Bulletin For September 8. 2024

    THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST       

   SEPTEMBER 8, 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.

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 35:4-7a

Say to those who are of a fearful heart,
   ‘Be strong, do not fear!
Here is your God.
   He will come with vengeance,
with terrible recompense.
   He will come and save you.’ 


Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
   and the ears of the deaf unstopped;
then the lame shall leap like a deer,
   and the tongue of the speechless sing for joy.
For waters shall break forth in the wilderness,
   and streams in the desert;
the burning sand shall become a pool,
   and the thirsty ground springs of water;
the haunt of jackals shall become a swamp,
   the grass shall become reeds and rushes. 

SECOND READING  

James 2:1-17                                                                                                        

My brothers and sisters, do you with your acts of favouritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ? For if a person with gold rings and in fine clothes comes into your assembly, and if a poor person in dirty clothes also comes in, and if you take notice of the one wearing the fine clothes and say, ‘Have a seat here, please’, while to the one who is poor you say, ‘Stand there’, or, ‘Sit at my feet’, have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him? But you have dishonoured the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you? Is it not they who drag you into court? Is it not they who blaspheme the excellent name that was invoked over you? 

You do well if you really fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ But if you show partiality, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it. For the one who said, ‘You shall not commit adultery’, also said, ‘You shall not murder.’ Now if you do not commit adultery but if you murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty. For judgement will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgement. 

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill’, and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that? So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead. 

GOSPEL READING                                                                                                      Mark 7:24-37                                                                                                                        From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, and she came and bowed down at his feet. Now the woman was a Gentile, of Syrophoenician origin. She begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. He said to her, ‘Let the children be fed first, for it is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.’ But she answered him, ‘Sir, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.’ Then he said to her, ‘For saying that, you may go—the demon has left your daughter.’ So she went home, found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.

Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue. Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, ‘Ephphatha’, that is, ‘Be opened.’ And immediately his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. Then Jesus ordered them to tell no one; but the more he ordered them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. They were astounded beyond measure, saying, ‘He has done everything well; he even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.’ 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY AT KOG                                                                                                                        

– Sunday, September 8, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (communion)      

– Coffee Social after the service.                                                                                     

THIS WEEK AT KOG                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            – Wednesday, September 11, Worship Committee meets at the home of Carol    Sarich (164 MacCormack Road, Martensville), 7:30 p.m.                               

COMING UP AT KOG   

– Sunday, September 15 Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity                                      

– Coffee Social after the service                                                                                         

– Thursday, September 19, Bible Study, “ Mark: A Gospel for Rocky Times,” 7:30 p.m.  Hosted by Renita Falkenstern.  We meet in Pastor Michael’s home, 1010 Duke Street.   

Sunday, September 22, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                     

– Coffee Social after the service .  Host needed                                                             

Wednesday, September 25, Women’s Breakfast Out, at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 10:00 a.m.                                                                       

Wednesday, September 25, Church Council meeting via Zoom, 7:30 p.m.            

– Saturday,  28, Men’s Breakfast Out at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 8:30 a.m.                     Sunday, September 29, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                     

– Coffee Social after the service .  Host needed 

– Saturday, October 5, Lutheran Campus Ministry Fundraising Dinner at Smiley’s Restaurant (702 Circle Dr. East) Reception: 5:00, Dinner: 6:00                                          

– Sunday, October 6, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (communion)   Blessing of the Animals                                                                                                      

– Coffee Social after the service.  

  • August, September, and Year-to-Date Budget and Contribution Report for KOG

2024 Budget: $49,525.16   Monthly Budget: $4,127.10    Weekly Budget: $952.40

2024 income/expenses: -$1,437.04

July income/expenses: -$1,873.02                                                                                           

Weekly contributions for September:  September 1: $610

Lutheran Campus Ministry Fundraiser supper is set for Saturday evening, October 5th at 5:00pm at Smiley’s Buffet in Saskatoon. Come to hear how the ministry of post-Secondary students is evolving and growing. You can enjoy a great meal at Smiley’s, fellowship, entertainment and have the opportunity to offer your prayers, stewardship and support. Contact Pastor Michael for tickets before September 27th.  

Sunday, October 6 will be the commemoration of St. Francis.  This has been a traditional time to bless pets and animals.  Francis had a spirit of gladness and gratitude for all of God’s creation.  This will be the focus of our worship this Sunday.  Bring your pets, pictures of your pets, stuffed animals, or even pictures of animals to visually remind us of the blessings of creation and to bless God, the Giver, and all creatures great and small, wild or tame.

                            Season of Creation Bible Study                                                   The Season of Creation is a 7-week season in the church calendar that extends from Labour Day weekend through to Thanksgiving.  Rev. Margaret McKechnie has developed seven sessions to use during the Season of Creation to provide information on environmental issues of concern in our province. The Christian Education Committee will lead the weekly one-hour study to take place in the lower hall beginning on Tuesday, Sept. 3rd, at 1:30 p.m. Countering misinformation campaigns with knowledge, compassion and understanding is a call to each of us.  All are encouraged to participate!

