Month: March 2025

      THE  THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT

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   MARCH 23, 2025

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.

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: Pastor Michael           Musician: Joshua Bratvold

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FIRST READING  

Isaiah 55:1-9

Ho, everyone who thirsts,
   come to the waters;
and you that have no money,
   come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
   without money and without price.
Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread,
   and your labour for that which does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good,
   and delight yourselves in rich food.
Incline your ear, and come to me;
   listen, so that you may live.
I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
   my steadfast, sure love for David.
See, I made him a witness to the peoples,
   a leader and commander for the peoples.
See, you shall call nations that you do not know,
   and nations that do not know you shall run to you,
because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel,
   for he has glorified you. 

Seek the Lord while he may be found,
   call upon him while he is near;
let the wicked forsake their way,
   and the unrighteous their thoughts;
let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them,
   and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
   nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
   so are my ways higher than your ways
   and my thoughts than your thoughts. 

SECOND READING                                                                                                                    1 Corinthians 10:1-13                                                                                                            I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ. Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, and they were struck down in the wilderness. 

Now these things occurred as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil as they did. Do not become idolaters as some of them did; as it is written, ‘The people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose up to play.’ We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by serpents. And do not complain as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer. These things happened to them to serve as an example, and they were written down to instruct us, on whom the ends of the ages have come. So if you think you are standing, watch out that you do not fall. No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it. 

THE GOSPEL

Luke 13:1-9                                                                                                                          At that very time there were some present who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. He asked them, ‘Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did. Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them—do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others living in Jerusalem? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish just as they did.’ 

Then he told this parable: ‘A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the gardener, “See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still I find none. Cut it down! Why should it be wasting the soil?” He replied, “Sir, let it alone for one more year, until I dig round it and put manure on it. If it bears fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.” ’

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY AT KOG                                                                                                                        

– Sunday, March 23, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                             – Coffee Social after the service . Hosted by Linda and Don Sanders   

THIS WEEK AT KOG                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      – Tuesday, March 25, Church Council meeting via Zoom, 7:30 p.m.                           

– Wednesday, March 26, Women’s Breakfast Out, at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 10:00 a.m.                                                                      

– Saturday, March 29, Men’s Breakfast Out at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 8:30 a.m.                 

COMING UP AT KOG                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   – Sunday, March 30, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                                – Blessing of the Quilts                                                                                                         – Coffee Social after the service . Hosted by Bev Gregory, Karen McKenzie                                                                           –

Thursday, April 3, Bible Study, “ Mark: A Gospel for Rocky Times,” 7:30 p.m.  Hosted by Wayne Turner.  We meet in Pastor Michael’s home, 1010 Duke Street                                                                                                             – Sunday, April 6, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (communion)                        – Coffee Social after the service                                                                                                                                                   – Sunday, April 13, Passion/Palm Sunday, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity                                               – Coffee Social after the service.                                                                                         

– Monday, April 14, Worship Committee meets at the home of Carol Sarich (164 MacCormack Road, Martensville), 7:30 p.m.                                           

– Friday April 18, Good Friday service, 10:30 a.m.                                                        – Sunday, April 20, Easter Sunday, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                             – Coffee Social after the service.  Hosted by Doreen Matschke and Karen McKenzie 

  • February, March and Year-to-Date Budget and Contribution Report for KOG

2025 Budget: $50,454.75   Monthly Budget: $4,204.56    Weekly Budget: $970.28

2024/2025 income/expenses: -$5,481.76

January income/expenses: -$1,906.81                                                                                           

Weekly contributions for February:  February 2 and 9: $1285  February 16: $250

February 23: $1105

Weekly contributions for March:  March 2; $220  March 9: $775  March 16: $

One of King of Glory’s service projects for the year is support for our quilters. 

Church Council has designated the Sundays in March for  a free will offering to be collected for the purchase of materials needed for the quilting project.  So far $170 has been collected. A blessing of the quilts will be on March 30.

The worshipers at the Ash Wednesday service have taken the Lenten practice of almsgiving to heart.  $705 was collected for the Saskatoon Food bank.

Mid-week Lenten services schedule

The mid- week gatherings start at 5:30 with a soup and bread supper with worship activities to follow.

March 26    Lent 3 @ Good Shepherd

April 2         Lent 4 @ Trinity

April 9         Lent 5 @ Redeemer

Video recordings of our Worship Service can be found on our Church Website (www.stdavidstrinityuc.ca) under the “Members” section. 

      THE  SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT

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   MARCH 16, 2025

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.

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: Pastor Michael           Musician: Joshua Bratvold

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FIRST READING  

Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18

After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, ‘Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.’ But Abram said, ‘O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?’ And Abram said, ‘You have given me no offspring, and so a slave born in my house is to be my heir.’ But the word of the Lord came to him, ‘This man shall not be your heir; no one but your very own issue shall be your heir.’ He brought him outside and said, ‘Look towards heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them.’ Then he said to him, ‘So shall your descendants be.’ And he believed the Lord; and the Lord reckoned it to him as righteousness. 

