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Sermon From June 16th 2013 / �Our Father Who Art in Heaven.�

  Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Sunday June 16th 2013: Season of Pentecost. 2 Samuel 11:26-12:10, 13-14 (ESV)             When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she lamented over her husband. And when the mourning was over, David sent and brought her...


The St. Chrysostom Lutheran Preachers' Retreat 2013

Rev. Donavon Riley, Pastor of Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Webster, MN, was the featured presenter at the 2013 St. John Chrysostom Lutheran Preacher's Retreat in Lumsden Saskatchewan June 10th to 12th. Rev. Ted Giese, Associate Pastor of Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Regina was at...


Weekly Bulletin Sunday June 16th

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 here.  ...


Book of the Month for June 2013: What They Need To Hear

Posted in 2013 / Book of the Month

What They Need To Hear   Book of the Month for June 2013 Most everyone knows a family member or friend that is not a Christian.  How to reach out to these loved ones and share Christ can be a struggle. Many people don’t know how to share their faith and are unsure if they are saying the...


June Pop Culture and the Bible, Bible Study: The Good The Bad and The Ugly (1966)

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...


The Great Gatsby (2013) Directed By Baz Luhrmann - Movie Review

The Great Gatsby (2013) Directed By Baz Luhrmann - Movie Review

The Great Gatsby (2013) Directed by: Baz Luhrmann Writers Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce (screenplay), F. Scott Fitzgerald (based on the novel by) Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joel Edgerton, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Elizabeth Debicki Runtime: 142 min Rated PG-13 for some violent images,...


Sermon June 9th, 2013 Unfinished Business Galatians 1:11-12

11 I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin. 12 I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.   Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011  ...


Weekly Bulletin Sunday June 9th

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...


Funeral Sermon for John Heuchert / Friday June 7th 2013

  Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Friday June 7th 2013: Season of Pentecost, Funeral Sermon for John Heuchert. John 11:17-27 ESV    Now when Jesus came, He found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, and many...


Psalm 21 Sermon From June 2013 Prayer Service �Searching for a Crown of Gold�

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday June 5th 2013: Season of Pentecost, Psalm 21.               O LORD, in Your strength the king rejoices,                         and in Your salvation how greatly he exults!             You have given him his...


Sermon from Sunday June 2nd 2013 / Pentecost �Prayer and the Presence of God�

Posted in 2013 / Audio Sermons / Pastor Ted Giese / Pentecost / Prayer / Sermons / ^1 Kings

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / June 2nd / Proper 4 in the Season of Pentecost, 1 Kings 8:22-24, 27-29, 41-43.             Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven, and said, “O...


"COMMUNITY TAILGATE PICNIC" at Mount Olive Parking Lot, Sunday June 2nd

Posted in 2013 / Event / News

If you're in the area you and your friends and family are invited to the "COMMUNITY TAILGATE PICNIC" at Mount Olive Parking Lot, Sunday June 2nd at 12:30pm.   We've been getting ready, and the Outreach Board is just putting the finishing touches on the event. All are welcome, drop on by...


Weekly Bulletin Sunday June 2nd

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...


Rev. Ted Giese Meets Mount Olive�s New Vicar, James Preus from CLTS.

On a very quick trip to Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary in St. Catharines Ontario (May 27th to 29th) Pastor Ted Giese met James and Theresa Preus, our new vicar and his wife! The trip was to attend the Vicarage Retreat, an opportunity to meet the vicar and go over details about his time...


Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) Directed by J.J. Abrams - Movie Review

Click the IssuesEtc banner below to hear the radio interview. Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) Directed by: J.J. Abrams. Writers: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and Damon Lindelof. Stars: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Benedict Cumberbatch. Runtime: 132 min Rated PG-13 for...


Sermon from Sunday May 26th 2013 / Trinity Sunday �Wisdom and the Trinity�

Posted in 2013 / Audio Sermons / Pastor Ted Giese / Sermons

Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / May 26th / Trinity Sunday, Proverbs 8: 1-4, 22-31.   “Does not wisdom call?                    Does not understanding raise her voice?           On the heights beside the way,                    at the crossroads she takes...


Weekly Bulletin Sunday May 26th

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...


Catechumen Luke Weber Confirmed on Pentecost Sunday 2013

With Christ With us we Are Never Alone This year was a unique year; Mount Olive had a single young catechumen, Luke Weber. In 2011 we had 9, in 2012 we had 5, and next year in 2014 we'll have 13. Every year we have some adult confirmations of Baptism as well. Luke had as his confirmation...


Sermon - May 19th, 2013 - That's the Spirit

26 …the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. (N.I.V.)   This morning, we have come to the festival of Pentecost. This morning, in our second service, we celebrate the baptism of...


Mount Olive Provides Grace Prayer at Queen�s 2013 Birthday Luncheon

Posted in News / 2013 / Pastor Ted Giese / Prayer

Members of Mount Olive Lutheran Church (Rod Gellner, Pauline Sesula and Rev. Ted Giese) were on hand for the Annual Queen’s Birthday Luncheon (Saturday May 18th) on the 2013 Victoria Day Long weekend. The guest speaker was the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, her Honour the Honourable...