THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER

   APRIL 27, 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  

Acts 5:27-32

And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him

SECOND READING                                                                                                                    Revelation 1:4-8                                                                                                                  John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

THE GOSPEL

John 20:19-31                                                                                                                          Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.
Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY AT KOG                                                                                                                      

– Sunday, April 27, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                             – Coffee Social after the service . Hosted by Carol Sarich  

THIS WEEK AT KOG   

Wednesday, April 30, Women’s Breakfast Out, at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 10:00 a.m.                                                                      

– Thursday, May 1, Bible Study, “ Mark: A Gospel for Rocky Times,” 7:30 p.m.  Hosted by Karen McKenzie.  We meet in Pastor Michael’s home, 1010 Duke Street         

COMING UP AT KOG                                                               

– Sunday, May 4, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (communion)                         – Coffee Social after the service                                                                                        

– Sunday, May 11, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (Mother’s Day)                        – Coffee Social after the service                                                                                        

Sunday, May 18, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                                 – Coffee Social after the service.  Host needed                                                              

Wednesday, May 28, Women’s Breakfast Out, at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326  B Millar Avenue, 10:00 a.m.                                                                                

– Saturday, May 31, Men’s Breakfast Out at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 8:30 a.m.                                                                                                 

– Monday, June 2, Church Council meeting via Zoom, 7:30 p.m.    

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

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

2025 income/expenses: -$2,904.33

February income/expenses: -$997.52                                                                                           

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

March 16: $5200  March 23: $290   March 30: $185

Weekly contributions for April:  April 6: $1270  April 13: $570   April 20: $150

Thank you to all involved in sewing the Quilts, Comfort Quilts , and blankets that have been made by members of King of Glory and their friends.  30 quilts were made and 2 blankets.  Prodigious thimbles full of thanks to the industrious sewers Bev Gregory, Karen McKenzie, Carol Sarich, Doreen Matschke, Lois Rombough, Marge McMillan, and Sherry Andrews.

Thank you to everyone who contributed for the purchase of materials needed for the quilting project. $626 has been collected. Thank you for your generosity. 

One of King of Glory’s service projects for the year is support for LuMinHoS [Lutheran Ministry to Hospitals in Saskatoon]. Church Council has designated the Sundays in April for  a free will offering to be collected for LuMinHoS.  So far $235 has been collected.  Thank you for your generosity.

King of Glory is once again supporting On Eagle’s Wings and their Summer Bible Camps in the North. Church Council has designated the Sundays in May for  a free will offering. A collection basket for free will offerings to buy supplies is on the back table. 

Smudge-On, a group headed by David Fineday, is organizing a series of protest walks over the summer, highlighting the issues of homelessness and overdoses in Saskatoon. The next walk will begin at 11am on Saturday, May 3rd. Participants will be walking from the corners of 20th Street and Avenue P to 20th Street and Avenue K.

At the March 25, 2025 Church Council the following were elected as Officers of the Church Council and the Congregation.  Chairperson:  Wayne Turner,

Vice-Chairperson: Kyle Sarich,  Secretary: Carol Sarich.  Ryan Baker was again appointed as Treasurer and Karen McKenzie was again appointed as Financial Secretary.  Members-at-large are Jody Giesbrecht, Bev Gregory, and Karen McKenzie.  Hold these people in your prayers for their ministry at King of Glory.  We ask for the Holy Spirit’s blessings of wisdom, discernment, insight, and servant-leadership be with them.

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

      THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD

   APRIL 20, 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  

Acts 10:34-43

Then Peter began to speak to them: ‘I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all. That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses to all that he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree; but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear, not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one ordained by God as judge of the living and the dead. All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.’ The Lord God has given me

SECOND READING                                                                                                                    1 Corinthians 15:19-26                                                                                                             If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. 

But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died. For since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead has also come through a human being; for as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ. But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ. Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, after he has destroyed every ruler and every authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 

THE GOSPEL

Luke 24:1-12                                                                                                                          But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in, they did not find the body. While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in dazzling clothes stood beside them. The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, ‘Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.’ Then they remembered his words, and returning from the tomb, they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles. But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; then he went home, amazed at what had happened.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY AT KOG                                                                                                                      

– Sunday, April 20, Easter Sunday, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                             – Coffee Social after the service.  Hosted by Doreen Matschke, Karen Larson, and Iris Kristjansdottir  

THIS WEEK AT KOG                                                                                                                                     

– Tuesday, April 22, Church Council meeting via Zoom, 7:30 p.m.                              

