THE SUNDAY OF THE PASSION/PALM SUNDAY

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MARCH 29, 2026

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 50:4-9a

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

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

Who are my adversaries?
   Let them confront me.It is the Lord God who helps me;
   who will declare me guilty?
All of them will wear out like a garment;
   the moth will eat them up.

SECOND READING

Philippians 2:5-11

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

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

THE GOSPEL

Matthew 21:1-11

When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, ‘Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, just say this, “The Lord needs them.” And he will send them immediately.’ This took place to fulfil what had been spoken through the prophet, saying,
‘Tell the daughter of Zion,
Look, your king is coming to you,
humble, and mounted on a donkey,
and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’

The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them; they brought the donkey and the colt, and put their cloaks on them, and he sat on them. A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting,
‘Hosanna to the Son of David!
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!
Hosanna in the highest heaven!’
When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil, asking, ‘Who is this?’ The crowds were saying, ‘This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.’

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY AT KOG

– Sunday, March 29, Palm Sunday Worship led by King of Glory(communion) – Coffee Social after the service. Hosted by Carol Sarich

THIS WEEK AT KOG

– Friday April 3, Good Friday service, 10:30 a.m.

COMING UP AT KOG

– Sunday, April 5, Easter Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (communion) – Coffee Social after the service.

– Sunday, April 12, Worship led by King of Glory (communion) – Coffee Social after the service. Hosted by Bev Gregory and Linda Levesque

– Thursday, April 16, Bible Study, “Mark: A Gospel for Rocky Times,” 7:30 p.m. Hosted by Linda Levesque. We meet in Pastor Michael’s home, 1010 Duke Street

– Sunday, April 19, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity – Coffee Social after the service.

– Tuesday, April 21, Church Council meeting via Zoom, 7:30 p.m.

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

– Sunday, April 26, Worship led by King of Glory (communion) – Coffee Social after the service. Hosted by Karen McKenzie

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

– Tuesday, May 19, 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

2026 Budget: $49,134 Monthly Budget: $4,094.50 Weekly Budget: $944.88

2026 income/expenses: -$2,168.55

February income/expenses: -$126.90

Weekly contributions for February: February 1: $829 February 8: $50

February 15: $2320 February 22: $313

Weekly contributions for March: March 1: $765 March 8 and 15: $950

March 22: $838

Church Council has designated the Sundays in March for a free will offering to be collected for the Alzheimer Society. So far $1035 has been contributed. Thank you for your generosity.

Church Council has designated the Sundays in April for a free will offering to be collected for LuMinHoS [Lutheran Ministry to Hospitals in Saskatoon].

Many, many thanks to those who prepared the soups and breads for the Mid-week Lenten service and to the musicians and vocalists who led us in the Holden Evening Worship service.

The Vine and Branches Spring Fling Talent Show, Friday, April 24 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 7:00 p.m. Resurrection, Trinity, and King of Glory congregations [The Vine and Branches ministry] are once again sponsoring a joint talent show. The Talent Show will run from 7:00 to 8:00 with a potluck dessert to follow. Don’t hide your talent under a bushel. Contact Pastor Michael with your offering for the show.

At the March 24, 2026 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 Karen Larson, Bev Gregory, Linda Levesque, 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 (https://www.stdavidstrinityuc.ca/members/) under the “Members” section.

THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT

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MARCH 22, 2026

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

Ezekiel 37:1-14

The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me all round them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were very dry. He said to me, ‘Mortal, can these bones live?’ I answered, ‘O Lord God, you know.’ Then he said to me, ‘Prophesy to these bones, and say to them: O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. I will lay sinews on you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am the Lord.’

So I prophesied as I had been commanded; and as I prophesied, suddenly there was a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. I looked, and there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them; but there was no breath in them. Then he said to me, ‘Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, mortal, and say to the breath: Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.’ I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood on their feet, a vast multitude.