Worship Videos

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

A password (Trinity) may be needed to access the older worship service recordings. 

A REMINDER

Good morning, KOG community,

For the next three Sundays, August 4,11,18, KOG will be worshiping at
Resurrection Lutheran (310 Lenore Drive) at 10:00 a.m. as part of our
joint Summer worship with Trinity, Resurrection and KOG.

Blessings on your worship and have a safe and relaxing three-day weekend.

Pastor Michael

THE TENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST: JULY 28, 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.

Website: koglutheranchurch.com

Follow us on Facebook:  King of Glory Lutheran Church. 

All the services will be video taped and can be viewed on the St. David’s/Trinity website: http://www.stdavidstrinityuc.ca click on the “members” tab to view services.

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  

2 Kings 4:42-44

A man came from Baal-shalishah, bringing food from the first fruits to the man of God: twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. Elisha said, ‘Give it to the people and let them eat.’ But his servant said, ‘How can I set this before a hundred people?’ So he repeated, ‘Give it to the people and let them eat, for thus says the Lord, “They shall eat and have some left.” ’ He set it before them, they ate, and had some left, according to the word of the Lord. 

SECOND READING  

Ephesians 3:14-21                                                                                                        

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name. I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 

Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, for ever and ever. Amen. 

GOSPEL READING                                                                                                      John 6:1-21                                                                                                                        After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias.  A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples. Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near. When he looked up and saw a large crowd coming towards him, Jesus said to Philip, ‘Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?’ He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do. Philip answered him, ‘Six months’ wages would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little.’ One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, ‘There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But what are they among so many people?’ Jesus said, ‘Make the people sit down.’ Now there was a great deal of grass in the place; so they sat down, about five thousand in all. Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted. When they were satisfied, he told his disciples, ‘Gather up the fragments left over, so that nothing may be lost.’ So they gathered them up, and from the fragments of the five barley loaves, left by those who had eaten, they filled twelve baskets. When the people saw the sign that he had done, they began to say, ‘This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world.’ 

When Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain by himself. 

When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, got into a boat, and started across the lake to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. The lake became rough because a strong wind was blowing. When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the lake and coming near the boat, and they were terrified. But he said to them, ‘It is I; do not be afraid.’ Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the land towards which they were going. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY AT KOG                                                                                                                        

Sunday, July 28 Worship led by King of Glory (communion) 10:30 a.m.             – Coffee Social after the service.  Hosted by Bev Gregory and Karen McKenzie   

THIS WEEK AT KOG                                                                                                                                                              Wednesday, July 31, Women’s Breakfast Out, at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B  Millar Avenue, 10:00 a.m. 

COMING UP AT KOG                                                                                                                                                    – Tuesday, August 27, Church Council meeting via Zoom, 7:30 p.m.  

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

Sunday, September 1 Outdoor Country Gospel Worship led by King of Glory  10:30 a.m.  Bring your lawn chairs or blankets and join us in singing some familiar Country Gospel hymns. The service will be followed by a potluck picnic.  In case of rain we’ll be indoors.

  • June, July, and Year-to-Date Budget and Contribution Report for KOG

2024 Budget: $49,525.16   Monthly Budget: $4,127.10    Weekly Budget: $952.40

2024 income/expenses: $1,849.00

May income/expenses: $1,237.33                                                                                           

Weekly contributions for June:    June 2: $1175  June 9: $640  June 16: $217

June 23: $60   June 30: $80

Weekly contributions for July:    July 21: $1227 

King of Glory is once again supporting On Eagle’s Wings and their Summer Bible Camps in the North. $1176 has been donated.  Thank you for your generosity.

Thank you to all involved in sewing the quilts and Comfort Quilts that have been made by members of King of Glory and their friends.   54 quilts were made:  50 for Bishop Klein School, the Wellness Centre and Interval House and 4 Comfort Quilts. Prodigious thimbles full of thanks to the industrious sewers Bev Gregory, Karen McKenzie, Carol Sarich, Doreen Matschke, Lois Rombough and Sherry Andrews.

The women of St. David’s/Trinity are invited to join the women of KOG on– Wednesday, July 31, for Women’s Breakfast Out, at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 10:00 a.m.  Mulberry’s would like us to make a reservation.  If you plan to attend please call Carol Sarich: 306-270-8768 by noon Tuesday, July 30.

A LuMinHoS (Lutheran Ministry in Hospitals of Saskatoon) display board is set up in the church for two Sundays. Please look at it and pick up the information pieces you wish. The current July Newsletter and additional information about LuMinHoS can also be found at www.luminos.org  This hospital chaplaincy ministry here in Saskatoon greatly appreciates and encourages your support. May God bless this work which we share amongst all Lutherans.

Joint Service Summer Schedule with Resurrection and Trinity

August 4,11,18 @Resurrection, 10:00 a.m.

August 24 @Trinity, 10:30 a.m.

September 1 @KOG outdoor service and picnic potluck, 10:30 

    THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST       

   JULY 21, 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.

Website: koglutheranchurch.com

Follow us on Facebook:  King of Glory Lutheran Church. 

