A Family Growing In Christ

Sunday, July 5, 2026 6th Sunday after Pentecost Matthew 22:15-22 Pastor Jon Hackbarth Christians across the world exist in two very different kingdoms, but our salvation only comes from one. Don't forget to visit ⁠https://www.mountoliveappleton.com ⁠ to learn more about our ministry and God's love for you! You can also watch this sermon and more from Mount Olive Lutheran Church on YouTube...

Sunday, June 28, 2026 5th Sunday after Pentecost Jeremiah 1:4-10 Pastor Robert Raasch As we welcome Pastor Jonathan Hackbarth to Mount Olive, let's reflect on the promises God makes to those who share the message. Don't forget to visit ⁠ https://www.mountoliveappleton.com ⁠ to learn more about our ministry and God's love for you! You can also watch this sermon and more from Mount Olive...

Sunday, June 21, 2026 4th Sunday after Pentecost Ephesians 6:1-4 Pastor Joe Gawel God displays the most honorable, loving form of parenting when the grace pours out for our salvation in spite of our sin. Mercy, patience, and compassion are the manifestations of his holy love for his imperfect children. Don't forget to visit ⁠ https://www.mountoliveappleton.com ⁠ to learn more about our ministr...

Sunday, June 14, 2026 3rd Sunday after Pentecost 1 Timothy 6:11-16 Pastor Tim Priewe Our time on earth is guaranteed to be filled with struggle, and Paul encourages us in his letters to Timothy. However, our struggle is not to earn salvation - but only a symptom of living a mortal life in anticipation of the prize beyond. God promises that we will struggle, but has already given us the victory by...

Sunday, June 7, 2026 2nd Sunday after Pentecost 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Pastor Robert Raasch If God had expectations that we were meant to achieve in order to fulfill his demands, what purpose would mercy and grace serve us? God has always known humanity's failures and shortcomings (even the ones we think are secret) and instead offers every single one of us redemption and righteousness! Don't f...

Sunday, May 31, 2026 Holy Trinity 2 Corinthians 13:11-14 Pastor Joe Gawel The mystery of the Triune God is a challenge to contemplate, but it is equally mysterious that the God of all things would grant us love and mercy. No matter what we experience or do, the grace and peace of our loving Savior is our sure gift. Don't forget to visit ⁠ https://www.mountoliveappleton.com ⁠ to learn more abou...

Sunday, May 24, 2026 Pentecost John 7:37-39 Pastor Tim Priewe There are so many ways we are drained of energy, peace, and hope in this world. Jesus promises the Holy Spirit will fill us up again and again with the words, "Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will from from within them." Don't forget to v...

Sunday, May 17, 2026 7th Sunday after Easter 1 Peter 4:12-17, 5:6-11 Pastor Robert Raasch It's easy to see a world filled with enemies sometimes, but we must be reminded of important by God about the truth of who our enemy really is and who our Savior is. The earth is full of humans who Christ died to save, and we are graciously granted that salvation to proclaim it. Don't forget to visit...

Sunday, May 10, 2026 5th Sunday after Easter Acts 17:22-31 Pastor Joe Gawel Paul demonstrates a sincere interest in the people with whom he shares the Gospel, and we would all do well to imitate it. Seeing the world as filled with fellow recipients of God's mercy is a far greater way to view other humans than any other. Don't forget to visit ⁠ https://www.mountoliveappleton.com⁠ to learn m...

Sunday, May 3, 2026 4th Sunday after Easter John 14:1-11 Pastor Tim Priewe We are often tempted to "forge our own path" or "find our own way" in this world, but nothing on our own can lead us to God's presence. Thankfully, our loving Savior came to forge a path for us and travel it in our place! Don't forget to visit ⁠ https://www.mountoliveappleton.com ⁠ to learn more...

Sunday, April 26, 2026 3rd Sunday after Easter 1 Peter 2:19-25 Pastor Robert Raasch We were never promised a care-free earthly life, and we were never promised earthly justice for wrongs we feel we've endured. God has already granted us the most important promise - salvation and life eternal in heaven. While we pass through this earthly life, we must forsake notions of earthly vengeance or ent...

Sunday, April 19, 2026 3rd Sunday after Easter 1 Peter 1:17-21 Pastor Tim Priewe Our lives are marked by sin as soon as we come into existence, but our God has power and love to overcome all the sin of all people. Thank God for the abundant mercy and grace to pay for our sins with Jesus' holy blood! Don't forget to visit ⁠ https://www.mountoliveappleton.com ⁠ to learn more about our minist...

Sunday, April 12, 2026 2nd Sunday after Easter John 20:19-31 Pastor Joe Gawel Jesus shows us yet another example of a patient invitation to experience his mercy. Rather than rebuke Thomas or shame him, he beckons him to see for himself what will confirm his trust in a seemingly impossible miracle. Don't forget to visit ⁠ https://www.mountoliveappleton.com ⁠ to learn more about our ministry and...

