1. Saturday, May 18 th The Holy Spirit loosens our tongues!

2. Welcome to St. Peter! “Come, Holy Spirit!” This week in all our services we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit on that first Pentecost Sunday in fulfillment of promise and prophecy, and he continues to come to his faithful through Word and Sacrament. Thus the church never ceases to be renewed and to grow.

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 that we have a record of your time with us today. Thank you!

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 its ministry, please talk to a pastor or member after the service.

5. Need to Know what’s going on? Our church website has the info you need right at your fingertips Check the church calendar. Sign up for seminars or events. Get access to devotions, sermons, and more. www.stpeterschofield.org

6. Prayer before Worship O Holy Spirit, grant us grace that we our Lord and Savior in faith and love embrace And truly serve him ever, So that when death is near at hand We at his cross may firmly stand and there find our salvation. Amen. CW 185, v.1

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

8. Summer Worship Schedule Starts Sunday, May 26 th Late Service begins at 9:45 a.m.

9. Graduation Recognition Sunday June 2 nd 9:45 a.m. Please sign up in the church entry or call the office to be included in the service folder All graduates are welcome to bring and wear their gowns and walk in and sit together as a group

10. St. Peter School News Graduation and Closing Service Thursday, May 23 rd 7:00 p.m. Family Picnic Friday, May 24 th

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

12. Men’s Club Monday May 20 th Bull Falls Brewery Biergarten Members are asked to contribute $3 each for the meal

13. S.P.Y. Saturday June 8 th 9:00 a.m. Action City, Eau Claire, WI Cost to SPY members $10 RSVP to Dave McCarthy before June 2 nd

14. July 22-26 9 a.m. – noon at St. Peter campus 5:30-8 p.m. at Key to Life Register today! VBS 2013

15. Saturday, May 18 th The Holy Spirit loosens our tongues!

16. “I am Jesus’ Little Lamb” Key to Life Preschool

17. Holy Spirit, Light Divine CW # 183 Verses 1- 5 Text: Andrew Reed, 1788-1862 Setting: SONG 13 Tune: Orlando Gibbons, 1583-1625, alt.

18. Verse 1: Holy Spirit, Light divine, Shine upon this heart of mine; Chase the gloom of night away; Turn the darkness into day.

19. Verse 2: Holy Spirit, Love divine, Cleanse this guilty heart of mine; In your mercy pity me; From sin's bondage set me free.

20. Verse 3: Holy Spirit, Joy divine, Cheer this saddened heart of mine; Fill me with your heav'nly peace; Let it grow and still increase.

21. Verse 4: Holy Spirit, Pow'r divine, Dwell within this heart of mine; Cast down ev'ry idol throne; Reign supreme and reign alone.

22. Verse 5 (Please Rise): See, to you I give my heart; Cleanse my life in ev'ry part; Your own temple I would be Now and for eternity.

23. Opening Verses Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. All: Amen.

24. Dialogue for Pentecost Day Pastor: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. All: The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

25. Dialogue for Pentecost Day Pastor: Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? All: If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

26. Dialogue for Pentecost Day Pastor: The Lord said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever.” All: O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.

27. Dialogue for Pentecost Day Pastor: Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am faint; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are in agony. All: Turn, O Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.

28. Dialogue for Pentecost Day Pastor: Jesus said to his disciples, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

29. Dialogue for Pentecost Day All: No one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.

30. Dialogue for Pentecost Day Pastor: The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.

31. Dialogue for Pentecost Day All: There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.

32. Dialogue for Pentecost Day Pastor: Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. All: Come, Holy Spirit! Fill the hearts of your faithful people, and kindle in us the fire of your love. Alleluia!

33. Song of Praise All: O Holy Spirit, precious Gift, Our Comforter from heaven, Our weary hearts and souls uplift; For this our praise is given. Deliver us from doubt and fear; When Satan troubles us, be near; We trust your love and power.

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

35. God’s Word to His People Genesis 11:1-9 The confusion of languages at Babel

36. Psalm # 51b All Sing Refrain:

37. O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. Verses (Sung Responsively):

38. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. Verses (Sung Responsively):

39. Psalm # 51b All Sing Refrain:

40. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Verses (Sung Responsively):

41. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Verses (Sung Responsively):

42. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you. Verses (Sung Responsively):

43. 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.

