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Weekly Bulletin March 9th

Posted in 2014 / 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...


Sunday School Parent Connection: Mar 9 - The Temptation of Jesus

Posted in Children / Sunday School

Mount Olive's Sunday School Parent Connection A partnership between teachers and parents to educating our children and nourishing their spiritual growth!     THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS   Today we began by reflecting on our lesson from two Sunday's ago about there being a time...


Jesus Tempted / Sermon / Lent 1 March 9, 2014 / Matthew 4:1-11 / Pastor Ted Giese

Posted in 2014 / Audio Sermons / Lent / Pastor Ted Giese / Sermons / ^Matthew

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Matthew 4:1-11 / Lent 1 March 9th 2014 / Jesus Tempted   Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. And the tempter came and said to Him,...


Funeral Sermon for Elizabeth Radons / March 8th 2014 / Psalm 23

Posted in Lent / 2014 / ^Psalms / Funeral Sermons / Psalm Sermons / Sermons

Audio Pre-Recorded: Funeral was held at Lee Funeral Home in Regina Saskatchewan.  Funeral Sermon for Elizabeth Radons  / Rev. Ted Giese / March 8th 2014 / Psalm 23 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.                    He makes me lie down in green pastures.           He leads me...


The Ten Commandments Of Oscar Films

This article was first published on thefederalist.com click the banner to read it there.    The Ten Commandments Of Oscar Films A look at Oscar-nominated films by Commandments   With the Oscars right around the corner the spotlight of public attention is about to shine again on Hollywood....


Book Of The Month For March 2014: Your Marriage by God's Design

Posted in 2014 / Book of the Month / Children / family / Weddings

Book Of The Month For March 2014: Your Marriage by God's Design "Your Marriage by God's Design" by Stiegemeyer, Scott and Julie Overview How are Christians to start, or keep, marriage as God intends? How are God's children to respond when the picture of Christ and His Church is portrayed as...


Psalm 30 Sermon From March 2014 Prayer Service - Mourning into Dancing

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Psalm 30 / Ash Wednesday 2014   I will extol You, O LORD, for You have drawn me up                    and have not let my foes rejoice over me.           O LORD my God, I cried to You for help,                    and You have...


Sermon for Transfiguration/ Vicar James Preus/ Mount Olive Lutheran Church/ Jesus Shines His Glory On Us Through His Cross

And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light. 3 And behold, there appeared to them Moses and...


Weekly Bulletin March 2nd

Posted in 2014 / 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...


Pastor Terry Defoe / Sermon / Free & Joyous Response / February 23rd, 2014

1 "Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters – and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk – without money and without cost. 2 Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy?  New International Version © Copyright 1973, 1978,...


Sermon February 23/ Vicar James Preus/ Prince of Peace Lutheran Regina, SK/ Matthew 5:38-48/ God Loved Us When We Were His Enemies

38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39 But I say to you, do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak...


Sunday School Parent Connection: Sun. Feb. 23 - A Time For Everything: What is a Steward?

Posted in Children / Sunday School

A TIME FOR EVERYTHING:  WHAT IS A STEWARD?   This morning we learned that being a good steward of our time is recognizing that all of our time belongs to the glory of God.  He has only given us so much time on the earth and we do not know when our last day will be!  While we are here on...


Weekly Bulletin February 23rd

Posted in 2014 / 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 Monuments Men (2014) Directed By: George Clooney - Movie Review

The Monuments Men (2014) Directed By: George Clooney - 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. The Monuments Men (2014) Directed by: George Clooney Writer: George Clooney, Grant Heslov (screenplay), Robert M. Edsel, Bret Witter...


Sermon February 16/ Vicar James Preus/Mount Olive Lutheran Church/ Jesus Causes Our Talents to Grow/Matthew 25:14-30

14 “For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. 15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. 16 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded...


Sunday School Parent Connection: Sun. Feb 16 - Called to Commitment

Posted in Children / Sunday School

Mount Olive's Sunday School Parent Connection A partnership between teachers and parents to educating our children and nourishing their spiritual growth!   CALLED TO COMMITMENT:  THE FEEDING OF THE 5,000 On Sunday we learned about the miracle Jesus performed to feed 5,000 people by...


Weekly Bulletin February 16th

Posted in 2014 / 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...


Funeral Sermon for Ruth Ermel a Celebration of Her Life in Jesus / Wednesday February 12th 2014

Posted in 2014 / Epiphany / Funeral Sermons / Pastor Ted Giese / ^Matthew

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Matthew 16:13-20 / Ruth Ermel Funeral Sermon a Celebration of Her Life in Jesus / Wednesday February 12th 2014   Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man...


Sunday School Parent Connection: Sun. Feb 9

Posted in Children / Sunday School

Mount Olive's Sunday School Parent Connection A partnership between teachers and parents to educating our children and nourishing their spiritual growth!   SAVED BY GRACE:  JESUS DYING ON THE CROSS FOR US Today's message was all about Our Savior's gift of Grace.  With Valentine's Day...


Installation Sermon For Pastor Tim Richholt at Wetaskiwin, Alberta / February 9th, 2014 / Pastor Terry Defoe

  Our sermon text this afternoon is found in Second Corinthians, chapter 2. I’m reading verses 1 through 5. The Apostle Paul says:   1…When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. 2 For I resolved to know nothing while...