Sermons
Sermon / January 3, 2016 / Pastor Terry Defoe / Ephesians 1:18 / The Eyes of the Heart
Our sermon text for this Second Sunday after Christmas is found in Paul's letter to the Ephesians, chapter 1. I’m reading verse 18, where he says: I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you... (N.I.V.) Today's sermon...
Funeral Sermon / Arlene Hubick / January 2, 2016 / Psalm 57 / Pastor Terry Defoe
My message is based on the 57th Psalm, highlighting the following verses: Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me, for in you I take refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed. God sends forth his love and his faithfulness. Be exalted, O...
Sermon / Dec 27, 2015 / Luke 2:25-26 / A Gift for Simeon & Anna / Pastor Terry Defoe
Our sermon text on this first Sunday after Christmas is found in Luke's gospel, chapter 2. I’m reading verses 25 and 26: 25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him. 26 It had...
Sermon / Christmas Day 2015 / Luke 2:4-7 / Diamond in the Rough / Pastor Terry Defoe
Our sermon text for this Christmas Day is these very familiar words from Luke's Gospel, chapter 2, verses 4 through 7: Joseph went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee, to Judea, to Bethlehem, the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to...
Sermon / Pr. Ted Giese / Thursday Dec 24th 2015 - / Luke 2:1-14 / Is Christmas Just Another Day? (Christmas Eve)
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Luke 2:1-14 - Is Christmas Just Another Day? Thursday December 24th (Christmas Eve) In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor...
Sermon / December 20th, 2015 / Luke 1 / Mary's Advent Song of Praise / Pastor Terry Defoe
Our sermon text is found in Luke's gospel, chapter 1. I'm reading verses 46 to 49: 46 And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord 47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48 for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed,...
Funeral Sermon For Dennis William Mitchell / Friday December 10th 2015
Funeral Sermon for Dennis William Mitchell At the Regina Funeral Home December 10th - 2015 / Rev. Ted A. Giese from Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Revelation 21:1-6 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And...
Sermon / Pastor Terry Defoe / December 6th, 2015 / Luke 3:1-3 / Straight Paths
Our sermon text on this Second Sunday in the season of Advent is found in Luke’s Gospel, chapter three, verses 1 to 3: 1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar … 2 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, son of Zechariah, in the desert. 3...
Sermon / Pr. Ted Giese / Sunday Nov. 29th 2015 - / Jeremiah 33:14-16 / Jesus The Righteous Branch (Advent 1)
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Sunday November 29th 2015, Series (c) " Jesus The Righteous Branch" Jeremiah 33:14-16 (Advent 1) “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. In those...
Sermon / Pr. Ted Giese / Sunday Nov. 22nd 2015 - / Mark 13:24-37 / The End - Relief or Anxiety
Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Sunday November 22nd 2015, Series (b) “The End - Relief or Anxiety” Mark 13:24-37 “But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from heaven, and...
Sermon / November 15, 2015 / Pastor Terry Defoe / Psalm 16 / A Delightful Inheritance
My message is based on the 16th Psalm. From the New International Version of the Bible, the writer says: Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge. Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure. I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not...
Sermon / November 8th, 2015 / Pastor Terry Defoe / 2 Cor 8 / Giving Joyfully & Generously
Our sermon text is found in Paul's second letter to the Corinthian Christians, chapter 8. I'm reading verses 1, 2, & 4: And now, [fellow believers], we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy...
Funeral Sermon For Fred (Ted) Burke / Friday November 6th 2015
Funeral Sermon for Fred (Ted) Burke, November 6th 2015 - Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / (Matthew 20:1-16 ESV) “For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the labourers for...
Forgetting God - Psalm 50 Sermon November Prayer Service
Prayer Service November 4th - 2015. Rev. Ted A. Giese, Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Regina SK. Psalm 50 - Forgetting God The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. Our God...
Funeral Sermon For Matilda Hubick / Monday November 2nd 2015
Funeral Sermon for Matilda Hubick, November 2nd 2015 - Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / (Hebrews 11 - 12:2 ESV) Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand...
Sermon \ Pastor Terry Defoe \ Nov 1, 2015 \ Philippians 1 \ All Saints Day
Our sermon text on this All Saints Sunday is found in the book of Philippians in the New Testament chapter 1, verses 3 to 6. The Apostle Paul says to the Christians at Philippi, and to us here today: I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray...
Sermon / Pr. Ted Giese / Sunday Oct 25th 2015 - / Luke 10:1-4 / Received by Faith: By Faith Alone
Sermon Sunday Oct 25th 2015 - Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Luke 10:1-4 - Received by Faith: By Faith Alone - Mark 10:46-52 Proper 25 (Oct. 23-29) After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of Him, two by two, into every town and place where...
Funeral Sermon For Kim MacLeod / Wednesday October 21st 2015
Funeral Sermon for Kimberley MacLeod, October 21st 2015 - Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / (James 1:19-27 ESV) Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of...
Sermon \ Pastor Terry Defoe \ Stewardship Initiative \ I Cor 13:13 \ Building Relationships
My message is based on these words from Paul’s first letter to the Corinthian Christians, chapter 13. I’m reading verse 13: And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. (N.I.V.) Today, we begin a month-long discussion of stewardship here at Mount...
Funeral Sermon For Frank Wagner / Wednesday October 14th 2015
Funeral Sermon for Frank Wagner, October 14th 2015 - Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / (John 14:1-7 ESV) Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a...