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Weekly Bulletin June 19th

Posted in 2016 / Epiphany / 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...


The Conjuring 2 (2016) James Wan - Movie Review

The Conjuring 2 (2016) Directed by: James WanWriters: Carey Hayes, Chad Hayes, James Wan, David Johnson (screenplay), Stars: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Madison Wolfe, Frances O'Connor, Simon McBurney, Franka Potente, Bob Adrian, Bonnie Aarons, Lauren Esposito, Benjamin Haigh, Patrick...


Book Of The Month for June 2016: Has American Christianity Failed?

Has American Christianity Failed? by Bryan Wolfmueller Overview Christianity in America has a distinct smell. The scent of questionable theological ideas floats through our churches. These ideas shape the way we read the Bible, worship, and interpret the world and our place in it. It...


Sermon / June 12, 2016 / Luke 7:36-8:3 / Do You See This Woman? / Pastor Terry Defoe

One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table. And a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having learned that he was eating in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment. She stood behind him at his...


Weekly Bulletin June 12th

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...


Sermon / Pr. Ted Giese / Sunday June 5th 2016 - / Luke 7:11-17 / Touching Death

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Sunday June 5th 2016 / Luke 7:11-17 - Touching Death Soon afterward [Jesus] went to a town called Nain, and His disciples and a great crowd went with Him. As He drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried...


Weekly Bulletin June 5th

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...


X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) Bryan Singer - Movie Review

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) Directed by: Bryan Singer Writers: Simon Kinberg (screenplay), Bryan Singer, Simon Kinberg, Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris (story) Stars: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Rose Byrne, Evan Peters, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan,...


What can flesh do to me? - Psalm 56 Sermon June Prayer Service

Prayer Service June 1st Season of Pentecost - 2016. Pr. Ted Giese, Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Regina SK. Psalm 56 - What can flesh do to me?           Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me;                    all day long an attacker oppresses me;           my enemies trample...


Sermon / May 29, 2016 / Luke 7:1-10 / An Odd Reversal / Pastor Terry Defoe

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

Luke, chapter 7, verses 1 to 5: 1 When Jesus had finished saying all this ... he entered Capernaum. 2 There, a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. 3 The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal...


Weekly Bulletin May 29th

Posted in 2016 / Pentecost / Weekly Bulletin

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Sermon / Pr. Ted Giese / Trinity Sunday May 22nd 2016 - / Proverbs 8: 1-4, 22-31/ The Wisdom of God

Posted in 2016 / Pastor Ted Giese / Pentecost / Sermons / Trinity Sunday

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / May 22nd 2016 / Trinity Sunday, Proverbs 8: 1-4, 22-31.           Does not wisdom call?                    Does not understanding raise her voice?           On the heights beside the way,                    at the crossroads she takes...


Funeral Sermon For Cheryl Altwasser / Thursday May 19th 2016

Funeral Sermon for Cheryl Altwasser at Mount Olive Lutheran Church May 19th - 2016/ Rev. Ted A. Giese / Psalm 23           The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.                    He makes me lie down in green pastures.           He leads me beside still waters.                   ...


Weekly Bulletin May 22nd

Posted in 2016 / Pentecost / Weekly Bulletin

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Sermon / Pr. Ted Giese / Pentecost Sunday May 15th 2016 - / John 14:23-31 / Called & Gathered by The Holy Spirit

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr Ted A. Giese / May 15th 2016 Pentecost Sunday / John 14:23-31 (note - this is from the 9am Divine Service and Confirmation of Baptism was in the 11am Divine Service so the Sermon was a little different in the 11am)   Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves Me,...


Weekly Bulletin May 15th

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...


Captain America: Civil War (2016) Anthony and Joe Russo - Movie Review

Captain America: Civil War (2016) Directed by: Anthony and Joe RussoWriters: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely (screenplay), Mark Millar (comic book), Joe Simon, Jack Kirby (characters) Stars: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle,...


Sermon / May 8, 2016 / John 17 / Jesus' High Priestly Prayer / Pastor Terry Defoe

Posted in 2016 / Rev. Terry Defoe / Prayer / Sermons / ^John

1 Jesus ... looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only...


Book Of The Month For May 2016: Being Lutheran

Posted in 2016 / Apologetics / Book of the Month

Being Lutheran By A. Trevor Sutton 2016 / Paperback / 291 Pages/Adult - Mature Adult OverviewThrow out all those notions you might have about what it means to be Lutheran. When it comes down to it, being Lutheran is really very simple. It’s about following Jesus. We go where Jesus goes,...


Weekly Bulletin May 8th

Posted in 2016 / Weekly Bulletin

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