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Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) Jason Reitman - Movie Review

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) Jason Reitman - Movie Review

Ghostbusters: Afterlife 2021 by Jason Reitman Writers: Gil Kenan, Jason Reitman (written by) Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis (based on the 1984 Ghostbusters, written by) Stars: Mckenna Grace, Logan Kim, Finn Wolfhard, Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Celeste O'Connor, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson,...


Blepete - be on guard/ Mark 13:24-37 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht/ Sunday November 21st 2021 / Last Sunday of the Church Year / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Blepete - be on guard/ Mark 13:24-37 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht/ Sunday November 21st 2021 / Last Sunday of the Church Year / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Regina · Sunday Sermon November 21, 2021 Text: Mark 13:24-37Theme:  “Blepete – be on guard”______________________ Intr – Do you have a fear of flying? Does hoping on an airplane leave your anxious or even scared? If that’s your case, or of someone you know, think about...


Paul Hopkie Funeral Sermon - John 15, Psalm 23, Romans 8 - November 17th, 2021 / Spot on His Love 2

Paul Hopkie Funeral Sermon - John 15, Psalm 23, Romans 8 - November 17th, 2021 / Spot on His Love 2

    Text: John 15Theme: “Spot on His Love II” ___________________________Intr – Two months ago I sat down with Doug and Darrel and asked them about what comes to mind when thinking of their mom’s life. They had many thoughts to offer, as she lived 89 years on this side of heaven. This week...


You are a saint/ Matthew 5:1-12; Revelation 7:9-17 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht/ Sunday November 7th 2021 / All Saints Day Observed/ Mount Olive Lutheran Church

You are a saint/ Matthew 5:1-12; Revelation 7:9-17 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht/ Sunday November 7th 2021 / All Saints Day Observed/ Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Regina · Sermon Sunday November 7, 2021   Text: Matthew 5:1-12; Revelation 7:9-17Theme: You are a saint______________________ Intr – I remember the first time I heard that I am a saint. I was somewhere between 10 and 11yo and pastor de Azevedo was teaching...


Carol Marie Riggs Funeral Sermon - Philippians 4, John 14, Psalm 23 - November 5th, 2021 / A heart of Go(l)d

Carol Marie Riggs Funeral Sermon - Philippians 4, John 14, Psalm 23 - November 5th, 2021 / A heart of Go(l)d

Text: Philippians 4, John 14, Psalm 23Theme: A heart of Go(l)d ___________________________Intr – What is your heart made of? I know, the answer is obvious, it is an organ inside of our chest made of a muscle tissue called cardiac muscle. It is also made of three layers of tissue....


Philip Kam Thong Cheah Funeral Sermon - Acts 8:26–39 October 27th 2021 / Called, Gathered, Enlightened & Sanctified

Philip Kam Thong Cheah Funeral Sermon - Acts 8:26–39 October 27th 2021 / Called, Gathered, Enlightened & Sanctified

Funeral Sermon Philip Kam Thong Cheah Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday October 27th 2021: Season of Pentecost / Acts 8:26–39 "Called, Gathered, Enlightened & Sanctified" Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes...


Thread Through the Eye of the Needle / Mark 10:23–31 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday October 17th 2021 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Thread Through the Eye of the Needle / Mark 10:23–31 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday October 17th 2021 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday October 17th 2021: Season of Pentecost / Mark 10:23–31 "Thread Through the Eye of the Needle" And Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!” And...


Edgar Manz Funeral Sermon - Ezekiel 17:22–24 October 6th 2021 / The Evergreen Salvation of Christ Jesus

Edgar Manz Funeral Sermon - Ezekiel 17:22–24 October 6th 2021 / The Evergreen Salvation of Christ Jesus

Funeral Sermon for Edgar Manz, Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday October 6th 2021: Season of Pentecost / Ezekiel 17:22–24 "The Evergreen Salvation of Christ Jesus" Thus says the Lord GOD: “I Myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it...


Humility and Faith in the face of Suffering and Death / Mark 9:30–37 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday September 19th 2021 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Humility and Faith in the face of Suffering and Death / Mark 9:30–37 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday September 19th 2021 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday September 19th 2021: Season of Pentecost / Mark 9:30–37 (This Sermon also references the Old Testament and Epistle Readings for the Day: Jeremiah 11:18-20 & James 3:13-4:10) “Humility and Faith in the Face of Suffering and Death.”...


Spot on His Love / John 15, Romans 8 -  September 2nd, 2021 /  Hilda Hopkie Funeral Sermon

Spot on His Love / John 15, Romans 8 - September 2nd, 2021 / Hilda Hopkie Funeral Sermon

Mount Olive Lutheran Regina · Hopkie Hilda 20210902 Text: John 15Theme: “Spot on His Love” ___________________________Intr – If family and friends would sit down to talk about Hilda’s almost 89 years of existence on this side of heaven that conversation might take hours, if not days. We...