– Saturday, April 26, Men’s Breakfast Out at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 8:30 a.m.  

COMING UP AT KOG      

– Sunday, April 27, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                             – Coffee Social after the service . Hosted by Carol Sarich                                          

– Wednesday, April 30, Women’s Breakfast Out, at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 10:00 a.m.                                                                      

– Thursday, May 1, Bible Study, “ Mark: A Gospel for Rocky Times,” 7:30 p.m.  Hosted by Karen McKenzie.  We meet in Pastor Michael’s home, 1010 Duke Street                                                                                                          

– Sunday, May 4, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (communion)                        – Coffee Social after the service                                                                                        

– Sunday, May 11, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (Mother’s Day)                        – Coffee Social after the service

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

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

2025 income/expenses: -$2,904.33

February income/expenses: -$997.52                                                                                           

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

March 16: $5200  March 23: $290   March 30: $185

Weekly contributions for April:  April 6: $1270  April 13: $570

Thank you to all involved in sewing the Quilts, Comfort Quilts , and blankets that have been made by members of King of Glory and their friends.  30 quilts were made and 2 blankets.  Prodigious thimbles full of thanks to the industrious sewers Bev Gregory, Karen McKenzie, Carol Sarich, Doreen Matschke, Lois Rombough, Marge McMillan, and Sherry Andrews.

Thank you to everyone who contributed for the purchase of materials needed for the quilting project. $626 has been collected. Thank you for your generosity. 

One of King of Glory’s service projects for the year is support for LuMinHoS [Lutheran Ministry to Hospitals in Saskatoon]. Church Council has designated the Sundays in April for  a free will offering to be collected for LuMinHoS.  So far $90 has been collected.  Thank you for your generosity.

At the March 25, 2025 Church Council the following were elected as Officers of the Church Council and the Congregation.  Chairperson:  Wayne Turner,

Vice-Chairperson: Kyle Sarich,  Secretary: Carol Sarich.  Ryan Baker was again appointed as Treasurer and Karen McKenzie was again appointed as Financial Secretary.  Members-at-large are Jody Giesbrecht, Bev Gregory, and Karen McKenzie.  Hold these people in your prayers for their ministry at King of Glory.  We ask for the Holy Spirit’s blessings of wisdom, discernment, insight, and servant-leadership be with them.

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

PASSION/PALM SUNDAY

   APRIL 13, 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  

Isaiah 50:4-9a

The Lord God has given me
   the tongue of a teacher,
that I may know how to sustain
   the weary with a word.
Morning by morning he wakens—
   wakens my ear
   to listen as those who are taught.
The Lord God has opened my ear,
   and I was not rebellious,
   I did not turn backwards.
I gave my back to those who struck me,
   and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard;
I did not hide my face
   from insult and spitting. 


The Lord God helps me;
   therefore I have not been disgraced;
therefore I have set my face like flint,
   and I know that I shall not be put to shame;
   he who vindicates me is near.
Who will contend with me?
   Let us stand up together.
Who are my adversaries?
   Let them confront me.
It is the Lord God who helps me;
   who will declare me guilty?

SECOND READING                                                                                                                    Philippians 2:5-11                                                                                                             Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,
who, though he was in the form of God,
   did not regard equality with God
   as something to be exploited,
but emptied himself,
   taking the form of a slave,
   being born in human likeness.
And being found in human form,
   he humbled himself
   and became obedient to the point of death—
   even death on a cross. 

Therefore God also highly exalted him
   and gave him the name
   that is above every name,
so that at the name of Jesus
   every knee should bend,
   in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue should confess
   that Jesus Christ is Lord,
   to the glory of God the Father. 

THE GOSPEL

Luke 19:28-40                                                                                                                          After he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, saying, ‘Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, “Why are you untying it?” just say this: “The Lord needs it.” ’ So those who were sent departed and found it as he had told them. As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, ‘Why are you untying the colt?’ They said, ‘The Lord needs it.’ Then they brought it to Jesus; and after throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it. As he rode along, people kept spreading their cloaks on the road. As he was now approaching the path down from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the deeds of power that they had seen, saying,

‘Blessed is the king
   who comes in the name of the Lord!
Peace in heaven,
   and glory in the highest heaven!’
Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, ‘Teacher, order your disciples to stop.’ He answered, ‘I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would shout out.’ 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY AT KOG                                                                                                                        

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

THIS WEEK AT KOG                                                                                                                                               

– 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.  

