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Weekly Bulletin September 25th

Posted in 2016 / Weekly Bulletin

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...


Weekly Bulletin September 18th

Posted in 2016 / Weekly Bulletin

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Sermon / Sept 18, 2016 / Luke 16:1-15 / The Shrewd Manager / Pastor Terry Defoe

Posted in 2016 / Audio Sermons / Parables / Rev. Terry Defoe / Sermons / ^Luke

Our sermon text is found in Luke's gospel, chapter 16. I'm reading verses 14 and 15: The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly...


Sully (2016) Clint Eastwood - Movie Review

Sully (2016) Directed by: Clint EastwoodWriters: Todd Komarnicki, (Screenplay), Chesley Sullenberger, Jeffrey Zaslow (Book: Highest Duty) Stars: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Patch Darragh, Jamey Sheridan, Michael Rapaport, Vincent Lombardi Run Time: 96min Rated: PG (Canada) PG-13...


Sermon / Sept 11, 2016 / Luke 15:1-10 / Lost & Found / Pastor Terry Defoe

Posted in 2016 / Audio Sermons / Parables / Rev. Terry Defoe / Sermons / ^Luke

Our sermon text is found in Luke's gospel, chapter 15. I'm reading verses 1 to 3: Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Then Jesus told them...


Weekly Bulletin September 11th

Posted in 2016 / Weekly Bulletin

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Sermon / September 4th, 2016 / Deut 30:15-20 / A Fork in the Road / Pastor Terry Defoe

Posted in 2016 / Rev. Terry Defoe / Pentecost / Sermons / ^Deuteronomy

Our sermon text this morning is found in the book of Deuteronomy in the Old Testament, chapter 30. I’m reading verses 15 and 16. Moses says to the people of Israel: 15 See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. 16 For I command you today to love the Lord your God,...


Weekly Bulletin September 4th

Posted in 2016 / Weekly Bulletin

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Sermon / August 28th, 2016 / Hebrews 13:1-14 / Practical Christianity / Pastor Terry Defoe

Posted in 2016 / Audio Sermons / Rev. Terry Defoe / Sermons / ^Hebrews

Our sermon text this morning is found in the book of Hebrews in the New Testament, chapter 13. I'm reading verses 1 and 8. The writer says:          Keep on loving each other as fellow believers. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and forever.            Grace, mercy and peace...


Weekly Bulletin August 28th

Posted in 2016 / Weekly Bulletin

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...


Ben-Hur (2016) Timur Bekmambetov - Movie Review

Ben-Hur (2016) Directed by: Timur BekmambetovWriters: John Ridley, Keith R. Clarke (Screenplay), Lew Wallace (Book) Stars: Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Rodrigo Santoro, Nazanin Boniadi, Ayelet Zurer, Pilou Asbæk, Morgan Freeman, James Cosmo, Sofia Black-D'Elia, Haluk Bilginer Run Time:...


Sermon / August 21, 2016 / Luke 13:22-30 / We Have it in Writing / Pastor Terry Defoe

Luke’s Gospel chapter 13. I’m reading verses 22 to 25: 22 Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. 23 Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved? He said to them, 24 “Make every effort to enter through the narrow...


Funeral Sermon for Lorraine Schaffer / Friday August 19th - 2016

Funeral Sermon for Lorraine Schaffer at Mount Olive Lutheran Church Friday August 19th - 2016 / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Psalm 139 O LORD, You have searched me and known me!           You know when I sit down and when I rise up;                    You discern my thoughts from afar.          ...


Weekly Bulletin August 21st

Posted in 2016 / Weekly Bulletin

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Sermon / Pr. Ted Giese / Sunday August 14th 2016 - / Luke 12:49-56 / Does Jesus Divide?

Posted in 2016 / Audio Sermons / Pastor Ted Giese / Pentecost / Sermons / ^Luke

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday August 14th 2016: The Season of Pentecost, Luke 12:49-56. " Does Jesus Divide? Does The Truth Divide?"  “I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled! I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how great is...


Weekly Bulletin August 14th

Posted in 2016 / Weekly Bulletin

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Suicide Squad (2016) David Ayer - Movie Review

Suicide Squad (2016) Directed by: David AyerWriters: David AyerStars: Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, Jay Hernandez, Jared Leto, Ben Affleck, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Karen Fukuhara, Joel Kinnaman, Cara Delevingne, Jai Courtney, Alain ChanoineRun Time: 123min Rated: PG (Canada) PG -...


Book Of The Month For August 2016: The Christian Life: Cross or Glory?

Posted in 2016 / Apologetics / Book of the Month

The Christian Life: Cross or Glory? By Steven A. Hein 2015/Paperback/196 pages Overview: This book offers a radically different perspective from that of many best-selling authors concerning how the Christian should measure and evaluate travel along God’s path of righteousness. It will...


Pr. Ted Giese On The God Whisperers With Donofrio & Cwirla - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Edition

Giese, Donofrio & Cwirla Talk AboutPride and Prejudice and Zombies Listen here for Pr. Ted Giese on The God Whisperers with Pastors Donofrio & Cwirla. To listen online now click the banner below. If you haven't experienced The God Whisperers before, buckle up. This is a show that has been...


Sermon / Pr. Ted Giese / Sunday August 7th 2016 - / Psalm 33 / That Frustrating Jesus

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday August 7th 2016: The Season of Pentecost, Psalm 33. "That Frustrating Jesus - He Frustrates The Plans of Peoples"             Shout for joy in the LORD, O you righteous!                    Praise befits the upright.           Give...