Pastor Michael Poellet Home:  653-1929 STM: 966-3272

All the services will be video taped and can be viewed on the St. David’s/Trinity website: http://www.stdavidstrinityuc.ca click on the “members” tab to view services.

SERVING IN WORSHIP

Preacher/Presider: Pastor Michael           Musician: Joshua Bratvold

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FIRST READING  

Jeremiah 23:1-6

Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the Lord. Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: It is you who have scattered my flock, and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. So I will attend to you for your evil doings, says the Lord. Then I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the lands where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply. I will raise up shepherds over them who will shepherd them, and they shall not fear any longer, or be dismayed, nor shall any be missing, says the Lord. 

The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’ 

SECOND READING  

Ephesians 2:11-22                                                                                                        

So then, remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth, called ‘the uncircumcision’ by those who are called ‘the circumcision’—a physical circumcision made in the flesh by human hands— remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the 

world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us. He has abolished the law with its commandments and ordinances, so that he might create in himself one new humanity in place of the two, thus making peace, and might reconcile both groups to God in one body through the cross, thus putting to death that hostility through it. So he came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near; for through him both of us have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. In him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are built together spiritually into a dwelling-place for God. 

GOSPEL READING                                                                                                      Mark 6:30-34, 53-56                                                                                                                            The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. He said to them, ‘Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.’ For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves. Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they hurried there on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them. As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things. 

When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored the boat. When they got out of the boat, people at once recognized him, and rushed about that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. And wherever he went, into villages or cities or farms, they laid the sick in the market-places, and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak; and all who touched it were healed. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY AT KOG                                                                                                                        – Sunday, July 21, Worship led by King of Glory (communion) 10:30 a.m.               –

Coffee Social after the service.  Hosted by Renita Falkenstern

THIS WEEK AT KOG                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

  • – Saturday, July 27, Men’s Breakfast Out at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 8:30 a.m. 

COMING UP AT KOG                                                                                                                                                                       

  • – Sunday, July 28 Worship led by King of Glory (communion) 10:30 a.m.             – Coffee Social after the service.  Host needed                                                              
  • – Wednesday, July 31, Women’s Breakfast Out, at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B  Millar Avenue, 10:00 a.m.                                                                                     – Tuesday, August 27, Church Council meeting via Zoom, 7:30 p.m.                        –
  • Sunday, September 1 Outdoor Country Gospel Worship led by King of Glory  10:30 a.m.  Bring your lawn chairs or blankets and join us in singing some familiar Country Gospel hymns. The service will be followed by a potluck picnic.  In case of rain we’ll be indoors.
  • June, July, and Year-to-Date Budget and Contribution Report for KOG

2024 Budget: $49,525.16   Monthly Budget: $4,127.10    Weekly Budget: $952.40

2024 income/expenses: $1,849.00

May income/expenses: $1,237.33                                                                                           

Weekly contributions for May:   May 5: $370  May 12: $725  May 19: $4,440

May 26: $50

Weekly contributions for June:    June 2: $1175  June 9: $640  June 16: $217

June 23: $60

King of Glory is once again supporting On Eagle’s Wings and their Summer Bible Camps in the North. $1176 has been donated.  Thank you for your generosity.

Thank you to all involved in sewing the quilts and Comfort Quilts that have been made by members of King of Glory and their friends.   54 quilts were made:  50 for Bishop Klein School, the Wellness Centre and Interval House and 4 Comfort Quilts. Prodigious thimbles full of thanks to the industrious sewers Bev Gregory, Karen McKenzie, Carol Sarich, Doreen Matschke, Lois Rombough and Sherry Andrews.

The men of St. David’s/Trinity are invited to join the men of KOG on– Saturday, July 27, for Men’s Breakfast Out, at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 8:30 a.m.  Mulberry’s would like us to make a reservation.  If you plan to attend please call Pastor Michael: 306-653-1929 by noon Friday, July 26.

A LuMinHoS (Lutheran Ministry in Hospitals of Saskatoon) display board is set up in the church for two Sundays. Please look at it and pick up the information pieces you wish. The current July Newsletter and additional information about LuMinHoS can also be found at www.luminos.org  This hospital chaplaincy ministry here in Saskatoon greatly appreciates and encourages your support. May God bless this work which we share amongst all Lutherans.

 Joint Service Summer Schedule with Resurrection and Trinity

July 21 and 28 @KOG, 10:30 a.m.

August 4,11,18 @Resurrection, 10:00 a.m.

August 24 @Trinity, 10:30 a.m.

September 1 @KOG outdoor service and picnic potluck, 10:30 

    THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST       

   JUNE 30, 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.

Website: koglutheranchurch.com

Follow us on Facebook:  King of Glory Lutheran Church. 

Pastor Michael Poellet Home:  653-1929 STM: 966-3272

All the services will be video taped and can be viewed on the St. David’s/Trinity website: http://www.stdavidstrinityuc.ca click on the “members” tab to view services.

