Mount Olive Ministries Blog
California Teen Volunteers at GCS
Regan Lindsay, a public speaking teacher and competitor from San Jose, California, came to Mount Olive for seven weeks to better Grace Christian School’s public speaking skills. While she is a 17-year-old high school student, she has ample wisdom on this activity....
Virginia Church Members Volunteer in Mississippi
Seven members of First Baptist Church of Alexandria, Virginia traveled to Mississippi for threefold mission projects. According to Tony C. Duckworth, Mount Olive Ministries needed assistance with renovating Grace Christian School (GCS) restrooms. In additional to the...
GCS Pauses for Solar Eclipse
GCS paused all school activities to view and learn about the solar eclipse. After learning that the solar eclipse is a type of eclipse that occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, and when the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun, students were...
New York Doctor Visits MOM’s STEM Education Program
Dr. Lynne Holden is an emergency medicine doctor in Bronx, New York and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Burke Re- habilitation Hospital and Montefiore Medical Center. She received her medical degree from Temple Univer- sity School of...
GCS Hosts First Annual 5K Walk-a-Thon
Grace Christian School (GCS) hosted its first annual walk-a-thon, one of the many fundraisers to keep underprivileged students in school. Each year since 2014, GCS loses approximately 10 to 15 students due to lack of sponsorships. Many GCS parents’ income ranges from...
Retired Business Owner Gives Back To His Community
Walter W. “Billy” Blain of Mount Olive is cruising through retirement – cruising for a cause, that is. Having served as owner, CEO, and president of The Blain Company, he is giving back to his community through career-development and mentorship programs. For the past...
Colorado Native Volunteers at Mount Olive Ministries
Mount Olive Ministries is honored to have Hannah Blum volunteering with our STEM program which includes Robotics. Hannah is a recent graduate from the Colorado School of Mines (located in Golden, Colorado), where she earned her degree in Chemical and Biochemical...
Miss Mississippi Returns to Grace Christian School
Hannah Roberts, 22, of Mount Olive, Mississippi, finished as first runner-up in the Miss America 2016 89th annual competition held in July 2015. A Bio-chemistry major with a minor in Biology, Miss Roberts had graduated summa cum laude from USM in May 2015. A Goldwater...
California Small Group Adopts GCS
One of the biggest difficulties in small group ministry is getting wrapped up in the program of the ministry that we forget why we are doing small groups in the first place! Not so with the Evergreen Church in San Jose, CA. The eight member small group welcomed Tony...
Fourth Grade Student Engineers Solar Fan
Many parents look for low-cost activities to keep kids busy during summer months. Playing in the sprinkler, climbing trees and catching lightning bugs doesn’t cost a thing, but they certainly make for happy childhood memories. Not so with the parents of Andrew Adcock....