1. St. Peter Worship at Key to Life
God’s Comfort and Healing for Us and Our Community
St. Peter
Worship at
Key to Life
Saturday, March 25th

2. Welcome to St. Peter!
All our hearts are heavy and filled with sadness after the tragic events of this week in our community.
May God comfort you with his abiding presence and unfailing love through his Son, Jesus Christ. God bless your worship.

3. Welcome to St. Peter!
There are friendship registers at the end of each row.
Please take a moment to give us your information so we have a record of your time with us today.

4. For Our Guests
If you have questions, let us try to help. Speak with an usher, greeter, or the person next to you.
If you’d like to learn more about St. Peter and it’s ministry, please talk to a pastor or member after the service.

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6. Prayer before Worship
O Lord, you promise that in all things you work for the good of those who love you.
Help me see your loving hand in this time of trouble.
Save me from doubt, relieve my anguish, and lead me through these dark days with the light of your presence. Amen.

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

8. Our Communion Practice
In the Sacrament of Holy Communion, Jesus gives us his true body and blood. We express unity with our Savior and those who share our faith and stand on the teachings of God’s Word.
Therefore, we invite to our altar those who are members of our church or the WELS. Visitors and guests who wish to commune are asked to speak to a pastor before the service begins.

9. When You Face Temptations
Lenten Service # 5
REPENT: Turn to Jesus;
When You Face Temptations
Thursday, March 23rd
5:00 & 7:00
Supper served by Men’s Club

10. Kids C.A.R.E
Each Sunday JAM child has been given a box to collect loose change to be donate to Kids C.A.R.E. – as each box is turned in, the child will be able to color in a square on our goal thermometer.

11. Men’s Club
Monday, March 27th
6:00 p.m.

12. Easter for Kids St. Peter Lutheran School Saturday, April 8th
9:30 - noon

13. Easter Memorial Garden
Orders must be placed by Monday, April 3rd
Sign up sheets in the narthex, Key to Life, and the church office
See the service folder for prices

14. Easter Breakfast Donations
Entryway bulletin board has slips for donation requests for the Easter Breakfast
Please return your donations to the church kitchen by 9 a.m. Saturday, April 15th.
THANK YOU!!!

15. Sharing Our Living Savior
Sunday, April 2nd after late service
Pizza lunch & training session followed by handing out flyers for Easter for Kids & Easter services

16. See service folder for more information
Martin Luther Movie
Monday, April 24th
6:30 p.m.
Cedar Creek Cinema
$10/ticket
See service folder for more information

17. St. Peter Worship at Key to Life
God’s Comfort and Healing for Us and Our Community
St. Peter
Worship at
Key to Life
Saturday, March 25th

18. Be Still My Soul CW #415 Text: Catharina A. von Schlegel, 1697-1752
Setting: FINLANDIA
Tune: Jean J. C. Sibelius, , adapt.

19. Verse 1:
Be still, my soul; the Lord is on your side,
Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain;
Leave to your God to order and provide;

20. Verse 1:
In ev’ry change he faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul; your best, your heav’nly friend.
Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.

21. Verse 2:
Be still, my soul; your God will undertake
To guide the future as he has the past
Your hope, your confidence, let nothing shake;

22. Verse 2:
All now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul; the waves and winds still know
His voice who ruled them while he lived below.

23. Verse 3:
Be still, my soul, though dearest friends depart
And all is darkened in the vale of tears;
Then you will better know his love, his heart,

24. Verse 3:
Who comes to soothe your sorrows and your fears.
Be still, my soul; your Jesus can repay
From his own fullness all he takes away.

25. Verse 4 (Please Rise):
Be still, my soul; the hour is hast’ning on
When we shall be forever with the Lord,
When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone.

26. Verse 4:
Sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored.
Be still, my soul; when change and tears are past,
All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.

27. Invocation
Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit
All: Amen.

28. Invocation
Pastor: We have come together to seek God’s comfort in our sorrow and to rejoice in his never failing promises. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who said, “Come to me, all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.”