Then he said to me, ‘Mortal, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, “Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are cut off completely.” Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: I am going to open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my people; and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my people. I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you on your own soil; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken and will act, says the Lord.’

SECOND READING

Romans 8:6-11

To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For this reason the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law—indeed it cannot, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

But you are not in the flesh; you are in the Spirit, since the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you.

Gospel Reading John 11:1-45 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, ‘Lord, he whom you love is ill.’ But when Jesus heard it, he said, ‘This illness does not lead to death; rather it is for God’s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.’ Accordingly, though Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus, after having heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.

Then after this he said to the disciples, ‘Let us go to Judea again.’ The disciples said to him, ‘Rabbi, the Jews were just now trying to stone you, and are you going there again?’ Jesus answered, ‘Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Those who walk during the day do not stumble, because they see the light of this world. But those who walk at night stumble, because the light is not in them.’ After saying this, he told them, ‘Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to awaken him.’ The disciples said to him, ‘Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will be all right.’ Jesus, however, had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was referring merely to sleep. Then Jesus told them plainly, ‘Lazarus is dead. For your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.’ Thomas, who was called the Twin, said to his fellow-disciples, ‘Let us also go, that we may die with him.’

When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, some two miles away, and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary stayed at home. Martha said to Jesus, ‘Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask of him.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Your brother will rise again.’ Martha said to him, ‘I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.’ Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?’ She said to him, ‘Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world.’

When she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary, and told her privately, ‘The Teacher is here and is calling for you.’ And when she heard it, she got up quickly and went to him. Now Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him. The Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary get up quickly and go out. They followed her because they thought that she was going to the tomb to weep there. When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, ‘Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.’ When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. He said, ‘Where have you laid him?’ They said to him, ‘Lord, come and see.’ Jesus began to weep. So the Jews said, ‘See how he loved him!’ But some of them said, ‘Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?’

Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. Jesus said, ‘Take away the stone.’ Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, ‘Lord, already there is a stench because he has been dead for four days.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?’ So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upwards and said, ‘Father, I thank you for having heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.’ When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, ‘Lazarus, come out!’ The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, ‘Unbind him, and let him go.’

Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY AT KOG

– Sunday, March 22, Worship led by King of Glory (communion) – Coffee Social after the service. Hosted by Karen McKenzie

THIS WEEK AT KOG – Monday, March 23, Worship Committee meets at the home of Carol Sarich (164 MacCormack Road, Martensville), 7:30 p.m.

– Tuesday, March 24, Church Council meeting via Zoom, 7:30 p.m.

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

– Saturday, March 28, Men’s Breakfast Out at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 8:30 a.m.

COMING UP AT KOG – Sunday, March 29, Palm Sunday Worship led by King of Glory (communion) – Coffee Social after the service. Hosted by Carol Sarich

– Friday April 3, Good Friday service, 10:30 a.m.

– Sunday, April 5, Easter Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (communion) – Coffee Social after the service.

– Sunday, April 12, Worship led by King of Glory (communion) – Coffee Social after the service. Hosted by Bev Gregory and Linda Levesque

– Thursday, April 16, Bible Study, “Mark: A Gospel for Rocky Times,” 7:30 p.m. Hosted by Linda Levesque. We meet in Pastor Michael’s home, 1010 Duke Street

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

2026 Budget: $49,134 Monthly Budget: $4,094.50 Weekly Budget: $944.88

2026 income/expenses: -$2,041.65

January income/expenses: -$2,041.65

Weekly contributions for February: February 1: $829 February 8: $50

February 15: $2320 February 22: $313

Weekly contributions for March: March 1: $765 March 8 and 15: $950

Church Council has designated the Sundays in March for a free will offering to be collected for the Alzheimer Society. So far $1000 has been contributed. Thank you for your generosity.

Mid-week Lenten services schedule

Mid- week gatherings start at 6:00 with a soup and bread supper with worship to follow.

March 25^th Lent 5: 6 pm Soup & Bread. Host congregation is Zion

Many, many thanks to those who prepared the soups and breads for the Mid-week Lenten service and to the musicians and vocalists who led us in the Holden Evening Worship service.