SERVING IN WORSHIP

Preacher/Presider: Pastor Michael           Musician: Joshua Bratvold

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FIRST READING  

Lamentations 3:22-33

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases,
   his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
   great is your faithfulness.
‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul,
   ‘therefore I will hope in him.’
The Lord is good to those who wait for him,
   to the soul that seeks him.
It is good that one should wait quietly
   for the salvation of the Lord.
It is good for one to bear
   the yoke in youth,
to sit alone in silence
   when the Lord has imposed it,
to put one’s mouth to the dust
   (there may yet be hope),
to give one’s cheek to the smiter,
   and be filled with insults.
For the Lord will not
   reject for ever.
Although he causes grief, he will have compassion
   according to the abundance of his steadfast love;
for he does not willingly afflict
   or grieve anyone. 

SECOND READING  

2 Corinthians 8:7-15                                                                                                        Now as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in utmost eagerness, and in our love for you—so we want you to excel also in this generous undertaking. 

I do not say this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love against the earnestness of others. For you know the generous act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich. And in this matter I am giving my advice: it is appropriate for you who began last year not only to do something but even to desire to do something— now finish doing it, so that your eagerness may be matched by completing it according to your means. For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has—not according to what one does not have. I do not mean that there should be relief for others and pressure on you, but it is a question of a fair balance between your present abundance and their need, so that their abundance may be for your need, in order that there may be a fair balance. As it is written,
‘The one who had much did not have too much,
   and the one who had little did not have too little.’ 

GOSPEL READING  

Mark 5:21-43                                                                                                                     When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered round him; and he was by the lake. Then one of the leaders of the synagogue named Jairus came and, when he saw him, fell at his feet and begged him repeatedly, ‘My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and live.’ So he went with him.

And a large crowd followed him and pressed in on him. Now there was a woman who had been suffering from haemorrhages for twelve years. She had endured much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had; and she was no better, but rather grew worse. She had heard about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, for she said, ‘If I but touch his clothes, I will be made well.’ Immediately her haemorrhage stopped; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. Immediately aware that power had gone forth from him, Jesus turned about in the crowd and said, ‘Who touched my clothes?’ And his disciples said to him, ‘You see the crowd pressing in on you; how can you say, “Who touched me?” ’ He looked all round to see who had done it. But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling, fell down before him, and told him the whole truth. He said to her, ‘Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.’ 

While he was still speaking, some people came from the leader’s house to say, ‘Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher any further?’ But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the leader of the synagogue, ‘Do not fear, only believe.’ He allowed no one to follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James. When they came to the house of the leader of the synagogue, he saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. When he had entered, he said to them, ‘Why do you make a commotion and weep? The child is not dead but sleeping.’ And they laughed at him. Then he put them all outside, and took the child’s father and mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was. He took her by the hand and said to her, ‘Talitha cum’, which means, ‘Little girl, get up!’ And immediately the girl got up and began to walk about (she was twelve years of age). At this they were overcome with amazement. He strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY AT KOG                                                                                                                        – Sunday, June 30, Worship led by King of Glory (communion) 10:30 a.m.              – Coffee Social after the service   Hosted by Carol Sarich 

THIS WEEK AT KOG                                                                                                              COMING UP AT KOG 

 Sunday, July 21, Worship led by King of Glory (communion) 10:30 a.m.               – Coffee Social after the service.  Hosted by Renita Falkenstern

  • – Saturday, July 27, Men’s Breakfast Out at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 8:30 a.m. 
  • – Sunday, July 28 Worship led by King of Glory (communion) 10:30 a.m.             – Coffee Social after the service.  Host needed                                                   
  • – Wednesday, July 31, Women’s Breakfast Out, at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B  Millar Avenue, 10:00 a.m.                                                                             
  • – Tuesday, August 27, Church Council meeting via Zoom, 7:30 p.m.
    • May, June, and Year-to-Date Budget and Contribution Report for KOG

    2024 Budget: $49,525.16   Monthly Budget: $4,127.10    Weekly Budget: $952.40

    2024 income/expenses: $1,849.00

    May income/expenses: $1,237.33                                                                                           

    Weekly contributions for May:   May 5: $370  May 12: $725  May 19: $4,440

    May 26: $50

    Weekly contributions for June:    June 2: $1175  June 9: $640  June 16: $217

    June 23: $60

    King of Glory is once again supporting On Eagle’s Wings and their Summer Bible Camps in the North. $1176 has been donated.  Thank you for your generosity.

    Thank you to all involved in sewing the quilts and Comfort Quilts that have been made by members of King of Glory and their friends.   54 quilts were made:  50 for Bishop Klein School, the Wellness Centre and Interval House and 4 Comfort Quilts. Prodigious thimbles full of thanks to the industrious sewers Bev Gregory, Karen McKenzie, Carol Sarich, Doreen Matschke, Lois Rombough and Sherry Andrews.

     Joint Service Summer Schedule with Resurrection and Trinity

    June 30 @KOG, 10:30 a.m.

    July 7 and 14 @Trinity, 10:30 a.m.

    July 21 and 28 @KOG, 10:30 a.m.

    August 4,11,18 @Resurrection, 10:00 a.m.

    August 24 @Trinity, 10:30 a.m.

