The New Testament Festival of Pentecost, the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit ST. PETER EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH (The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod) 1033 E 1100 N, Decatur, IN 46733 E-mail: spl1845@centurylink.net Website: www.stpeterdecatur.org The Rev. Martin K. Moehring, Pastor (cell phone: 223-0310) Church & Pastor s Study: 724-7533 Parsonage: 724-7552 (Pastor s e-mail: mjmoehring@centurylink.net) Seminary Field Workers: Bill Maggard, Jr., Nathan Bienz Jen Fuelling, Church Secretary Cell Phone: 815-216-8516 E-mail: splchurchsec@gmail.com The mission of St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church is to: Teach the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ to all; Reach the lost with the same Word by the witness of our words and actions; Care for all in need as we live in Christ s love through the same Word.
THE DIVINE SERVICE OF HOLY COMMUNION THE FESTIVAL OF PENTECOST, MAY 15 th, 2016, 9:00 am Jesus promised that it was to our advantage that He go away and send the Holy Spirit for His Church (John 16:7). That advantage became immediately clear on PENTECOST as the Holy Spirit empowered the preaching of repentance and forgiveness, and employed the use of Holy Baptism and THE LORD'S SUPPER to build the Body of Christ, His Church (Acts 2). The Holy Spirit is still acting for our advantage, as Christ comes to us with His true Body and true Blood in The Sacrament of Holy Communion today. Because doctrinal oneness is central to the common reception of THE LORD'S SUPPER, we practice Close Communion. Penitent, believing members of sister Missouri Synod congregations are welcome to commune at this altar. Other guests desiring to commune are asked to speak with the pastor before the service. PRE-SERVICE MUSIC CALL TO WORSHIP: RINGING THE BELL PRELUDE HYMN: LSB 795, Voices Raised to You We Offer LITURGY: Divine Service, Setting Four, hymnal p. 203 and following (Stand) Confession and Absolution, p. 203 Introit of the Day Ps. 104:24, 27 28, 30; antiphon: Liturgical Text Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of the faithful,* and kindle in them the fire of Your love. Alle- luia. O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all;* the earth is full of your creatures. These all look to you,* to give them their food in due season. When you give it to them, they gath- er it up;* when you open your hand, they are filled with good things. When you send forth your Spirit, they are cre- ated,* and you renew the face of the ground. Glory be to the Father and to the Son* and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the be- ginning,* is now, and will be forever. Amen.
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of the faithful,* and kindle in them the fire of Your love. Alle- luia. Kyrie, Gloria in Excelsis, p. 204 (Sit) Salutation and Collect of the Day (Responses spoken) P The Lord be with you. C And also with you. P Let us pray. O God, on this day You once taught the hearts of Your faithful people by sending them the light of Your Holy Spirit. Grant us in our day by the same Spirit to have a right understanding in all things and evermore to rejoice in His holy consolation; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever: Amen. Choir (SPI grades K-4): Our Paschal Lamb, That Sets Us Free (LSB 473) Old Testament Reading Genesis 11:1 9 1 Now the whole earth had one language one people, and they have all one and the same words. 2 And as people language, and this is only the beginning migrated from the east, they found a of what they will do. And nothing that plain in the land of Shinar and settled they propose to do will now be there. 3 And they said to one another, impossible for them. 7 Come, let us go Come, let us make bricks, and burn down and there confuse their language, them thoroughly. And they had brick for so that they may not understand one stone, and bitumen for mortar. 4 Then another s speech. 8 So the LORD they said, Come, let us build ourselves a dispersed them from there over the face city and a tower with its top in the of all the earth, and they left off building heavens, and let us make a name for the city. 9 Therefore its name was called ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the Babel, because there the LORD confused face of the whole earth. 5 And the LORD the language of all the earth. And from came down to see the city and the tower, there the LORD dispersed them over the which the children of man had built. face of all the earth. 6 And the LORD said, Behold, they are A This is the Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God.
