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God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness (2018) Michael Mason - Movie Review
God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness (2018) Directed by: Michael Mason, Writer: Michael Mason Stars: David A.R. White, John Corbett, Shane Harper, Ted McGinley, Jennifer Taylor, Benjamin A. Onyango, Samantha Boscarino, Mike C. Manning, Gregory Alan Williams, Run Time: 105 min Rated: PG (Canada),...
"Written that you may believe" / Sermon / Pr. Lucas Albrecht / Easter Season / Sunday April 8th 2018 - / John 20:19-31
Text: John 20:19-31Theme: “Written that you may believe” _________________________________ Intr – One of the most known love songs from Canadian Singer Bryan Adams says in one of its verses: “Search you heart; search your soul.And when you find me there You’ll search...
Funeral Sermon, Leonard Wagner / Friday April 6th 2018
Funeral Sermon for Leonard Wagner - Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Friday April 6th 2018: Season of Easter / Mark 9:2-9 "Made Clean by Jesus" And after six days Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And He...
Weekly Bulletin April 8th
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Your Right Hand - Psalm 74 Sermon April Prayer Service
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday April 4th 2018: Season of the church year / Psalm 74 "Your Right Hand." O God, why do You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture? Remember Your congregation, which You have...
"April Faiths Day" / Sermon / Pr. Lucas Albrecht / Easter Sunday April 1st 2018 - / Mark 16:1-8
Text: Mark 16:1-8Theme: April Faith’s Day___________________________Intr – Happy fool’s day! Now, that’s a very unusual way to begin an Easter Sermon, isn’t it? I do agree. Well, this is a very unusual happening as well. Last time Easter fell on April 1st was back in 1945. None of...
"That Righteous Man" Pontius Pilate's Wife / Sermon / Pr. Ted Giese / Season Of Lent / Good Friday March 30th 2018 - / Matthew 27:15-19
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Friday March 30th 2018: Holy Week Good Friday / Matthew 27:15–19 "That Righteous Man" Words from Pontius Pilate’s Wife Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted. And they had then...
He speaks / Sermon / Pr. Lucas Albrecht / Season Of Lent / Maundy Thursday March 29th 2018 / Luke 22:70
Text: Luke 22.70ffTheme: He speaks (Sanhedrin: “We’ve heard it from His Own Lips”) ___________________________Intr – Perhaps it has been around for a long time, but lately it became even more evident in our society. Many things that are said, written, published out there are not...
Weekly Bulletin April 1st
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Book Of The Month For March 2018: Embracing Godly Character: The Christian Community's Response to a Godless Culture
Book Of The Month For March 2018: Embracing Godly Character: The Christian Community's Response to a Godless Culture By Kenneth Kremer 2018 / Paperback / 200 pages / Young Adult Overview We live in a godless culture. What are we to do when the faith of the next generation is threatened...
Funeral Sermon, Ella Anderson / Wednesday March 28th 2018
Funeral Sermon for Ella Anderson / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Pr. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday March 28th 2018: Lent / 1 John 4:7-11, 16b "Jesus Loves You." Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not...
The mind of Christ / Sermon / Pr. Lucas Albrecht / Season Of Lent / Sunday March 25th 2018 - / Phillipians 2:5-11; John 12:12-19
Text: Philippians 2:5-11; John 12:12-19Theme: The mind of Christ ___________________________Intr – I read here and there every so often a certain type of news that goes more or less like this: _The president/prime-minister of such and such country was in very simple clothes and didn’t...
Paul, Apostle of Christ (2018) Andrew Hyatt - Movie Review
Paul, Apostle of Christ (2018) Directed by: Andrew Hyatt, Writers: Terence Berden, Andrew Hyatt, Stars: James Faulkner, Jim Caviezel, Olivier Martinez, Joanne Whalley, John Lynch, Noah Huntley, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Manuel Cauchi, Run Time: 108 min Rated: PG (Canada), PG-13 (MPAA) for...
Weekly Bulletin March 25th
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Funeral Sermon, Martha Wood/ Monday March 19th 2018
Text: Psalm 23Theme: We belong to Him___________________________ Intr – Last Wednesday, I had the opportunity to meet Jeff and Randy here at Church, when we sat down to talk and plan this Funeral Service. It was a good conversation where we settled the details about it. Among other things,...
"He Saved Others; He Cannot Save Himself!" The Chief Priests Kick Jesus When He's Down / Sermon / Pr. Ted Giese / Season Of Lent / Wednesday March 21st 2018 - / Matthew 27:33-44
Each evening in this year’s Lutheran Church Canada WASCANA Circuit Lenten exchange of midweek Services will be focused on people like the High Priest Caiaphas. From unfriendly crowds seeking Jesus’ death, to the Sanhedrin, to Pilate’s Soldiers, to men like Judas Iscariot, the Centurion at...
To serve / Sermon / Pr. Lucas Albrecht / Season Of Lent / Sunday March 18th 2018 - / Mark 10:32-45
Text: Mark 10:32-45Theme: to Serve[1]___________________________Intr – I don’t know how familiar you are with TV reality shows like “Big Brother”. In a nutshell: they work with the idea of people living in a certain space - in the case of BB, a house – where the pre-selected participants...
Weekly Bulletin March 18th
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"His blood be on us and on our children!" the unfriendly crowd seeking Jesus' death / Sermon / Pr. David Haberstock / Season Of Lent / Wednesday March 14th 2018 - / Matthew 27:24-26
Each evening in this year’s Lutheran Church Canada WASCANA Circuit Lenten exchange of midweek Services will be focused on people like the High Priest Caiaphas. From unfriendly crowds seeking Jesus’ death, to the Sanhedrin, to Pilate’s Soldiers, to men like Judas Iscariot, the Centurion at...
A Wrinkle in Time (2018) Ava DuVernay - Movie Review
A Wrinkle in Time (2018) Directed by: Ava DuVernay, Writers: Jennifer Lee, Jeff Stockwell, (screenplay by) Madeleine L'Engle (based upon the novel by) Stars: Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Levi Miller, Deric McCabe, Chris Pine, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Zach...