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The French Dispatch (2021) by Wes Anderson - Movie Review

The French Dispatch (2021) by Wes Anderson - Movie Review

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021) by Wes Anderson Writers: Wes Anderson (story and screenplay by), Roman Coppola, Hugo Guinness, Jason Schwartzman (story by) Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Timothée Chalamet,...


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...


Good taste / Mark 9:38-50 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Sunday September 26th 2021 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Good taste / Mark 9:38-50 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Sunday September 26th 2021 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Regina · Sunday Sermon for September 26, 2021 SERMON NOTES Text: Mark 9:38-50Theme:  Good taste______________________ Intr –  (Pastor has entered the Service with different stoles over his robe) Dear friends in Christ in the Gospel today…what? Is there anything abnormal...


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.”...


Astonished beyond measure / Mark 7:31-37; James 2:14-18 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Sunday September 5th 2021 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Astonished beyond measure / Mark 7:31-37; James 2:14-18 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Sunday September 5th 2021 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Regina · Sermon for September 5 2021   SERMON NOTES Text: Mark 7:31-37Theme:  Astonished beyond measure______________________ Intr –  I wanted to show two impressive things I can do:            1) A magic trick           2) A flower that I planted and flourished....


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...


Connected to the strength of His might / Ephesians 6 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Sunday August 29th 2021 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Connected to the strength of His might / Ephesians 6 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Sunday August 29th 2021 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Text: Mark 7:14-23Theme: Connected to the strength of His might______________________ Intr – “What life has separated, Facebook cannot reconnect” I saw this quote years ago on the early stages of online social networking, and it has proved itself to be true to me time and time again, with a...


The Smell of Success / Ephesians 4:17–5:2 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday August 8th 2021 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

The Smell of Success / Ephesians 4:17–5:2 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday August 8th 2021 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday August 8th 2021: Season of Pentecost / Ephesians 4:17–5:2 "The Smell of Success" Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in...


Jesus is the Bread of Heaven - Sermon Chaplain DJ Kim Exodus 16:2–15 & John 6:22–35

Jesus is the Bread of Heaven - Sermon Chaplain DJ Kim Exodus 16:2–15 & John 6:22–35

(Sermon preached by our local missionary, Regina Police Service Chaplain Dong Joo Kim.) And the whole congregation of the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, and the people of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land...


The finish line is the starting point / Mark 6:30-44 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Sunday July 18th, 2021 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

The finish line is the starting point / Mark 6:30-44 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Sunday July 18th, 2021 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Regina · Gospel Reading: Mark 6:30-44 Proper 11 (July 17-23) Mount Olive Lutheran Regina · Sunday Sermon July 18 2021 Text: Mark 6:30-44Theme:  The finish line is the starting point ______________________ Intr –  We were coming down the mountain after a few good...


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...


The Seed that is Sown / Mark 4:26–34 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday June 13th 2021 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

The Seed that is Sown / Mark 4:26–34 / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday June 13th 2021 / Season Of Pentecost / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Sunday June 13th 2021: Season Pentecost / Mark 4:26–34 "The Seed that is Sown" And [Jesus] said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows...


"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,...


Creator, Redeemer, Comforter – "Sermon Series: Believing, Proclaiming, Confessing III" / Acts 2; John 3; Isaiah 6 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Sunday, May 30th 2021 / Holy Trinity Sunday

Creator, Redeemer, Comforter – "Sermon Series: Believing, Proclaiming, Confessing III" / Acts 2; John 3; Isaiah 6 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Sunday, May 30th 2021 / Holy Trinity Sunday

Text: Acts 2:22-36; John 3:15-17; Isaiah 6Theme: Creator, Redeemer, Comforter / Series: “Believing, Proclaiming, Confessing III”___________________________Intr – (blender). I’ll make a smoothie for us today. (Uses some weird ingredients). Would any of you be willing to taste it? I’m pretty sure...


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...


Out of this World – "Sermon Series: Believing, Proclaiming, Confessing I"  / John 17:11-19 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Sunday, May 16th 2021 / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Out of this World – "Sermon Series: Believing, Proclaiming, Confessing I" / John 17:11-19 / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Sunday, May 16th 2021 / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

SERMON NOTES   Text: John 17:11-19Theme: Out of this World – Sermon Series: Believing, Proclaiming, Confessing I ___________________________Intr – There are many times in which we hear about something or someone that is “out of this world”. A spectacular gadget; an incredible sports player;...


All inclusive and all exclusive / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Sunday May 9th 2021 / 6th Sunday of Easter / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

All inclusive and all exclusive / Pr. Lucas Andre Albrecht / Sunday May 9th 2021 / 6th Sunday of Easter / Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Text: Acts 10:34-42; John 15:9-16; Psalm 98; 1 John 5:1-8Theme: “All inclusive and all exclusive” ___________________________ Intr – A friend of mine described the incident they once had in a resort in Punta Cana. It was an all inclusive resort, which means you pay a comprehensive fee where...


Mary Elizabeth Fiissel Funeral Sermon - Psalm 27 April 27th 2021 / A Life Built on the Rock

Mary Elizabeth Fiissel Funeral Sermon - Psalm 27 April 27th 2021 / A Life Built on the Rock

Funeral Sermon for Mary Elizabeth Fiissel - Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Tuesday April 27th 2021: Season of Easter / Psalm 27:1, 4-5, 7-8, 13-14 "A Life Built on the Rock"           The LORD is my light and my salvation;                    whom shall I fear?          ...