The Advent and Christmas Seasons just naturally lend themselves to many reasons for Olivet friends to get together:
The first Sunday in December, Olivet friends gather to wrap the donated gifts for the Voluntary Action Center. Refreshments are shared.
Members and friends sing Christmas carols to our homebound people in the neighborhood of the church and at the Lenoir community.
At the Hanging of the Greens, early in the season of Advent, members and friends decorate the sanctuary, fellowship hall and the classrooms. A Mission Family will host the evening activities.
The choir presents an Advent / Christmas Music Program during an 11 o'clock worship service, usually in mid-December.
The Education Committee sponsors the Annual Christmas Party and Visit from Santa after the children present A Christmas Pageant and the youth present a Christmas Drama, all on the second or third Sunday evening in Advent. The date is determined each year by the day on which Christmas falls.
December 24th finds the Olivet family and friends sharing in Christmas Eve Communion at the church. A less formal communion service is planned for families with small children at 5 p.m. A traditional Candlelight Communion Service begins at 8 p.m.
(For this years Christmas events and times, please check out the Special Announcements page.)