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Weekly Bulletin January 21st

Posted in Weekly Bulletin / Epiphany / 2018

Each Week Mount Olive produces a bulletin with information about upcoming events, activities, and opportunities around the church and circuit. To check this week’s bulletin Click...


Sermon / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Season of Epiphany / Sunday January 14th 2018 - / John 1:43:51 / "From Under the Fig Tree to Under The Outstretched Arms of Christ Jesus."

Posted in Audio Sermons / Pastor Ted Giese / Epiphany / Sermons / ^John / 2018

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday January 14th 2018: Season of Epiphany / John 1:43-51 "From Under the Fig Tree to Under The Outstretched Arms of Christ Jesus." The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow Me.” Now Philip was...


Weekly Bulletin January 14th

Posted in Weekly Bulletin / Epiphany / 2018

Each Week Mount Olive produces a bulletin with information about upcoming events, activities, and opportunities around the church and circuit. To check this week’s bulletin Click...


Sermon / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Baptism of Our Lord - Season of Epiphany / Sunday January 7th 2018 - / Mark 1: 4 - 11 / "From the River to you."

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday January 7th 2018: Baptism of Our Lord - Season of Epiphany / Mark 1:4–11 "From the River to you" John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And all the country of...


Sermon / Pr. Dave Haberstock / Epiphany Day / Saturday January 6th 2018 - / Matthew 2:1-12 / WASCANA Circuit Epiphany Service.

Posted in Audio Sermons / Epiphany / Sermons / ^Matthew / Guest Preacher / 2018

To cap off the Season of Christmas and kick off the Season of Epiphany our 2018 WASCANA Circuit Epiphany Service was hosted at Mount Olive Lutheran Church. Listen here to audio of the Gospel Reading for that evening and the Sermon preached by Pr. David Haberstock from Grace Lutheran Church...


Funeral Sermon, Douglas Binnie / Friday January 5th 2018

Funeral Sermon for Douglas Binnie / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Friday January 5th 2018: Season of Christmas / Psalm 23 "Baptized into The Good Shepherd." The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters....


Darkest Hour (2017) Joe Wright & The Greatest Showman (2017) Michael Gracey - Movie Review

Darkest Hour (2017) Joe Wright & The Greatest Showman (2017) Michael Gracey - Movie Review

Listen here for audio of radio interviews about films from a Christian perspective with Pastors Ted Giese and Todd Wilken on IssuesEtc.org where Christianity meets culture. Darkest Hour (2017) Directed by: Joe Wright,Writers: Anthony McCarten Stars: Gary Oldman, Lily James, Kristin Scott...


Weekly Bulletin January 7th

Posted in Weekly Bulletin / 2018

Each Week Mount Olive produces a bulletin with information about upcoming events, activities, and opportunities around the church and circuit. To check this week’s bulletin Click...


Sermon / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Wednesday Prayer Service / Wednesday January 3rd 2018 / Psalm 72 / The Great King

Text: Psalm 72Theme: The Great King___________________________Intr –  Dear brothers and sisters in Christ: have you ever heard about some of the so called “Great” guys in history? People who have the adjective “Great” attached to their names, like for example Alexander, the Great from...


Sermon / Pr. Lucas A. Albrecht / New Year's Eve / Sunday December 31st 2017 - / Galatias 4:4-7 / "Who to walk with"

Text: Galatians 4:4-7Theme: Who to walk with ___________________________ Intr – At some point in their life, children learn how to walk. That usually happens around 10-12 months, give or take a little. At first they crawl; then they kind of get up on their feet yet a little bit unsteady,...


Funeral Sermon, Arnold Wagner / Friday December 29th 2017

Text: John 14 :1-7 Theme: A special place___________________________Intr - Dear Members of the Wagner family, relatives and friends: Earlier this year I had the opportunity to visit with Dorothy and Arnold at their home. It was a moment to have a cup of coffee and get to know them a...


Weekly Bulletin December 31st

Posted in Weekly Bulletin / 2017

Each Week Mount Olive produces a bulletin with information about upcoming events, activities, and opportunities around the church and circuit. To check this week’s bulletin Click...


Sermon / Pr. Lucas A. Albrecht / Christmas Eve / Sunday December 24th 2017 / "The One-Way trip"

Posted in Audio Sermons / Christmas / Sermons / Christmas Eve

  Christmas EveTheme: The One-Way trip        ___________________________Intr –   Launched in 2013, it attracted more than 100,000 people eager to enroll and participate in it. It was billed as an adventurous, game changing, innovative project. They call it Mars One. What is it all about?...


Sermon / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Christmas Day / Monday December 25th 2017 - / Luke 2: 15-19 / "How is Your Heart this Christmas?"

Posted in Audio Sermons / Pastor Ted Giese / Christmas / Sermons / ^Luke / 2017

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Monday December 25th Christmas Day 2017: Season of Christmas / Luke 2: 15-19 “How is Your Heart this Christmas?” “When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this...


Sermon / Pr. Lucas A. Albrecht / Christmas Eve / SundayDecember 24th 2017 -  Luke 2 / "The one-way trip"

Sermon / Pr. Lucas A. Albrecht / Christmas Eve / SundayDecember 24th 2017 - Luke 2 / "The one-way trip"

  Text: Luke 2 – Christmas EveTheme: The One-Way trip ___________________________Intr – Launched in 2013, it attracted more than 100,000 people eager to enroll and participate in it. It was billed as an adventurous, game changing, innovative project. They call it Mars One. What is it all...


Sermon / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Forth Sunday in Advent / Sunday December 24th 2017 - / Luke 1: 26 - 38 / "Christmas Fears? - Fear Not"

Posted in Audio Sermons / Pastor Ted Giese / Advent / Sermons / ^Luke / 2017

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday December 24th 2017: Advent / Luke 1: 26 - 38 "Christmas Fears? - Fear Not" In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house...


Weekly Bulletin December 24th

Posted in Weekly Bulletin / Christmas / 2017

Each Week Mount Olive produces a bulletin with information about upcoming events, activities, and opportunities around the church and circuit. To check this week’s bulletin Click...


Star War: The Last Jedi (2017) Rian Johnson - Movie Review

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Directed by: Rian Johnson, Writers:  Rian Johnson (story and screenplay by), George Lucas (based on characters created by) Stars: Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Lupita Nyong'o, Domhnall Gleeson,...


Sermon / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Third Sunday in Advent / Sunday December 17th 2017 - / John 1:6-8, 19-28 / "Who are you?"

Posted in Audio Sermons / Pastor Ted Giese / Advent / Sermons / ^John / 2017

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday December 17th 2017: 3rd Sunday in Advent / John 1:6-8, 19-28 “Who Are You?”   There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. He was not...


Sermon / Pr. Lucas A. Albrecht / Second Sunday in Advent / December 10th 2017 - / Mark 1:1-8 / To be prepared

Listen to the Audio Sermon    Text: Mark 1:1-8 – 2nd Sunday in AdventTheme: To be Prepared  ___________________________ Intr –  To be alert, in many situations in our daily life, is something quite important. But to be prepared is even more.           Wait… is there a difference between to...