Mission and Outreach
Olivet participates in various outreach programs. Financially, we have a special collection the first., second and third Sundays of each month, with the proceeds going to a pre-designated charity. Scroll down to see more on special collection Sundays. We also support the efforts of the Episcopal Relief and Development, as they work in countries devastated by natural disasters, such as Chile.
We also volunteer at the local service organization, Koinonia. Koinonia, established in the early 1960's, is a Christian non-profit human services organization, serving individuals and families in the communities of Franconia, East Springfield, Newington, and Kingstowne. Their mission is to give hope and help with compassion and care to individuals and families in our local community who are going through extenuating circumstances, and are in need of emergency assistance. Since September 3, 2008, Olivet parishioners volunteer at Koinonia the 1st and 3rd Wednesday evenings of each month. Between the hours of 6 and 8:30 pm on Wednesdays, Olivet volunteers serve by accepting donations and meeting with clients, helping to fill their clothing and food requests.
Olivet extends the communion table each week to our homebound parishioners and folks at Greenspring. The visitation teams are looking for others to join in this ministry as servers. Please contact Dan Wilmoth if you are interested in this ministry.
We have an on-going service project collecting used crutches and walkers to send to Manta, Ecuador. Please contact Dan Wilmoth if you have items to donate.
Special collection Sundays:
For many years now, Olivet has designated the second Sunday of every month as “Outreach Sunday” with the loose plate offering going in support of groups such as Food for the Poor, New Hope Housing, and Episcopal Relief and Development.
Please click here to see the 2012-2013 schedule for Outreach Sundays.
Did you know… are you aware of the fact that the first and third Sundays also have special designations?The first Sunday loose plate offering (un-designated funds) goes to the Rector’s Discretionary Fund. Fr. Harper uses those funds to help folks who are in need. The third Sunday, has been designated as “Inreach Sunday” with funds being put aside to help do things around Olivet. Inreach funds were used to refurbish the kitchen in recent history. These are just three ways that your dollars do mission work on any given Sunday. So remember,1st Sunday - Rector’s discretionary fund; 2nd Sunday is Outreach Sunday ; and the3rd Sunday is Inreach Sunday.
