Sermons
Sermon \ Pentecost & Confirmation Sunday \ May 24th, 2015 \ Pastor Terry Defoe \ Acts 2
On this combined Pentecost and Confirmation Sunday 2015, our sermon text is found in the second chapter of Acts, verses 1‑4: When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole...
Sermon / Pr. Ted Giese / May 17th / Acts 1:12-26 / Wait for the LORD
Wait for the LORD - Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Acts 1:12-26 Easter 7 / Sunday May 17th 2015 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away. And when they had entered, they went up to the upper...
Sermon \ Pastor Terry Defoe \ May 10th, 2015 \ I John 5 \ The Way of Love
4 ...everyone born of God OVERCOMES the world. This is the victory that overcomes the world – our faith! 5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. (N.I.V.) The Apostle John wrote the letter we call "First John" when he was well on in...
Sermon \ Pastor Ted Giese \ May 3rd 2015 \ John 15:1-8 \ I Am The True Vine
Sermon / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / John 15:1-8 / I Am The True Vine “I am the true vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit....
Sermon \ April 26, 2015 \ Pastor Terry Defoe \ Psalm 23 \ The Lord is My Shepherd
1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. (N.I.V.) The 23rd Psalm is one of the best-known and best-loved parts of the entire Bible....
Easter Sunday - Mark the 16: 1-8 / Pastor Ted Giese / Easter
Easter Sunday - Mark 16: 1-8 / Pastor Ted Giese / Mount Olive Lutheran Church When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint Him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went...
Were You There? - John 19:34/ Pastor Ted Giese / Good Friday
Were You There? - John 19:31-37 / Good Friday Sermon / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / April 3rd 2015 Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that...
Maundy Thursday \ Pastor Terry Defoe \ 1 Corinthians 11 \ Joyful Remembering
23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way, after supper he took the...
Jesus Your Light & Refuge in Despair - Psalm 43 Sermon From April Prayer Service
Prayer Service, Lenten Mid-Week 6, April 1st - 2015. Rev. Ted Giese, Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Regina SK. Psalm 43, Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people, from the deceitful and unjust man ...
Christ the King: Bridegroom of the Daughter of Zion - John 12:12-19 / Pr. Ted Giese / Palm Sunday
"Christ the King: Bridegroom of the Daughter of Zion" Palm Sunday - Pr. Ted Giese / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / March 29th 2015 (John 12:12-19) The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out...
Wedding Sermon / Thayne & Maegan Giroux / Colossians 3:12-17 - Pastor Ted Giese / Mount Olive Lutheran Church - March 28th 2015
Wedding Sermon - Colossians 3:12-17/ Thayne James Giroux & Meagan Ann Grace Biss / Mount Olive Lutheran Church / Rev. Ted A. Giese / Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has...
Lenten Midweek Sermon \ Isaiah 48:17-22 \ Get Out! \ Pastor Terry Defoe
17 This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go. 18 If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your well-being like...
Funeral Sermon \ Ruth Schick \ March 25th, 2015 \ Pastor Terry Defoe
The Bible text that I’ve chosen for this morning is found in the book of Second Timothy in the New Testament, chapter 4, beginning at verse 6. The Apostle Paul says: ...the time has come for my departure. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there...
Sermon \ Pastor Terry Defoe \ March 22, 2015 \ Mark 10 \ True Greatness
42 Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. 43 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever wants to...
Lenten Midweek Sermon \ Pastor Jeremy Swem \ March 18th, 2015
This is the Word of the Lord: Thanks Be to God, according to Isaiah the 49th Chapter verses 1 to 6. Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The LORD called me from the womb, from the body of my mother He named my name. He made my mouth like a sharp sword; in...
Jesus Lifted Up: Fourth Sunday In Lent - Numbers 21 & John 3 / Pastor Ted A. Giese
"Jesus Lifted Up" Sunday Lent 4, March 15th - 2015. Rev. Ted Giese, Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Regina SK. John 3:14-21 - Numbers 21:4-9 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life. “For God...
Lenten Exchange Mid-Week Isaiah 44:1-5
This is the Word of the Lord: Thanks Be to God, according to Isaiah the 44th Chapter verses 1 to 5. “But now hear, O Jacob My servant, Israel whom I have chosen! Thus says the LORD who made you, who formed you from the womb and...
Sermon \ Pastor Terry Defoe \ March 8th, 2015 \ 1 Cor 1:31 \ Misplaced Loyalty
Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord. (N.I.V.) This morning, we turn to the book of First Corinthians in the New Testament. You’ve probably heard people say – “The more things change, the more they remain the same.” As we will see in the next few minutes, when it comes to human...
Lenten Exchange Mid-Week Psalm 42 & Isaiah 45:1-9 - Pastor Ted Giese
"Hope in God - He Breaks Down Every Gate" Prayer Service, Lenten Mid-Week 2, March 4th - 2015. Rev. Ted Giese, Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Regina SK. Psalm 42, Isaiah 45:1-8, Matthew 16:13-19 As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for You, O God. My soul...
Trust the LORD: Second Sunday In Lent - Genesis 17 & Mark 8 / Rev. Ted A. Giese
2 Sunday in Lent, 2015 March 1st. Rev. Ted Giese, Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Regina SK. Mark 8:27-38; Genesis 17:1-7, 15, 16; Romans 5:1-11 And Jesus went on with His disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” And...