29. Invocation
Pastor: Let us pray. Lord Jesus, you wept at the grave of your friend Lazarus, and you consoled Mary and Martha in their distress. Draw near to us who are saddened by the tragic events of this past week in our community. Calm our troubled hearts.

30. Invocation
Pastor: Dispel our doubts and fears through your powerful Word. In your rising from the dead, you conquered death and opened the gates to eternal life. Lead us through this difficult earthly life until at last we are united with you and all your saints in glory everlasting.

31. Invocation
All: Amen.

32. Resurrection Comfort
Pastor: Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. The apostle Paul writes to the Romans:

33. Resurrection Comfort
Pastor: “The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Jesus gives us this comfort: “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.”

34. Resurrection Comfort
Pastor: Death has been swallowed up in victory! Thanks be to God!
All: He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

35. Resurrection Comfort Pastor: When Christ, who is our life, appears,
All: Then we also will appear with him in glory.

36. Resurrection Comfort Pastor: We will be before the throne of God
All: And serve him day and night in his temple.

37. Resurrection Comfort Pastor: Never again will we hunger;
All: Never again will we thirst.

38. Resurrection Comfort
Pastor: For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be our shepherd; he will lead us to springs of living water.
All: And God will wipe away every tear from our eyes.

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

40. God’s Word to His People
Nehemiah 1:4-11a
Nehemiah’s prayer in a time of great sorrow and crisis

41. Psalm #31
All ♫ Refrain:

42. In you, O LORD, I have taken refuge;
deliver me in your righteousness.
Be my rock of refuge,
a strong fortress to save me.

43. Into your hands I commit my spirit;
redeem me, O LORD, the God of truth.

44. Psalm #31
All ♫ Refrain:

45. My times are in your hands;
save me in your unfailing love.
How great is your goodness,
which you have stored up for those who fear you.

46. You heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help.

47. 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.

48. Psalm #31
All ♫ Refrain:

49. God’s Word to His People
2 Corinthians 1:3-7
The God of all comfort

50. Verse of the Day
All:
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Psalm 46:1

51. God’s Word to His People
Luke 12:22-34
Do not worry; do not be afraid, little flock

52. First Article of the Apostles’ Creed
Confession of Faith
First Article of the Apostles’ Creed

53. All: I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.
What does this mean?

54. All: I believe that God created me and all that exists, that he gave me my body and soul, eyes, ears, and all my members, my mind and all my abilities.

55. All: And I believe that God still preserves me by richly and daily providing clothing and shoes, food and drink, property and home, spouse and children, land, cattle, and all I own, and all I need to keep my body and life.

56. All: God also preserves me by defending me against all danger, guarding and protecting me from all evil.
All this God does only because he is my good and merciful Father in heaven, and not because I have earned or deserved it.

57. All: For all this I ought to thank and praise, to serve and obey him.
This is most certainly true.

58. Children’s Message

59. Text & Tune: Gerald P Coleman, b. 1953 Setting: WINTER
The Lamb CWS #714 Verses 1-5
Text & Tune: Gerald P Coleman, b. 1953
Setting: WINTER

60. Verse 1:
The Lamb, the Lamb,
O Father, where’s the sacrifice?
Faith sees, believes
God will provide the Lamb
of price!

61. Refrain:
Worthy is the Lamb
whose death makes me his own!
The Lamb is reigning on his throne.

62. Verse 2:
The Lamb, the Lamb,
One perfect final offering.
Let earth join heav’n his
praise to sing.

63. Refrain:
Worthy is the Lamb
whose death makes me his own!
The Lamb is reigning on his throne.

64. Verse 3:
The Lamb, the Lamb,
As wayward sheep their shepherd kill
So still, his will,
On our behalf the law to
fill.

65. Refrain:
Worthy is the Lamb
whose death makes me his own!
The Lamb is reigning on his throne.

66. Verse 4:
He sighs, he dies,
He takes my sin and wretchedness.
He lives, forgives,
He gives me his own righteousness.

67. Refrain:
Worthy is the Lamb
whose death makes me his own!
The Lamb is reigning on his throne.

68. Verse 5:
He rose, he rose,
My heart with thanks now overflows.
His song prolong
’Til ev’ry heart to him
belong.

69. Refrain:
Worthy is the Lamb
whose death makes me his own!
The Lamb is reigning on his throne.

70. God Really Does Care

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

72. Prayer of the Church

73. 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.

