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Weekly Bulletin May 10th

Posted in 2015 / Weekly Bulletin

Each Week Mount Olive produces a bulletin with information about upcoming events, activities and opportunities around the church and circuit. To check this week’s bulletin Click...


Book Of The Month For May 2015: LadyLike: Living Biblically

Posted in 2015 / Apologetics / Book of the Month / Mother's Day

LadyLike: Living Biblically by Rebekah Curtis and Rose Adle 2015 / Paperback / 224 Pages Overview In a society where conversations about gender have too often become stale and predictable, LadyLike: Living Biblically reimagines what it means to be a Christian woman in our feminized...


Funeral Sermon \ Pastor Terry Defoe \ Diane Lane \ May 4th, 2015 \ Psalm 116

My message this afternoon is based on these words from the 116th Psalm: I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.   The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came upon me. I was...


Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) by Joss Whedon - Movie Review

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) by Joss Whedon - Movie Review

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Directed by: Joss Whedon Written by: Joss Whedon (screenplay), Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (comic book) Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evens, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Scarlett Johansson, Paul Bettany, James Spader, Aaron Taylor-Johnson,...


Sermon \ Pastor Ted Giese \ May 3rd 2015 \ John 15:1-8 \ I Am The True Vine

Sermon / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / John 15:1-8 / I Am The True Vine “I am the true vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit....


Weekly Bulletin May 3rd

Posted in 2015 / Weekly Bulletin

Each Week Mount Olive produces a bulletin with information about upcoming events, activities and opportunities around the church and circuit. To check this week’s bulletin Click...


Recap & Review - Episode 4 / A.D. The Bible Continues

Listen here for audio of radio interviews about films from a Christian perspective with Pastors Ted Giese and Todd Wilken on IssuesEtc.org where Christianity meets culture. Listen to this recap and review of Episode 4 "The Wrath" of A.D. The Bible Continues and watch for...


Thy Strong Word - Radio Bible Study - Genesis 25

Thy Strong Word - Radio Podcast Looking for a good Bible Study? This weekday podcasted radio show  will be just what you're looking for. Read along with Pastor Will Weedon and travel through the Bible. This episode Pastor Ted Giese is Weedon's guest as they look at Genesis chapter 25. Click...


Sermon \ April 26, 2015 \ Pastor Terry Defoe \ Psalm 23 \ The Lord is My Shepherd

Posted in 2015 / Audio Sermons / Rev. Terry Defoe / Psalm Sermons / Sermons / ^Psalms

1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. (N.I.V.)  The 23rd Psalm is one of the best-known and best-loved parts of the entire Bible....


Weekly Bulletin April 26th

Posted in 2015 / Weekly Bulletin

Each Week Mount Olive produces a bulletin with information about upcoming events, activities and opportunities around the church and circuit. To check this week’s bulletin Click...


Recap & Review - Episode 3 / A.D. The Bible Continues

Listen here for audio of radio interviews about films from a Christian perspective with Pastors Ted Giese and Todd Wilken on IssuesEtc.org where Christianity meets culture. Listen to this recap and review of Episode 3 "The Spirit Arrives " of A.D. The Bible Continues and watch for...


Sermon \ Pastor Terry Defoe \ April 19th, 2015 \ Acts 3:17-19 \ Times of Refreshing

Posted in 2015 / Audio Sermons / Easter / Rev. Terry Defoe / ^Acts

17 “Now, fellow Israelites, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders. 18 But this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, saying that his Messiah would suffer. 19 Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times...


Weekly Bulletin April 19th

Posted in 2015 / Weekly Bulletin

Each Week Mount Olive produces a bulletin with information about upcoming events, activities and opportunities around the church and circuit. To check this week’s bulletin Click Here...


Recap & Review - Episode 2 / A.D. The Bible Continues

Listen here for audio of radio interviews about films from a Christian perspective with Pastors Ted Giese and Todd Wilken on IssuesEtc.org where Christianity meets culture. Listen to this recap and review of Episode 2 "The Body is Gone" of A.D. The Bible Continues and watch for...


Sermon \ Pastor Terry Defoe \ April 12th, 2015 \ 1 John 2:1-2 \ The Best Defense

Posted in 2015 / Audio Sermons / Easter / Rev. Terry Defoe / ^1 John

1 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father — Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. (N.I.V.) We...


Book Of The Month For April 2015: Frederick The Wise

Posted in 2015 / Book of the Month

Frederick the Wise By Sam Wellman Overview Frederick the Wise unlocks German research to make available in English, for the first time, a full-length story of Frederick III of Saxony.  The fascinating biographical journey reveals why this noteworthy elector risked his realm of...


Recap & Review - Episode 1 / A.D. The Bible Continues

Listen here for audio of radio interviews about films from a Christian perspective with Pastors Ted Giese and Todd Wilken on IssuesEtc.org where Christianity meets culture. Listen to this recap and review of Episode 1 "The Tomb is Open" of A.D. The Bible Continues and watch for...


Weekly Bulletin April 12th

Posted in 2015 / Weekly Bulletin

Each Week Mount Olive produces a bulletin with information about upcoming events, activities and opportunities around the church and circuit. To check this week’s bulletin Click...


Easter Sunday - Mark the 16: 1-8 / Pastor Ted Giese / Easter

Easter Sunday - Mark 16: 1-8 / Pastor Ted Giese / Mount Olive Lutheran Church When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint Him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went...


Were You There? - John 19:34/ Pastor Ted Giese / Good Friday

Were You There? - John 19:31-37 / Good Friday Sermon / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / April 3rd 2015 Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that...