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. 

      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. 

      THE  SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT

   MARCH 16, 2025

KING OF GLORY LUTHERAN CHURCH

WORSHIPING AT ST. DAVID’S/TRINITY UNITED CHURCH

3318 Merritt Street S7M 3P6

Phone:  384-8199

WORSHIP TIME:  SUNDAY MORNINGS AT 10:30 a.m.

Website: koglutheranchurch.com

Follow us on Facebook:  King of Glory Lutheran Church. 

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

SERVING IN WORSHIP

Preacher/Presider: Pastor Michael           Musician: Joshua Bratvold

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FIRST READING  

Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18

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

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

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

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

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

THE GOSPEL

Luke 13: 31-35

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

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY AT KOG                                                                                                                        

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

January income/expenses: -$1,906.81                                                                                           

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

February 23: $1105

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

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

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

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

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

Mid-week Lenten services schedule

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

March 19    Lent 2 @ Resurrection

March 26    Lent 3 @ Good Shepherd

April 2         Lent 4 @ Trinity

April 9         Lent 5 @ Redeemer

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

      THE  FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT

   MARCH 9, 2025

KING OF GLORY LUTHERAN CHURCH

WORSHIPING AT ST. DAVID’S/TRINITY UNITED CHURCH

3318 Merritt Street S7M 3P6

Phone:  384-8199

WORSHIP TIME:  SUNDAY MORNINGS AT 10:30 a.m.

Website: koglutheranchurch.com

Follow us on Facebook:  King of Glory Lutheran Church. 

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

SERVING IN WORSHIP

Preacher/Presider: Anne Mathewson           Musician: Joshua Bratvold

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FIRST READING  

Deuteronomy 26:1-11

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

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

THE GOSPEL

Luke 4: 1-13

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

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

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

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY AT KOG                                                                                                                        

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

THIS WEEK AT KOG                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

COMING UP AT KOG 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

January income/expenses: -$1,906.81                                                                                           

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

February 23: $1105

Weekly contributions for March:  March 2; $220

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

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

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

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

Mid-week Lenten services schedule

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

March 12    Lent 1 @ Augustana

March 19    Lent 2 @ Resurrection

March 26    Lent 3 @ Good Shepherd

April 2         Lent 4 @ Trinity

April 9         Lent 5 @ Redeemer

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

THE  TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD

MARCH 2, 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  

Exodus 34:29-35

Moses came down from Mount Sinai. As he came down from the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant in his hand, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face was shining, and they were afraid to come near him. But Moses called to them; and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke with them. Afterwards all the Israelites came near, and he gave them in commandment all that the Lord had spoken with him on Mount Sinai. When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face; but whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he would take the veil off, until he came out; and when he came out, and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, the Israelites would see the face of Moses, that the skin of his face was shining; and Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with him. 

SECOND READING                                                                                                                    2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2                                                                                                     Since, then, we have such a hope, we act with great boldness, not like Moses, who put a veil over his face to keep the people of Israel from gazing at the end of the glory that was being set aside. But their minds were hardened. Indeed, to this very day, when they hear the reading of the old covenant, that same veil is still there, since only in Christ is it set aside. Indeed, to this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds; but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is

removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit. 

Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart. We have renounced the shameful things that one hides; we refuse to practise cunning or to falsify God’s word; but by the open statement of the truth we commend ourselves to the conscience of everyone in the sight of God. 

THE GOSPEL

Luke 9: 28-36

Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him. They appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. Now Peter and his companions were weighed down with sleep; but since they had stayed awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. Just as they were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, ‘Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah’—not knowing what he said. While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were terrified as they entered the cloud. Then from the cloud came a voice that said, ‘This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!’ When the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and in those days told no one any of the things they had seen.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY AT KOG                                                                                                                        

– Sunday, March 2, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (communion)                      – Coffee Social after the service  

THIS WEEK AT KOG                                                                                                                                                    

– Tuesday, March 4, Shrove Pancake and Sausage Supper, 5:30 p.m.                       

– Wednesday, March 5, Ash Wednesday service, 7:30 p.m.                                         – Coffee Social after the service.  Hosted by Karen McKenzie and Carol Sarich.  