    September 1 @KOG outdoor service and picnic potluck, 10:30 

    THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 

        THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST       

       JUNE 23, 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: Pastor Michael           Musician: Joshua Bratvold

    Cantors:  Renita Falkenstern, Iris Kristjiansdottir

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    PRAYER OF THE DAY        

    O God of creation, eternal majesty, you preside over land and sea, sunshine and storm.  By your strength pilot us, by your power preserve us, by your wisdom instruct us, and by your hand protect us, through Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Lord. Amen. 

    FIRST READING  

    Job 38:1-11

    Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind:
    ‘Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
    Gird up your loins like a man,
       I will question you, and you shall declare to me. 

    ‘Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
       Tell me, if you have understanding.
    Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
       Or who stretched the line upon it?
    On what were its bases sunk,
       or who laid its cornerstone
    when the morning stars sang together
       and all the heavenly beings shouted for joy? 

    ‘Or who shut in the sea with doors
       when it burst out from the womb?—

    when I made the clouds its garment,
       and thick darkness its swaddling band,
    and prescribed bounds for it,
       and set bars and doors,
    and said, “Thus far shall you come, and no farther,
       and here shall your proud waves be stopped”? 

    SECOND READING  

    2 Corinthians 6:1-13

    As we work together with him, we urge you also not to accept the grace of God in vain. For he says,
    ‘At an acceptable time I have listened to you,
       and on a day of salvation I have helped you.’
    See, now is the acceptable time; see, now is the day of salvation! We are putting no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, but as servants of God we have commended ourselves in every way: through great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments, riots, labours, sleepless nights, hunger; by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, holiness of spirit, genuine love, truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; in honour and dishonour, in ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; as unknown, and yet are well known; as dying, and see—we are alive; as punished, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything. 

    We have spoken frankly to you Corinthians; our heart is wide open to you. There is no restriction in our affections, but only in yours. In return—I speak as to children—open wide your hearts also. 

    GOSPEL READING  

    Mark 4:35-41                                                                                                                         On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, ‘Let us go across to the other side.’ And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great gale arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, ‘Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?’ He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, ‘Peace! Be still!’ Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. He said to them, ‘Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?’ And they were filled with great awe and said to one another, ‘Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?’ 

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    TODAY AT KOG                                                                                                                       – Sunday, June 23 Worship led by King of Glory (communion) 6:30 p.m.                                                                                                                        – Coffee Social after the service .  Hosted by Karen McKenzie and Bev Gregory 

    THIS WEEK AT KOG                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

    – Tuesday, June 25, Church Council meeting via Zoom, 7:30 p.m.                               – Wednesday, June 26, Women’s Breakfast Out, at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 10:00 a.m.   

    COMING UP AT KOG                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Sunday, June 30, Worship led by King of Glory (communion) 10:30 a.m.              – Coffee Social after the service   Hosted by Carol Sarich                                                                – Sunday, July 7, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (communion), 10:30 a.m.       – Coffee Social after the service                                                                                          – Sunday, July 14 Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity, 10:30 a.m.                                 – Coffee Social after the service                                                                                         – Sunday, July 21, Worship led by King of Glory (communion) 10:30 a.m.               – Coffee Social after the service .  Hosted by Renita Falkenstern

    • – Saturday, July 27, Men’s Breakfast Out at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 8:30 a.m.
    • May, June, and Year-to-Date Budget and Contribution Report for KOG

    2024 Budget: $49,525.16   Monthly Budget: $4,127.10    Weekly Budget: $952.40

    2024 income/expenses: $611.67

    April income/expenses: $4,016.96                                                                                           

    Weekly contributions for May:   May 5: $370  May 12: $725  May 19: $4,440

    May 26: $50

    Weekly contributions for June:    June 2: $1175  June 9: $640  June 16: $217

    The women of St. David’s/Trinity are invited to join the women of KOG on– Wednesday, June 26, for Women’s Breakfast Out, at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 10:00 a.m.  Mulberry’s would like us to make a reservation.  If you plan to attend please call Carol Sarich: 306-270-8768 by noon Tuesday, June 25.

    Congratulations to Anne Mathewson on the completion of Sacraments Elder Training.  Anne can now officiate at baptisms and preside at communion at St. David’s/Trinity.  God’s blessings be with her and her ministry.

    King of Glory is once again supporting On Eagle’s Wings and their Summer Bible Camps in the North. A collection basket for free will offerings to buy supplies is on the back table. We will need to gather all monies by June 23.  To date $901 has been donated.  Thank you for your generosity.

    Thank you to all involved in sewing the quilts and Comfort Quilts that have been made by members of King of Glory and their friends.   54 quilts were made:  50 for Bishop Klein School, the Wellness Centre and Interval House and 4 Comfort Quilts. Prodigious thimbles full of thanks to the industrious sewers Bev Gregory, Karen McKenzie, Carol Sarich, Doreen Matschke, Lois Rombough and Sherry Andrews.

     Joint Service Summer Schedule with Resurrection and Trinity

    June 30 @KOG, 10:30 a.m.

    July 7 and 14 @Trinity, 10:30 a.m.

    July 21 and 28 @KOG, 10:30 a.m.

    August 4,11,18 @Resurrection, 10:00 a.m.