74. 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.

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

76. Words of Institution Pastor:
Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night he was betrayed, took bread; and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”

77. Words of Institution Pastor:
Then he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you; this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for you for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

78. Pastor: The peace of the Lord be
with you always.

79. Lord Jesus Christ, You Have Prepared CW # 312 Verses 1 & 6
Text: Samuel Kinner, ; tr. Emanuel Cronenwett, , alt.
Setting: DU LEBENSBROT, HERR JESU CHRIST
Tune: Peter Sohren, c – c.1692, alt.

80. Verse 1:
Lord Jesus Christ, you have prepared This feast for our salvation;
It is your body and your blood,
And at your invitation
As weary souls, with sin oppressed,
We come to you for needed rest,
For comfort, and for pardon.

81. Verse 6:
Lord, I believe what you have said; Help me when doubts assail me.
Remember that I am but dust,
And let my faith not fail me.
Your supper in this vale of tears
Refreshes me and stills my fears
And is my priceless treasure.

82. On Eagles’ Wings CW # 440 Verses 1-3
Text: Michael Joncas, b. 1951
Setting: ON EAGLE’S WINGS
Tune: Michael Joncas, b. 1951, alt.

83. Verse 1:
You who dwell in the
shelter of the Lord,
Who abide in his shadow for life,
Say to the Lord: “My refuge,
My rock in whom I trust”

84. Refrain:
And he will raise you up
on Eagles’ wings,
Bear you on the breath of dawn,
Make you to shine like the sun,
And hold you in the palm of his hand.

85. Verse 2:
Snares of the fowler will
never capture you,
And famine will bring you no fear;
Under his wings your refuge,
His faithfulness your shield.

86. Refrain:
And he will raise you up
on Eagles’ wings,
Bear you on the breath of dawn,
Make you to shine like the sun,
And hold you in the palm of his hand.

87. Verse 3:
For to his angels he’s given
a command
To guard you in all of your ways;
Upon their hands they will bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.

88. Refrain:
And he will raise you up
on Eagles’ wings,
Bear you on the breath of dawn,
Make you to shine like the sun,
And hold you in the palm of his hand.

89. Children of the Heavenly Father CW #449 Verses 1-4
Text: Caroline V. Sandell-Berg,
Setting: TRYGGARE KAN INGEN VARA
Tune: Lofsnger och andeliga wisor, Sweden, 1873

90. Verse 1:
Children of the heav’nly Father
Safely in his bosom gather;
Nestling bird or star
in heaven
Such a refuge
ne’er given.

91. Verse 2:
God his own doth tend and nourish;
In his holy courts they flourish.
From all evil things
he spares them;
In his mighty arms
he bears them.

92. Verse 3:
Neither life nor death shall ever
From the Lord his children sever;
Unto them his grace
he showeth,
And their sorrows
all he knoweth.

93. Verse 4:
Though he giveth or he taketh,
God his children ne’er forsaketh;
His the loving
purpose solely
To preserve them
pure and holy.

94. Pastor:
Hear the prayer of your people, O Lord, that the lips which have praised you here may glorify you in the world, that the eyes which have seen the coming of your Son may long for his coming again, and that all who have received in his true body and blood the pledge of your forgiveness may be restored to live a new and holy life, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
All (♫): Amen.

95. God’s Blessing All (♫): Amen, Amen, Amen.
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 (♫): Amen, Amen, Amen.

96. Abide With Me CW # 588 Verses 1, 2 & 6

97. Verse 1:
Abide with me; fast falls the eventide.
The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide.
When other helpers fail and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, oh, abide with me!

98. Verse 2:
Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;
Earth’s joys grow dim; its glories pass away.
Change and decay in all around I see;
O thou who changest not, abide with me!

99. Verse 6:
I need thy presence ev’ry passing hour.
What but thy grace can foil the tempter’s pow’r?
Who like thyself my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, oh, abide with me!

100. Silent Prayer