44. Psalm # 51b All Sing Refrain:

45. God’s Word to His People Acts 2:1-21 The Holy Spirit filled the Apostles and they began to speak

46. Verse of the Day Pastor: Alleluia. Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful people, and kindle in them the fire of your love. Alleluia. (Please Rise)

47. God’s Word to His People John 15:26-27 Jesus promises to send the Holy Spirit

48. Children’s Message

49. Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord CW #176 Verses 1-3 Text: German hymn, 15th cent. (st. 1) Martin Luther, 1483-1546 (st. 2-3) Setting: KOMM, HEILIGER GEIST, HERRE GOTT Tune: Eyn Enchiridion oder Handbüchlein, Erfurt, 1524

50. Verse 1: Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord! May all your graces be outpoured On each believer's mind and heart; Your fervent love to them impart. Lord, by the brightness of your light

51. Verse 1: In holy faith your church unite From ev'ry land and ev'ry tongue; This to your praise, O Lord our God, be sung: Alleluia!

52. Verse 2: Come, Holy Light, Guide, divine, And cause the Word of life to shine. Teach us to know our God aright And call him Father with delight.

53. Verse 2: From ev'ry error keep us free; Let none but Christ our Master be That we in living faith abide, In him, our Lord, with all our might confide. Alleluia!

54. Verse 3: Come, Holy Fire, comfort true; Grant us the will your work to do And in your service to abide; Let trials turn us not aside. Lord, by your pow'r prepare each heart,

55. Verse 3: And to our weakness strength impart That bravely here we may contend, Through life and death to you, our Lord, ascend. Alleluia!

56. “Come, Holy Spirit!” Pentecost Sunday Called Enlightened Sanctified Kept

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

63. Prayer of the Church Pastor: Praise to you, Holy Spirit. We worship and glorify you as the Lord and the giver of life. As you were present at the beginning of the world to shed life on all created things,

64. Prayer of the Church Pastor: as you gave a new life of understanding to the disciples in your Pentecost baptism of fire, so by the baptism of water with the Word, you have made the light of faith shine in our hearts to know Jesus as our Lord.

65. Prayer of the Church Pastor: In thanksgiving for your gifts to us, we confess:

66. Prayer of the Church All: I believe that I cannot by my own thinking or choosing believe in Jesus Christ, my Lord, or come to him.

67. Prayer of the Church All: But the Holy Spirit has called me by the gospel, enlightened me with his gifts, sanctified and kept me in the true faith.

68. Prayer of the Church All: In the same way he calls, gathers, enlightens, and sanctifies the whole Christian Church on earth, and keeps it with Jesus Christ in the one true faith.

69. Prayer of the Church Pastor: Holy Spirit, all-seeing Counselor and fountain of all spiritual gifts, stand by us in the weakness of our sinful flesh. Grant us a right understanding of the truths that Jesus taught. Give us strength to endure with patience whatever afflictions God may send into our lives.

70. Prayer of the Church Pastor: Help us, intercede for us, train us that we may pray to the Father with boldness and confidence. Preserve us by the power of your Word in our most holy faith as members of the Church, the body of Jesus, where there is forgiveness for all.

71. Prayer of the Church All: In this Christian Church he daily and fully forgives all sins to me and all believers.

72. Prayer of the Church Pastor: Holy Spirit, highest comfort in every need, in these gray and last days of the world, strengthen our feeble hands, steady our weak knees, encourage our fearful hearts. Remind us of your Word and promises:

73. Prayer of the Church Pastor: “Be strong; do not fear. Your Lord will come again. He will come to save you.” And in your final, mighty, creative act, O Holy Spirit, raise up our bodies so that we, together with all the saints, may lift up our heads and with glorified eyes see our Savior drawing near.

74. Prayer of the Church All: On the Last Day he will raise me and all the dead and give eternal life to me and all believers in Christ. This is most certainly true. Amen.

75. 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.

76. 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.

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

78. 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.

79. Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling CW # 182 Verses 1-3 Text: Timothy Rees, 1874-1939 Setting: IN BABILONE Tune: Oude en Nieuwe Hollantse... Contradanseu, Amsterdam, c. 1710

80. Verse 1: Holy Spirit, ever dwelling In the holiest realms of light, Holy Spirit, ever brooding O'er a world of gloom and night,

81. Verse 1: Holy Spirit, ever raising Those on earth to thrones on high, Living life imparting Spirit, You we praise and magnify.

82. Verse 2: Holy Spirit, ever living As the Church’s very life, Holy Spirit, ever striving Through us in a ceaseless strife,

83. Verse 2: Holy Spirit, ever forming In the Church the mind of Christ, You we praise with endless worship For your gracious gifts unpriced.

84. Verse 3: Holy Spirit, ever working Through the Church’s very ministry, Teaching, strengh’ning, and absolving,

85. Verse 3: Setting captive sinners free, Holy Spirit, ever binding Age to age and soul to soul In communion never ending, You we worship and extol.

86. Silent Prayer