Gradual for The Day of Pentecost (read by the lector) I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy. With the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. Second Reading Acts 2:1 21 1 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they amazed and perplexed, saying to one were all together in one place. 2 And another, What does this mean? 13 But suddenly there came from heaven a others mocking said, They are filled sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it with new wine. filled the entire house where they were 14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, sitting. 3 And divided tongues as of fire lifted up his voice and addressed them, appeared to them and rested on each Men of Judea and all who dwell in one of them. 4 And they were all filled Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and with the Holy Spirit and began to speak give ear to my words. 15 For these men in other tongues as the Spirit gave them are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is utterance. only the third hour of the day. 16 But this 5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem is what was uttered through the prophet Jews, devout men from every nation Joel: under heaven. 6 And at this sound the 17 And in the last days it shall be, God multitude came together, and they were declares, bewildered, because each one was that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, hearing them speak in his own language. and your sons and your daughters shall 7 And they were amazed and astonished, prophesy, saying, Are not all these who are and your young men shall see visions, speaking Galileans? 8 And how is it that and your old men shall dream dreams; we hear, each of us in his own native 18 even on my male servants and female language? 9 Parthians and Medes and servants Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, in those days I will pour out my Spirit, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, and they shall prophesy. 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the 19 And I will show wonders in the heavens parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and above visitors from Rome, 11 both Jews and and signs on the earth below, proselytes, Cretans and Arabians we blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke; hear them telling in our own tongues 20 the sun shall be turned to darkness the mighty works of God. 12 And all were and the moon to blood,
before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day. 21 And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. A This is the Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God. Alleluia and Verse, p. 205 (Stand) Holy Gospel John 14:23 31(Responses spoken) A The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the fourteenth chapter. C Glory to You, O Lord. 23 Jesus answered him, If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father s who sent me. 25 These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. 28 You heard me say to you, I am going away, and I will come to you. If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29 And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. 30 I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me, 31 but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here. A C This is the Gospel of the Lord. Praise to You, O Christ. NICENE CREED, p. 206 (Sit) HYMN OF THE DAY: LSB 500, Creator Spirit, by Whose Aid SERMON (Based on the Holy Gospel of the Day)
PRAYER OF THE CHURCH (P:...let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.) We include our shut-ins, and the following: Louanne Wolfe (receiving therapy) Debby Momenee (receiving therapy; stepmother of Lisa Howard) Kay Brown (sister of David and Lynn Matthews; at home in GA, receiving therapy) Dr. Cynthia Matthews (home) Julaine Hockemeyer (mother of Lori Conrad) Frank Crosby (Charlie's brother; at home) Sandy Waleff & Gretchen Jennings (friends of the Gariepy's) OFFERING SERVICE OF THE SACRAMENT, p. 208 and following DISTRIBUTION OF HOLY COMMUNION DISTRIBUTION HYMNS: LSB 620, Jesus Comes Today with Healing LSB 497, Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord CONCLUDING LITURGY, p. 211-212 HYMN TO DEPART: LSB 496, Holy Spirit, Light Divine Organist: Sharon Banning Choir Director: Stephanie Berning Deacons: Matt Bischoff, Dan DeLong (Head), Joe Werling, Andy Wolf Elders: Allen Franz, Ron Franz, Lynn Matthews, Bill Werling (Head) ANNOUNCEMENTS BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST'S DEATH AND RESURRECTION TODAY (following the service) is Kane Allen Rumple, son of Bryan and Ashley (Hegerfeld) Rumple. Kane was born on March 21, 2016, at Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, IN. His baptismal sponsor is Abby Hegerfeld; witness is Aaron Rumple. OFFERINGS: Home Purpose- $2,174.00; Building Fund- $20.00; Total Offerings- $2,194.00. COPIES OF THE UPDATED CHURCH CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS are available on one of the tables in the narthex. A copy has also been sent to the Indiana District Constitution Committee for their review and approval.
CONGRATULATIONS to Madelyn Werling on graduating this past week from IPFW with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communication Sciences and Gerontology Certificate. Madelyn is the daughter of Joe and Heidi Werling and granddaughter of Bill and Sandy Werling. JUNE NEWSLETTER DEADLINE will be Friday, May 20 th. Also, please contact Jen Fuelling with any name or address changes for the church directory. Thanks! GRADUATE INFORMATION NEEDED: Please leave me a note in my mailbox or send me an email with information for all high school and college graduates. Please include full name, date and high school (or college) you're graduating from, college you'll be attending and major (or other future work plans, accepted job, etc), parents names, and grandparents names if members. I would like to have this information included in the June newsletter, so please get the information to me by Friday, May 20 th if at all possible. Thanks! Jen Fuelling PART TIME TEACHER NEEDED: SPI is looking for a part time 5-8 grade Social Studies and Science teacher. Candidates must be LCMS and have an Indiana teaching license or be eligible to obtain one. If interested, contact Principal Julie Kowalke at principal@spilutheran.org or call (260).623.6115. UPDATED AND CURRENT MISSION NEWS IS AVAILABLE from these sources: The Missouri Synod website, www.lcms.org The November issue of The Lutheran Witness,under the theme, State of the Synod ; The quarterly publication from Synod, Lutherans Engage the World, which is available by subscription; there is one copy available for reading on one of the tables in the narthex.
