1. Followers of Christ support kingdom work St. Peter Worship at Key to Life Saturday, July 6 th

2. Welcome to St. Peter! This week in our services we continue a summer worship series titled, “The Believer Follows Christ”. This week’s Scripture readings, prayers and hymns emphasize that “Followers of Christ Support Kingdom Work”. Thank you for joining us for worship, and may you be richly blessed through the faith building Word of our gracious God!

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 Dear merciful God, how can I ever thank you for your goodness and love towards me, a sinner? You have chosen me to be your child for this life and the eternal one still to come. And on top of that: you invite me to serve in your Son’s kingdom and to support the ministry of the gospel with my gifts of time, talents and treasures. Thank you for giving me the means to do so! Accept my gifts and service for the sake of Jesus. Amen.

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

8. July 22-26 9 a.m. – noon at St. Peter campus 5:30-8 p.m. at Key to Life Crew leaders needed, register today!! VBS 2013

9. Donations requests are on the bulletin board in church. Wine corks and small water bottles are needed for crafts/science experiments. VBS 2013

10. Outreach Opportunity Volunteers needed to strengthen our outreach program to new residents in the community Training sessions will be held after late services on July 7 th & 28 th

11. Welcome, New Members Sunday, July 31 st Picnic/potluck meal after late service Sign up in the Information Center

12. Followers of Christ support kingdom work St. Peter Worship at Key to Life Saturday, July 6 th

13. Speak, O Lord CWS #735 Verses 1-3 Text & Tune: Keith Getty, b. 1974 and Stuart Townend, b. 1963 Setting: Speak, O Lord

14. Verse 1: Speak, O Lord, as we come to you To receive the food of your Holy Word. Take your truth, plant it deep in us; Shape and fashion us in your likeness

15. Verse 1: That the light of Christ might be seen today In our acts of love and our deeds of faith. Speak, O Lord, and fulfill in us All your purposes for your glory.

16. Verse 2: Teach us, Lord, full obedience, Holy reverence, true humility. Test our thoughts and our attitudes In the radiance of your purity. Cause our faith to rise, cause our eyes to see

17. Verse 2: Your majestic love and authority. Words of pow’r that can never fail, Let their truth prevail over unbelief.

18. Verse 3 (Please Rise): Speak, O Lord, and renew our minds; Help us grasp the heights of your plans for us. Truths unchanged from the dawn of time, That will echo down through eternity.

19. Verse 3: And by grace we’ll stand on your promises, And by faith we’ll walk as you walk with us. Speak, O Lord, as your Church is built And you fill the earth with your glory.

20. 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.

21. 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.

22. 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.

23. 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.

24. (Pastor announces our forgiveness) All: Amen.

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

26. Oh, Taste and See All (Sung): Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good. Blessed are they who take refuge in him. Your Word, O Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.

27. Oh, Taste and See All: Your faithfulness continues forever. Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good. Blessed are they who take refuge in him.

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

29. God’s Word to His People 1 Kings 17:1-16 God provides for Elijah and a widow

30. Psalm #66 All Sing Refrain:

31. Shout with joy to God, all the earth! Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious! All Sing Verses:

32. Praise our God, O peoples, let the sound of his praise be heard. All Sing Verses:

33. He has preserved our lives and kept our feet from slipping. All Sing Verses:

34. All Sing Refrain:

35. Come and listen, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me. All Sing Verses:

36. If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened; All Sing Verses:

37. But God has surely listened and heard my voice in prayer. All Sing Verses:

38. 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:

39. All Sing Refrain:

40. God’s Word to His People Galatians 6:1-10, 14-16 Let us do good

41. Pastor: Alleluia. Happy are they who hear the Word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bring forth fruit with patience. Alleluia. Verse of the Day

42. God’s Word to His People Luke 10:1-12, 16-20 Jesus sends out the seventy-two

43. Children’s Message

44. O Christian, Haste CW #570 Verses 1-4 Text: Mary A. Thomson, 1834-1923 Setting: REDEMPTION Tune: Bruce R. Backer, b. 1929

45. Verse 1: O Christians, haste, your mission high fulfilling, To tell to all the world that God is light, That he who made all nations is not willing One soul should perish, lost in shades of night.

46. Refrain: Publish glad tidings, Tidings of peace, Tidings of Jesus, Redemption and release.

47. Verse 2: Behold how many thousands still are lying Bound in the dreary prison- house of sin With none to tell them of the Savior's dying Or of the life he died for them to win.

48. Refrain: Publish glad tidings, Tidings of peace, Tidings of Jesus, Redemption and release.

49. Verse 3: Proclaim to ev'ry people, tongue, and nation That God, in whom they live and move, is love; Tell how he stooped to save his lost creation And died on earth that they might live above.

50. Refrain: Publish glad tidings, Tidings of peace, Tidings of Jesus, Redemption and release.

51. Verse 4: Send heralds forth to bear the message glorious; Give of your wealth to speed them on their way; Pour out your soul for them in prayer victorious; O Christians, haste to bring the brighter day!

52. Refrain: Publish glad tidings, Tidings of peace, Tidings of Jesus, Redemption and release.

53. Our God Of All Grace Provides!

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

55. 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.

56. 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.

57. 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.

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

59. Prayer of the Church Pastor: Lord, in your mercy, All: …hear our prayer.

60. 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.

61. 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.

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

63. Lord of All Good CW # 483 Verses 1-3 Text: Albert F. Bayly, 1901-84 Setting: FARLEY CASTLE Tune: Henry Lawes, 1595-1662

64. Verse 1: Lord of all good, our gifts we bring you now; Use them your holy purpose to fulfill. Tokens of love and pledges they shall be That our whole life is offered to your will.

65. Verse 2: We give our minds to understand your ways; Hands, eyes, and voice to serve your great design; Hearts with the flame of your own love ablaze— Thus for your glory all our pow’rs combine.

66. Verse 3 (Please Rise): Father, whose bounty all creation shows; Christ, by whose willing sacrifice we live; Spirit, from whom all life in fullness flows: To you with grateful hearts ourselves we give.

67. Pastor: Almighty God, we thank you for teaching us the things you want us to believe and do. Help us by your Holy Spirit to keep your Word in pure hearts that we may be strengthened in faith, guided in holiness, and comforted in life and in death, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. All: Amen.

68. 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: Amen.

69. God Bless Our Native Land CW # 619 Verses 1-2 Text: Charles T. Brooks, 1813-83 (st. 1) John S. Dwight, 1813-93 (st. 2) Setting: AMERICA Tune: Thesaurus Musicus, London, c. 1740

70. Verse 1: God bless our native land! Firm may she ever stand Through storm and night! When the wild tempests rave, Ruler of wind and wave, Do thou our country save By thy great might.

71. Verse 2: For her our prayers shall rise To God above the skies; On him we wait. Thou who art ever nigh, Guarding with watchful eye, To thee aloud we cry, God save the state!

72. Silent Prayer