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Psalm 13 Sermon From October 2012 Prayer Service

  Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / October 3rd 2012: Season of Pentecost, Psalm 13 "In The Face of Death, O LORD, Light up My Eyes"               How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever?                    How long will You hide Your face from me?           How...


Psalm 12 Sermon From September 2012 Prayer Service

  Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / September 5th 2012: Season of Pentecost, Psalm 12 "The Proud Versus The Pure"       Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone;     for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.     Everyone utters lies to his neighbor;...


Psalm 11 Sermon From August 2012 Prayer Service

  Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday August 1st 2012: Season of Pentecost, Psalm 11. "The Lord is Refuge in Trouble"             In the LORD I take refuge;           how can you say to my soul,                    “Flee like a bird to your mountain,          ...


Psalm 10 Sermon From July 2012 Prayer Service

  Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday July 4th 2012: Season of Pentecost, Psalm 10. “Break a Leg? Or Break the Arm?”               Why, O LORD, do You stand far away?                         Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble?             In arrogance...


Prometheus (2012) Directed by Ridley Scott

Prometheus (2012) Directed by Ridley Scott

Posted in 2012 / Pastor Ted Giese / Movie Review / Canadian Lutheran

Prometheus (2012) Directed by Ridley Scott Written by: Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof Starring: Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green and Michael Fassbender Runtime: 124 min Rated: 14-A in (Canada) R (MPAA) for sci-fi violence including some intense images, and brief language For blog posts and...


Psalm 9 Sermon From June 2012 Prayer Service

  Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday June 6th 2012: Season of Pentecost, Psalm 9. “If God Himself Be for Me”              I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart;                         I will recount all of Your wonderful deeds.             I will...


Psalm 8 Sermon From May 2012 Prayer Service

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday May 2nd 2012: Easter week four, Psalm 8. “What is man that you are mindful of him”             O LORD, our Lord,                    how majestic is Your name in all the earth!           You have set Your glory above...


Psalm 7 Sermon From April 2012 Prayer Service

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday April 4th2012: Holy Week Psalm 7. “In You I Take Refuge”                 O LORD my God, in You do I take refuge;                         save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,             lest like a lion they tear my...


Psalm 6 Sermon From March 2012 Prayer Service

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday March 7th2012: The Season of Lent Psalm 6. “From Showbread to Supper, a Prayer Answered”             O LORD, rebuke me not in Your anger,                    nor discipline me in Your wrath.           Be gracious to me, O LORD,...


Psalm 5 Sermon From February 2012 Prayer Service

  Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday  February 1st 2012: The Season of Epiphany Psalm 5. “Begin the Day with Prayer”            Give ear to my words, O LORD;                    consider my groaning.           Give attention to the sound of...


Psalm 4 Sermon From January 2012 Prayer Service

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday Jan 4th 2012: The Season of Christmas, Psalm 4. “Trust in the LORD”                      Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!                    You have given me relief when I was in distress.                   ...


Psalm 3 Sermon from the December 2011 Prayer Service

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday Dec 7th 2011: The Season of Advent, Psalm 3. “Save Me. O My God.”               O LORD, how many are my foes!                         Many are rising against me;             many are saying of my soul,                        ...


Sermon All Saints Day (Observed) /

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Sunday November 6th 2011, “All Saints Day” (Observed), Revelation 7:9-17.               After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing...


Psalm 2 Sermon from the November 2011 Prayer Service

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday Nov 2nd 2011: The Season of Pentecost, Psalm 2. “Prayer for Peace” Prayer for the Nations.              Why do the nations rage                         and the peoples plot in vain?             The kings of the earth...


Psalm 1 Sermon from the October Prayer Service 2011

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday Oct 5th 2011: The Season of Pentecost, Psalm 1. “The Righteous and the wicked” Asking for Something Specific.   Blessed is the man       who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners,       nor...


Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) Directed by David Yates

Posted in 2010 / Canadian Lutheran / Movie Review / Pastor Ted Giese

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) Directed by David Yates Written by:  Steve Kloves (screenplay), J.K. Rowling (novel) Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint Runtime: 146 min Rated PG in Canada.   Deathly Hallows speaks to the soul by Rev. Ted Giese ...


Church welcomes Halloween guests

Posted in 2010 / News / Reformation Day

by C.D. Pelzer On an evening when children and parents prowl Regina’s neighbourhoods seeking treats, a north-end church is marking an historical date by inviting everyone to visit.   October 31, 2010 marks the 493rd anniversary of the Protestant Reformation as measured from the date when...


A very special confirmation and welcome

Posted in 2010 / News / Pastor Ted Giese / Rev. Terry Defoe

(l-r): Angelina Patterson, Rev. Ted Giese, Nathan Hubick, Rev. Terry Defoe   Confirmation - Nathan Hubick and Angelina Patterson became members of Mount Olive Lutheran Church through the Rite of Confirmation, Sunday, January 10. Nathan and Angelina took a series of classes with Rev....


Regina police welcome Lutheran Church-Canada chaplain

Posted in 2010 / Missionary Rev. Kim / Missions / News

REGINA– Rev. D. J. Kim joined the Regina Police Services as a chaplain Sunday, May 30, in a service at Mount Olive Lutheran Church.   Pastor Ted Giese conducted the liturgy, hymns, lessons and prayers, focusing on the servants our Lord has placed among us—police and emergency...


Inception (2010) Directed by Christopher Nolan

Inception (2010) Directed by: Christopher NolanWriter: Christopher Nolan Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page Runtime: 148 min Rated: PG (Canada) PG-13 (MPAA) for sequences of violence and action throughout. Entertaining film shows life without hope by Rev. Ted Giese In...