  – Thursday, March 6, 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, March 9, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity                                               – Coffee Social after the service.                                                                                        

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sunday, March 30, Worship led by King of Glory (communion) ; Coffee Social after the service . Host needed                                                              

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

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

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

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

January income/expenses: -$1,906.81                                                                                           

Weekly contributions for January:  January 5: $675  January 12 and 19: $1040

January 26: $125

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

February 23: $1105

SHROVE TUESDAY PANCAKE SUPPER – March 4th, 5:30 pm

The times of feasting and celebrating come to an end as Lent begins and we begin our journey with Jesus to the cross.  Join in this one last festive meal to mark the abundance of God’s grace in our lives.

FREE WILL OFFERING

To attend: please sign-up on the list provided in the Sanctuary.

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.     A blessing of the quilts will be on March 30.

Mid-week Lenten services schedule

Ash Wednesday starts at 7:30 and other mid- week gathering start at 5:30 with a soup and bread supper with worship activities to follow.

March 5    Ash Wednesday @ King of Glory        Preacher provided by Zion

March 12    Lent 1 @ Augustana

March 19    Lent 2 @ Resurrection

March 26    Lent 3 @ Good Shepherd

April 2         Lent 4 @ Trinity

April 9         Lent 5 @ Redeemer

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

      THE  SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY

   FEBRUARY 23, 2025

KING OF GLORY LUTHERAN CHURCH

WORSHIPING AT ST. DAVID’S/TRINITY UNITED CHURCH

3318 Merritt Street S7M 3P6

Phone:  384-8199

WORSHIP TIME:  SUNDAY MORNINGS AT 10:30 a.m.

Website: koglutheranchurch.com

Follow us on Facebook:  King of Glory Lutheran Church. 

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

SERVING IN WORSHIP

Preacher/Presider: Pastor Michael           Musician: Joshua Bratvold

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FIRST READING  

Genesis 45:3-11,15

Joseph said to his brothers, ‘I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?’ But his brothers could not answer him, so dismayed were they at his presence. 

Then Joseph said to his brothers, ‘Come closer to me.’ And they came closer. He said, ‘I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. And now do not be distressed, or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. For the famine has been in the land these two years; and there are five more years in which there will be neither ploughing nor harvest. God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. So it was not you who sent me here, but God; he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt. Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, “Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay. You shall settle in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children’s children, as well as your flocks, your herds, and all that you have. I will provide for you there—since there are five more years of famine to come—so that you and your household, and all that you have, will not come to poverty.” And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them; and after that his brothers talked with him. 

SECOND READING                                                                                                                    1 Corinthians 15:35-38,42-50                                                                                                     But someone will ask, ‘How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?’ Fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And as for what you sow, you do not sow the body that is to be, but a bare seed, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. 

So it is with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. It is sown a physical body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body. Thus it is written, ‘The first man, Adam, became a living being’; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. But it is not the spiritual that is first, but the physical, and then the spiritual. The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven. As was the man of dust, so are those who are of the dust; and as is the man of heaven, so are those who are of heaven. Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will also bear the image of the man of heaven. 

What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 

THE GOSPEL

Luke 6: 27-38

‘But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. Give to everyone who begs from you; and if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again. Do to others as you would have them do to you. 

‘If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. 

‘Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.’

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY AT KOG                                                                                                                        

 – Sunday, February 23, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                        – Coffee Social after the service . Hosted by Doreen Matschke   

THIS WEEK AT KOG                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

– Monday, February 24, Worship Committee meets at the home of Carol Sarich (164 MacCormack Road, Martensville), 7:30 p.m.                                            

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

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

– Thursday, February 27, 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.   

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COMING UP AT KOG                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         – Sunday, March 2, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (communion)                      – Coffee Social after the service                                                                                        

– Tuesday, March 4, Shrove Pancake and Sausage Supper, 5:30 p.m.                       

– Wednesday, March 5, Ash Wednesday service, 7:30 p.m.                                         – Coffee Social after the service.  Hosted by Karen McKenzie and Carol Sarich.    

