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Book Of The Month for March 2015: My First Hymnal

Posted in 2015 / Book of the Month / Children / Easter / family / Sunday School

My First Hymnal by David A. Johnson, editor 2011 / Hardback / 128 Pages Overview This heirloom quality hymnal contains lyric hymns favored by grandparents, godparents, and parents with beautifully conceived illustrations presenting the colors, seasons, and symbols of the Church Year and...


Sermon \ Pastor Terry Defoe \ March 8th, 2015 \ 1 Cor 1:31 \ Misplaced Loyalty

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

Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord. (N.I.V.) This morning, we turn to the book of First Corin­thians in the New Testament. You’ve probably heard people say – “The more things change, the more they remain the same.” As we will see in the next few minutes, when it comes to human...


Weekly Bulletin March 8th

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...


Lenten Exchange Mid-Week Psalm 42 & Isaiah 45:1-9 - Pastor Ted Giese

"Hope in God - He Breaks Down Every Gate" Prayer Service, Lenten Mid-Week 2, March 4th - 2015.  Rev. Ted Giese, Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Regina SK. Psalm 42, Isaiah 45:1-8, Matthew 16:13-19 As a deer pants for flowing streams,           so pants my soul for You, O God. My soul...


Trust the LORD: Second Sunday In Lent - Genesis 17 & Mark 8 / Rev. Ted A. Giese

Posted in 2015 / Audio Sermons / Lent / Pastor Ted Giese / Sermons / ^Genesis / ^Mark

2 Sunday in Lent, 2015 March 1st. Rev. Ted Giese, Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Regina SK. Mark 8:27-38; Genesis 17:1-7, 15, 16; Romans 5:1-11 And Jesus went on with His disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” And...


Lenten Exchange Mid-Week Isaiah 43:1-7 - Rev. Daryl Solie

Posted in Guest Preacher / 2015 / Audio Sermons / Lent / Sermons / ^Isaiah

The Old Testament Reading According to Isaiah the 43th Chapter verses 1 to 7.           But now thus says the LORD,           He who created you, O Jacob,                    He who formed you, O Israel:           “Fear not, for I have redeemed you;                    I have called you...


Weekly Bulletin March 1st

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...


Jesus Resists Satan: First Sunday in Lent - Mark 1:9-15 / Rev. Ted A. Giese

Posted in 2015 / Audio Sermons / Lent / Pastor Ted Giese / Sermons / ^Mark

"Jesus Resists Satan" First Sunday in Lent / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Mark 1:9-15 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And when He came up out of the water, immediately He saw the heavens being torn open and...


Birdman (2014) by Alejandro G. Iñárritu - Movie Review

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) Directed by: Alejandro González Iñárritu Written by: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo Stars: Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts, Andrea...


Installation of New Cross to Light Up Neighbourhood at Mount Olive Lutheran Church - Regina SK

Posted in 2015 / Church Properties / News

All Around The Neighbourhood I'm Gonna Let it Shine! In the Gospel of Saint John Chapter 8 verse 12 Jesus says, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” Thanks to a generous memorial donation Mount Olive Lutheran Church and...


Weekly Bulletin February 22nd

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...


Obituary for Elaine Louise Pollock (nee Defoe)

Posted in 2015 / Rev. Terry Defoe

Elaine Louise POLLOCK POLLOCK, Elaine Louise (nee Defoe)August 16, 1953 – February 16, 2015Elaine was born in Barrie, Ontario and died peacefully at VGH after a hard fought battle with cancer. Predeceased by her parents Garth and Trudy Defoe, she is survived by her husband of 24 years,...


Ash Wednesday \ Pastor Terry Defoe \ Isaiah 41:14 \ God Has a Word for That

Our sermon text on this Ash Wednesday is found in the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament, chapter 41. I’m reading verse 14, where Isaiah says: 14 Do not be afraid, you worm Jacob, little Israel, do not fear, for I myself will help you,” declares the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of...


Sermon \ February 15th, 2013 \ Pastor Terry Defoe \ Mark 9 \ The High Point of Faith

Posted in 2015 / Audio Sermons / Epiphany / Rev. Terry Defoe / Sermons / ^Mark

After six days, Jesus took Peter, James, and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. (N.I.V.) Along with many Christians around...


Weekly Bulletin February 15th

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...


The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) by Paul Tibbitt - Movie Review

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) Directed by: Paul Tibbitt Written by: Glenn Berger, Jonathan Aibel (screenplay), Stephen Hillenburg, Paul Tibbitt (Story) Stars: Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown, Antonio Banderas, Rodger Bumpass, Carolyn Lawrence, Mr. Lawrence Run...


Sermon \ February 8th, 2015 \ Pastor Terry Defoe \ Psalm 147 \ Unfailing Love

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

How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him! The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.  He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. The Lord sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground. The Lord delights in those...


Weekly Bulletin February 8th

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...


Who Considers the Poor? - Psalm 41 Sermon From February Prayer Service

"Who Considers the Poor? Jesus or Judas?" / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Wed February 4th 2015: Season of Epiphany, Psalm 41           Blessed is the one who considers the poor!                    In the day of trouble the LORD delivers him;           the LORD...


Sermon \ February 1st, 2015 \ Pastor Terry Defoe \ Psalm 111 \ Glorious & Majestic

1 Praise the LORD. I will extol the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly. 2 Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them. 3 Glorious and majestic are his deeds, and his righteousness endures forever. (N.I.V. © 2010) Psalm...