The Risen Lord Comes to Live with His People St. Peter Worship at Key to Life Saturday, May 4 th

Welcome to St. Peter! Confirmation Day is not just for our youth. It is a remembrance of the vows made in past years to be faithful to the risen Lord in the use of the Means of Grace. May this service bring to mind your vows and give you renewed zeal to live them everyday as we pray that the class of 2013 does as well.

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Prayer before Worship Dear God, we offer our praise and worship to you for your faithfulness to us sinners in carrying our guilt to the cross, dying and rising triumphantly. Now bless us with renewed hearts to live our lives in faithfulness to your Word. Send your Spirit to our confirmands to enable them to carry out what they promise before you today. In your name, we pray. Amen.

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

Congratulations Confirmands Andrew Richard Kingsbury Colby Seth Daniel Fenske Maliya Alexis Khlap Brandi Michelle Larson Devin Alexander Leonard Dakota Alan Longdo Zachary Anton McCarthy Maureen Nicole McGarvey Jacob Thomas Price

Ladies’ Aid  All ladies of St. Peter church are welcome to attend  Thursday, May 9 th  1:00 p.m.

St. Peter Red’s Softball Practice and Roster Signing... Season begins May 13 th Please sign the Roster Sheet at the Office Complex

Red Geraniums for Pentecost Sunday Sign up in the member center $4.50 each Deadline is May 12 th

The Risen Lord Comes to Live with His People St. Peter Worship at Key to Life Saturday, May 4 th

Let Me Be Yours Forever CW #596 Verses 1-3 Text: Nikolaus Selnecker, (st. 1) Gesangbuch, Rudolstadt, 1688 (st. 2-3) Setting: ICH DANK DIR, LIEBER HERRE Tune: Musika Deutsch, Nürnberg, 1532, alt.

Verse 1: Let me be yours forever, My faithful God and Lord; Let me forsake you never Nor wander from your Word. Lord, do not let me waver But give me steadfastness, And for such grace and favor Your holy name I'll bless.

Verse 2: Lord Jesus, my salvation, My light, my life divine, My only consolation, To you I all resign, For you have dearly bought me With blood and bitter pain. Let me, since you have sought me, Eternal life obtain.

Verse 3 (Please Rise): O gracious Holy Spirit, My comforter and guide, Grant that in Jesus' merit I always may confide, Him to the end confessing Whom I have known by faith. Give me your constant blessing And grant a Christian death.

Opening Verses Pastor: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you. All: And also with you.

Confession of Sin Pastor: We have come into the presence of God, who created us to love and to serve him as his dear children. But we have disobeyed him and deserve only his wrath and punishment. Therefore, let us confess our sins to him and plead for his mercy.

Confession of Sin All: Merciful Father in heaven, I am altogether sinful from birth. In countless ways I have sinned against you and do not deserve to be called your child.

Confession of Sin All: But trusting in Jesus, my Savior, I pray: Have mercy on me according to your unfailing love. Cleanse me from my sin, and take away my guilt.

(Pastor announces our forgiveness) All: Amen.

Pastor: In the peace of forgiveness, let us praise the Lord.

In Christ Alone CWS #752 Verses 1-4 Text: Keith Getty, b and Stuart Townend, b Setting: IN CHRIST ALONE Tune: Keith Getty, b and Stuart Townend, b. 1963

Verse 1: In Christ alone my hope is found. He is my light, my strength, my song; This cornerstone, this solid ground, Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.

Verse 1: What heights of love, what depths of peace, When fears are stilled, when strivings cease! My Comforter, my all in all, Here in the love of Christ I stand.

Verse 4: No guilt in life, no fear in death, This is the pow’r of Christ in me; From life’s first cry to final breath, Jesus commands my destiny.

Verse 4: No pow’r of hell, no scheme of man Can ever pluck me from his hand; Till he returns or calls me home, Here in the pow’r of Christ I’ll stand.

Prayer of the Day Pastor: Let us pray. (The pastor says the Prayer of the Day.) All: Amen.

God’s Word to His People Revelation 21:10-14, The new Jerusalem

Pastor: If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. Alleluia. Verse of the Day

God’s Word to His People John 14:23-29 Jesus promises the Holy Spirit

Children’s Message

Jerusalem the Golden CW #728 Text: Bernard of Cluny, 12 th Century Setting: THAXTED Tune: Gustav Holst, , alt.

Verse 1: Jerusalem the golden, With milk and honey blest— The sight of it refreshes The weary and oppressed. I know not, oh, I know not What joys await us there,

Verse 1: What radiancy of glory, What bliss beyond compare. To sing the hymn unending With all the martyr throng, Amidst the halls of Zion Resounding full with song.

Verse 2: Oh, sweet and blessed country, The home of God's elect! Oh, sweet and blessed country That eager hearts expect, Where they who with their leader Have conquered in the fight

Verse 2: Forever and forever Are clad in robes of white. Jesus in mercy bring us To that dear land of rest Where sings the host of heaven Your glorious name to bless.

Verse 3: The Christ is ever with them; The daylight is serene. The pastures of the blessed Are ever rich and green There is the throne of David; And there from care released,

Verse 3: The shout of them that triumph, The song of them that feast. To God enthroned in glory The Church’s voices blend, The Lamb forever blessed, The Light that knows no end.

Christian, Press On To Your Heavenly Home!

Apostles’ Creed All: I believe in God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth.

Apostles’ Creed All: I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.

Apostles’ Creed All: He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty. From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.

Apostles’ Creed All: I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church. the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

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

Offering Prayer 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

Jerusalem, My Happy Home CW #215 Verses 1-5 Text: F. B. P., 16th cent. Setting: LAND OF REST Tune: American folk tune

Verse 1: Jerusalem, my happy home, When shall I come to thee? When shall my sorrows have an end? Thy joys when shall I see?

Verse 2: When shall these eyes thy heav'n built walls And pearly gates behold, Thy bulwarks with salvation strong And streets of shining gold?

Verse 3: Oh, when, thou city of my God, Shall I thy courts ascend? Where evermore the angels sing, The Sabbath has no end.

Verse 4: Apostles, martyrs, prophets, there Around my Savior stand, And soon my friends in Christ below Will join the glorious band.

Verse 5 (Please Rise): O Christ, do thou my soul prepare For that bright home of love That I may see thee and adore With all thy saints above.

Pastor: O Lord God, our heavenly Father, pour out the Holy Spirit on your faithful people. Keep us strong in your grace and truth, protect and comfort us in all temptation, and bestow on us your saving peace, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. All (Sung): Amen.

God’s Blessing Pastor: Brothers and sisters, go in peace. Live in harmony with one another. Serve the Lord with gladness. The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord look on you with favor and give you peace. All (Sung): Amen, Amen, Amen.

Alleluia! Jesus Lives CW #153 Verses Text: Carl B. Garve, Setting: FRED TIL BOD Tune: Ludvig M. Lindeman,

Verse 1: Alleluia! Jesus lives! He is now the living one; From the gloomy house of death Forth the conqueror has gone, Bright forerunner to the skies Of his people, yet to rise.

Verse 4: Jesus lives! And thus, my soul, Life is yours eternally; Joined to him, your living head, Where he is, you too shall be; You with him at his right hand Victor over death shall stand.

Silent Prayer