    – Thursday, March 6, Bible Study, “ Mark: A Gospel for Rocky Times,” 7:30 p.m.  Hosted by Karen Larson.  We meet in Pastor Michael’s home, 1010 Duke Street                                                                                                     – Sunday, March 9, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity                                               – Coffee Social after the service.                                                                                        

Sunday, March 16, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                             – Coffee Social after the service.  Host needed                                                                 – Annual General Meeting.  Finger food potluck at 12:00 and meeting                                                                – Saturday, March 29, Men’s Breakfast Out at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 8:30 a.m.

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

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

2024 income/expenses: -$3,574.95

December income/expenses: $2,934.36                                                                                           

Weekly contributions for January:  January 5: $675  January 12 and 19: $1040

January 26: $125

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

SHROVE TUESDAY PANCAKE SUPPER – March 4th, 5:30 pm

The times of feasting and celebrating come to an end as Lent begins and we begin our journey with Jesus to the cross.  Join in this one last festive meal to mark the abundance of God’s grace in our lives.

FREE WILL OFFERING

To attend: please sign-up on the list provided in the Sanctuary.

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.     A blessing of the quilts will be on March 30.

Mid-week Lenten services schedule

Ash Wednesday starts at 7:30 and other mid- week gathering start at 5:30 with a soup and bread supper with worship activities to follow.

March 5    Ash Wednesday @ King of Glory        Preacher provided by Zion

March 12    Lent 1 @ Augustana

March 19    Lent 2 @ Resurrection

March 26    Lent 3 @ Good Shepherd

April 2         Lent 4 @ Trinity

April 9         Lent 5 @ Redeemer

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

      THE  FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY

   FEBRUARY 9, 2025

KING OF GLORY LUTHERAN CHURCH

WORSHIPING AT ST. DAVID’S/TRINITY UNITED CHURCH

3318 Merritt Street S7M 3P6

Phone:  384-8199

WORSHIP TIME:  SUNDAY MORNINGS AT 10:30 a.m.

Website: koglutheranchurch.com

Follow us on Facebook:  King of Glory Lutheran Church. 

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

SERVING IN WORSHIP

Preacher/Presider: Rev. Bill Unger           Musician: Joshua Bratvold

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FIRST READING  

Isaiah 6:1-8

In the year that King Uzziah died,                                                                                     I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty;                                                      and the hem of his robe filled the temple.                                                                Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings:                                    with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered their feet,               and with two they flew.                                                                                          And one called to another and said:
  ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory.’
The pivots on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who called,                         and the house filled with smoke.                                                                                    And I said: ‘Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips,                             and I live among a people of unclean lips;                                                                    yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!’ 

Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. The seraph touched my mouth with it and said: ‘Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out.’                                                                                                                      Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?’                                                                                                                               And I said, ‘Here am I; send me!’ 

Second Reading                                                                                                                                                                                                     1 Corinthians 15:1-11                                                                                                                      Now I should remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand, through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you—unless you have come to believe in vain. 

For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to someone untimely born, he appeared also to me. For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace towards me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them—though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we proclaim and so you have come to believe. 

Gospel Reading 

Luke 5:1-11                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Once while Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little way from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.

 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, ‘Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.’ Simon answered, ‘Master, we have worked all night long but have caught nothing. Yet if you say so, I will let down the nets.’ When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets were beginning to break. So they signalled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both boats, so that they began to sink. But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, ‘Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!’ For he and all who were with him were amazed at the catch of fish that they had taken; and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Then Jesus said to Simon, ‘Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people.’ When they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him.
 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY AT KOG                                                                                                                        

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

THIS WEEK AT KOG                                                                                                                                                                – Thursday, February 13, 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, February 16, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                         – Coffee Social after the service . Hosted by Carol Sarich                                                        

– Saturday, February 22, Men’s Breakfast Out at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 8:30 a.m.                                                                                       

Sunday, February 23, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                        – Coffee Social after the service . Hosted by Doreen Matschke                                  

– Monday, February 24, Worship Committee meets at the home of Carol Sarich (164 MacCormack Road, Martensville), 7:30 p.m.                                            

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

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

– Thursday, February 27, Bible Study, “ Mark: A Gospel for Rocky Times,” 7:30 p.m.  Hosted by Carol Sarich.  We meet in Pastor Michael’s home, 1010 Duke Street.                                                                                                           

– Sunday, March 2, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (communion)                      – Coffee Social after the service                                                                                        

– Tuesday, March 4, Shrove Pancake and Sausage Supper, 5:30 p.m.                       