Today we celebrate the new life in Christ of Cooper John Pelletier as we welcome him into the family of God and the Body of Christ. We rejoice with parents Brandon and Lauren Pelletier, sister Grace, and sponsors Renae and Ken Manz. We pray that God will sustain Cooper and his family as they live in the gift of baptism, are constantly assured of God’s grace and care for them, and grow in the knowledge of God’s love and their service for others.

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

THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT

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MARCH 15, 2026

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

1 Samuel 16:1-13

The Lord said to Samuel, ‘How long will you grieve over Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill your horn with oil and set out; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.’ Samuel said, ‘How can I go? If Saul hears of it, he will kill me.’ And the Lord said, ‘Take a heifer with you, and say, “I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.” Invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do; and you shall anoint for me the one whom I name to you.’ Samuel did what the Lord commanded, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, ‘Do you come peaceably?’ He said, ‘Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord; sanctify yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.’ And he sanctified Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, ‘Surely the Lord’s anointed is now before the Lord.’ But the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.’ Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, ‘Neither has the Lord chosen this one.’ Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, ‘Neither has the Lord chosen this one.’ Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, and Samuel said to Jesse, ‘The Lord has not chosen any of these.’ Samuel said to Jesse, ‘Are all your sons here?’ And he said, ‘There remains yet the youngest, but he is keeping the sheep.’ And Samuel said to Jesse, ‘Send and bring him; for we will not sit down until he comes here.’ He sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and had beautiful

eyes, and was handsome. The Lord said, ‘Rise and anoint him; for this is the one.’ Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the presence of his brothers; and the spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward. Samuel then set out and went to Ramah.

Second Reading

Ephesians 5:8-14

For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light— for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true. Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to mention what such people do secretly; but everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,
‘Sleeper, awake!
Rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.’

Gospel Reading

John 9:1-41

As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ Jesus answered, ‘Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.’ When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man’s eyes, saying to him, ‘Go, wash in the pool of Siloam’ (which means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see. The neighbours and those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, ‘Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?’ Some were saying, ‘It is he.’ Others were saying, ‘No, but it is someone like him.’ He kept saying, ‘I am the man.’ But they kept asking him, ‘Then how were your eyes opened?’ He answered, ‘The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and said to me, “Go to Siloam and wash.” Then I went and washed and received my sight.’ They said to him, ‘Where is he?’ He said, ‘I do not know.’

They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. Then the Pharisees also began to ask him how he had received his sight. He said to them, ‘He put mud on my eyes. Then I washed, and now I see.’ Some of the Pharisees said, ‘This man is not from God, for he does not observe the sabbath.’ But others said, ‘How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?’ And they were divided. So they said again to the blind man, ‘What do you say about him? It was your eyes he opened.’ He said, ‘He is a prophet.’

The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight and asked them, ‘Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?’ His parents answered, ‘We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; but we do not know how it is that now he sees, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.’ His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that anyone who confessed Jesus to be the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue. Therefore his parents said, ‘He is of age; ask him.’

So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, and they said to him, ‘Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.’ He answered, ‘I do not know whether he is a sinner. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.’ They said to him, ‘What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?’ He answered them, ‘I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?’ Then they reviled him, saying, ‘You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.’ The man answered, ‘Here is an astonishing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners, but he does listen to one who worships him and obeys his will. Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind. If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.’ They answered him, ‘You were born entirely in sins, and are you trying to teach us?’ And they drove him out.

Jesus heard that they had driven him out, and when he found him, he said, ‘Do you believe in the Son of Man?’ He answered, ‘And who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him.’ Jesus said to him, ‘You have seen him, and the one speaking with you is he.’ He said, ‘Lord, I believe.’ And he worshipped him. Jesus said, ‘I came into this world for judgement so that those who do not see may see, and those who do see may become blind.’ Some of the Pharisees near him heard this and said to him, ‘Surely we are not blind, are we?’ Jesus said to them, ‘If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now that you say, “We see”, your sin remains.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY AT KOG

– Sunday, March 15, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (communion) – Coffee Socialafter the service.

