Red Letter Advent - Peace
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Today, let’s unbox the peace that Jesus offers. Red Letter Advent is a 25-day experience of unboxing the four gifts Jesus wants you to receive and give away: hope, peace, joy, and love. Slow down during the holiday season, savor every precious moment, and finally open the presents you have always longed for!
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Greeting & Announcements
Peace
Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.
Pastor: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Philippians 1:2)
All: And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard our hearts and our minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:7)
Pastor: Since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:1)
All: Jesus himself is our peace. (Ephesians 2:14)
Pastor: ‘This is how you are to bless the people. Say to them:
All: "The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.”
(Numbers 6:23-26)
Tremble
Peace bring it all to peace
The storms surrounding me
Let it break at Your name
Still call the sea to still
The rage in me to still
Every wave at Your name
Jesus Jesus You make the darkness tremble
Jesus Jesus You silence fear
Jesus Jesus You make the darkness tremble
Jesus Jesus
Breathe call these bones to live
Call these lungs to sing
Once again I will praise
Jesus Jesus You make the darkness tremble
Jesus Jesus You silence fear
Jesus Jesus You make the darkness tremble
Jesus Jesus
Your name is a light that the shadows can't deny
Your name cannot be overcome
Your name is alive forever lifted high
Your name cannot be overcome
Jesus Jesus You make the darkness tremble
Jesus Jesus You silence fear
Jesus Jesus You make the darkness tremble
Jesus Jesus
Jesus Jesus
Jesus Jesus
Jesus Jesus You make the darkness tremble
Jesus Jesus
Scripture Reading
John 16:33 (NIV) - “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
STP KIDS Dismissal
STP KIDS is the Children’s Ministry at St. Peter’s Edina, designed for all children from 6 months to 10 years old (Grade 5). Older children are welcome to participate as helpers. Our vision is to partner with parents in raising up a generation of children that will seek their God-given Kingdom mission and impact their world for Jesus!
Message: Peace
Isaiah 9:6 - For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:7 - Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever.
John 14:27 - “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”
Jesus brings peace that helps you on the inside.
John 16:33 - “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
Jesus brings peace that acts on the outside.
Matthew 5:9 - “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”
The peace that Jesus gives you helps you on the inside and is seen in action on the outside.
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
It came upon the midnight clear
That glorious song of old
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold
Peace on the earth good will to men
From heav’n’s all gracious King
The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the angels sing
Still through the cloven skies they come
With peaceful wings unfurled
And still their Heav’nly music floats
O’er all the weary world
Above its sad and lowly plains
They bend on hov’ring wing
And ever o’er its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing
All you beneath your heavy load
By care and guilt bent low
Who toil along a dreary way
With painful steps and slow
Look up for golden is the hour
Come swiftly on the wing
The Prince was born to bring you peace
Of Him the angels sing
For lo the days have come to pass
By prophets seen of old
When down into the circling years
Came Christ as was foretold
His word of peace shall to the earth
God's ancient promise bring
And all who take this gift will hear
The song the angels sing
Prayer
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Nicene Creed
All: I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried. And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures and ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father. And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end. And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church, I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, and I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.
Confession & Forgiveness
Pastor: Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest! Luke 19:38
All: Lord, we know the Christmas story; we have heard about heavenly peace. But too often we think it doesn't seem to apply to us today. Lord, forgive us for not trusting in You and living with anxious thoughts. In our hearts, we long for something more, a strong and lasting peace: when families get along, when what divides us is approached in humility. Forgive our tendency to make this season about shopping for gifts rather than the priceless gift of grace, peace, and reconciliation you have already provided. In your mercy, hear our prayer.
Pastor: The angels announced: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom He is pleased." (Luke 2:14)
Pastor: God is pleased with you because Jesus came to forgive you and restore you. Hear about the true peace that is yours today:
Pastor: "But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed." (Isaiah 53:5)
Communion
The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod holds the Biblical teaching that in Communion we receive the true body and blood of Jesus Christ with the bread and wine for the forgiveness of sins. If you are a baptized Christian who has been instructed in the Biblical teaching of the real presence of the Christ in this meal and grace through faith in Christ, and if you agree with our confession of faith, please join with the fellowship of disciples in Holy Communion.
“Everyone should examine themselves first, and then eat the bread and drink of the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself.” (1 Corinthians 11:28-29)
The Lord’s Prayer
All: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.
Blessing
John 16:33 - “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.”
King of My Heart
Let the King of my heart
Be the mountain where I run
The fountain I drink from
Oh He is my song
Let the King of my heart
Be the shadow where I hide
The ransom for my life
Oh He is my song
You are good good oh
You are good good oh
You are good good oh
You are good good oh
Let the King of my heart
Be the wind inside my sails
The anchor in the waves
Oh He is my song
Let the King of my heart
Be the fire inside my veins
The echo of my days
Oh He is my song
You are good good oh
You are good good oh
You are good good oh
You are good good oh
You're never gonna let
Never gonna let me down
You're never gonna let
Never gonna let me down
You're never gonna let
Never gonna let me down
You're never gonna let
Never gonna let me down
You are good good oh
You are good good oh
You are good good oh
You are good good oh
You're never gonna let
Never gonna let me down
You're never gonna let
Never gonna let me down
You're never gonna let
Never gonna let me down
You're never gonna let
Never gonna let me down
Tremble
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