BLC Chapel Sermons

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 60 - O Bless the Lord, My Soul (View): vv. 1, 3, 6
• Matthew 22:34-36: But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.” While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “The Son of David.” He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool”’? If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his Son?” And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore.
• Devotion
• Hymn 488 - I Am, Alone, Your God and Lord (View): vv. 1 - 5
• Prayer
• Hymn 488 - I Am, Alone, Your God and Lord (View): vv. 6 - 10
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. John Petersen, Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, Mankato (Preacher), Peter Estrem (Organist), Michael Harting (Instrumentalist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Announcement
• Hymn 11 - Come, Holy Ghost, in Love (View)
• John 1:16-17: And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 489 - The Law Commands and Makes Us Know (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Dr. Timothy Schmeling (Preacher), Joel Hermanson (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 27 - O Holy Spirit, Enter in (View): vv. 1, 2, 7, 8
• The Invocation and Confession of Sins (p. 88)
• The Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy) (p. 89)
• The Absolution (p. 89)
• The Eyes of All: The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. Psalm 145:15, 16. Jean Berger.
• Prayer #116, p. 162
• Deuteronomy 10:12-14: And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I command you today for your good? Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the Lord your God, also the earth with all that is in it.
• The Gradual (pp. 92-93)
• Galatians 3:10-14: For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.” But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for “the just shall live by faith.” Yet the law is not of faith, but “the man who does them shall live by them.” Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
• The Alleluia (pp. 93-94)
• John 1:14-18: And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’” And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.
• The Apostles' Creed (pp. 94-95)
• Hymn 555 - Rise Again, Ye Lion-Hearted (View)
• Ephesians 2:4-10: But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
• The Sanctus (Holy, Holy, Holy) (pp. 100-101)
• The Lord's Prayer (pp. 101-102)
• The Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) (p. 103)
• The Collect of Thanks (p. 105)
• Hymn 590 - O Happy Day, When We Shall Stand (View)
• Hymn 593 - On My Heart Imprint Thine Image (View)

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Organist), BLC Concert Choir (Choral Group), Prof. David Paulson (Choir Director)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Psalm 103:19-22: P: The LORD has established His throne in heaven, And His kingdom rules over all. C: Bless the LORD, you His angels, Who excel in strength, who do His word, Heeding the voice of His word. P: Bless the LORD, all you His hosts, You ministers of His, who do His pleasure. C: Bless the LORD, all His works, In all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul! All: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, forevermore. Amen.
• Hymn 547 - Jesus, Brightness of the Father (View)
• Matthew 4:8-11: Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 545 - Lord God We All To Thee Give Praise (View): vv. 1, 3, 10, 14, 15, 16
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. David Thompson, Faith Luth. Church, San Antonio, TX (Preacher), Micah Smith (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Blessed Are They Who Dwell: Blessed are they who dwell... / C: Blessed... My soul is longing and yearning, is yearning for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my soul ring out their joy to God, the living God. / Blessed... They are happy who dwell in your house, forever singing your praise. They walk with ever-growing strength, they will see the God of gods in Zion. / Blessed... Turn your eyes, O God, our shield, look on the face of your anointed. One day within your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. / Blessed...
• Luke 7:44-50: Then He turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has washed My feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head. You gave Me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss My feet since the time I came in. You did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman has anointed My feet with fragrant oil. Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.” Then He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” And those who sat at the table with Him began to say to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” Then He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 426 - Jesus Sinners Doth Receive (View): vv. 1, 3, 6, 8
• Blessing

Service Participants: Rev. Matt Moldstad, Peace Lutheran Church, N. Mankato (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Pianist), Kevin Watchman (Soloist)