THE LUTHERAN HOUR can be heard on the following radio stations: WZBD-FM 92.7, Sundays, 8:05 am WOWO-AM 1190, Sundays, 11:30 am WFCV-AM 1090, Sundays, 3:30 pm WORSHIP FOR SHUT-INS can be viewed on the following stations: Sunday, 6:30 a.m., WPTA-TV 21.1, Fort Wayne Sunday, 8:00 a.m., WISE-TV 33.2, Fort Wayne; FiOS Cable 9 Sunday, 11:30 a.m., DIRECTV 377 & DISH 7442 Sunday & Monday, 4:00 p.m., Comcast 55 & FiOS 25 Monday, 10:00 a.m., Comcast 55 and FiOS 25 Sermon text for next Sunday, May 22: John 8:48-59; preacher: Rev. Dr. Lawrence R. Rast, Jr., President, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne LUTHERAN INTERNET PROGRAMMING 1) THY STRONG WORD... on your Lutheran Radio Station, Worldwide KFUO.org. Join us as we finish up Joel, review Baptism, and look into the Book of Proverbs in the Old Testament: Mon., May 16 Joel 3 The Lord Judges the Nations Tues., May 17 Catechism Review on Baptism Wed., May 18 Proverbs 11 The Beginning of Knowledge Thurs., May 19 Proverbs 2 The Value of Wisdom Fri., May 20 Proverbs 3 Trust the Lord with All Your Heart Weekdays @ 12 Noon; archived at KFUO.org. Find us at kfuo.org and follow us at Facebook.com/KFUOradio. This program is available only on the Internet! 2) THEOLOGY FOR BLUE COLLAR, WHITE COLLAR, AND CLERICAL COLLAR Issues, Etc. is a radio talk show produced by Lutheran Public Radio in Collinsville, IL; and is hosted by Missouri Synod Pastor Todd Wilken. This weeks' topics include: Responding to Liberal Proof Texts; The Augsburg Confession; Jesus Heals the Ten Lepers; Christ in the Old Testament; and more. You can listen to what you want, when you want, at www.issuesetc.org This program is available only on the Internet! 3) LUTHERAN PUBLIC RADIO Sacred Music for the World ; listen to the music of the Church anytime, at LutheranPublicRadio.org, available only on the Internet. 4) CONCORDIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, FORT WAYNE, live streaming of daily chapel service and special services; go to the Seminary's home page at www.ctsfw.edu, and click on the proper link on the right side of the home page.
LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT SUNDAY'S (MAY 22 nd ) READINGS Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 Acts 2:14a, 22-36 John 8:48-59 The Triune God Reveals Himself in Christ Jesus The divine Word of the Father is also the holy Wisdom Who was beside Him, like a master workman,: Who was daily His delight, rejoicing before Him always (Prov. 8:30). This Word became flesh and suffered death in order to bestow life by the preaching of His Gospel to the children of man (Prov. 8:4). He honors the Father, and the Father glorifies Him by raising Him from the dead, so that all who keep His Word will never see death (John 8:56). Though Christ was crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men, God raised Him up, loosing the pangs of death (Acts 2:23, 24). As He received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:33), so it is by and through the Son that God the Father pours out the Holy Spirit upon His Church. CHURCH CALENDAR FOR WEEK OF MAY 15 th, 2016 TODAY 9:00 am Divine Service of Holy Communion 10:15 am Sunday School WEDNESDAY 8:00 am SPI Weekly Chapel Service THURSDAY 9:00 am Ladies' Aid Quilting & Lunch 9:30 am Pastors' Study Group, at St. John, Bingen 1:30 pm Lutheran Communion Service at Woodcrest