Then he said to him, ‘I am the Lord who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess.’ But he said, ‘O Lord God, how am I to know that I shall possess it?’ He said to him, ‘Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.’ He brought him all these and cut them in two, laying each half over against the other; but he did not cut the birds in two. And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away. 

As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a deep and terrifying darkness descended upon him. 

When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking fire-pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, ‘To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates. 

SECOND READING                                                                                                                    Philippians 3:17-4:1                                                                                                             Brothers and sisters, join in imitating me, and observe those who live according to the example you have in us. For many live as enemies of the cross of Christ; I have often told you of them, and now I tell you even with tears. Their end is destruction; their god is the belly; and their glory is in their shame; their minds are set on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. He will transform the body of our humiliation so that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, by the power that also enables him to make all things subject to himself. Therefore, my brothers and sisters, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved. 

THE GOSPEL

Luke 13: 31-35

At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, ‘Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.’ He said to them, ‘Go and tell that fox for me, “Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish my work. Yet today, tomorrow, and the next day I must be on my way, because it is impossible for a prophet to be killed away from Jerusalem.” Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! See, your house is left to you. And I tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when you say, “Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.” ’

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY AT KOG                                                                                                                        

– Sunday, March 16, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                             – Coffee Social after the service.  Hosted Iris Kristjansdottir, Karen McKenzie                                                                 – Annual General Meeting.  Finger food potluck at 12:00 and meeting   

THIS WEEK AT KOG                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               – Thursday, March 20, Bible Study, “ Mark: A Gospel for Rocky Times,” 7:30 p.m.  Hosted by Carol Sarich  We meet in Pastor Michael’s home, 1010 Duke Street.               

COMING UP AT KOG                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 – Sunday, March 23, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                             – Coffee Social after the service . Host needed                                                                

– Tuesday, March 25, Church Council meeting via Zoom, 7:30 p.m.                           

– Wednesday, March 26, Women’s Breakfast Out, at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 10:00 a.m.                                                                      

– Saturday, March 29, Men’s Breakfast Out at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 8:30 a.m.                                                                                                 

– Sunday, March 30, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                                – Blessing of the Quilts                                                                                                         – Coffee Social after the service . Hosted by Bev Gregory, Karen McKenzie                                                                          

– Thursday, April 3, Bible Study, “ Mark: A Gospel for Rocky Times,” 7:30 p.m.  Host needed.  We meet in Pastor Michael’s home, 1010 Duke Street           

– Sunday, April 6, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (communion)                        – Coffee Social after the service                                                                                         

– Sunday, April 13, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity                                               – Coffee Social after the service.                                                                                         

– Monday, April 14, Worship Committee meets at the home of Carol Sarich (164 MacCormack Road, Martensville), 7:30 p.m.  

  • February, March and Year-to-Date Budget and Contribution Report for KOG

2025 Budget: $50,454.75   Monthly Budget: $4,204.56    Weekly Budget: $970.28

2024/2025 income/expenses: -$5,481.76

January income/expenses: -$1,906.81                                                                                           

Weekly contributions for February:  February 2 and 9: $1285  February 16: $250

February 23: $1105

Weekly contributions for March:  March 2; $220  March 9: $775

Thank you, thank you, thank you to the party planners, cooks, servers, setter-uppers, and cleaner-uppers from St. David’s/Trinity and King of Glory for putting on a marvelous Mardi Gras party/Shrove Tuesday pancake supper.

One of King of Glory’s service projects for the year is support for our quilters. 

Church Council has designated the Sundays in March for  a free will offering to be collected for the purchase of materials needed for the quilting project.  So far $170 has been collected. A blessing of the quilts will be on March 30.

The worshipers at the Ash Wednesday service have taken the Lenten practice of almsgiving to heart.  $705 was collected for the Saskatoon Food bank.

Mid-week Lenten services schedule

The mid- week gatherings start at 5:30 with a soup and bread supper with worship activities to follow.

March 19    Lent 2 @ Resurrection

March 26    Lent 3 @ Good Shepherd

April 2         Lent 4 @ Trinity

April 9         Lent 5 @ Redeemer

Video recordings of our Worship Service can be found on our Church Website (www.stdavidstrinityuc.ca) under the “Members” section. 

      THE  FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT

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   MARCH 9, 2025

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.

