1. Waiting for the Final Harvest

2. Welcome to St. Peter!
We are glad you are spending this precious time with us today. We all have ears and Jesus says to hear him offer us his bountiful grace and love. Come here weak in spirit and leave here strong in faith by the promises of Jesus who will bring you into his kingdom at the end of the world.

3. Welcome to St. Peter!
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Please take a moment to give us your information so we have a record of your time with us today.

4. For Our Guests
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6. Prayer before Worship
Dear Jesus, help me to hear your Word and believe your promises so that I am assured that one day when the harvest happens, I will be gathered with your people into your heavenly kingdom forever.
To your glory, I worship and pray. Amen

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

8. Bible Information Class
Monday, August 14th
6:30 p.m.
Key to Life
Flyers available in the kiosk in the entryway at church

9. St. Peter School News Registration Tuesday, August 8th 4-7 p.m.
School picnic & Orientation Sunday, August 20th 4-6 p.m.
First day of school Tuesday, August 22nd

10. Northland High School News
12 days of service - volunteers needed August 12-13
Northland Golf Tourney – Saturday, September 16th

11. Mission Lake Park in Hatley
Youth Group Outing
August 27th
Mission Lake Park in Hatley
1:00-5:00 p.m.

12. Waiting for the Final Harvest

13. Rise, My Soul, to Watch and Pray CW #472
Text: Johann B. Freystein,
Setting: STRAF MICH NICHT
Tune: Johann Rosenmüller, , alt.

14. Verse 1
Rise, my soul, to watch and pray;
From your sleep awaken!
Be not by the evil day
Unawares o'ertaken.
For the foe, Well we know,
Is a harvest reaping
While the saints are sleeping.

15. Verse 2
Watch! Let not the wicked world
With its lies defeat you
Lest with bold deceptions hurled
It betray and cheat you.
Watch and see Lest there be
Faithless friends to charm you
Who but seek to harm you.

16. Verse 3
Watch against yourself, my soul,
Lest with grace you trifle;
Let not self your thoughts control
Nor God's mercy stifle.
Pride and sin Lurk within,
All your hopes to shatter;
Heed not when they flatter.

17. Verse 4 (Please Rise):
But while watching also pray
To the Lord unceasing.
God protects you day by day,
Strength and faith increasing.
So that still Mind and will
Shall unite to serve him
And forever love him.

18. Opening Verses Pastor:
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you.
All: And also with you

19. Confession of Sins
Pastor: We have come into the presence of God, who created us to love and to serve him as his dear children.
But we have disobeyed him and deserve only his wrath and punishment.
Therefore, let us confess our sins to him and plead for his mercy.

20. Confession of Sins All:
Merciful Father in heaven, I am altogether sinful from birth.
In countless ways I have sinned against you and do not deserve to be called your child.

21. Confession of Sins All: But trusting in Jesus, my Savior, I pray:
Have mercy on me according to your unfailing love.
Cleanse me from my sin, and take away my guilt.

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

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

24. Oh Taste and See All (♫): Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good.
Blessed are they who take refuge in him.
Your Word, O Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.

25. Oh Taste and See All: Your faithfulness continues forever.
Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good.
Blessed are they who take refuge in him.

26. (Pastor says the prayer of the day)
Pastor: Let us pray.
(Pastor says the prayer of the day)
All (♫): Amen.

27. God’s Word to His People
Joel 3:12-16
Judgment Day is the day
of the final harvest

28. Psalm #18
All ♫ Refrain:

29. All ♫ Verses:
The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge.

30. All ♫ Verses:
He reached down from on high and took hold of me;
he rescued me from my powerful enemy.

31. All ♫ Verses:
He brought me out into a spacious place;
he rescued me because he delighted in me.

32. All ♫ Refrain:

33. All ♫ Verses:
You, O LORD, keep my lamp burning;
my God turns my darkness into light.

34. You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.
All ♫ Verses:
You save the humble
but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.

