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.

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.

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.