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“Expectations” Mount Olive Lutheran Church Season Of Pentecost Sunday Sermon June 9, 2024 – Mark 3:20-35

“Expectations” Mount Olive Lutheran Church Season Of Pentecost Sunday Sermon June 9, 2024 – Mark 3:20-35

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Sunday June 9th 2024: Season of Pentecost / Mark 3:20-35 “Expectations” Then [Jesus] went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. And when His family heard it, they went out to seize Him, for they were saying,...


“On the Sabbath…” Mount Olive Lutheran Church Season of Pentecost Sunday Sermon June 2, 2024 – Mark 2:23-28

“On the Sabbath…” Mount Olive Lutheran Church Season of Pentecost Sunday Sermon June 2, 2024 – Mark 2:23-28

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Lowell Dennis, Emeritus / Sunday June 2nd 2024: Season of Pentecost / Mark 2:23-28 “On the Sabbath…” IN NOMI JESU! Dear Saints, “Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the Lord your God has commanded you.” These words from our Old Testament...


“Life for Dry Bones” Mount Olive Lutheran Church Pentecost Sunday Sermon May 19th 2024 – Ezekiel 37:1–14

“Life for Dry Bones” Mount Olive Lutheran Church Pentecost Sunday Sermon May 19th 2024 – Ezekiel 37:1–14

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday May 19th 2024: Day of Pentecost / Ezekiel 37:1–14 “Life for Dry Bones”  The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. And He led...


Ethiopia Grafted into the Vine / Acts 8:26-40 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday April 28th 2024 / Season Of Easter / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Ethiopia Grafted into the Vine / Acts 8:26-40 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday April 28th 2024 / Season Of Easter / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday April 28th 2024: Season of Easter / Acts 8:26-40 “Ethiopia Grafted into the Vine” Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place. And he...


Dorothy Alvina Manz Funeral Sermon – Luke 12:22–31 April 26th 2024 / The Key to Contentment

Dorothy Alvina Manz Funeral Sermon – Luke 12:22–31 April 26th 2024 / The Key to Contentment

Dorothy Alvina Manz Graveside Funeral Sermon / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Friday April 26th 2024: Season of Easter / Luke 12:22–31 “The Key to Contentment” And [Jesus] said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you...


Dolores Pelzer Funeral Sermon – John 14:1–7 April 17th 2024 / The Past, the Present and the Future

Dolores Pelzer Funeral Sermon – John 14:1–7 April 17th 2024 / The Past, the Present and the Future

Dolores Pelzer funeral Sermon / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday April 17th 2024: Season of Easter / John 14:1–7 “The Past, the Present and the Future” “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in Me. In My Father’s House are many rooms. If it...


“Encouragement From the Finishing Line” Mount Olive Lutheran Church Transfiguration Sunday Sermon February 11th 2024 – Mark 9:2–9

“Encouragement From the Finishing Line” Mount Olive Lutheran Church Transfiguration Sunday Sermon February 11th 2024 – Mark 9:2–9

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday February 11th 2024: Transfiguration Sunday / Mark 9:2–9 “Encouragement From the Finishing Line” And after six days Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured...


Born According to His Purpose / Luke 2:1–20 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday December 24th 2023 / Christmas Eve / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Born According to His Purpose / Luke 2:1–20 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday December 24th 2023 / Christmas Eve / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday December 24th 2023: Christmas Eve / Luke 2:1–20 “Born According to His Purpose” In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor...


Friedrich (Fred) Becker Funeral Sermon – John 14:1–7 October 11th 2023 / We and Jesus

Friedrich (Fred) Becker Funeral Sermon – John 14:1–7 October 11th 2023 / We and Jesus

Funeral Sermon for Friedrich (Fred) Becker - Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday October 11th 2023: Season of Pentecost / John 14:1–7 "We and Jesus" “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were...


Delight in rich food / Isaiah 55:1-5 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / August 6th, 2023/ Season of Pentecost

Delight in rich food / Isaiah 55:1-5 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / August 6th, 2023/ Season of Pentecost

Mount Olive Lutheran Regina · Sermon Sunday August 6, 2023       Text: Isaiah 55:1-5 Theme: Delight in rich food___________________________ Sermon outline. Listen to the full sermon on the link above   Intr –  A table full of delightful food is one of the social gatherers per...


Perseverance / Matthew 10 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / June 25th, 2023/ Confirmation Sunday - Season of Pentecost

Perseverance / Matthew 10 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / June 25th, 2023/ Confirmation Sunday - Season of Pentecost

Mount Olive Lutheran Regina · Perseverance - Sermon Sunday June 25 2023     Matthew 10Theme: “Perseverance”___________________________Intr –  Perseverance. This could be the word of the day. We heard Jesus talking in the Gospel about this. It would be hard when the end of times come; lots...


Be Encouraged / Acts 11:19–30; 13:1–3 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday June 11th 2023 / The Season of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Be Encouraged / Acts 11:19–30; 13:1–3 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday June 11th 2023 / The Season of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday June 11th 2023: Feast of Saint Barnabas, Season of Pentecost / Acts 11:19–30; 13:1–3 "Be Encouraged" Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch,...