35. you give me your shield of victory, and your right hand sustains me.
All ♫ Verses:
you give me your shield of victory,
and your right hand sustains me.

36. ♫ All:
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and will be forever. Amen.

37. All ♫ Refrain:

38. God’s Word to His People
Romans 8:26-27
The Spirit is praying for us

39. Verse of the Day All (♫):
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! These words are written that we may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
(Please Rise)

40. God’s Word to His People
Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
The parable of the weeds
among the wheat

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

42. Children’s Message

43. Come, You Thankful People, Come CW # 613 Verses 1-4
Text: Henry Alford, , alt.
Setting: ST. GEORGE’S, WINDSOR
Tune: George J. Elvey,

44. Verse 1:
Come, you thankful people, come; Raise the song of harvest-home.
All be safely gathered in Ere the winter storms begin.
God our maker shall provide For our wants to be supplied.
Come to God’s own temple, come; Raise the song of harvest-home.

45. Verse 2:
All the world is God’s own field, Fruit unto his praise to yield;
Wheat and weeds together sown, Unto joy or sorrow grown.
First the blade and then the ear, Then the full corn shall appear.
Lord of harvest, grant that we Wholesome grain and pure may be.

46. Verse 3:
For the Lord our God shall come And shall take his harvest home,
From his field shall in that day All offenses purge away,
Give his angels charge at last In the fire the weeds to cast,
But the fruitful ears to store In his garner evermore.

47. Verse 4:
Even so, Lord, quickly come To your final harvest-home;
Gather all your people in, Free from sorrow, free from sin,
There, forever purified, In your garner to abide.
Come with all your angels, come; Raise the glorious harvest-home.

48. “When The Harvest Comes, What Kind of Crop Will You Be?”
1. There are two different crops growing now
2. There’ll be two different harvests gathered then

49. Apostles’ Creed
All:
I believe in God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth.

50. 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.

51. Apostles’ Creed All: He descended into hell.
The third day he rose again from the dead.

52. Apostles’ Creed
All:
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.

53. 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.

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

55. Prayer of the Church

56. 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.

57. 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.

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

59. Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty CW #255 Verses 3-5
Text: Benjamin Schmolck,
Setting: UNSER HERRSCHER
Tune: Joachim Neander, , alt.

60. Verse 3:
Here thy praise is gladly chanted;
Here thy seed is duly sown.
Let my soul, where it is planted,
Bring forth precious sheaves alone,
So that all I hear may be
Fruitful unto life in me.

61. Verse 4:
Thou my faith increase and quicken;
Let me keep thy gift divine,
How so e'er temptations thicken;
May thy Word still o'er me shine
As my guiding star through life,
As my comfort in all strife.

62. Verse 5:
Speak, O God, and I will hear thee;
Let thy will be done indeed.
May I undisturbed draw near thee
While thou dost thy people feed.
Here of life the fountain flows;
Here is balm for all our woes.

63. Prayer All (♫): Amen. Pastor:
Almighty God, we thank you for teaching us the things you want us to believe and do. Help us by your Holy Spirit to keep your Word in pure hearts that we may be strengthened in faith, guided in holiness, and comforted in life and in death, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
All (♫): Amen.

64. Pastor: Brothers and sisters, go in peace
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. Amen. Amen.

65. Almighty God, Your Word Is Cast CW # 324 Verses 1-4
Text: John Cawood,
Setting: DUNDEE
Tune: The CL Psalms of David, Edinburgh, 1615

66. Verse 1:
Almighty God, your Word is cast
Like seed into the ground;
Now let the dew of heav'n descend
And righteous fruits abound.

67. Verse 2:
Let not the foe of Christ and man
This holy seed remove,
But give it root in ev'ry heart
To bring forth fruits of love.

68. Verse 3:
Let not the world's deceitful cares
The rising plant destroy,
But let it yield a hundredfold
The fruits of peace and joy.

69. Verse 4:
Whene'er the precious seed is sown,
Life-giving grace bestow
That all whose souls the truth receive
Its saving pow'r may know.

70. Silent Prayer