BLC Chapel Sermons

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 15 - Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty (View)
• Numbers 14:18-20: (Moses said to the Lord), ‘The Lord is longsuffering and abundant in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He by no means clears the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation.’ Pardon the iniquity of this people, I pray, according to the greatness of Your mercy, just as You have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.” Then the Lord said: “I have pardoned, according to your word.”
• Devotion
• Hymn 522 - O Faithful God, Thanks Be To Thee (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Dr. Timothy Schmeling (Preacher), Naomi Anderson (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 440 - O Lord, Look Down From Heaven, Behold (View): vv. 1, 3, 5, 6
• Galatians 1:6-10: I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed. For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 583 - God's Word is Our Great Heritage (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Organist)

Order of Service:

• I Will Praise Your Name Psalm 145: Soloist: I will praise your name, my king and my God. I will praise your name, my king and my God. Congreg: I will praise your name… S: I will give you glory, my God and King, and I will bless your name forever. Every day I will bless and praise your name forever. C: I will praise your name… S: The Lord is full of grace and mercy, He is kind and slow to anger. He is god in all His works and full of compassion. C: I will praise… S: Let all your works give you thanks O Lord, and let all the faithful bless you. Let them speak of your might O Lord, the glory of your kingdom. C: I will praise your name… S: The Lord is faithful in all His words, and always near, His name is holy. He lifts up all those who fall, He raises up the lowly. C: I will praise…
• Ephesians 6:14-17: Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 518 - Rise! To Arms! With Prayer Employ You (View): vv. 1, 3, 4
• Blessing

Service Participants: Pastor Ken Mellon (Preacher), Caleb Schultz (Soloist), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Pianist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 18 - God the Father, Be Our Stay (View): vv. 1 - 3
• The Versicles (pp. 120-121)
• Psalm 43 (p. 180; Tone 3)
• Matthew 15:21-28: Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed.” But He answered her not a word. And His disciples came and urged Him, saying, “Send her away, for she cries out after us.” But He answered and said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, help me!” But He answered and said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.” And she said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.” Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
• Homily
• The Versicle (p. 122)
• The Nunc Dimittis (p. 124)
• The Kyrie (p. 124)
• The Lord's Prayer (p. 125)
• Hymn 584 - Grant Peace, We Pray, in Mercy, Lord (View)
• The Collect (pp. 125-127)
• The Benedicamus (p. 127)
• The Benediction (p. 127)
• Hymn 589 - Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Thy Word (View)
• Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• The Confession of Sin (p. 109)
• The Versicles (pp. 109-110)
• John 16:1-4: (Jesus said) “These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble. They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service. And these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor Me. But these things I have told you, that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them. And these things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.”
• Devotion
• The Te Deum Laudamus (pp. 114-116)
• The Kyrie (Lord have mercy) (pp. 116-117)
• The Lord's Prayer (p. 117)
• The Collect (pp. 118-119)
• The Benedicamus (p. 119)
• The Benediction (p. 119)
• Hymn 511 - Lord Jesus Christ, With Us Abide (View): vv. 1, 2, 8, 9
• Postlude

Service Participants: Prof. Tom Rank (Preacher), Laura Matzke (Organist)