COMING UP AT KOG                                                                                                                                                Sunday, April 20, Easter Sunday, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                             – Coffee Social after the service.  Hosted by Doreen Matschke, Karen Larson, and Iris Kristjansdottir                                                                                                               

– Tuesday, April 22, Church Council meeting via Zoom, 7:30 p.m.                              

– Saturday, April 26, Men’s Breakfast Out at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 8:30 a.m. 

– Sunday, April 27, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                             – Coffee Social after the service . Hosted by Carol Sarich                                          

– Wednesday, April 30, Women’s Breakfast Out, at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 10:00 a.m.                                                                      

– Thursday, May 1, Bible Study, “ Mark: A Gospel for Rocky Times,” 7:30 p.m.  Hosted by Karen McKenzie.  We meet in Pastor Michael’s home, 1010 Duke Street                                                                                                          

– Sunday, May 4, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (communion)                        – Coffee Social after the service 

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

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

2025 income/expenses: -$2,904.33

February income/expenses: -$997.52                                                                                           

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

March 16: $5200  March 23: $290   March 30: $185

Weekly contributions for April:  April 6: $1270

Thank you to all involved in sewing the Quilts, Comfort Quilts , and blankets that have been made by members of King of Glory and their friends.  30 quilts were made and 2 blankets.  Prodigious thimbles full of thanks to the industrious sewers Bev Gregory, Karen McKenzie, Carol Sarich, Doreen Matschke, Lois Rombough, Marge McMillan, and Sherry Andrews.

Thank you to everyone who contributed for the purchase of materials needed for the quilting project. $626 has been collected. Thank you for your generosity. 

One of King of Glory’s service projects for the year is support for LuMinHoS [Lutheran Ministry to Hospitals in Saskatoon]. Church Council has designated the Sundays in April for  a free will offering to be collected for LuMinHoS.  So far $50 has been collected.  Thank you for your generosity.

At the March 25, 2025 Church Council the following were elected as Officers of the Church Council and the Congregation.  Chairperson:  Wayne Turner,

Vice-Chairperson: Kyle Sarich,  Secretary: Carol Sarich.  Ryan Baker was again appointed as Treasurer and Karen McKenzie was again appointed as Financial Secretary.  Members-at-large are Jody Giesbrecht, Bev Gregory, and Karen McKenzie.  Hold these people in your prayers for their ministry at King of Glory.  We ask for the Holy Spirit’s blessings of wisdom, discernment, insight, and servant-leadership be with them.

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

      THE  FIFTH  SUNDAY IN LENT

   APRIL 6, 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  

Isaiah 43:16-21

Thus says the Lord,
   who makes a way in the sea,
   a path in the mighty waters,
who brings out chariot and horse,
   army and warrior;
they lie down, they cannot rise,
   they are extinguished, quenched like a wick:
Do not remember the former things,
   or consider the things of old.
I am about to do a new thing;
   now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness
   and rivers in the desert.
The wild animals will honour me,
   the jackals and the ostriches;
for I give water in the wilderness,
   rivers in the desert,
to give drink to my chosen people,
   the people whom I formed for myself
so that they might declare my praise. 

SECOND READING                                                                                                                    Philippians 3:4b-14                                                                                                            If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless. 

Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God based on faith. I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead. 

Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on towards the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus. 

THE GOSPEL

John 12:1-8                                                                                                                          Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said, ‘Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?’ (He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he kept the common purse and used to steal what was put into it.) Jesus said, ‘Leave her alone. She bought it so that she might keep it for the day of my burial. You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.’ 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY AT KOG                                                                                                                        

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

THIS WEEK AT KOG                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             COMING UP AT KOG                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      – 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 Larson                                                                                                               

Tuesday, April 22, Church Council meeting via Zoom, 7:30 p.m.                              

– Saturday, April 26, Men’s Breakfast Out at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 8:30 a.m. 

– Sunday, April 27, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                             – Coffee Social after the service . Hosted by Carol Sarich                                          

– Wednesday, April 30, Women’s Breakfast Out, at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 10:00 a.m.                                                                      

– Thursday, May 1, Bible Study, “ Mark: A Gospel for Rocky Times,” 7:30 p.m.  Hosted by Karen McKenzie.  We meet in Pastor Michael’s home, 1010 Duke Street  

  • 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

2025 income/expenses: -$2,904.33

February income/expenses: -$997.52                                                                                           

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: $5200  March 23: $290   March 30: $185

Thank you to all involved in sewing the Quilts, Comfort Quilts , and blankets that have been made by members of King of Glory and their friends.  30 quilts were made and 2 blankets.  Prodigious thimbles full of thanks to the industrious sewers Bev Gregory, Karen McKenzie, Carol Sarich, Doreen Matschke, Lois Rombough, Marge McMillan, and Sherry Andrews.