– Wednesday, March 5, Ash Wednesday service, 7:30 p.m.                                         – Coffee Social after the service.  Host needed.   

  • December, January, and Year-to-Date Budget and Contribution Report for KOG

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

2024 income/expenses: -$3,574.95

December income/expenses: $2,934.36                                                                                           

Weekly contributions for December:  December 1: $220   December 8: $510

December 15: $2320  December 22: $940  December 24: $122         December 29: $3206

Weekly contributions for January:  January 5: $675  January 12 and 19: $1040

January 26: $125

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

    THE  THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY

   JANUARY  26, 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  

Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10

All the people gathered together into the square before the Water Gate. They told the scribe Ezra to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had given to Israel. Accordingly, the priest Ezra brought the law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could hear with understanding. This was on the first day of the seventh month. He read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law. And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up. Then Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people answered, ‘Amen, Amen’, lifting up their hands. Then they bowed their heads and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground. So they read from the book, from the law of God, with interpretation. They gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading. 

And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, ‘This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn or weep.’ For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law. Then he said to them, ‘Go your way, eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions of them to those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord; and do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.’ 

Second Reading                                                                                                                                                                                                     1 Corinthians 12:12-31a                                                                                                                      For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. 

Indeed, the body does not consist of one member but of many. If the foot were to say, ‘Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body’, that would not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear were to say, ‘Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body’, that would not make it any less a part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. If all were a single member, where would the body be? As it is, there are many members, yet one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I have no need of you’, nor again the head to the feet, ‘I have no need of you.’ On the contrary, the members of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and those members of the body that we think less honourable we clothe with greater honour, and our less respectable members are treated with greater respect; whereas our more respectable members do not need this. But God has so arranged the body, giving the greater honour to the inferior member, that there may be no dissension within the body, but the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honoured, all rejoice together with it. 

Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers; then deeds of power, then gifts of healing, forms of assistance, forms of leadership, various kinds of tongues. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? But strive for the greater gifts. 

Gospel Reading                                                                                                Luke 4:14-21                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding country. He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by everyone. 

When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:
‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
   because he has anointed me
     to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives
   and recovery of sight to the blind,
     to let the oppressed go free,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.’
And he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. Then he began to say to them, ‘Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.’ 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY AT KOG                                                                                                                        

– Sunday, January 26, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                                                                                                                        – Coffee Social after the service . Hosted by Renita Falkenstern     

THIS WEEK AT KOG                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Wednesday, January 29, Women’s Breakfast Out, at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 10:00 a.m.                 

COMING UP AT KOG                                                                                                                                                   

  • – Sunday, February 2, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (communion)                 – Coffee Social after the service                                                                                        
  • – Sunday, February 9, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity                                         – Coffee Social after the service.                                                                                        
  • – Thursday, February 13, Bible Study, “ Mark: A Gospel for Rocky Times,” 7:30 p.m.  Hosted by Wayne Turner.  We meet in Pastor Michael’s home, 1010 Duke Street. 
  • – Sunday, February 16, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                         – Coffee Social after the service . Hosted by Carol Sarich
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  • December, January, and Year-to-Date Budget and Contribution Report for KOG

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

2024 income/expenses: -$3,574.95

December income/expenses: $2,934.36                                                                                           

Weekly contributions for December:  December 1: $220   December 8: $510

December 15: $2320  December 22: $940  December 24: $122         December 29: $3206

Weekly contributions for January:  January 5: $675  January 12 and 19: $1040

Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone at King of Glory who brought all the salads and desserts, and to St. David’s/Trinity who helped set up, cleaned up, donated auction items, and participated in the Advent Feast and Auction.  Our net was $2,060.75 

Thank you to everyone who donated food items for Christmas Hampers.  We had enough food to help stock eleven and a half hampers.  Thank you for your generosity.

