March 2, 2025
Flowers on the altar for Sunday, March 2, are given to God’s glory and praise.
People We Are Praying For (We included prayers for these individuals in our recent church services): Owen Saidler, Solomon Faugstad, Katie Tweit, Lorena Merseth, Ruth Faye, Pastor Mike Barlow, Mia Faugstad, Steve Beilke, Lois Jaeger, Jeanette Koberg, Pr. Mike Barlow, and Janet & Rhea Wassman. We also prayed for the Gratz family and the extended family of Lenita Struck who entered her heavenly rest this past week; for ELS Pastor Micah & Claudia Ernst who recently lost their home in a fire; and for Ashley Olson, our 3rd grade teacher, who is deliberating a call to Kissimmee, FL.
Join us for the last part of a three-part Bible study of Luther’s Small Catechism, led by Pastor Soule, on Sunday, March 2, at 9:40am in the Social Hall; the topic is “The Commandments & Antinomianism?”.
ELS Pastor Michael Ernst, and his wife, Claudia, recently lost their home and belongings in a house fire (Claudia is our 1st grade teacher Miranda Dittmer’s aunt). To help the Ernst family recover from this loss, a GoFundMe page has been set up at https://shorturl.at/AorJI. Thank you for your support!
For more updates and all other new announcements, pick up your copy of the March edition of the Olive Press from the narthex table. The Olive Press is also available on the Mt. Olive website: mtolivelutheran.org/publications. For Mt. Olive members who receive the Weekly Announcements via email, note that the March 2025 Olive Press is attached to the March 2 Weekly Announcements.
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LAST WEEK’S ATTENDANCE/LORD’S SUPPER:
Sunday: 8:30am, 239; 10:45am, 156; Monday: 35/26; Tuesday: 13/11
Live Online Viewing, Sunday (8:30am): 33
WE THANK THOSE SERVING OUR LORD THIS WEEK:
Greeters: 1st Service — Tom & Joni Bode, Craig & Lisa Brown 2nd Service — Terri Westphal, Dan & Joanne Maas Offering Counters: Lisa Holt, Brenda Garbers, Connie Meyer Altar Guild: Lyn Merseth, Krista Petzel
WEEKLY FINANCIAL UPDATE:
Given Last Week (excluding Year of Jubilee): $10,943.20
Year of Jubilee Debt Reduction Given Last Week: $487.66
Year of Jubilee Debt Reduction Total (July 1, 2024-Feb. 27, 2025): $124,168.36
Fiscal YTD Actual Expenses vs. Budget Surplus (Deficit) as of 1/31/2025: $57,305.35
2 Corinthians 9:7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity;
for God loves a cheerful giver.
To give your offering online, go to mtolivelutheran.org and click on the “Online Giving” tab.
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