Thank you to everyone who contributed for the purchase of materials needed for the quilting project. $626 has been collected. Thank you for your generosity. 

One of King of Glory’s service projects for the year is support for LuMinHoS [Lutheran Ministry to Hospitals in Saskatoon]. Church Council has designated the Sundays in April for  a free will offering to be collected for LuMinHoS.

At the March 25, 2025 Church Council the following were elected as Officers of the Church Council and the Congregation.  Chairperson:  Wayne Turner,

Vice-Chairperson: Kyle Sarich,  Secretary: Carol Sarich.  Ryan Baker was again appointed as Treasurer and Karen McKenzie was again appointed as Financial Secretary.  Members-at-large are Jody Giesbrecht, Bev Gregory, and Karen McKenzie.  Hold these people in your prayers for their ministry at King of Glory.  We ask for the Holy Spirit’s blessings of wisdom, discernment, insight, and servant-leadership be with them.

Mid-week Lenten services schedule

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

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  FOURTH  SUNDAY IN LENT

   MARCH 30, 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  

Joshua 5:9-12

The Lord said to Joshua, ‘Today I have rolled away from you the disgrace of Egypt.’ And so that place is called Gilgal to this day. 

While the Israelites were encamped in Gilgal they kept the passover in the evening on the fourteenth day of the month in the plains of Jericho. On the day after the passover, on that very day, they ate the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and parched grain. The manna ceased on the day they ate the produce of the land, and the Israelites no longer had manna; they ate the crops of the land of Canaan that year. 

SECOND READING                                                                                                                    2 Corinthians 5:16-21                                                                                                            From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way. So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.  

THE GOSPEL

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32                                                                                                                          Now all the tax-collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, ‘This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.’ 

So he told them this parable: 

Then Jesus said, ‘There was a man who had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, “Father, give me the share of the property that will belong to me.” So he divided his property between them. A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and travelled to a distant country, and there he squandered his property in dissolute living. When he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed the pigs. He would gladly have filled himself with the pods that the pigs were eating; and no one gave him anything. But when he came to himself he said, “How many of my father’s hired hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger! I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired hands.’ ” So he set off and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him. Then the son said to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.” But the father said to his slaves, “Quickly, bring out a robe—the best one—and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. And get the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate; for this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!” And they began to celebrate. 

‘Now his elder son was in the field; and when he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing. He called one of the slaves and asked what was going on. He replied, “Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has got him back safe and sound.” Then he became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and began to plead with him. But he answered his father, “Listen! For all these years I have been working like a slave for you, and I have never disobeyed your command; yet you have never given me even a young goat so that I might celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fatted calf for him!” Then the father said to him, “Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found.” ’ 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY 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    

THIS WEEK AT KOG                                                                                                                – 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                 

COMING UP AT KOG    

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        – 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 Larson                                                                                                               

– Tuesday, April 22, Church Council meeting via Zoom, 7:30 p.m.                               – Saturday, April 26, Men’s Breakfast Out at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 8:30 a.m. 

– Sunday, April 27, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                             – Coffee Social after the service . Hosted by Carol Sarich                                          

– Wednesday, April 30, Women’s Breakfast Out, at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 10:00 a.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

2025 income/expenses: -$2,904.33

February income/expenses: -$997.52                                                                                           

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: $5200  March 23: $290

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 $486 has been collected. 

One of King of Glory’s service projects for the year is support for LuMinHoS [Lutheran Ministry to Hospitals in Saskatoon]. Church Council has designated the Sundays in April for  a free will offering to be collected for LuMinHoS.

At the March 25, 2025 Church Council the following were elected as Officers of the Church Council and the Congregation.  Chairperson:  Wayne Turner,

Vice-Chairperson: Kyle Sarich,  Secretary: Carol Sarich.  Ryan Baker was again appointed as Treasurer and Karen McKenzie was again appointed as Financial Secretary.  Members-at-large are Jody Giesbrecht, Bev Gregory, and Karen McKenzie.  Hold these people in your prayers for their ministry at King of Glory.  We ask for the Holy Spirit’s blessings of wisdom, discernment, insight, and servant-leadership be with them.

Mid-week Lenten services schedule

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

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.