1. St. Peter Worship at Key to Life We worship and praise the person and work of God’s Holy Spirit Saturday, May 23 rd

2. Welcome to St. Peter! The Festival of Pentecost marks the close of the Easter Season. The word Pentecost (literally means "50") was the Greek name for the Jewish Festival of Weeks which happened 50 days after the Passover. The Pentecost we celebrate today was the one that happened 50 days after Jesus died and rose again. On Pentecost, the ascended Lord Jesus fulfilled his promise to baptize his disciples with the Holy Spirit.

3. Welcome to St. Peter! There are friendship registers at the end of each row of chairs. 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.

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6. Prayer before Worship Holy Spirit, Light Divine, shine upon this heart of mine; Chase the gloom of night away; turn the darkness into day. See, to you I give my heart; cleanse my life in ev’ry part; Your own temple I would be now and for eternity. Amen (CW 183 v 1 & 5).

7. 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.

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

9. Graduation and closing service A special graduation and closing service Thursday, May 30, at 7:00 pm. Refreshments will be served afterwards in the lower level of church as we thank Mrs. Salzwedel for her many years of faithful service at St Peter.

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

11. 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

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

13. On this Memorial Day weekend, we take this opportunity to thank you for your dedicated service to our country to preserve the freedoms we enjoy this day. May God bless you all.

14. St. Peter Worship at Key to Life We worship and praise the person and work of God’s Holy Spirit Saturday, May 23rd

15. Come, Oh, Come, Life- Giving Spirit CW # 181 Verses 1-5 Text: Heinrich Held, 1620-59 Setting: KOMM, O KOMM, DU GEIST DES LEBENS Tune: J. Christoph Bach, 1680

16. Verse 1: Come, oh, come, life-giving Spirit, God from all eternity! May your power never fail us; Dwell within us constantly. Then shall truth and life and light Banish all the gloom of night.

17. Verse 2: Show us, Lord, the path of blessing; When we trespass on our way, Cast, O Lord, our sins behind you And be with us day by day. Should we stray, O Lord, recall; Work repentance when we fall.

18. Verse 3: With our spirit, Lord, bear witness That we are the saints of God Who rely upon him solely When we're chastened by the rod; For we know, as children should, That the cross is for our good.

19. Verse 4: Prompt us, Lord, to come before him With a childlike heart to pray; Sigh for us, O Holy Spirit, When we know not what to say. Then our prayer is not in vain, And our faith new strength shall gain.

20. Verse 5 (Please Stand): Grant our hearts in fullest measure Wisdom, counsel, purity. That we always strive to please you, Working for you willingly. Let the gospel spread and grow, Bringing Satan's overthrow.

21. Invocation Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. All (Spoken): Amen.

22. 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.

23. Dialogue for Pentecost Day All: The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

24. 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.

25. 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.

26. 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.

27. 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.”

28. 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.

29. 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.

30. 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.

31. Dialogue for Pentecost Day Pastor: Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

32. Dialogue for Pentecost Day All: Come, Holy Spirit! Fill the hearts of your faithful people, and kindle in us the fire of your love. Alleluia!

33. Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest CW # 177 Verses 1 & 6 Text: attr. Rhabanus Maurus, 776-856 Setting: KOMM, GOTT SCHÖPFER Tune: Joseph Klug, Geistliche lieder auffs new gebessert, Wittenberg, 1533

34. Verse 1: Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest, And make our hearts your place of rest; Come with your grace and heav'nly aid, And fill the hearts which you have made.

35. Verse 6: Praise we the Father and the Son And Holy Spirit, with them One, And may the Son on us bestow The gifts that from the Spirit flow!

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

37. God’s Word to His People Ezekiel 37:1-14 The Holy Spirit gives spiritual life to dead souls

38. Psalm # 51b All Sing Refrain:

39. 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. All Sing Verses:

40. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. All:

41. All Sing Refrain:

42. 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. All:

43. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. All:

44. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you. All:

45. 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.

46. All Sing Refrain:

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

48. 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 stand)

49. God’s Word to His People John 14:25-27 Jesus promises the Holy Spirit

50. Pastor: This is the Gospel of the ascended Lord. All: Praise be to you, O Christ! Gospel (Please be seated)

51. Confession of Faith 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.

52. Confession of Faith All: What does this mean? I believe that I cannot by my own thinking or choosing believe in Jesus Christ, my Lord, or come to him. But the Holy Spirit has called me by the gospel,

53. Confession of Faith All: enlightened me with his gifts, sanctified and kept me in the true faith. 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.

54. Confession of Faith All: In this Christian church he daily and fully forgives all sins to me and all believers. 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.

55. 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

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

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

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

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

60. Verse 3 (Please Stand): Holy Spirit, ever working Through the Church’s very ministry, Teaching, strengh’ning, and absolving,

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

62. Where would you be without them?

63. Where would you be without him?

64. You’d be dead, lost & an enemy of God!

66. You’d be in the dark!

67. The Holy Spirit has enlightened you to see God’s gifts!

68. You wouldn’t last a second!

70. The Holy Spirit keeps you in the faith

72. Where would you be without them?

73. Where would you be without him?

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

75. Prayer of the Church Pastor: …O Lord, pour out your Spirit, All: that all who call on the name of the Lord may be saved.

76. 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.

77. 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.

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

79. The Sacrament Pastor: The Lord be with you. All (Spoken): And also with you. Pastor:Lift up your hearts. All: We lift them up unto the Lord.

80. The Sacrament Pastor: Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God. All: It is good and right so to do.

81. The Sacrament Pastor: It is truly good and right that we should at all times and in all places give you thanks, O Lord, holy Father, almighty and everlasting God, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who on this day poured out his promised Holy Spirit to testify to the truth and to remind his followers of everything he had said to them. Therefore with all the saints on earth and hosts of heaven, we praise your holy name and join their glorious song:

82. Holy, Holy, Holy (Sanctus) All (Sung): O holy, holy, holy Lord God of pow’r, and might, Your glory, earth and heaven In countless ways recite. Hosanna! Come and save us, Lord God of hosts on high, And in your grace and mercy Receive our fervent cry.

83. Holy, Holy, Holy (Sanctus) All: Hosanna in the highest! How truly blest is he Who in God’s name is coming To set his people free! He comes to bring salvation And with his blood outpoured, Deliver us from bondage— Hosanna, mighty Lord!

84. 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.”

85. 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.”

86. The Sacrament Pastor: The peace of the Lord be with you always. All: Amen.

87. Lamb of God (Agnus Dei) All: Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world; have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world; grant us your peace. Amen.

88. Distribution of Holy Communion

89. Pastor: We give you thanks, O Lord, for the foretaste of the heavenly banquet that you have given us to eat and to drink in this sacrament. Through this gift you have fed our faith, nourished our hope, and strengthened our love. By your Holy Spirit help us to live as your holy people until that day when you will receive us as your guests at the wedding supper of the Lamb, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. All: Amen.

90. 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. The Blessing

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

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

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

94. 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.

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

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

97. Silent Prayer