    August 24 @Trinity, 10:30 a.m.

    September 1 @KOG outdoor service and picnic potluck, 10:30 

    TODAY IN OUR PRAYERS

    Bill, Carol, Curtis, and Christine Buchkowsky, Teri Peterson, Doris Turner,  Bev Gregory, Dale Robinson, Audrey Hedlin,  Mona Neher, Owen Peterson, Helga Halldorsdottir, Evaline Sanders, Wayne Andre, Cari Schappert, Jaret McMillan, the family of baby Mavrick Gallant (Bev Gregory’s great-grandson), the family of Katherine Meger (Joshua Bratvold’s great grandmother), the family of Lois Jenkins (Ann Salmon’s mother), the family of Carl Rausch, the family of Janet Gregory (Bev Gregory’s sister in-law), the family of Robert Gregory (Bev Gregory’s brother in-law), the family of Hilda Anderson.    

    We remember the missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada, the children and people buried in unmarked graves at residential schools and First Nation lands, and all those who have suffered the trauma of residential schools, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the people of Syria, Iraq, Iran, the fighting in Sudan, South Sudan, Yemen, Venezuela, the Palestinians and Israelis swept up in violence and war, Ethiopia and Tigray, Myanmar and the Rohingya Muslim refugees, Lebanon, the people in southern Florida and China devastated by floods, those in New Mexico and Labrador threatened by wildfire, all at the Mexico/United States border seeking refuge, the 100 million refugees and displaced persons, the 345 million people suffering from food insecurity, the people of Haiti suffering political disasters, and those in the United States, Canada, and throughout the world caught up in racism and injustice and the resulting violence.

    THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST   

        THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST       

       JUNE 16, 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: Pastor Michael           Musician: Joshua Bratvold

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    FIRST READING  

    Ezekiel 17:22-24

    Thus says the Lord God:
    I myself will take a sprig
       from the lofty top of a cedar;
       I will set it out.
    I will break off a tender one
       from the topmost of its young twigs;
    I myself will plant it
       on a high and lofty mountain.
    On the mountain height of Israel
       I will plant it,
    in order that it may produce boughs and bear fruit,
       and become a noble cedar.
    Under it every kind of bird will live;
       in the shade of its branches will nest
       winged creatures of every kind.
    All the trees of the field shall know
       that I am the Lord.
    I bring low the high tree,
       I make high the low tree;
    I dry up the green tree
       and make the dry tree flourish.
    I the Lord have spoken;
       I will accomplish it. 

    SECOND READING  

    2 Corinthians 5:6-17

    So we are always confident; even though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord— for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we do have confidence, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. For all of us must appear before the judgement seat of Christ, so that each may receive recompense for what has been done in the body, whether good or evil. 

    Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade others; but we ourselves are well known to God, and I hope that we are also well known to your consciences. We are not commending ourselves to you again, but giving you an opportunity to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast in outward appearance and not in the heart. For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised for them. 

    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! 

    GOSPEL READING  

    Mark 4:26-34                                                                                                                         He also said, ‘The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. The earth produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head. But when the grain is ripe, at once he goes in with his sickle, because the harvest has come.’ 

    He also said, ‘With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it? It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.’

    With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it; he did not speak to them except in parables, but he explained everything in private to his disciples.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    TODAY AT KOG                                                                                                                       

    • Sunday, June 16, Worship led by King of Glory (communion) 10:30 a.m.              – Coffee Social after the service .  Hosted by Pastor Michael

    THIS WEEK AT KOG                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        – Saturday, June 22, Men’s Breakfast Out at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 8:30 a.m.

    COMING UP AT KOG                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Sunday, June 23 Worship led by King of Glory (communion) 6:30 p.m.                                                                                                                        – Coffee Social after the service .  Hosted by Karen McKenzie and Bev Gregory                                                              – Tuesday, June 25, Church Council meeting via Zoom, 7:30 p.m.                               – Wednesday, June 26, Women’s Breakfast Out, at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 10:00 a.m.                                                                                                                                                                                              Sunday, June 30, Worship led by King of Glory (communion) 10:30 a.m.              – Coffee Social after the service   Hosted by Carol Sarich                                                                – Sunday, July 7, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (communion), 10:30 a.m.       – Coffee Social after the service                                                                                          – Sunday, July 14 Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity, 10:30 a.m.                                 – Coffee Social after the service 

    • May, June, and Year-to-Date Budget and Contribution Report for KOG

    2024 Budget: $49,525.16   Monthly Budget: $4,127.10    Weekly Budget: $952.40

    2024 income/expenses: $611.67

    April income/expenses: $4,016.96                                                                                           

    Weekly contributions for May:   May 5: $370  May 12: $725  May 19: $4,440

    May 26: $50

    Weekly contributions for June:    June 2: $1175  June 9: $640

    The men of St. David’s/Trinity are invited to join the men of KOG on– Saturday, June 22, for Men’s Breakfast Out, at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 8:30 a.m.  Mulberry’s would like us to make a reservation.  If you plan to attend please call Pastor Michael: 306-653-1929 by noon Friday, June 21.

