1. Being Faithful Managers of God’s Temple Saturday, January 31 st

2. Welcome to St. Peter! We are privileged each week to come into his presence and be touched with his amazing love in Word and Sacrament. Confident of God’s daily care and providence, let us faithfully worship him and cheerfully bring him our first- fruit offerings and gifts that honor him and support the proclamation of the life-giving gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 almighty and everlasting God, thank you for joining all believers into one spiritual temple in Christ. I thank you for this church, which has been built to be a dwelling place for your glorious name and a house of prayer for your people. Bless my coming in and my going out from this time forth even forevermore; through Jesus. Amen.

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

8. Pre-Marriage Seminar  February 14 th  9 a.m. – 1 p.m.  See Pastor Mahnke for details

9. WELS School of Outreach  Saturday, February 7 th  9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.  Follow up to seminar held in October  See Pastor Mahnke or Dave Duncan for more information.

10. Bible Information Class Starts Monday, February 2 nd 7:00 p.m. Key to Life

11. “Page Flippers”  Monday, February 9 th  7:00pm  Fireside room  To discuss “Me Before You” by Jojo Moyes.

12. WinGS  All ladies of St. Peter church are welcome to attend  Thursday, February 5 th  1 p.m.  Planning for Lenten soup supper

13. Being Faithful Managers of God’s Temple Saturday, January 31 st

14. To Your Temple I Draw Near CW #226 Verses 1, 5, 6 & 7 Text: James Montgomery, 1771-1854 Setting: GOTT SEI DANK DURCH ALLE WELT Tune: Geist-reiches Gesang-Buch, Halle, 1704

15. Verse 1: To your temple I draw near; Lord, I love to worship here. Here are sacrament and Word; Here believers meet their Lord.

16. Verse 5: While I listen to your law, Fill my soul with holy awe Till your gospel brings to me Life and immortality.

17. Verse 6: While your ministers proclaim Peace and pardon in your name, Through their voice, by faith, may I Hear you speaking from the sky.

18. Verse 7 (Please Rise): From your house, when I return, May my heart within me burn, And at evening let me say, "I have walked with God today."

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

20. Confession of Sin Pastor: Beloved in the Lord; let us draw near with a true heart and confess our sins to God our Father, asking him in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to grant us forginess.

21. 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.

22. 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.

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

24. Pastor: In the peace of forgiveness, let us praise the Lord. Prayer and Praise

25. Glory to God All (Sung): Glory to God in the highest, and peace to his people on earth. Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory! Glory to God in the highest, and peace to his people on earth.

26. Glory to God All: Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world; have mercy on us. You are seated at the right hand of the Father; receive our prayer, receive our prayer.

27. Glory to God All: Glory to God in the highest, and peace to his people on earth. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit in the glory of God the Father.

28. Glory to God All: Glory to God in the highest, and peace to his people on earth. Glory to God, glory to God!

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

30. God’s Word to His People Genesis 4:1-5 The offerings of Cain & Abel

31. God’s Word to His People 2 Corinthians 9:6-11 God loves the cheerful giver

32. Lord, You Love the Cheerful Giver CW # 489

33. Verse 1: Lord, you love the cheerful giver who with open heart and hand Blesses freely, as a river that refreshes all the land. Grant us, then, the grace of giving with a spirit large and true That our life and all our living we may consecrate to you.

34. Verse 2: We are yours—your mercy sought us, found us in death’s dreadful way, To the fold in safety brought us, nevermore from you to stray. Your own life was freely given as an off’ring on the cross For each sinner, now forgiven from eternal shame and loss.

35. Verse 3 (Please Rise): Blessed by you with gifts and graces, may we heed your Spirit’s call, Gladly in all times and places give to you who gives us all. You have bought us; now no longer can we claim to be our own; Ever free and ever stronger - we shall serve you, Lord, alone.

36. Pastor: (Announces the Gospel reading) All (Sung): Glory be to you, O Lord! Gospel

37. God’s Word to His People Mark 12:41-44 The widow’s mite

38. All (Sung): Praise be to you, O Christ! Gospel

39. Children’s Message

40. Children of the Heavenly Father CW #449 Verses 1-4 Text: Caroline V. Sandell-Berg, 1832-1903 Setting: TRYGGARE KAN INGEN VARA Tune: Lofsnger och andeliga wisor, Sweden, 1873

41. 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.

42. 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.

43. 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.

44. 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.

45. “Our Epiphany Lord Sees the Heart of Our Gifts” 1. While we always want to give our gifts in love 2. The Lord also delights to see gifts given in trust

46. Statement of Faith All: We believe that God the Father is a Spirit who has made himself known to man through God the Son, Jesus Christ and is revealed to all believers through God the Holy Spirit. We worship and glorify him as the Creator of the heavens and the earth, and as the Author of all things known and unknown.

47. Statement of Faith All: He is the true and perfect God who gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

48. Statement of Faith All: We believe in One Lord, Jesus Christ, who is the only Son of God, and yet is God. Because of his great love for us, he came down from heaven and became human by the Holy Spirit. Because of his great love for us, he was crucified, and suffered death for our sins.

49. Statement of Faith All: Because of his great love for us he rose from the dead, and defeated Satan’s power of sin over us. He has given us the Holy Spirit to help us in our Christian walk.

50. Statement of Faith All: We believe in the Holy Spirit who has spoken through the prophets. He comes from the Father and the Son, who with them, is to be worshiped and glorified. He is the giver of life, the one who intercedes to God on our behalf and the one who empowers us for works of service.

51. Statement of Faith All: We believe that we live in God and he in us, because he has given us his Spirit. How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called the children of God! Amen

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

53. Offering Prayer Prayer of the Church

54. 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.

55. 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.

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

57. 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

58. We Give Thee but Thine Own CW #485 1 & 2 Text: William W. How, 1823-97 Setting: ENERGY Tune: William H. Monk, 1823-89

59. Verse 1: We give thee but thine own, Whate'er the gift may be; All that we have is thine alone, A trust, O Lord, from thee.

60. Verse 2: May we thy bounties thus As stewards true receive And gladly, as thou blessest us, To thee our first-fruits give.

61. Silent Prayer