Believe in the Risen Lord St. Peter Worship at Key to Life Saturday, April 11, 2015 Welcome to St. Peter! Pastor Michael Otterstatter, VP for Mission Advancement for Martin Luther College in New Ulm, MN encourages Gods people to make use of every opportunity to use the Gospel. Students at MLC are studying to do that in future pulpits and classrooms. May young people consider becoming a pastor or teacher someday to do the Lords work. 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! For Our Guests If you have questions, let us try to help. Speak with an usher, greeter, or the person next to you. If youd like to learn more about St. Peter and its ministry, please talk to a pastor or member after the service. Need to Know whats 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. Prayer before Worship Lord of the Church, send forth workers into the harvest field to bring souls into your kingdom. Lead young people and their parents to consider this field for their futures so there are adequate resources for our churches and schools in the future. Amen. Please be courteous and silence all pagers and cell phones. Thank you 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 Gods 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. Call Meeting April 12 th 9:10 a.m. Kindergarten teacher Help Needed Volunteers are needed to help disinfect the books & toys, washing the stuffed animals and restocking the childrens quiet bags in the narthex. Call Barb Follett for more information Reds Fastpitch Softball We need more players for the summer church league. See John Gut, Kirk Kamke or Pastor Mahnke if you are interested. Annual Meeting April 26th 6 p.m. in the lower level of the Ministry Center Annual Rummage Sale Where: Key to Life When: May 1 & 2 We are in need of any gently used items that you would like to donate to the sale. Believe in the Risen Lord St. Peter Worship at Key to Life Saturday, April 11, 2015 Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain CW #142 Verses 1-3 Text: John of Damascus, c. 696-c. 754 Setting: GAUDEAMUS PARITER Tune: Johann Horn, c Verse 1: Come, you faithful, raise the strain Of triumphant gladness! God has brought his Israel Into joy from sadness. See the spring of souls today: Christ has burst his prison And from three days' sleep in death As a sun has risen. Verse 2: All the winter of your sins, Long and dark, is flying From his light, to whom we give Laud and praise undying. Neither could the gates of death Nor the tomb's dark portal Nor the watchers nor the seal Hold him as a mortal. Verse 3: But today among his own Christ appeared, bestowing Blessed peace, which evermore Passes human knowing. Come, you faithful, raise the strain Of triumphant gladness! God has brought his Israel Into joy from sadness. Opening Verses Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit All: Amen. 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 forgiveness. 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. 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. (Pastor announces our forgiveness) All: Amen. Prayer and Praise Pastor: In the peace of forgiveness, let us praise the Lord Like the Golden Sun Ascending CW #147 Verses 2 & 5 Text: Thomas H. Kingo, Setting: WERDE MUNTER Tune: Johann Schop, Verse 2: Thanks to you, O Christ victorious Thanks to you, O Lord of life! Death has now no power o'er us, You have conquered in the strife. Thanks because you did arise And have opened paradise! None can fully sing the glory Of the resurrection story. Verse 5: For the joy your advent gave me, For your gospel's great reward, For your baptism which has saved me, For your supper and your Word, For your death, the bitter scorn, For your resurrection morn; Lord, I thank you and extol you, And in heav'n I shall behold you. Prayer of the Day Pastor: The Lord be with you. All: And also with you. Prayers of the Church Pastor: O Lord God, our strength, our song, and our salvation, you fulfilled your promises by the resurrection of your Son, Jesus Christ, from the dead. All: Thanks be to God! You give us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Pastor: In your compassion you sent Christ, the Good Shepherd, who laid down his life to rescue the lost. All: Drive out all doubt and gloom that we may delight in your glorious triumph. Prayers of the Church Pastor: Lift our eyes heavenward to see him who lives to make intercession for the saints, and grant us confidence in the greatness of his power. Keep before us the vision of your redeemed people standing before your throne and singing the song of victory: All: Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive wisdom and power and honor and glory and praise. Prayers of the Church Pastor: Make us instruments of your peace as we bring the good news of hope and new life to those around us. Guide us in the use of all that you have entrusted to us: our time, our talents, and our treasures. All: Risen Lord, live in us that we may live for you. Pastor: Merciful Lord Jesus, grant healing to the sick, and strengthen the faith of the suffering and the dying. Assure them of your abiding presence, and comfort them with the hope of eternal life. Prayers of the Church All: Special prayers and intercessions may follow. Pastor: Hear us, Lord, as we bring you our private petitions. Silent prayer. Pastor: Gracious Father, you have restored to us the joy of your salvation. With happy hearts, we come before you and say: All: Alleluia! Thanks be to God! Amen. Prayer of the Day Pastor: Let us pray. (The pastor says the Prayer of the Day.) All: Amen. (Please be seated) Gods Word to His People Acts 3:12-20 By faith in Jesus name we have life Gods Word to His People 1 John 5:1-6 The victory of faith Verse of the Day Pastor: Alleluia. Alleluia. Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed. Alleluia. (John 20:29b) All (Sung): Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! (Please stand) Gods Word to His People John 20:19-31 Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed Nicene Creed All: We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. Nicene Creed All: We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one being with the Father. Nicene Creed All: Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation, he came down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary, and became fully human. Nicene Creed All: For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate. He suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures. Nicene Creed All: He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end. Nicene Creed All: We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who in unity with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, Nicene Creed All: who has spoken through the prophets. We believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. Nicene Creed All: We look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen. (Please be seated) If Christ Had Not Been Raised from Death CWS #721 Verses: Text: Christopher M. Idle, b Tune and Setting: Phillip Magness, b. 1963 Verse 1: If Christ had not been raised from death, Our faith would be in vain, Our preaching but a wate of breath, Our sin and guilt remain. Verse 1: But now the Lord is risn indeed. He rules in earth and heavn: His gospel meets a workd of need In Christ we are forgivn. Verse 2: If Christ still lay within the tomb, Then death would be the end, And we should face our final doom With neither guide not friend. Verse 2: But now the Savior is raised up, So when a Christian dies We mourn, yet look to God in hope In Crhist the saints arise! Verse 3: If Christ had not been truly raised, His Church would live a lie; His name should never more be praised; His words deserve to die. Verse 3: But now our great Redeemer lives; Through him we are restored; His Word endures, his Church revives In Christ, our risen Lord. Sermon John 20:19-31 We Gain Our Peace From the Power of Christs Resurrection! 1.Peace of believing and confessing 2.Peace of forgiving 3.Peace of everlasting life In thankfulness for our salvation, we support Gods work with our offerings. Prayer of the Church Lords 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. Lords Prayer All: Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Lords Prayer All: For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen The Sacrament Pastor: The Lord be with you. All (Sung): And also with you. Pastor: Lift up your hearts. All: We lift them up unto the Lord. Pastor: Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God. All: It is good and right so to do. 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, and we praise you especially for the glorious resurrection of your Son, the true Passover Lamb, who by his sacrifice took away the sins of the world and by his resurrection restored everlasting life. Therefore, with all the saints on earth and hosts of heaven, we praise your holy name and join their glorious song: Holy, Holy, Holy (Sanctus) All (Sung): Holy, holy, holy Lord God of heavenly hosts: heavn and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he, blessed is he, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest. 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. 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. The Sacrament Pastor: The peace of the Lord be with you always. All (Sung): Amen. O Christ, Lamb of God All (Sung): O Christ, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world; have mercy on us. O Christ, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world; grant us your peace. Amen. Distribution of Holy Communion Song of Simeon Nunc Dimittis All (Sung): Lord, now you let your servant depart in peace according to your word. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared before the face of all people, A light to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of your people Israel. Pastor: O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. All (Sung): And his mercy endures forever. Pastor: We give thanks, almighty God, that you have refreshed us with this holy supper. We pray that through it you will strengthen our faith in you and increase our love for one another. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. All (Sung): Amen. Prayer 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 (sung): Amen, Amen, Amen. The Blessing Crown Him with Many Crowns CW #341 Verses 3 & 4 Text: Matthew Bridges, (st. 1-2, 4) Godfrey Thring, (st. 3) Setting: DIADEMATA Tune: George J. Elvey, Verse 3: Crown him the Lord of life, Who triumphed o'er the grave And rose victorious in the strife For those he came to save. His glories now we sing Who died and rose on high, Who died eternal life to bring And lives that death may die. Verse 4: Crown him the Lord of heav'n, Enthroned in worlds above; Crown him the King to whom is giv'n The wondrous name of Love. Crown him with many crowns As thrones before him fall; Crown him, ye kings, with many crowns For he is King of all. Silent Prayer