1. St. Peter Worship at Key to Life The miraculous birth of the Christian Church Saturday, June 11th

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 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.

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

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. Men’s Club  Annual trip fellowship trip to Redeemer Lutheran in Tomahawk  Tuesday, June 14 th at 5:00pm  Registration sheets are located in the Information Center in the north entryway

10. Parents don’t forget to pre-register you child for this fun-filled week! If you are interested in helping out contact Kim Bethke (715-581-8396). VBS is fast approaching!

11. Curious about Camp Phillip? Come and check out the “Friend-raiser weekend” June 24-26 For more information or to book your spot call 920-787-3202 or Email office@campphillip.com

12. St. Peter Worship at Key to Life The miraculous birth of the Christian Church Saturday, June 12th

13. 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

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

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

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

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

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

19. 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.

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

21. Confession of Sin Pastor: Dear friends, let us approach God with a true heart and confess our sins, asking him in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to forgive us.

22. Confession of Sin All: Lord of life, I confess that I am by nature dead in sin. For faithless worrying and selfish pride, For sins of habit and sins of choice, For the evil I have done and the good I have failed to do, You should cast me away from your presence forever.

23. Confession of Sin All: O Lord, I am sorry for my sins. Forgive me, for Jesus’ sake.

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

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

26. Alleluia! Let praises ring! Unto the Holy Ghost we sing for our regeneration. The saving faith in us he wrought And us unto the Bridegroom brought, Made us his chosen nation. Glory! Glory! Joy eternal, Bliss supernal; There is manna and an endless, glad hosanna

27. Prayer of the Day Pastor: The Lord be with you. All: And also with you. Pastor: Let us pray. (The pastor says the Prayer of the Day.) All: Amen.

28. God’s Word to His People Joel 2:28-29 God promises His Spirit on all who hear the Gospel

29. God’s Word to His People Acts 2:1-21 The account of the coming of the Holy Spirit

30. 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)

31. Pastor: The Gospel according to John chapter 16. All: Glory be to you, O Lord! Gospel

32. God’s Word to His People John 16:5-11 Jesus promises the Spirit after He goes away from the earth

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

34. Children’s Message

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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!

38. 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.

39. 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!

40. 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,

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

42. Sermon “Yes, We Believe in the Holy Spirit!”

43. 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.

44. 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,

45. 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.

46. 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.

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

48. Prayer of the Church Pastor: … Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your people, All: …kindle in us the fire of your love.

49. 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.

50. 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.

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

52. 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.

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

54. 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:

55. 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.

56. 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!

57. 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.”

58. 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.”

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

60. 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.

61. Distribution of Holy Communion

62. Song of Simeon Nunc Dimittis All: O Lord, now let your servant Depart in peace, assured. For I have seen your promised incarnate, saving Word-- A light that will enlighten All gloom where Gentiles dwell; The brilliant, crowning glory Of those in Israel!

63. Song of Simeon Nunc Dimittis All: All glory to the Father, All glory to the Son, All glory to the Spirit, Forever three in one; For as in the beginning, Is now, shall ever be, God’s triune name resounding Through all eternity.

64. 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 Spirit help us to live as your holy people until that day when you will receive us as your guests a the wedding supper of the Lamb, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. All: Amen.

65. 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

66. Holy Spirit, God of Love CW #180 Verse 1 Text: Birgitte K. Boye, 1742-1824 Setting: DER TAG, DER IST SO FREUDENREICH Tune: Ein New Gesengbuchlen, Jungbunzlau, 1531, alt.

67. Verse 1: Holy Spirit, God of love, Who our darkness brightens, Poured on us from heav'n above And our faith enlightens, In your light we gather here;

68. Verse 1: Show us that Christ's promise clear Is Amen forever. Jesus, our ascended Lord, Oh, fulfill your gracious Word; Bless us with your favor!

69. Silent Prayer