Camp Noah is a locally hosted week-long event for elementary-age children whose communities have been impacted by disaster. Camp Noah provides a safe, caring and fun environment where children build resiliency skills within the familiarity of their own communities, using a proven curriculum designed to help children process their disaster and/or trauma experience through creative activities and play.
Mount Olivet's team is going to Cloquet, MN June 21-26! As you may recall, the Duluth area experienced massive flooding in 2012—and the effects still linger. Since then, Camp Noah has been bringing hope, healing and wholeness to the affected communities, and it’s finally Cloquet’s turn. Two churches in this community on the St. Louis River and the edge of the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation are eager to host our team and the Camp Noah program.
Because of the location, participant costs and the number of days have been greatly reduced. The cost will now be $260 for the program fee, background check, mandatory training, uniform t-shirt, and transportation, plus six evening meals at your own expense. Lodging and two meals a day are provided, and stays in host homes (as well as at one of the churches) will be available. Carpools will be arranged, and participants will depart the Twin Cities at noon on Sunday, June 21 and return home around 8 p.m. on Friday, June 26. Some scholarships are available to help offset costs.
Camp Noah is a respected and effective model of trauma response in a day camp format. This is a unique opportunity to receive training and experience in the type of environment MCLC hopes to become. Volunteers in this adult-staffed camp must be at least 18 years old, discreet, energetic, caring and work well with children. Online training (five to six hours) and at least two of three two-hour group sessions are mandatory before departure. Volunteers will serve as small-group leaders and assistants, as well as actors/puppeteers.
For more information, contact Lisa Hansen at nodakeric@aol.com.
850, missionaries conducted worship services a few times each year for the residents of the Plymouth/Medicine Lake area and in 1863 the German Evangelical Lutheran Church was formed. The land for the Mount Olivet cemetery was given by Christoph and August Sandhoff, and the Cemetery Association was formed in 1878 to maintain the cemetery. In 1880, provisions were made to build a church building - our historic chapel - on this property. The congregation moved across the street to our current location in 1968. With generous grants from the Onan Foundation and hundreds of volunteer hours, the Chapel was restored in 1990, and dedicated in 1991.
Mount Olivet’s Historic Chapel and Cemetery are lovingly care
d for by a team of dedicated volunteers: Jim Devine, Scott Linge, Ron Holden, Ben G. Broman, Mark Schmidt, Barb Heinrich, Jean Oberg, Dorothy Sohn, and Roy Heinrich are all long-time members, and Jane Kloss and Bruce Skrukrud have joined recently. New members are always welcome!
d in Dar es Salam, has been operating since the early seventies in a community of about 300,000 people, the majority of whom live in very poor conditions. As is the case in many parts of Tanzania, the number of orphans, widows, widowers and unemployed has increased greatly, resulting mainly from the AIDS pandemic and general poverty of the people who are victims or who give care to dying relatives. In its efforts to spread the Word of God and serve the community, Msasani Lutheran Church feels that helping people to lead an improved life is an important calling. As such, the Church continuously looks for ways to help the needy. Mount Olivet first connected with Msasani in 2001, formalized our partnership in 2002, and has tithed our Capital Fund to support their efforts ever since. The two churches regularly exchange visits to solidify and strengthen our bonds, and this summer it’s MO’s turn to travel to Tanzania to connect with our Tanzanian brothers and sisters.
e Mount Olivet Library volunteers – Pat Daly, Vicki Jackman, and LuAnn Svendsen – who have spent countless hours consolidating and organizing the many resources owned by Mount Olivet into one convenient location. They continue to add to the available resources through member donations.
Please stop in and browse. Simply fill out the card in the back of the book and drop it in the box on the desk. The MO Library makes it easy to access quality books that inspire and challenge, and that you and your family will enjoy reading. Check one out today!
It seems excellent music has always been a strength of Mount Olivet. In fact, the music heard at Mount Olivet has been top of the list when people areasked what they like most about this community. The variety of musical styles offered as well as the high quality of performances gives the MO community much to appreciate. Every week. dedicated volunteers and gifted professionals sing praises to God and lead worship. But the Music Department is so much more than people gathered making great music together. The Music Department is also a family within a family - praying, supporting, crying and laughing together - united in community by their shared love of music and the bonds of faith and friendship.
