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Sunday School Parent Connection: May 11th - Peter & John Heal a Lame Man
Mount Olive's Sunday School Parent Connection A partnership between teachers and parents to educating our children and nourishing their spiritual growth! PETER & JOHN HEAL A LAME MAN In Sunday School today, on Good Shepherd Sunday, the children learned how each of us is like the...
The Good Shepherd - John 10:1-10 Sermon / Sunday May 11th 2014 / Season of Easter
The Good Shepherd - John 10:1-10 / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Season of Easter / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Sunday May 11th 2014 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he...
Book Of The Month For May 2014: I Am Not Afraid
Book Of The Month For May 2014: I Am Not Afraid "I Am Not Afraid: Demon Possession and Spiritual Warfare" by Bennett, Robert H. 2013 / Paperback / 240 Pages Overview While Africa and Madagascar seem like strange and faraway places, the world in which we now live has become much...
Weekly Bulletin May 11th
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Debt Forgiveness - Psalm 32 Sermon From May 2014 Prayer Service
Debt Forgiveness - Psalm 32 / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Easter Wednesday May 7th 2014 Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts...
Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) Directed by: Marc Web - Movie Review
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) Directed by: Marc Web Writer: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci (screenplay), Stan Lee, Steve Ditko (Comic Book) Stars: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Sally Field Run Time: 142 Min Rated PG (Canada) Rated PG-13 (MPAA) for sequences of...
Faith Journeys / Daryl
I was asked to speak to you on this second Free and Joyous Response Sunday. The topic is blessings and stewardship of these blessings. I will speak to my stewardship of time and blessings related to volunteering. As a background, I have had faith in Jesus as my Savior as far back as I can...
Faith Journeys / Emil
Good morning! I am a little out of my comfort zone up here this morning. Pastor Terry asked me a few weeks ago if I would do a short talk about my life as a Christian. My life as a Christian started very early as my mother and father were visiting with relatives in North Dakota when...
Faith Journeys / Myron
I cannot talk about my stewardship journey without describing my Spiritual journey. A wise man once told me that our lives are made up of three parts: Physical – our body and the things around us. Emotional – love, hate, fear, anxieties, phobias ...
Faith Journeys / Roberta
My own personal faith journey has taken me all over the place, but I truly believe that every step of that journey has been to lead me to the place I am in, the place God has always planned for me to be. My response to that is to give freely and joyously - of my time, my talent and...
Sermon / May 4th, 2014 / Luke 24 / The Road to Emmaus / Pastor Terry Defoe
13 Now that same day, two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. 14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with...
Sunday School Parent Connection: May 4th - Jesus on the Road to Emmaus
Mount Olive's Sunday School Parent Connection A partnership between teachers and parents to educating our children and nourishing their spiritual growth! JESUS ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS Today in Sunday School the children learned of how the disciples recognized the...
Weekly Bulletin May 4th
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Sermon April 27/ Vicar James Preus/ John 20:19-31/ Jesus Gives Us Peace And Eternal Life Through The Forgiveness of Sins
19 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad...
Sunday School Parent Connection: Apr 27 - The Empty Tomb
Mount Olive's Sunday School Parent Connection A partnership between teachers and parents to educating our children and nourishing their spiritual growth! THE EMPTY TOMB On the first Easter, Jesus reveals to Mary Magdalene and to His disciples that He is alive (John 20:1–18)....
Weekly Bulletin April 27th
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Heaven Is For Real (2014) Directed by: Randall Wallace - Movie Review
Click the banner below to listen to interviews about films from a Christian perspective with Pastors Ted Giese and Todd Wilken on IssuesEtc.org. Heaven Is For Real (2014) Directed by: Randall Wallace Writer: Randall Wallace, Chris Parker (screenplay), Todd Burpo,...
Maundy Thursday Sermon 2014/ Vicar James Preus/ Jesus is Our Passover Lamb!
17 Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?” 18 He said, “Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with...
Sunday School Parent Connection: Apr 20 - Easter Sunday
Mount Olive's Sunday School Parent Connection A partnership between teachers and parents to educating our children and nourishing their spiritual growth! EASTER SUNDAY Christ is Risen! Alleluia! Today in Sunday School we reinforced earlier lessons by watching a full-length...
The Agony in the Garden
Recently I had the privilege to take part in Canadian Lutheran World Relief's (CLWR) 2014 Global Encounter, held in Israel and Palestine. In addition to visiting places like the Augusta Victoria Hospital and various Lutheran schools which are supported in part through funding from CLWR, I also...