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: Anne Mathewson           Musician: Joshua Bratvold

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FIRST READING  

Deuteronomy 26:1-11

When you have come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess, and you possess it, and settle in it, you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and you shall put it in a basket and go to the place that the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his name. You shall go to the priest who is in office at that time, and say to him, ‘Today I declare to the Lord your God that I have come into the land that the Lord swore to our ancestors to give us.’ When the priest takes the basket from your hand and sets it down before the altar of the Lord your God, you shall make this response before the Lord your God: ‘A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went down into Egypt and lived there as an alien, few in number, and there he became a great nation, mighty and populous. When the Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us, by imposing hard labour on us, we cried to the Lord, the God of our ancestors; the Lord heard our voice and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression. The Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with a terrifying display of power, and with signs and wonders; and he brought us into this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. So now I bring the first of the fruit of the ground that you, O Lord, have given me.’ You shall set it down before the Lord your God and bow down before the Lord your God. Then you, together with the Levites and the aliens who reside among you, shall celebrate with all the bounty that the Lord your God has given to you and to your house. 

SECOND READING                                                                                                                    Romans 10 8b-13                                                                                                             But what does it say?
‘The word is near you,
   on your lips and in your heart’
(that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); because if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved. The scripture says, ‘No one who believes in him will be put to shame.’ For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and is generous to all who call on him. For, ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’ 

THE GOSPEL

Luke 4: 1-13

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over, he was famished. The devil said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become a loaf of bread.’ Jesus answered him, ‘It is written, “One does not live by bread alone.” ’ 

Then the devil led him up and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And the devil said to him, ‘To you I will give their glory and all this authority; for it has been given over to me, and I give it to anyone I please. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.’ Jesus answered him, ‘It is written,
“Worship the Lord your God,
   and serve only him.” ’ 

Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, for it is written,
“He will command his angels concerning you,
   to protect you”,
and
“On their hands they will bear you up,
   so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.” ’
Jesus answered him, ‘It is said, “Do not put the Lord your God to the test.” ’ When the devil had finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY AT KOG                                                                                                                        

– Sunday, March 9, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity                                               – Coffee Social after the service.   

THIS WEEK AT KOG                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

COMING UP AT KOG 

                                                                                                                                                                                        – Sunday, March 16, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                             – Coffee Social after the service.  Hosted Iris Kristjansdottir, Karen McKenzie                                                                

– Annual General Meeting.  Finger food potluck at 12:00 and meeting                 

– Thursday, March 20, Bible Study, “ Mark: A Gospel for Rocky Times,” 7:30 p.m.  Hosted by Carol Sarich  We meet in Pastor Michael’s home, 1010 Duke Street.  

– Sunday, March 23, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                             – Coffee Social after the service . Host needed                                                                

– Tuesday, March 25, Church Council meeting via Zoom, 7:30 p.m.                           

– Wednesday, March 26, Women’s Breakfast Out, at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 10:00 a.m.                                                                      

– Saturday, March 29, Men’s Breakfast Out at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 8:30 a.m.                                                                                               

  – Sunday, March 30, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                                – Blessing of the Quilts                                                                                                         – Coffee Social after the service . Hosted by Bev Gregory, Karen McKenzie                                                                          

– Thursday, April 3, Bible Study, “ Mark: A Gospel for Rocky Times,” 7:30 p.m.  Host needed.  We meet in Pastor Michael’s home, 1010 Duke Street           

– Sunday, April 6, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (communion)                        – Coffee Social after the service                                                                                            

– Monday, April 14, Worship Committee meets at the home of Carol Sarich (164 MacCormack Road, Martensville), 7:30 p.m.  

  • February, March and Year-to-Date Budget and Contribution Report for KOG

2025 Budget: $50,454.75   Monthly Budget: $4,204.56    Weekly Budget: $970.28

2024/2025 income/expenses: -$5,481.76

January income/expenses: -$1,906.81                                                                                           

Weekly contributions for February:  February 2 and 9: $1285  February 16: $250

February 23: $1105

Weekly contributions for March:  March 2; $220

Thank you, thank you, thank you to the party planners, cooks, servers, setter-uppers, and cleaner-uppers from St. David’s/Trinity and King of Glory for putting on a marvelous Mardi Gras party/Shrove Tuesday pancake supper.

One of King of Glory’s service projects for the year is support for our quilters. 

Church Council has designated the Sundays in March for  a free will offering to be collected for the purchase of materials needed for the quilting project.  So far $20 has been collected. A blessing of the quilts will be on March 30.

The worshipers at the Ash Wednesday service have taken the Lenten practice of almsgiving to heart.  $655 was collected for the Saskatoon Food bank.

Mid-week Lenten services schedule

The mid- week gatherings start at 5:30 with a soup and bread supper with worship activities to follow.

March 12    Lent 1 @ Augustana

March 19    Lent 2 @ Resurrection

March 26    Lent 3 @ Good Shepherd

April 2         Lent 4 @ Trinity

April 9         Lent 5 @ Redeemer

Video recordings of our Worship Service can be found on our Church Website (www.stdavidstrinityuc.ca) under the “Members” section.