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Sermon - October 27th, 2013 - Luke 18:9-13 - Pharisee & Tax Collector

Posted in 2013 / Audio Sermons / Rev. Terry Defoe / Sermons / ^Luke

  9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable:    10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed:   ‘God, I thank you that I am...


Mount Olive Sunday School Parent Connection

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!    JONAH & THE BIG FISH Today we observe Reformation Day and celebrate the reforming (or remaking) of the Christian Church...


Weekly Bulletin Sunday Oct 27th

Posted in 2013 / Activity / Event / 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...


NICOLLE FLATS 9K HIKE - October 26th

Posted in Activity / 2013 / Event

NICOLLE FLATS 9K HIKE - October 26th (35 min. west to Buffalo Pound) leaving the church at 9am. Bring: litre of drinking water, trail snacks, hiking boots/shoes (something with a good tread), lunch, hat. Optional items: camera, binoculars, sun glasses, flash light. Kids attending need a parent...


Sermon - October 20, 2013 - Prayer? Hang in There!

Posted in 2013 / Audio Sermons / Rev. Terry Defoe / Prayer / Sermons / ^Luke

now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart...     (New American Standard Bible)   I begin my message this morning with an illustration related to prayer. It’s told by a Lutheran pastor in the U.S. He says:   Several years ago,...


Weekly Bulletin Sunday Oct 20th

Posted in 2013 / 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...


Gravity (2013) Directed by Alfonso Cuaron - Movie Review

Gravity (2013) Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón Written by: Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón (screenplay) Stars: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris Runtime: 90 min. Rated PG (Canada) PG-13 (MPAA) for intense perilous sequences, some disturbing images and brief strong language. Listen here for...


Sermon From October 13th 2013 / �Thanksgiving and Mercy�

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Thanksgiving Sunday October 13th 2013 / 2 Timothy 2:1-13   You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able...


Mount Olive Sunday School Parent Connection

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!     THANKSGIVING WEEKEND This Sunday we took a break from our regular lesson plan to celebrate Thanksgiving!  As a group,...


Weekly Bulletin Sunday Oct 13th

Posted in 2013 / 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...


October Pop Culture and the Bible, Bible Study

Posted in 2013 / Bible Study / Pastor Ted Giese / Youth/Young Adults

What is: Pop Culture and the Bible, Bible Study? It's an opportunity for Youth/Young Adults to practice putting their faith to work while looking at pop culture. We generally watch movies and then explore how Scripture intersects with what we've watched. This way of thinking about media can...


Sermon from October 6, 2013/ Jesus Alone is Our Rock, Salvation, and Fortress

Posted in 2013 / Prayer / Sermons / Small Catechism / Vicar James Preus / ^Psalms

Sermon Rough Draft: Psalm 62/ Sunday October 6, 2013-09-30/ Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Regina, SK/ Vicar James Preus   For God alone my soul waits in silence;     from him comes my salvation. 2 He alone is my rock and my salvation,     my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken. 3 How long...


Mount Olive Sunday School Parent Connection

Posted in 2013 / 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!     LESSON:  ELIJAH AND THE PROPHETS OF BAAL   “Elijah and the Prophets of Baal” served as the lesson focus for...


Quest: Christianity and the Movies, Extras, Part IV

Posted in 2013 / Canadian Lutheran / CLS / Pastor Ted Giese / Quest / Seminary

“Christianity and the Movies” Pr. Giese’s Online Class through Concordia Lutheran Seminary     This blog post includes media used in part 4/4 of an Online Quest Course taught on Tuesday October 1st 2013.   In part four of this Quest course we looked at two areas. 1 a) Hymns in Film; 1 b)...


Weekly Bulletin Sunday Oct 6th

Posted in 2013 / 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 October 2013: The Mother of the Reformation: The Amazing Life and Story of Katharine Luther

Posted in 2013 / Book of the Month

Book of the Month for October 2013: The Mother of the Reformation: The Amazing Life and Story of Katharine Luther   Kroker paints an intimate picture of Katie and of family life in the Black Cloister during the formative years of the Reformation, showing how Katie’s marriage to Martin Luther...


Rush (2013) Directed By Ron Howard - Movie Review

Click the banner below to listen to audio reviews on demand. Rush (2013) Directed by: Ron Howard Written by: Peter Morgan (screenplay) Stars: Daniel Brühl, Chris Hemsworth, Alexandra Maria Lara, Olivia Wilde, Runetime: 123 min. Rated 14A (Canada), R(MPAA) for sexual content, nudity,...


Psalm 25 Sermon From October 2013 Prayer Service �Redeemed in Christ

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday October 2nd 2013: Season of Pentecost, Psalm 25.   To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul.           O my God, in You I trust;                    let me not be put to shame;                    let not my enemies exult...


Sermon From September 29th 2013 / �What is in a Name?�

Posted in 2013 / Audio Sermons / Pastor Ted Giese / Pentecost / Sermons / ^Luke

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Season of Pentecost / Sunday September 28th / Luke 16:19-31.   “There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,...


Mount Olive's Sunday School Parent Connection

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!       LESSON:  GOD PROVIDES FOOD FOR ELIJAH  On Sunday we moved on to a time-period after King Solomon's reign, when the Kingdom of...