Pastor Michael and Renita thank all at St. David’s/Trinity for the gift card  and at King of Glory who remembered them this Christmas season with cards, gifts, many kindnesses, and prayers.  Christmas peace and joy, good health, and the blessing of Christ be with everyone in the New Year.

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

    THE  SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY

   JANUARY  19, 2025

KING OF GLORY LUTHERAN CHURCH

WORSHIPING AT ST. DAVID’S/TRINITY UNITED CHURCH

3318 Merritt Street S7M 3P6

Phone:  384-8199

WORSHIP TIME:  SUNDAY MORNINGS AT 10:30 a.m.

Website: koglutheranchurch.com

Follow us on Facebook:  King of Glory Lutheran Church. 

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

SERVING IN WORSHIP

Preacher/Presider: Pastor Michael           Musician: Joshua Bratvold

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FIRST READING  

Isaiah 62:1-5

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
   and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,
until her vindication shines out like the dawn,
   and her salvation like a burning torch.
The nations shall see your vindication,
   and all the kings your glory;
and you shall be called by a new name
   that the mouth of the Lord will give.
You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,
   and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
You shall no more be termed Forsaken,
   and your land shall no more be termed Desolate;
but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her,
   and your land Married;
for the Lord delights in you,
   and your land shall be married.
For as a young man marries a young woman,
   so shall your builder marry you,
and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
   so shall your God rejoice over you.

Second Reading                                                                                                                                                                      1 Corinthians 12:1-11 

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans, you were enticed and led astray to idols that could not speak. Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says ‘Let Jesus be cursed!’ and no one can say ‘Jesus is Lord’ except by the Holy Spirit. 

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses. 

Gospel Reading   

John 2:1-11                                                                                                                                                                                 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.’ And Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come.’ His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you.’ Now standing there were six stone water-jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to them, ‘Fill the jars with water.’ And they filled them up to the brim. He said to them, ‘Now draw some out, and take it to the chief steward.’ So they took it. When the steward tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward called the bridegroom and said to him, ‘Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now.’ Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY AT KOG                                                                                                                        

– Sunday, January 19, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                           – Coffee Social after the service . Hosted by Karen McKenzie and Bev Gregory   

THIS WEEK AT KOG    

 -Tuesday, January 21, Church Council meeting via Zoom, 7:30 p.m.                            

– Thursday, January 23, Bible Study, “ Mark: A Gospel for Rocky Times,” 7:30 p.m.  Hosted by Doreen Matschke.  We meet in Pastor Michael’s home, 1010 Duke Street.               –

Saturday, January 25, Men’s Breakfast Out at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 8:30 a.m. 

COMING UP AT KOG                                                                                                                                                    Sunday, January 26, Worship led by King of Glory (communion)                                                                                                                        – Coffee Social after the service . Hosted by Renita Falkenstern    

Wednesday, January 29, Women’s Breakfast Out, at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 10:00 a.m.                                                                       

– Sunday, February 2, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (communion)                – Coffee Social after the service 

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

– Monday, February 24, Worship Committee meets at the home of Carol Sarich (164 MacCormack Road, Martensville), 7:30 p.m.   

  •    
  • December, January, and Year-to-Date Budget and Contribution Report for KOG

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

2024 income/expenses: -$6,509.21

November income/expenses: $39.81                                                                                           

Weekly contributions for December:  December 1: $220   December 8: $510

December 15: $2320  December 22: $940  December 24: $122         December 29: $3206

Weekly contributions for January:  January 5: $675

Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone at King of Glory who brought all the salads and desserts, and to St. David’s/Trinity who helped set up, cleaned up, donated auction items, and participated in the Advent Feast and Auction.  Our net was $2,060.75 

Thank you to everyone who donated food items for Christmas Hampers.  We had enough food to help stock eleven and a half hampers.  Thank you for your generosity.

Pastor Michael and Renita thank all at St. David’s/Trinity for the gift card  and at King of Glory who remembered them this Christmas season with cards, gifts, many kindnesses, and prayers.  Christmas peace and joy, good health, and the blessing of Christ be with everyone in the New Year.

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