Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 246 - God's Own Child, I Gladly Say It (View): vv. 1 - 3
• Galatians 3:26-29: For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 246 - God's Own Child, I Gladly Say It (View): vv. 4, 5
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Preacher), Prof. Ben Faugstad (Director), BLC Chamber Orchestra (Instrumental Group), Jack DePrey (Pianist), Simon Kovaciny (Musician)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 247 - To Jordan Came Our Lord, the Christ (View): vv. 1 - 4
• Matthew 3:13-17: Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. And John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?” But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him. When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 247 - To Jordan Came Our Lord, the Christ (View): vv. 5 - 7
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Glenn Obenberger (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Pianist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• The Confession of Sin (p. 120)
• Hymn 287 - Jesus, I Will Ponder Now (View): vv. 1, 2, 5
• The Versicles (pp. 120-121)
• The Gloria Patri (p. 121)
• Psalm 130 (setting by Fernand de la Tombelle): From out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord. Listen to my pleading, O Lord, And hear my voice. If You should, O Lord, mark our sins, Lord, who could stand before Your judgment? But there is forgiveness with You, That You may be feared and honored. My soul waits for the Lord, I wait and in His Word I place my hope. O Israel, hope in the Lord, for He is gracious. With Him is abundant redemption. He shall redeem us. He shall redeem us. He shall redeem us. Amen.
• Passion History Reading
• Matthew 11:20-24
• Homily
• Hymn 292 - O Dearest Jesus, What Law Hast Thou Broken (View): vv. 1, 5, 11, 12, 15
• 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 593 - On My Heart Imprint Thine Image (View)
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Glenn Obenberger (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Organist), Chaplain Don Moldstad (Liturgist), Simon Kovaciny (Soloist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Psalmody from Psalm 32: Spoken responsively
• Hymn 493 - Before Thee, God, Who Knowest All (View)
• Joel 2:12-14, 18-19: "Now, therefore," says the Lord, "Turn to Me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning." So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm. Who knows if He will turn and relent, And leave a blessing behind Him-- A grain offering and a drink offering For the Lord your God? Then the Lord will be zealous for His land, And pity His people. The Lord will answer and say to His people, "Behold, I will send you grain and new wine and oil, And you will be satisfied by them; I will no longer make you a reproach among the nations.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 333 - Christ, the Life of All the Living (View): vv. 1, 2, 6, 7
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Announcement: Jake Wasserman, Friends Network
• Hymn 293 - O What Precious Balm and Healing (View): vv. 1 - 4
• John 12:1-7: Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, whom He had raised from the dead. 2 There they made Him a supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with Him. 3 Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil. 4 But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, who would betray Him, said, 5 “Why was this fragrant oil not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” 6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it. 7 But Jesus said, “Let her alone; she has kept this for the day of My burial.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 293 - O What Precious Balm and Healing (View): vv. 5, 6
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Pastor Ken Mellon (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Psalm 119: Part 2 (Beth) (p. 191; Tone 3): P: odd numbered verses; C: even numbered verses
• Hymn 232 - How Precious is the Book Divine (View)
• John 17:15-19: “I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.”
• Devotion
• Collect for the Word, p. 86 II
• Hymn 230 - Speak, O Lord, Thy Servant Heareth (View): vv. 1, 4
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Gabrielle Gillespie (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 1 - Blessed Jesus, At Thy Word (View)
• Isaiah 55:10-11: “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater, So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 67 - Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Noah Thompson (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Pianist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 228 - Almighty God, Thy Word is Cast (View)
• Luke 8:11-15: “Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. But the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away. Now the ones that fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity. But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 580 - Almighty Father, Bless the Word (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Preacher), Laura Matzke (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 72 - Thy Strong Word Did Cleave the Darkness (View): vv. 1, 2
• Genesis 1:1-3: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 72 - Thy Strong Word Did Cleave the Darkness (View): vv. 5, 6
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. David Thompson (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 229 - By Faith We Are Divinely Sure (View): vv. 1, 4
• Romans 1:16-17: For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes – to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed by faith, for faith, just as it is written, “The righteous will live by faith.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 229 - By Faith We Are Divinely Sure (View): vv. 5
• Blessing
• Recognition of Anniversaries
• Postlude

Service Participants: Dr. Adam Brasich (Preacher), Jack DePrey (Organist), Dr. Gene Pfeifer (Speaker)