BLC Chapel Sermons

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• The Confession of Sin (p. 120)
• Hymn 56 - Ye Lands, To the Lord Make a Jubilant Noise (View)
• The Versicles (pp. 120-121)
• The Name of Jesus (Craig Courtney)
• Homily
• Choir Canticle: Magnificat, arr. R. Kreutz: My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. For He has looked upon His lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed: The Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is His Name. He has mercy on those who fear Him in every generation. He has shown the strength of His arm, and has scattered the proud in their conceit. He has cast down the mighty from their thrones and has lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty. He has come to the help of His servant Israel for He remembered His promise of mercy, The promise He made to our fathers, to Abraham and his children forever.
• 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 596 - Praise To Thee and Adoration (View)
• Postlude

Service Participants: Peter Estrem (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Organist), Prof. Ann Fredrickson (Choir Director), Mary Martha Singers (Choral Group)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• The Confession of Sin (p. 109)
• The Versicles (pp. 109-110)
• 2 Corinthians 12:7-10: And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
• Devotion
• Laudamus Te (Vivaldi): Laudamus te (We praise thee, Lord) / Benedicimus te (We give blessing to Thee) Adoramus te (We do worship Thee) / Glorificamus te (We glorify Thee, Lord)
• The Kyrie (Lord have mercy) (pp. 116-117)
• The Lord's Prayer (p. 117)
• The Collect (pp. 118-119)
• Hymn 263 - Jesus, Priceless Treasure (View): v. 6
• Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Kaleb Schmidt (Pianist), Laura Matzke (Singer), Lucy Klatt (Singer)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 20 - Holy Ghost, Dispel Our Sadness (View)
• Hebrews 12:4-11: If you endure discipline, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not discipline? But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? For they indeed for a few days disciplined us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness. Now no discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 470 - O God, Thou Faithful God (View): vv. 1, 2, 4, 6, 8
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 372 - Jesus, Thy Boundless Love To Me (View): vv. 1, 2, 4
• John 16:20-22: (Jesus said) “Most assuredly, I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy. A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 372 - Jesus, Thy Boundless Love To Me (View): vv. 5, 7
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Dr. Timothy Schmeling (Preacher), Davis Smith (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Shepherd Me, Oh God, Beyond My Wants: Shepherd me, O God, beyond my wants, beyond my fears, from death unto life. / Shepherd me ... God is my shepherd, so nothing shall I want, I rest in the meadows of faithfulness and love, I walk by the quiet waters of peace. / Shepherd me, O God... Gently you raise me and heal my weary soul, you lead me by pathways of righteousness and truth, my spirit shall sing the music of your name. / Shepherd me, O God... Though I should wander the valley of death, I fear no evil, for you are at my side, your rod and your staff, my comfort and my hope. / Shepherd me, O God... You have set me a banquet of love in the face of hatred, crowing me with love beyond my pow’r to hold. / Shepherd me, O God... Surely your kindness and mercy follow me all the days of my life; I will dwell in the house of my God forevermore. / Shepherd me, O God..
• Acts 20:28-31: “Always keep watch over yourselves and over the whole flock in which the Holy Spirit has placed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood. I know that after my departure savage wolves, who will not spare the flock, will come in among you. Even from your own group men will rise up, twisting the truth in order to draw disciples after them. Therefore be always on the alert! Remember that for three years, night and day, I never stopped warning each of you with tears.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 375 - O Little Flock, Fear Not the Foe (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Kaleb Schmidt (Pianist)