THIS WEEK AT KOG

– Wednesday, March 18, Mid-week Lenten Service: Soup Supper 6:00 p.m. Worship 6:45 p.m.
– Thursday, March 19, 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 22, Worship led by King of Glory (communion) – Coffee Social after the service. Hosted by Karen McKenzie

– Monday, March 23, Worship Committee meets at the home of Carol Sarich (164 MacCormack Road, Martensville), 7:30 p.m.

– Tuesday, March 24, Church Council meeting via Zoom, 7:30 p.m.

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

– Saturday, March 28, Men’s Breakfast Out at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 8:30 a.m.

– Sunday, March 29, Palm Sunday Worship led by King of Glory (communion) – Coffee Social after the service. Hosted by Carol Sarich –

Sunday, April 5, Easter Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (communion) – Coffee Social after the service.

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

2026 Budget: $49,134 Monthly Budget: $4,094.50 Weekly Budget: $944.88

2026 income/expenses: -$2,041.65

January income/expenses: -$2,041.65

Weekly contributions for February: February 1: $829 February 8: $50

February 15: $2320 February 22: $313

Weekly contributions for March: March 1: $765

Church Council has designated the Sundays in March for a free will offering to be collected for the Alzheimer Society.

Mid-week Lenten services schedule

Mid- week gatherings start at 6:00 with a soup and bread supper with worship to follow.

March 18^th Lent 4: 6 pm Soup & Bread Host congregation is King of Glory

March 25^th Lent 5: 6 pm Soup & Bread Host congregation is Zion

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

THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT

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MARCH 8, 2026

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 17:1-7

From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. The people quarrelled with Moses, and said, ‘Give us water to drink.’ Moses said to them, ‘Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?’ But the people thirsted there for water; and the people complained against Moses and said, ‘Why did you bring us out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and livestock with thirst?’ So Moses cried out to the Lord, ‘What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.’ The Lord said to Moses, ‘Go on ahead of the people, and take some of the elders of Israel with you; take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. I will be standing there in front of you on the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it, so that the people may drink.’ Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel. He called the place Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarreled and tested the Lord, saying, ‘Is the Lord among us or not?’

Second Reading

Romans 5:1-11

Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.

For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us. Much more surely then, now that we have been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life. But more than that, we even boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Gospel Reading

John 4:5-42

So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon.

A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, ‘Give me a drink’. (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, ‘How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?’ (Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, ‘If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, “Give me a drink”, you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.’ The woman said to him, ‘Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well, and with his sons and his flocks drank from it?’ Jesus said to her, ‘Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.’ The woman said to him, ‘Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.’

Jesus said to her, ‘Go, call your husband, and come back.’ The woman answered him, ‘I have no husband.’ Jesus said to her, ‘You are right in saying, “I have no husband”; for you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true!’ The woman said to him, ‘Sir, I see that you are a prophet. Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, but you say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. God is spirit,

and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.’ The woman said to him, ‘I know that Messiah is coming’ (who is called Christ). ‘When he comes, he will proclaim all things to us.’ Jesus said to her, ‘I am he, the one who is speaking to you.’

Just then his disciples came. They were astonished that he was speaking with a woman, but no one said, ‘What do you want?’ or, ‘Why are you speaking with her?’ Then the woman left her water-jar and went back to the city. She said to the people, ‘Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! He cannot be the Messiah, can he?’ They left the city and were on their way to him.

Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, ‘Rabbi, eat something.’ But he said to them, ‘I have food to eat that you do not know about.’ So the disciples said to one another, ‘Surely no one has brought him something to eat?’ Jesus said to them, ‘My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work. Do you not say, “Four months more, then comes the harvest”? But I tell you, look around you, and see how the fields are ripe for harvesting. The reaper is already receiving wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true, “One sows and another reaps.” I sent you to reap that for which you did not labour. Others have laboured, and you have entered into their labour.’

Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, ‘He told me everything I have ever done.’ So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them; and he stayed there for two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, ‘It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is truly the Saviour of the world.’

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY AT KOG

– Sunday, March 8, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity – Coffee Socialafter the service.

THIS WEEK AT KOG COMING UP AT KOG

– Sunday, March 15, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (communion) – Coffee Social after the service.
– Wednesday, March 18, Mid-week Lenten Service: Soup Supper 6:00 p.m. Worship 6:45 p.m.

– Thursday, March 19, 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 22, Worship led by King of Glory (communion) – Coffee Social after the service. Hosted by Karen McKenzie

– Monday, March 23, Worship Committee meets at the home of Carol Sarich (164 MacCormack Road, Martensville), 7:30 p.m.

– Tuesday, March 24, Church Council meeting via Zoom, 7:30 p.m.

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

– Saturday, March 28, Men’s Breakfast Out at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 8:30 a.m. – Sunday, March 29, Palm Sunday Worship led by King of Glory (communion) – Coffee Social after the service. Hosted by Carol Sarich

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

2026 Budget: $49,134 Monthly Budget: $4,094.50 Weekly Budget: $944.88

2026 income/expenses: -$2,041.65

January income/expenses: -$2,041.65

Weekly contributions for February: February 1: $829 February 8: $50

February 15: $2320 February 22: $313

Weekly contributions for March: March 1: $765

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

$502.35 has been contributed. Thank you for your generosity

Church Council has designated the Sundays in March for a free will offering to be collected for the Alzheimer Society.

Mid-week Lenten services schedule

Mid- week gatherings start at 6:00 with a soup and bread supper with worship to follow.

March 11^th Lent 3: 6 pm Soup & Bread Host congregation is Trinity

March 18^th Lent 4: 6 pm Soup & Bread Host congregation is King of Glory

March 25^th Lent 5: 6 pm Soup & Bread Host congregation is Zion

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

THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT

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MARCH 1, 2026

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 12:1-4a

Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’

So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him.

Second Reading

Romans 4:1-5, 13-17

What then are we to say was gained by Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh? For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the scripture say? ‘Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.’ Now to one who works, wages are not reckoned as a gift but as something due. But to one who without works trusts him who justifies the ungodly, such faith is reckoned as righteousness.

For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of faith. If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. For the law brings wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there violation.

For this reason it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (for he is the father of all of us, as it is written, ‘I have made you the father of many nations’)—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.

Gospel Reading

John 3:1-17

Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus by night and said to him, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.’ Jesus answered him, ‘Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.’ Nicodemus said to him, ‘How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?’ Jesus answered, ‘Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be astonished that I said to you, “You must be born from above.” The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.’ Nicodemus said to him, ‘How can these things be?’ Jesus answered him, ‘Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?

‘Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen; yet you do not receive our testimony. If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.

‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.

‘Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY AT KOG

– Sunday, March 1, Worship led by King of Glory (communion) – Coffee Social and finger-food potluck after the service. Hosted by Carol Sarich – KOG Annual General Meeting 12:15 p.m.

THIS WEEK AT KOG

– Thursday, March 5, 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

COMING UP AT KOG

– Sunday, March 8, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity – Coffee Socialafter the service.

– Sunday, March 15, Worship led by St. David’s/Trinity (communion) – Coffee Social after the service.

– Wednesday, March 18, Mid-week Lenten Service: Soup Supper 6:00 p.m. Worship 6:45 p.m.

– Thursday, March 19, 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 22, Worship led by King of Glory (communion) – Coffee Social after the service. Hosted by Karen McKenzie

– Monday, March 23, Worship Committee meets at the home of Carol Sarich (164 MacCormack Road, Martensville), 7:30 p.m.

– Tuesday, March 24, Church Council meeting via Zoom, 7:30 p.m.

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

– Saturday, March 28, Men’s Breakfast Out at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 8:30 a.m.

