Sunday Service Times:

8 am in the Chapel (Rite I Quiet Eucharist)
9:30 am Christian Education for adults & children
 10:30 am in the Church (Rite II with music)
 
Our nursery is open from 9:30 am to 12 noon

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About Olivet Church

  

Upcoming Events
 

We welcome you to Olivet Episcopal Church!

Please click here to read a message from Olivet's Rector, the Rev'd David S. Harper.

Our Sunday services are at 8 am (Rite I, Quiet Eucharist) in the Chapel and at 10:30 am (Rite II with music) in the Main Church building.  Christian Education for adults and children begins at 9:30 am in the Main Church.  Children meet on the third floor and adults meet in the Undercroft.

Nursery care is available starting at 9 am in the Nursery located in the Main Church.  Children are always welcome at all worship services.

A Healing & Eucharist Service is held every Wednesday at Noon in the Chapel.

We have several Christian Education opportunities during the week.  Please click here to read more about these.

We offer other events during the year for families and individuals, which are listed in Upcoming Events to the right.

Come be a part of the Olivet family, where our mission is "to be a caring community that supports all people in finding new life in Jesus Christ".

If you have any questions, please call us at 703-971-4733 or send an email by using the links at the bottom of this page.

  

Monday, May 5:
Articles for the Pentecost newsletter due to Donna Harper.

Monday, May 5, 7:30 pm:
Disciple class in the Undercroft; please click here for the Disciple schedule.

Tuesday, May 6, 7 pm:
Worship Commission Meeting

Wednesday, May 7, Noon:
Eucharist & Healing Service, Chapel

Sunday, May 11, both services:
Outreach Sunday with the offering going to Five Talents Mother's Day Project

Saturday, May 31:
 Annual Strawberry Festival

Saturday, June 14, Noon:
Calling all needlework admirers! Please join other interested Olivet folks in attending this lecture at the Washington National Cathedral.

Tuesday, August 12:
 Olivet sponsor night at the Little Theater of Alexandria, featuring the musical 1776! Silent Auction and wine/cheese tasting as well.

Diocese & ECUSA News

Link to the Episcopal News Service website.

Link to the ECUSA website.

Link to the Diocese of Virginia newsroom.

Link to the Diocese of Virginia website.

Click here to read the Presiding Bishop's Pentecost Message.

Click here to read a special message from Rev'd Harper:  "What I Believe".

Learn about the Millennium Development Goals (MDG's) by clicking here.

400 Hundred Years of the Episcopal Church -- click here

Celebrate the Washington National Cathedral's Centennial;
click here to find out how.

Art & Soul Retreat at Shrinemont

God & Health Care Retreat at Shrinemont
 

Please click on the following links to find about opportunities for Environmental Ministries

 GreenFaith
Stewardship of Creation
Episcopal Ecological Network
EcoJustice Working Group
Interfaith Power and Light

Help Wanted

  

Christian Education

  

Announcements
& Schedules

Calling All Instrumentalists!
Our new choir director, Ruth Bedell, would like to gather together musicians to play from time to time at Olivet.  Please call her at 703-425-1619 or email her.

Join the Mission Group
 Please click here for an article from Dan Wilmoth.  Contact Dan if you are interested in joining the Olivet Mission Group or would like more information.

Help Needed at Olivet
 Please visit the Simpson Room to check out the ministries that are looking for helping hands. 

Prayer Chain at Olivet -- If you would like to join the prayer chain ministry, please click here to send an email

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Do you have a prayer request?  Please click here to send your request via email.  There is a prayer chain at Olivet that will pray daily for your special intention.  Requests are confidential.

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Please click here to post an announcement to the website.

 

  

Pictures from our Easter Egg Hunt!

Please click here for Christian Ed offerings for the Easter season.  You are welcome to join the classes at any time.

Please click here for the latest news from the Olivet Church Library.  The Library is located in the Undercroft.

Please click here for the Disciple schedule.

  

Liturgy Server Schedules:
click here for May

For the list of current vestry members, please click here.

Recycle Your Eyeglasses!
A collection box for old eyeglasses is in the narthex of the Simpson Bldg.  Give the gift of sight by donating your old glasses to the Lions Club.

Report on "The State of the Church" from Rev'd Harper --click here to download

The Flower Chart for 2008 is in the Simpson Room.   Please follow the directions printed there to make your donations.  Flowers are now $35.   You are welcome to take the flowers home after the service. 

For Men: The Brotherhood of St. Andrew.  The Brotherhood holds a men's prayer breakfast on the first and third Saturdays of each month.  All men are welcome to join them at 7:50 am in the Undercroft.

For Women: The Daughters of the King.  Click here to send an email for more information.

 
 

Community Outreach
 

Check out what Koinonia currently needs.  Koinonia is a non-profit group which serves the Franconia community.  Here is their website. 

To help the victims of recent natural disasters, please go to http://www.er-d.org/, which is the Episcopal Relief and Development website.  Donations may be made online or by telephone.

New Building Plans

Visions of Olivet's New Building  (please note this is a 10 MB PowerPoint so it may take several minutes to load). 

 

* this site is best viewed with Internet Explorer
 

Rev. Dr. David S. Harper, Rector
cell    (703)203-2945
home (703) 922-2809		 click here to email the rector
click here to email the church office
problem with the website? please click here

Olivet Office Hours: Mon thru Thurs, 9 am to 2 pm phone (703) 971-4733
fax (703) 971-4809

 All bulletin announcements must be in the office by noon on Wednesdays.
Please click here to post an announcement to the website.