945
7:00pm – Silver Stirrups
15
8:00am – Men’s Bible
Study - IHOP
7:00pm – Alpha &
Omega Board Meeting
16
10:00am – Zumba
Class
6:00pm – Young
Scholars GED
17
10:00am – Young
Scholars GED
18
9:00am – Dance Class
12:00pm – Food Ministry
19
8:00am _ Worship
9:00am - Choir
9:15am – Friendship
Bible Class
10:30am – Worship
11:30am - Outreach
20
7:00pm Nurture
Committee
21
12:00pm - AARP
6:00pm – Young
Scholars GED
6:30pm – GS #945
22
8:00am – Men’s Bible
Study - IHOP
23
6:00pm – Young
Scholars GED
24
10:00am – Young
Scholars GED
6:30pm – GS #1890
25
9:00am – Dance Lessons
26
8:00am – Worship
9:00am – Choir
9:15am – Friendship
Bible Class
10:30am – Worship
27
7:00pm – Church
Council
28
6:00pm – Young
Scholars GED
6:30pm – GS #945
29
8:00am – Men’s Bible
Study - IHOP
30