THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
KING OF GLORY LUTHERAN CHURCH
WORSHIPING AT ST. DAVID’S/TRINITY UNITED CHURCH
3318 Merritt Street S7M 3P6
Phone: 384-8199
WORSHIP TIME: SUNDAY MORNINGS AT 10:30 a.m.
FOURTH SUNDAY OF THE MONTH AT 6:30 p.m.
Website: koglutheranchurch.com
Follow us on Facebook: King of Glory Lutheran Church.
Pastor Michael Poellet Home: 653-1929 STM: 966-3272
SERVING IN WORSHIP
Preacher/Presider: St. David’s/Trinity Musician: Joshua Bratvold
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FIRST READING
Isaiah 40:21-31
Have you not known? Have you not heard?
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers;
who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
and spreads them like a tent to live in;
who brings princes to naught,
and makes the rulers of the earth as nothing.
Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown,
scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth,
when he blows upon them, and they wither,
and the tempest carries them off like stubble.
To whom then will you compare me,
or who is my equal? says the Holy One.
Lift up your eyes on high and see:
Who created these?
He who brings out their host and numbers them,
calling them all by name;
because he is great in strength,
mighty in power,
not one is missing.
Why do you say, O Jacob,
and speak, O Israel,
‘My way is hidden from the Lord,
and my right is disregarded by my God’?
Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
his understanding is unsearchable.
He gives power to the faint,
and strengthens the powerless.
Even youths will faint and be weary,
and the young will fall exhausted;
but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength,
they shall mount up with wings like eagles,
they shall run and not be weary,
they shall walk and not faint.
SECOND READING 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 If I proclaim the gospel, this gives me no ground for boasting, for an obligation is laid on me, and woe betide me if I do not proclaim the gospel! For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with a commission. What then is my reward? Just this: that in my proclamation I may make the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my rights in the gospel.
For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might win more of them. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) so that I might win those under the law. To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law) so that I might win those outside the law. To the weak I became weak, so that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that I might by any means save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
GOSPEL READING Mark 1:29-39 As soon as they left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at once. He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up. Then the fever left her, and she began to serve them.
That evening, at sunset, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demons. And the whole city was gathered around the door. And he cured many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.
In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed. And Simon and his companions hunted for him. When they found him, they said to him, ‘Everyone is searching for you.’ He answered, ‘Let us go on to the neighbouring towns, so that I may proclaim the message there also; for that is what I came out to do.’ And he went throughout Galilee, proclaiming the message in their synagogues and casting out demons.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
TODAY AT KOG
– Sunday, February 4, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (communion),
10:30 a.m. – Coffee Social after the service
THIS WEEK AT KOG
COMING UP AT KOG – Sunday,February 11, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (no communion), 10:30 a.m. – Coffee Social after the service – Sunday, February 11, House blessing at Bev Gregory’s new home, 12:30 p.m. 205—2315 McClocklin Road – Tuesday, February 13, Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper sponsored by St. David’s/Trinity 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Tickets $10 adults – Sunday, February 18, Worship led by King of Glory (communion) 10:30 a.m. – Coffee Social after the service. Hosted by Karen McKenzie – Thursday, February 22, Bible Study, “A Short History of Grace,” 7:30 p.m. Hosted by Renita Falkenstern. We meet in Pastor Michael’s home, 1010 Duke Street. – Saturday, February 24, Men’s Breakfast Out at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 8:30 a.m. – Sunday, February 25, Worship led by King of Glory (communion), 6:30 p.m. – Coffee Social after the service. Hosted by Renita Falkenstern. – Monday, February 26, Church Council meeting via Zoom, 7:30 p.m. – Wednesday, February 28, Women’s Breakfast Out, at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 10:00 a.m. – Thursday, March 7, Bible Study, “A Short History of Grace,” 7:30 p.m. Hosted by Karen Larson. We meet in Pastor Michael’s home, 1010 Duke Street.
- January, February, and Year-to-Date Budget and Contribution Report for KOG
2024 Budget: $49,525.16 Monthly Budget: $4,127.10 Weekly Budget: $952.40
2023 income/expenses: -$7,816.86
December income/expenses: $7,041.07
Weekly contributions for December: December 3: $3195 December 10: $740
December 17: $3344 December 24: $1966 December 31: $1675
Weekly contributions for January: January 7 and 14: $850 January 21: $600
Pastor Michael will be in Ottawa February 2 through February 4.
Thank you from On Eagle’s Wings for our donation of $100.
Thank you from the Alzheimer Society for our donation of $386.05
“Light in the Time of Darkness” is a free will offering fund raiser for CLWR sponsored by Resurrection, Trinity, and King of Glory. Thank you to Jody Giesbrecht and Tyler, Ann Salmon, Iris Krisjiansdottir, and Renita Falkenstern for participating in the variety program. $452 was raised for CLWR.
Pastor Michael and Renita thank all at St. David’s/Trinity and at King of Glory for your kind words of condolence, cards, and prayers at the death of Pastor Michael’s mother.
Mid-Week Lenten Services Schedule
Host Preaching
Ash Wednesday (Feb 14) Zion Resurrection
Lent 1 (Feb 21) RESURRECTION Trinity
Lent 2 (Feb 28) Good Shepherd King of Glory
Lent 3 (March 6) Trinity Augustana
Lent 4 (March 13) REDEEMER Good Shepherd
Lent 5 (March 20) Augustana Zion
Service time is 7:30
Offerings will go to Lutheran Campus Ministry
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