Rick Lissel Funeral Sermon - John 11:25–26 August 21st 2021 / The Resurrection and the Life

Rick Lissel Funeral Sermon - John 11:25–26 August 21st 2021 / The Resurrection and the Life

Rick Lissel Funeral Sermon - Mount Olive Lutheran Church - Graveside Funeral Sermon / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Saturday August 21st 2021: Season of Pentecost / John 11:25–26 "The Resurrection and the Life" Jesus said to her, “I Am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in Me, though he...


Linda Katherine Knuth Funeral Sermon - John 14:1–7 August 7th 2021 / Ready and at Peace

Linda Katherine Knuth Funeral Sermon - John 14:1–7 August 7th 2021 / Ready and at Peace

Linda Katherine Knuth Funeral Sermon / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. A. Ted Giese / Saturday August 7th 2021: Season of the Pentecost / John 14:1-7, "Ready and at Peace." “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it...


Alex Emil Stenzel Funeral Sermon - John 11:17–27 July 23rd 2021 / Christ Jesus the Resurrection and the Life

Alex Emil Stenzel Funeral Sermon - John 11:17–27 July 23rd 2021 / Christ Jesus the Resurrection and the Life

Alex Stenzel Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Friday July 23rd 2021: Season of Pentecost / John 11:17–27 "Christ Jesus the Resurrection and the Life" Now when Jesus came, He found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two...


Jesus Speaks, Listen / Mark 5:21-43 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday June 27th 2021 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Jesus Speaks, Listen / Mark 5:21-43 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday June 27th 2021 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday June 27th 2021: Season of Pentecost / Mark 5:21-43 "Jesus Speaks, Listen" And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about Him, and He was beside the sea. Then came one of the rulers of...


Harold Huber Funeral Sermon - John 14:1-7 June 19th 2021 / At Home in Christ

Harold Huber Funeral Sermon - John 14:1-7 June 19th 2021 / At Home in Christ

Funeral Sermon for Harold Huber - Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Saturday June 19th 2021: Season of Pentecost / John 14:1-7 "At Home in Christ" “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would...


Elsie Freida Biesenthal Funeral Sermon - Psalm 121 June 18th 2021 / The LORD is Your Keeper

Elsie Freida Biesenthal Funeral Sermon - Psalm 121 June 18th 2021 / The LORD is Your Keeper

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Friday June 18th 2021: Season of Pentecost / Psalm 121 "The LORD is Your Keeper"           I lift up my eyes to the hills.                    From where does my help come?           My help comes from the LORD,                    who...


Erna Manz Graveside Service Sermon - John 11:25 / June 12th, 2021 / “Though you have losses, yet you shall still receive”

Erna Manz Graveside Service Sermon - John 11:25 / June 12th, 2021 / “Though you have losses, yet you shall still receive”

Text: John 11:25Theme: “Though you have losses, yet you shall still receive”____________________________ Intr – A funeral makes us think about loss. We lose someone we love, and grief and sadness might be our partners for the next so many days, months, or even years. And when we think about...


"Out of His Mind; and right beside you" / Mark 3:20-35; Psalm 130; 2 Corinthians 4 and 5 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Sunday, June 6th 2021 / 2nd Sunday after Pentecost

"Out of His Mind; and right beside you" / Mark 3:20-35; Psalm 130; 2 Corinthians 4 and 5 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Sunday, June 6th 2021 / 2nd Sunday after Pentecost

Text: Mark 3:20-35; Psalm 130; 2 Corinthians 4Theme: “Out of His Mind and beside You”___________________________Intr  - “Italian artist Salvatore Garau recently auctioned an invisible sculpture for 15,000 euros ($18,300). The sculpture's initial price was set between 6,000 and 9,000 euros; however,...


Arnie Johnson Funeral Sermon - Psalm 23, John 14 / June 1st, 2021 / The Beautiful Picture

Arnie Johnson Funeral Sermon - Psalm 23, John 14 / June 1st, 2021 / The Beautiful Picture

Text: John 14/Psalm 23 Theme: “The beautiful Picture”___________________________Intr – Since Arnie lived with us on this side of Heaven for almost nine decades I’m sure you know a lot about his life time, preferences, and many aspects of his life, some of them highlighted by pastor Parker...


Nicholas "Nick" Petz Funeral Sermon - Psalm 23, John 14 / May 26th, 2021 / Precious Cargo

Nicholas "Nick" Petz Funeral Sermon - Psalm 23, John 14 / May 26th, 2021 / Precious Cargo

Text: John 14/Psalm 23Theme: Precious Cargo___________________________Intr – For many years in his life Nick was a truck driver. Among many others beautiful gifts he received from God for his life walk – his family, his parents, his grandchildren, to name a few – he received that...