A Branch is Growing St. Peter Worship at Key to Life Saturday, December 5 th Welcome to St. Peter! We welcome you to Gods house for worship as we continue preparing our hearts to receive Jesus as our Savior. This week in our worship we begin a 3 week sermon series on Striking Symbols of our Advent Savior. Todays hymns, readings and prayers focus on the coming Messiah as a Righteous Branch. May God bless your worship! 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! 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 Behold, a Branch is growing Of loveliest form and grace, As prophets sang, foreknowing; It springs from Jesses race And bears one little flowr In midst of coldest winter, At deepest midnight hour. O Savior, Child of Mary, Who felt our human woes, O Savior, King of glory, Who conquered all our foes, Bring us at last, we pray, To the bright courts of heaven And to the endless day. Amen. CW #47 vv 1 & 5 Please be courteous and silence all pagers and cell phones. Thank you Christmas Poinsettia Orders There is a sign up sheet in Information Center, Church Office or Key to Life. Please indicate if yours will be placed in memory of a loved one or for blessing received. The cost is $16 per plant Christmas for Kids Saturday, December 12 th 9:30am-12:00pm For children in our church and community Please see your bulletin for more information. WinGS Christmas Potluck All ladies of St. Peter church are welcome to attend Thursday, December 10 th 12 noon Mission Christmas Gift Bags Donations being accepted to be sent to East Fork Lutheran School in Whiteriver, Arizona Boxes located in church narthex, hallway by St. Peter School office, or Key to Life. Sunday JAM & Teens Christmas Service The Perfect Plan December 20 th 10:30 a.m. A Branch is Growing St. Peter Worship at Key to Life Saturday, December 6 th Savior of the Nations, Come CW #2 Verses 1-5 Text: Ambrose of Milan, Setting: NUN KOMM, DER HEIDEN HEILAND Tune: Johann Walther, Verse 1 (Branches Band): Savior of the nations, come; Virgin's Son, make here your home. Marvel now, O heav'n and earth, That the Lord chose such a birth. Verse 2 (Branches Band): Not by human flesh and blood, By the Spirit of our God Was the Word of God made flesh, Woman's offspring, pure and fresh. All Sing, Verse 3: Wondrous birth! O wondrous Child Of the Spirit undefiled, Though by all the world disowned, Yet to be in heav'n enthroned! All Sing, Verse 4: From the Father's throne he came And ascended to the same, Captive leading death and hell High the song of triumph swell! All Sing, Verse 5: Praise to God the Father sing, Praise to God the Son, our King, Praise to God the Spirit be Ever and eternally. Invocation Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. All: Amen. 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. O Jesus, Lamb of God, You Are CW #27 Verses 1-4 Text: Bartholomus Helder, Setting: WEIMAR Tune: C. P. Emanuel Bach, Branches Band, Verse 1: O Jesus, Lamb of God, you are My comfort and my guiding star; I come, a sinner trustingly And bring my many sins with me. Confession of Sin All: O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear. I am bowed down and brought very low; I groan in anguish of heart. Confession of Sin All: I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin. O Lord, do not forsake me; be not far from me. Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior. Branches Band, Verse 2: O Lord, my sin indeed is great; I groan beneath the dreadful weight. Be merciful to me, I pray; Take guilt and punishment away. Confession of Sin Silent Confession Branches Band, Verse 3: Saint John the Baptist points to you And bids me cast my sin on you, For you have left your throne on high To suffer for the world and die. Confession of Sin Pastor: Because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive in Christ even when we were dead in transgressions - it is by grace you have been saved. In Jesus you have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of Gods grace. Confession of Sin All: We have been brought from death to life. Sin shall not be our master, because we are not under law, but under grace. All Sing, Verse 4: Help me to change my ways, O Lord, And gladly to obey your Word. While here I live, abide with me, Then take me home eternally. Pastor: The Lord be with you. All: And also with you. Prayer of the Day Pastor: Let us pray. (The pastor says the Prayer of the Day.) All: Amen. Gods Word to His People Isaiah 11:1-10 A Branch will Bear Fruit Behold, A Branch is Growing CW #47 Verses 1 Text: Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengeseng, Kln, 1599 Setting: ES IST EIN ROS Tune: Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengeseng, Kln, 1599 Branches Band, Verse 1: Behold, a Branch is growing Of loveliest form and grace, As prophets sang, foreknowing; It springs from Jesse's race And bears one little flow'r In midst of coldest winter, At deepest midnight hour. O Savior, Rend the Heavens Wide CW #22 Verses 1-4 Text: Friedrich von Spee, Setting: O HEILAND, REISS DIE HIMMEL AUF Tune: Rheinfelssisch Deutsches Catholisches Gesangbuch, Augsburg, 1666 Branches Band, Verse 1: O Savior, rend the heavens wide; Come down, come down with mighty stride; Unlock the gates, the