Sunday, March 29, 2026 Palm Sunday Matthew 21:1-11 Pastor David Wenzel Humility and sacrifice - not terms typically associated with positions of leadership and power, but our savior is no typical leader. Jesus' holy love and perfect life are given to us freely, with no tax or fee expected. Our sinful expectations are exceeded by a God who loves us deeply and grants us mercy beyond our understa...

Sunday, March 22, 2026 5th Sunday in Lent Romans 8:11-19 Pastor Tim Priewe From the moment we enter existence, we are in dire need of a spiritual cure. Our Lord Jesus offers a spiritual transplant of his perfect life and sacrifice to replace our broken and sinful lives - ushering us forth ultimately to our heavenly home. Don't forget to visit ⁠ https://www.mountoliveappleton.com ⁠ to learn mor...

Saturday, March 14, 2026 4th Sunday in Lent Isaiah 42:14-21 Pastor Joe Gawel Jesus patiently guides us through darkness and misery with his loving words and gentle hands. May we respond to his tender mercy everyday with an sense of awe and grateful joy! Don't forget to visit ⁠https://www.mountoliveappleton.com ⁠ to learn more about our ministry and God's love for you! You can also watch th...

Sunday, March 8, 2026 3rd Sunday in Lent John 4:4-26 Pastor Joel Zank Our Savior reveals both his identity and his compassion in this story from John's gospel. No matter what metaphorical wells we keep going to back too for water that leaves us empty inside, he lovingly offers us the water of eternal life. Don't forget to visit ⁠ https://www.mountoliveappleton.com⁠ to learn more about our...

Sunday, March 1, 2026 2nd Sunday in Lent John 3:1-17 Pastor Robert Raasch We of this mortal world are incapable of achieving the holiness of God, and would rightly despair if he demanded it. Thankfully, Jesus came to earth to offer up his life and death for all the sins of the entire planet. We are therefore reborn when the Spirit creates faith in Christ's all-powerful sacrifice! Don't for...

Sunday, February 22, 2026 First Sunday in Lent Romans 5:12-19 Pastor Joe Gawel God's impossibly loving sacrifice is the ultimate closure for the uncertainty fostered in our sinful lives. The mercy and grace of Jesus' perfect life and resurrection far overpowers the pollution of our species' sinful state. Don't forget to visit ⁠https://www.mountoliveappleton.com ⁠ to learn more abou...

Sunday, February 15, 2026 Transfiguration Sunday Matthew 17:1-9 Pastor Tim Priewe Jesus' true identity as God is revealed to us in this glimpse he provided his disciples. The importance of this moment is something we can continue to dwell on for generations, as we desperately need these glimpses of glory on which to anchor our hope! Don't forget to visit ⁠ https://www.mountoliveappleton.co...

Sunday, Feb 8, 2026 5th Sunday after Epiphany Exodus 19:1-8 Pastor Joe Gawel God's awe-inspiring and terrific power combined with his tender mercy and deep compassion is beautifully manifested time and time again throughout his word. May we contemplate and dwell on that power he uses for our salvation, and be filled with a reflection of his holy love! Don't forget to visit ⁠ https://www.mo...

Sunday, Feb 1, 2026 4th Sunday after Epiphany Matthew 4:12-23 Pastor Joel Zank God shines the light of salvation into our lives through Christ, and through it he delivers the ultimate assurance of hope. May our lives on this earth be transformed by his love, that we may shine a reflection of Christ's holy mercy to all we encounter! Don't forget to visit ⁠ https://www.mountoliveappleton.com...

Sunday, January 25, 2026 3rd Sunday after Epiphany Matthew 5:1-12 Pastor Robert Raasch God has already given us his grace, mercy, and righteousness. Filled with the hope of his promise, we are given his permission to be meek, to be merciful, and to hunger for righteousness while in this broken world. We are assured the kingdom of heaven is already ours! Don't forget to visit ⁠ https://www.moun...

Sunday, January 18, 2026 2nd Sunday after Epiphany John 1:29-41 Pastor Joe Gawel Our loving Savior did not enter this world to overpower and dominate it through might, or even to rightfully condemn it. Instead, he quietly walked beside us to offer his perfect life in our place, and to grant us his perfection as a merciful gift of his love. Don't forget to visit ⁠https://www.mountoliveappleton....

Sunday, January 11, 2026 The Baptism of Our Lord Matthew 3:13-17 Pastor Tim Priewe As God so clearly declared when Jesus' fulfilled this stage of his prophesied journey, he declares also to us by the sacrificial exchange of our sin for Christ's glory. "These are my children, whom I love; with them I am well pleased." Don't forget to visit ⁠ https://www.mountoliveappleton.com...