    On the second ballot at the Saskatchewan Synod Convention Pastor Ali Tote was elected as Bishop of the Saskatchewan Synod.

    Congratulations to Anne Mathewson on the completion of Sacraments Elder Training.  Anne can now officiate at baptisms and preside at communion at St. David’s/Trinity.  God’s blessings be with her and her ministry.

    King of Glory is once again supporting On Eagle’s Wings and their Summer Bible Camps in the North. A collection basket for free will offerings to buy supplies is on the back table. We will need to gather all monies by June 23.  To date $781 has been donated.  Thank you for your generosity.

    Thank you to all involved in sewing the quilts and Comfort Quilts that have been made by members of King of Glory and their friends.   54 quilts were made:  50 for Bishop Klein School, the Wellness Centre and Interval House and 4 Comfort Quilts. Prodigious thimbles full of thanks to the industrious sewers Bev Gregory, Karen McKenzie, Carol Sarich, Doreen Matschke, Lois Rombough and Sherry Andrews.

    We have reconstituted the Worship Committee to help plan our worship services and provide feedback about our worship life together.  We would like one more person to serve on the committee.  If you would like to serve on this Committee [it would meet about every six weeks], please contact Pastor Michael.

    At the May 22, 2024 meeting of Church Council it was decided that beginning in September all our Sunday Worship services will be at 10:30.  Feedback from both King of Glory and St. David’s/Trinity members and markedly lower attendance at the 6:30 service are what prompted the decision.

    THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST       

       JUNE 9, 2024

        THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST       

       JUNE 9, 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  

    Genesis 3:8-15

    They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, ‘Where are you?’ He said, ‘I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.’ He said, ‘Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?’ The man said, ‘The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate.’ Then the Lord God said to the woman, ‘What is this that you have done?’ The woman said, ‘The serpent tricked me, and I ate.’ The Lord God said to the serpent,
    ‘Because you have done this,
       cursed are you among all animals
       and among all wild creatures;
    upon your belly you shall go,
       and dust you shall eat
       all the days of your life.
    I will put enmity between you and the woman,
       and between your offspring and hers;
    he will strike your head,
       and you will strike his heel.’ 

    SECOND READING  

    2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1

    But just as we have the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with scripture—‘I believed, and so I spoke’—we also believe, and so we speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will bring us with you into his presence. Yes, everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it extends to more and more people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God. 

    So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure, because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal. 

    For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 

    GOSPEL READING  

    Mark 3:20-35                                                                                                                          and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, ‘He has gone out of his mind.’ And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, ‘He has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he casts out demons.’ And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables, ‘How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but his end has come. But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be plundered

    ‘Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter; but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin’— for they had said, ‘He has an unclean spirit.’ 

    Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and called him. A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, ‘Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for you.’ And he replied, ‘Who are my mother and my brothers?’ And looking at those who sat around him, he said, ‘Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.’ 

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    TODAY AT KOG                                                                                                                       – Sunday, June 9 Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity, 10:30 a.m.                                 – Coffee Social after the service 

    THIS WEEK AT KOG                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

    COMING UP AT KOG                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     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p.m.                               – Wednesday, June 26, Women’s Breakfast Out, at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 10:00 a.m.                                                                                                                                                                                              Sunday, June 30, Worship led by King of Glory (communion) 10:30 a.m.              – Coffee Social after the service   Hosted by Carol Sarich                                                                – Sunday, July 7, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (communion), 10:30 a.m.       – Coffee Social after the service    

    • May, June, and Year-to-Date Budget and Contribution Report for KOG

    2024 Budget: $49,525.16   Monthly Budget: $4,127.10    Weekly Budget: $952.40

    2024 income/expenses: $611.67

    April income/expenses: $4,016.96                                                                                           

    Weekly contributions for May:   May 5: $370  May 12: $725  May 19: $4,440

    May 26: $50

    Weekly contributions for June:    June 2: $1175

    On the second ballot at the Saskatchewan Synod Convention Pastor Ali Tote was elected as Bishop of the Saskatchewan Synod.

    Congratulations to Anne Mathewson on the completion of Sacraments Elder Training.  Anne can now officiate at baptisms and preside at communion at St. David’s/Trinity.  God’s blessings be with her and her ministry.

    King of Glory is once again supporting On Eagle’s Wings and their Summer Bible Camps in the North. A collection basket for free will offerings to buy supplies is on the back table. We will need to gather all monies by June 23.  To date $681 has been donated.  Thank you for your generosity.

    Thank you to all involved in sewing the quilts and Comfort Quilts that have been made by members of King of Glory and their friends.   54 quilts were made:  50 for Bishop Klein School, the Wellness Centre and Interval House and 4 Comfort Quilts. Prodigious thimbles full of thanks to the industrious sewers Bev Gregory, Karen McKenzie, Carol Sarich, Doreen Matschke, Lois Rombough and Sherry Andrews.

    We have reconstituted the Worship Committee to help plan our worship services and provide feedback about our worship life together.  We would like one more person to serve on the committee.  If you would like to serve on this Committee [it would meet about every six weeks], please contact Pastor Michael.