– Sunday, March 29, Palm Sunday Worship led by King of Glory (communion) – Coffee Social after the service. Hosted by Carol Sarich

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

2026 Budget: $49,134 Monthly Budget: $4,094.50 Weekly Budget: $944.88

2026 income/expenses: -$2,041.65

January income/expenses: -$2,041.65

Weekly contributions for January: January 4 and 8: $820 January 18: $790

Weekly contributions for February: February 1: $829 February 8: $50

February 15: $2320 February 22: $313

Thank you to all involved in sewing the quilts that have been made by members of King of Glory and their friends. Donations came from Louise Valade, Ilene Yaworski, Reta Downing, Jean Byhre, Sherry Andrews, Joyce Radke, Irma and Elwood Torgenrud, and donations from the people from St. David’s Trinity and King of Glory. Prodigious thimbles full of thanks to the industrious sewers Bev Gregory, Karen McKenzie, Carol Sarich, Doreen Matschke, Lois Rombough, and Marge McMillan Sharon Morgan, Sherry Andrews and an anonymous fabric donor in B.C.

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

$502.35 has been contributed. Thank you for your generosity

Church Council has designated the Sundays in March for a free will offering to be collected for the Alzheimer Society.

Thank you to the cooks, those who brought food items, the clean-up crew, and those who braved the winter storm to participate in the Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras festivities.

Mid-week Lenten services schedule

Mid- week gatherings start at 6:00 with a soup and bread supper with worship to follow.

March 4^th Lent 2: 6 pm Soup & Bread Host congregation is Resurrection

March 11^th Lent 3: 6 pm Soup & Bread Host congregation is Trinity

March 18^th Lent 4: 6 pm Soup & Bread Host congregation is King of Glory

March 25^th Lent 5: 6 pm Soup & Bread Host congregation is Zion

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

THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT

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FEBRUARY 22, 2026

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 2:15-17; 3:1-7

The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, ‘You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, ‘Did God say, “You shall not eat from any tree in the garden”?’ The woman said to the serpent, ‘We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden; but God said, “You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, nor shall you touch it, or you shall die.” ’ But the serpent said to the woman, ‘You will not die; for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.’ So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.

Second Reading

Romans 5:12-19

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned— sin was indeed in the world before the law, but sin is not reckoned when there is no law. Yet death exercised dominion from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam, who is a type of the one who was to come.

But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died through the one man’s trespass, much more surely have the grace of God and the free gift in the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abounded for the many. And the free gift is not like the effect of the one man’s sin. For the judgement following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brings justification. If, because of the one man’s trespass, death exercised dominion through that one, much more surely will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness exercise dominion in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.

Therefore just as one man’s trespass led to condemnation for all, so one man’s act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all. For just as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.

Gospel Reading

Matthew 4:1-11

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. The tempter came and said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.’ But he answered, ‘It is written,
“One does not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.” ’

Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written,
“He will command his angels concerning you”,
and “On their hands they will bear you up,
so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.” ’
Jesus said to him, ‘Again it is written, “Do not put the Lord your God to the test.”

Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendour; and he said to him, ‘All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Away with you, Satan! for it is written,
“Worship the Lord your God,
and serve only him.” ’
Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY AT KOG

– Sunday, February 22, Worship led by King of Glory (communion) – Coffee Social after the service. Hosted by Iris Kristjansdottir and Renita Falkenstern

THIS WEEK AT KOG

– Monday, February 23, Church Council meeting via Zoom, 7:30 p.m. – Wednesday, February 25, Women’s Breakfast Out, at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 10:00 a.m.

– Saturday, February 28, Men’s Breakfast Out at Mulberry’s Restaurant 2326 B Millar Avenue, 8:30 a.m.

COMING UP AT KOG – Sunday, March 1, Worship led by King of Glory (communion) – Coffee Social andfinger-food potluck after the service. Hosted by Carol Sarich – KOG Annual General Meeting 12:15 p.m.