BLC Chapel Sermons

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 469 - Sweet is the Work, My God, My King (View)
• The Versicles (pp. 120-121)
• Psalm 31: I trust in God, my Savior, my Defense. I hope and trust securely In Thy graciousness. Great Thy goodness toward those who fear Thee, Thou shalt preserve them from all slander; All lying will soon be still; For the Lord showed to me His kindness, He hath heard my cry for mercy; He hath strengthened my sighing heart. I trust in God, my Savior, my Defense. I hope and trust securely In Thy graciousness. Bow down Thine ear to hear me, to save me. Thou art my rock, my fortress, O Lord God of truth. Thou restrainest all those who hate me, Thou savest me from all my trouble; Make Thy countenance shine on me. For in Thee, Lord, alone I trusted, And have called on Thee to save me; In Thy mercy I shall rejoice. Glory to God the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, ever Three in One. (setting by Fernand de la Tombelle)
• Proverbs 3:5-6: Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
• Homily
• Hymn 47 - My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord (View)
• 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)
• Hymn 569 - Now Rest Beneath Night's Shadow (View): vv. 1 - 4
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Matins (Morning) (pp. 109-119)
• Hymn 486 - The Church's One Foundation (View): vv. 1, 2
• Ephesians 2:19-22: Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
• 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 486 - The Church's One Foundation (View): vv. 3, 5
• Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Laura Matzke (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 581 - Draw Us To Thee, in Mind and Heart (View): vv. 1, 2
• 1 Peter 5:6-7: Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 581 - Draw Us To Thee, in Mind and Heart (View): vv. 3, 4
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Andrew Soule, Mt. Olive Lutheran, Mankato (Preacher), Naomi Anderson (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 54 - Beautiful Savior, King of Creation (View): vv. 1, 4
• Acts 4:8-12: Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders of Israel: If we this day are judged for a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been made well, let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole. This is the ‘stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.’ Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
• Devotion
• A Faithful Shepherd Is My Lord: 1. A faithful Shepherd is my Lord, Who doth great plenty me accord, Who leadeth me to pastures green, Gives me to drink from waters unseen. A faithful Shepherd is my Lord. 2. With loving hands He giveth His gentle Spirit calms my dread; With health my body he endows, With blessings all my labor crowns. A faithful Shepherd is my Lord. 3. On pathways narrow with Him I go; I shun not hardships, fear no foe. He is my Rod, He is my Staff, True joy affords, my soul doth laugh. A faithful Shepherd is my Lord. - Nageli-Stein
• Prayer
• Hymn 484 - Christ Alone is Our Salvation (View): vv. 1, 3
• Blessing
• Announcement: Welcome to members of the Bethany Auxiliary
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 341 - Awake, My Heart, With Gladness (View): vv. 1 - 4
• 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18: For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 341 - Awake, My Heart, With Gladness (View): vv. 6 - 8
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Dr. Doyle Holbird (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• The Lord is My Light: Soloist: The Lord is my light and my salvation All: The Lord is my light and my salvation S: One thing I ask of the Lord; this I seek; to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, That I may gaze on the loveliness of the Lord and contemplate his temple. A: The Lord is my light and my salvation. S: Your presence, O Lord, I seek. Hide not your face from me; do not in anger repel your servant. You are my helper; cast me not off; forsake me not, O God my savior. A: The Lord is my light and my salvation. S: I believe that I shall see the bounty of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord with courage; wait for the Lord be stouthearted. Wait for the Lord. A: The Lord is my light and my salvation.
• John 11:25-27: Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” She said to Him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 483 - Who Knows When Death May Overtake Me (View): vv. 1, 3, 8, 10
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Tim Hartwig, President, Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Organist), Caleb Schulte (Soloist)