1. Be patient – the Lord is coming! St. Peter Worship at Key to Life Saturday, December 14 th

2. Welcome to St. Peter! The time is drawing near to complete our preparations to receive Jesus as our Savior and King. We await his arrival patiently. Patience is a key virtue while we wait for no knows the day or the hour of Jesus’ 2nd coming. So be patient and be ready!

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 Heavenly Father, in these days before Christmas spare me from the stress of deadlines and the frenzy of commercialism. Fill my life with the message of your peace and the music of your grace. Direct my eyes to the manger, and give me the faith to see there my Savior, Immanuel, God with us! Amen

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

8. “Hallelujah” Please join The Musical Groups of Northland Lutheran for there annual Christmas Concert. December 15 th at 3pm The concert will be held at the school.

9. Sunday JAM Christmas Service Sunday, December 22 nd 10:30 a.m.

10. Snow Removal Help Help is needed to keep the sidewalks and playground clear at Key to Life Talk to Pastor Mahnke or a Childcare Board Member for details

11. Midweek Advent Services Jude’s Advent Encouragement for God’s People December 19 th 1 p.m. & 7 p.m.

12. Be patient – the Lord is coming! St. Peter Worship at Key to Life Saturday, December 14 th

13. Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers CW #7 Verses 1-4 Text: Laurentius Laurenti, 1660-1722 Setting: HAF TRONES LAMPA FÄRDIG Tune: Hymnal and Order of Service, Rock Island, 1901

14. Verse 1: Rejoice, rejoice, believers, And let your light appear, The evening is advancing, And darker night is near. The Bridegroom is arising And soon is drawing nigh. Up, pray and watch and wrestle; At midnight comes the cry.

15. Verse 2: The watchers, on the mountain Proclaim the Bridegroom near; Go forth, as he approaches, With alleluias clear. The marriage feast is waiting; The gates wide open stand. Arise, O heirs of glory; The Bridegroom is at hand.

16. Verse 3: You saints, who here in patience Your cross and suff'rings bore, Shall live and reign forever When sorrow is no more. Around the throne of glory The Lamb you shall behold; In triumph lay before him Your shining crowns of gold.

17. Verse 4 (Please Rise): Arise, Desire of nations; O Jesus, now appear, The Hope and Expectation Of ev'ry Christian here. With hearts and hands uplifted We plead, O Lord, to see The day of earth's redemption That sets your people free.

18. Opening Verses Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. All: Amen. Pastor: Oh, how I love your law! All: I meditate on it all day long.

19. Opening Verses Pastor: Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, All: for they are ever with me. Pastor: I have more insight than all my teachers All: for I meditate on your statutes.

20. Opening Verses Pastor: How sweet are your words to my taste, All: sweeter than honey to my mouth! Pastor: All Scripture is God- breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,

21. Opening Verses All: so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. Pastor: Yet so often we have despised God’s Word and failed to gladly hear and learn it. For this and all our sins, we bow before God and humbly ask his forgiveness.

22. Confession of Sin All: Holy and merciful Father, I confess that I am by nature sinful and that I have disobeyed you in my thoughts, words, and actions. I have done what is evil and failed to do what is good. For this I deserve your punishment both now and in eternity.

23. Confession of Sin All: But I am truly sorry for my sins, and trusting in my Savior Jesus Christ, I pray: Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner.

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

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

26. God’s Word to His People Isaiah 35:1-10 The Lord’s coming is near: rejoice

27. Psalm #146 All Sing Refrain:

28. All Sing Verses: Praise the LORD, O my soul. I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save.

29. All: Blessed is he whose hope is in the LORD his God, the maker of heaven and earth.

30. All Sing Refrain:

31. All: The LORD gives food to the hungry, the LORD sets prisoners free. The LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down.

32. All: The LORD watches over the outcast and sustains the fatherless and the widow.

33. All: The LORD remains faithful forever. He upholds the cause of the oppressed.

34. All: 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.

35. All Sing Refrain:

36. God’s Word to His People James 5:7-11 The Lord’s coming is near: be patient

37. Verse of the Day Alleluia. I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you. Alleluia.

38. Pastor: The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter 11 All: Glory be to you, O Lord!

39. God’s Word to His People Matthew 11:2-11 The Lord’s coming is near: don’t fall away

40. Pastor: This is the Gospel of the Lord. All: Praise be to you, O Christ!

41. Children’s Message

42. Text: Valentin Thilo, 1607-62 Setting: AUS MEINES HERZENS GRUNDE Tune: New Catechismus Gesangbüchlein, Hamburg, 1598, alt. Arise, O Christian People CW #14 Verses 1-4

43. Verse 1: Arise, O Christian people! Prepare yourselves today. Prepare to greet the Savior, Who takes your sins away. To us by grace alone The truth and light were given; The promised Lord from heaven To all the world is shown.

44. Verse 2: Prepare the way before him; Prepare for him the best. Cast out what would offend him, This great, this heav'nly guest Make straight, make plain the way; The lowly valleys raising, The heights of pride abasing, His path all even lay.

45. Verse 3: The humble heart and lowly God raises up on high; Beneath his feet in terror The haughty soul shall lie. The heart sincere and right, That heeds God's invitation And makes true preparation-- It is the Lord's delight.

46. Verse 4: Prepare my heart, Lord Jesus; Turn not from me aside, And help me to receive you This blessed Adventtide. From stall and manger low Come now to dwell within me, I'll sing your praises gladly And forth your glory show.

47. “Advent Is A Time For Waiting!” 1. With patient expectation 2. With persevering endurance

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

49. Offering Prayer Prayer of the Church

50. 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.

51. 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.

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

53. Hark! A Thrilling Voice Is Sounding CW 15 Verses 1-4 Text: Latin hymn, c. 6th cent. Setting: MERTON Tune: William H. Monk, 1823-89

54. Verse 1: Hark! A thrilling voice is sounding; "Christ is near," we hear it say. "Cast away the works of darkness; You are children of the day."

55. Verse 2: Lo, the Lamb, so long-expected, Comes with pardon down from heav'n. Let us haste, with tears of sorrow, One and all, to be forgiv'n.

56. Verse 3: That, when next he comes with glory And the world is wrapped in fear, He may shield us with his mercy And with words of love draw near.

57. Verse 4 (Please Rise): Honor glory, might, dominion To the Father and the Son With the everlasting Spirit While eternal ages run!

58. Pastor: O God, you make us glad with the expectation of the coming of your one and only Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Grant that we, who with joy receive him as our Redeemer, may without fear behold him when he will come to be our Judge, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Prayer

59. All: Amen. Prayer

60. Pastor: Let us praise the Lord. All: Thanks be to God.

61. 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.

62. Text: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Setting: ST. HILARY Tune: Source unknown Come, O Long-Expected Jesus CW #6 Verses 1-2

63. Verse 1: Come, O long-expected Jesus, Born to set your people free; From our sins and fears release us By your death on Calvary. Israel's Strength and Consolation, Hope to all the earth impart, Dear Desire of ev'ry nation, Joy of ev'ry longing heart.

64. Verse 2: Born your people to deliver, Born a child and yet a king, Born to reign in us forever, Now your gracious kingdom bring. By your own eternal Spirit Rule in all our hearts alone; By your all-sufficient merit Raise us to your glorious throne.

65. Silent Prayer