doors break down; Unbar the way to heavens crown. All Sing, Verse 2: O Morning Star, O radiant Dawn, When will we sing your morning song? Come, Son of God! Without your light We grope in dread and gloom of night. All Sing, Verse 3: Sin's dreadful doom upon us lies; Grim death looms fierce before our eyes. Oh, come, lead us with mighty hand From exile to our promised land. All Sing, Verse 4: There shall we all our praises bring And sing to you, our Savior-King; There shall we laud you and adore Forever and forevermore. Gods Word to His People Isaiah 4:2, Galatians 4:4, Matthew 1:22-23 Isaiah had foretold it Behold, A Branch is Growing CW #47 Verses 2 Text: Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengeseng, Kln, 1599 Setting: ES IST EIN ROS Tune: Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengeseng, Kln, 1599 Branches Band, Verse 2: Isaiah had foretold it In words of promise sure, And Mary's arms enfold it, A virgin meek and pure. Through God's eternal will This child to her is given At midnight calm and still. The Angel Gabriel Sung by Branches Band Gods Word to His People Jeremiah 33:15-16, 2 Corinthians 5:21 He came to save his people Behold, A Branch is Growing CW #47 Verse 4 Text: Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengeseng, Kln, 1599 Setting: ES IST EIN ROS Tune: Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengeseng, Kln, 1599 Branches Band, Verse 4: This flow'r, so small and tender, With fragrance fills the air; His brightness ends the darkness That kept the earth in fear. True God and yet true man, He came to save his people From earth's dark night of sin. Hark the Glad Sound! The Savior Comes CW #12 Verses 1-4 Text: Philip Doddridge, Setting: CHESTERFIELD Tune: Thomas Haweis, , alt. Branches Band, Verse 1: Hark the glad sound! The Savior comes, The Savior promised long; Let ev'ry heart prepare a throne And ev'ry voice a song. All Sing, Verse 2: He comes the captives to release, In Satan's prison held. The gates of brass before him burst; The iron fetters yield. All Sing, Verse 3: He comes the broken heart to bind, The bleeding soul to cure, And with the treasures of his grace To enrich the humble poor. All Sing, Verse 4: Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace, Your welcome shall proclaim, And heav'n's eternal arches ring With your beloved name. Gods Word to His People Matthew 3:1-3 To the endless day Behold, A Branch is Growing CW #47 Verse 5 Text: Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengeseng, Kln, 1599 Setting: ES IST EIN ROS Tune: Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengeseng, Kln, 1599 Branches Band, Verse 5: O Savior, Child of Mary, Who felt our human woes, O Savior, King of glory, Who conquered all our foes, Bring us at last, we pray, To the bright courts of heaven And to the endless day. On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry CW #16 Verses 1-5 Text: Charles Coffin, Setting: PUER NOBIS NASCITUR Tune: Michael Prtorius, Branches Band, Verse 1: On Jordans bank the Baptists cry Announces that the Lord is nigh; Awake and hearken, for he brings Glad tidings of the King of kings! All Sing, Verse 2: Then cleansed be evry life from sin; Make straight the way for God within, And let us all our hearts prepare For Christ to come and enter there. All Sing, Verse 3: We hail you as our Savior, Lord, Our refuge and our great reward; Without your grace we waste away Like flowrs that wither and decay. All Sing, Verse 4: Stretch forth your hand, our health restore, And make us rise to fall no more; Oh, let your face upon us shine And fill the world with love divine. All Sing, Verse 5: All praise to you, eternal Son, Whose advent has our freedom won, Whom with the Father we adore, And Holy Spirit, evermore. Apostles Creed All: I believe in God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth. 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. 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. 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. Childrens Message Striking Symbols of the Advent Savior A Branch In thankfulness for our salvation, we support Gods work with our offerings. Prayer of the Church Pastor: Lord, in your mercy: All:Hear our prayer. Lords Prayer Sung by Branches Band 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 Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Lords Prayer For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen Gods 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. The Advent of Our King CW #1 Verses 1-5 Text: Charles Coffin, Setting: ST. THOMAS Tune: Aaron Williams, Branches Band, Verse 1: The advent of our King. Our prayers must now employ, And we must hymns of welcome sing In strains of holy joy. All Sing, Verse 2: The everlasting Son. Incarnate deigns to be, Himself a servant's form puts on To set his servants free. All Sing, Verse 3: O Zion's Daughter, rise. To meet your lowly King, Nor let a faithless heart despise The peace he comes to bring. All Sing, Verse 4: As judge, on clouds of light He soon will come again And his true members all unite With him in heav'n to reign. All Sing, Verse 5: Before the dawning Day Let sin's dark deeds be gone, The sinful self be put away, The new self now put on. Silent Prayer