The Ascended Lord Chooses Workers for His Work St. Peter Worship at Key to Life Saturday, May 16 th

Welcome to St. Peter! This Sunday is the seventh and final Sunday in the Easter season. The lessons, hymns and prayers in today’s service emphasize how our risen and ascended Lord prays for and chooses us for the work of witnessing to the world. May Jesus bless your worship!

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Prayer before Worship Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for praying for me at your Father’s right hand in heaven. Now guide me by your Spirit to be the ambassador You have chosen me to be. May the Gospel move me today. Amen.

Please be courteous and silence all pagers and cell phones. Thank you

Geraniums for Pentecost, May 24  $5.00 each  Sign up in the Information Center  Orders need to be placed by Monday, May 18 th

Men’s Club  Annual trip fellowship trip to Redeemer Lutheran in Tomahawk  Monday, June 1st at 6:00pm  Car Pool leaves the school lot at 5pm  Registration sheets are located in the Information Center in the north entryway

Summer Service Schedule Memorial Day Sunday, May 24 th through Labor Day Sunday Sunday services: 7:45 & 9:45

Graduation Recognition Sunday June 7 th 9:45 a.m. Members {or their parents} graduating from colleges, tech schools, and area high schools – please sign up on the registration sheet at the Member Center.

Slam the Summer Slump! Place service folders from other WELS congregations you visit this summer on the bulletin board in the church entry

Sunday JAM Coordinator Needed Volunteer needed to organize lessons, personnel & oversee the Sunday JAM program. Please see Pastor D, Mark Frailing or Debbie Price for more information

Bible Information Class “Life’s Big Questions” Sundays at 11 a.m. starting May 31 st St. Peter Church Basement

The Ascended Lord Chooses Workers for His Work St. Peter Worship at Key to Life Saturday, May 16 th

Jesus, Jesus, Only Jesus CW #348 Verses 1-5 Text: Ludämilia Elisabeth, Setting: JESUS, JESUS, NICHTS ALS JESUS Tune: Das...vollkommenes Musikalisches Choral-Buch, Hamburg, 1715, alt.

Verse 1: Jesus, Jesus, only Jesus Can my heartfelt longing still. Lo, I pledge myself to Jesus, What he wills alone to will, For my heart, which he hath filled, Ever cries, "Lord, as thou wilt."

Verse 2: One there is for whom I'm living, Whom I love most tenderly; Unto Jesus I am giving What in love he gave to me. Jesus' blood hides all my guilt-- Lord, oh, lead me as thou wilt.

Verse 3: What to me may seem a treasure But displeasing is to thee-- Oh, remove such harmful pleasure; Give instead what profits me. Let my heart by thee be stilled; Make me thine, Lord, as thou wilt.

Verse 4: Let me earnestly endeavor Thy good pleasure to fulfill; In me, through me, with me ever, Lord, accomplish thou thy will. In thy holy image built, Let me die, Lord, as thou wilt.

Verse 5 (Please Rise): Jesus, constant be my praises, For thou unto me didst bring Thine own self and all thy graces That I joyfully may sing: Be it unto me, my Shield, As thou wilt, Lord, as thou wilt.

Opening Verses Pastor: O Lord, open my lips. All (♫): And my mouth shall declare your praise. Pastor: Hasten to save me, O God. All (♫): O Lord, come quickly to help me.

Opening Verses Pastor: The Lord is risen and ascended! Let us worship him!

Oh, Come, Let Us Sing to the Lord (Venite) All (♫): Oh, come, let us sing to the Lord, let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving, let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise.

Oh, Come, Let Us Sing to the Lord (Venite) All: For the Lord is a great God and a great king above all gods. The deep places of the earth are in his hand; the heights of the hills are also his.

Oh, Come, Let Us Sing to the Lord (Venite) All: The sea is his, for he made it, and his hand formed the dry land. Oh, come let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord our maker.

Oh, Come, Let Us Sing to the Lord (Venite) All: For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.

Prayer of the Day Pastor: Let us pray. (Pastor says the prayer of the day) All: Amen.

God’s Word to His People Acts 1:15-26 God chooses His disciple for witnessing to the world

Psalm #8 All Sing Refrain:

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, All Sing Verses:

What is man that you are mindful of him, the Son of Man that you care for him? All: All Sing Verses:

All Sing Refrain:

You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. All, Verses: All Sing Verses:

You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet. All, Verses: All Sing Verses:

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. All Sing:

All Sing Refrain:

God’s Word to His People 1 John 4:13-21 We love him because he first loved us

God’s Word to His People John 17:11b-19 Jesus prays that his disciples are protected and sent out into the world

Children’s Message

Lord, 'Tis Not that I Did Choose You CWS #380 Verses 1-3 Text: Josiah Conder, Setting: O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE Tune: Erbaulicher Musicalischer Christen-Schatz, Basel, 1745, alt.

Verse 1: Lord, 'tis not that I did choose you; That, I know, could never be, For this heart would still refuse you Had your grace not chosen me. You removed that sin that stained me, Cleansing me to be your own; For this purpose you ordained me, That I live for you alone.

Verse 2: It was grace in Christ that called me, Taught my darkened heart and mind, Else the world had yet enthralled me, To your heav'nly glories blind. Now I worship none above you; For your grace alone I thirst, Knowing well that, if I love you, You, O Father, loved me first.

Verse 3: Praise the God of all creation; Praise the Father's boundless love. Praise the Lamb, our expiation, Priest and King enthroned above. Praise the Spirit of salvation, Him by whom our spirits live. Undivided adoration To the great Jehovah give.

“CHOSEN BY GOD TO SERVE!” 1.Jesus provides the message 2.Jesus calls the messengers

In thankfulness for our salvation, we support God’s work with our offerings.

Prayer of the Church

Lord’s Prayer All: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread.

Lord’s Prayer All: Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Lord’s Prayer All: For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen

God’s Blessing Pastor: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. All: Amen.

Hail the Day that Sees Him Rise CW # 175 Verses 1, 5, 6 Text: Charles Wesley, Setting: ORIENTIS PARTIBUS Tune: Pierre de Corbeille, d. 1221, adapt.

Verse 1: Hail the day that sees him rise To his throne above the skies! Christ, the Lamb for sinners giv'n, Reascends his native heav'n.

Verse 5: Still for us he intercedes; His prevailing death he pleads. He, the first of all our race, Near himself prepares a place.

Verse 6: There we shall with you remain Partners in your endless reign, There your face unclouded view, Find our heav'n of heav'ns in you.

Silent Prayer