    At the May 22, 2024 meeting of Church Council it was decided that beginning in September all our Sunday Worship services will be at 10:30.  Feedback from both King of Glory and St. David’s/Trinity members and markedly lower attendance at the 6:30 service are what prompted the decision.

     THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST June 2, 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.

    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  

    Deuteronomy 5:12-15

    Observe the sabbath day and keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. For six days you shall labour and do all your work. But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, or your son or your daughter, or your male or female slave, or your ox or your donkey, or any of your livestock, or the resident alien in your towns, so that your male and female slave may rest as well as you. Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day. 

    SECOND READING  

    2 Corinthians 4:5-12

    For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake. For it is the God who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness’, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

    But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our bodies. For while we live, we are always being given up to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may be made visible in our mortal flesh. So death is at work in us, but life in you. 

    GOSPEL READING  

    Mark 2:23-3:6                                                                                                                          One sabbath he was going through the cornfields; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. The Pharisees said to him, ‘Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?’ And he said to them, ‘Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need of food? He entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and he gave some to his companions.’ Then he said to them, ‘The sabbath was made for humankind, and not humankind for the sabbath; so the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.’ 

    Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand. They watched him to see whether he would cure him on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him. And he said to the man who had the withered hand, ‘Come forward.’ Then he said to them, ‘Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to kill?’ But they were silent. He looked around at them with anger; he was grieved at their hardness of heart and said to the man, ‘Stretch out your hand.’ He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. The Pharisees went out and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him. 

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    TODAY AT KOG                                                                                                                       

    THIS WEEK AT KOG                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

    – Sunday, June 2, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (communion), 10:30 a.m.      – Ice cream and Coffee Social after the service                                                                                           – Thursday, June 6, Bible Study, “A Short History of Grace,”  7:30 p.m. Hosted by Doreen Matschke  We meet in Pastor Michael’s home, 1010 Duke Street.    

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                                                                                                                                    – Sunday, June 9 Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity, 10:30 a.m.                                 – Coffee Social after the service                                                                                          – Sunday, June 16, Worship led by King of Glory (communion) 10:30 a.m.              – Coffee Social after the service .  Host needed                                                                – Sunday, June 23 Worship led by King of Glory (communion) 6:30 p.m.                                                                                                                        – Coffee Social after the service .  Host needed                                                              – Tuesday, June 25, Church Council meeting via Zoom, 7:30 p.m.                               – Wednesday, June 26, Women’s Breakfast Out, at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 10:00 a.m.                                                                                          – Saturday, June 29, Men’s Breakfast Out at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 8:30 a.m.                                                                                                    Sunday, June 30, Worship led by King of Glory (communion) 10:30 a.m.              – Coffee Social after the service   Host needed  

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

    2024 Budget: $49,525.16   Monthly Budget: $4,127.10    Weekly Budget: $952.40

    2024 income/expenses: $611.67

    April income/expenses: $4,016.96                                                                                           

    Weekly contributions for April:    April 7: $915   April 14: $5550  April 21: $454         April 28: $400

    Weekly contributions for May:   May 5: $370  May 12: $725  May 19: $4,440

    May 26: $50

    On the second ballot at the Saskatchewan Synod Convention Pastor Ali Tote was elected as Bishop of the Saskatchewan Synod.

    Congratulations to Anne Mathewson on the completion of Sacraments Elder Training.  Anne can now officiate at baptisms and preside at communion. 
    God’s blessings be with her and her ministry.

    King of Glory is once again supporting On Eagle’s Wings and their Summer Bible Camps in the North. A collection basket for free will offerings to buy supplies is on the back table. We will need to gather all monies by June 23.  To date $176 has been donated.  Thank you for your generosity.

    Thank you to all involved in sewing the quilts and Comfort Quilts that have been made by members of King of Glory and their friends.   54 quilts were made:  50 for Bishop Klein School, the Wellness Centre and Interval House and 4 Comfort Quilts. Prodigious thimbles full of thanks to the industrious sewers Bev Gregory, Karen McKenzie, Carol Sarich, Doreen Matschke, Lois Rombough and Sherry Andrews.

    We have reconstituted the Worship Committee to help plan our worship services and provide feedback about our worship life together.  We would like one more person to serve on the committee.  If you would like to serve on this Committee [it would meet about every six weeks], please contact Pastor Michael.

    At the May 22, 2024 meeting of Church Council it was decided that beginning in September all our Sunday Worship services will be at 10:30.  Feedback from both King of Glory and St. David’s/Trinity members and markedly lower attendance at the 6:30 service are what prompted the decision.

    BLESSING OF THE QUILTS May 26, 2024

    Thank you to all involved in sewing the quilts and Comfort Quilts that have been made by members of King of Glory and their friends.   52 quilts were made:  50 for Bishop Klein School, the Wellness Centre and Interval House and 2 Comfort Quilts. Prodigious thimbles full of thanks to the industrious sewers Bev Gregory, Karen McKenzie, Carol Sarich, Doreen Matschke, Lois Rombough and Sherry Andrews

    Our Quilters: Left to right: Carol, Doreen, Bev, Karen, and Lois