BLC Chapel Services

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)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 283 - Glory Be To Jesus, Who in Bitter Pains (View)
• Luke 19:1-10: Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not, because of the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way. When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly. All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a ‘sinner.’” But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.” Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 55 - Crown Him With Many Crowns (View): vv. 1, 4, 5
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Micah Smith (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 426 - Jesus Sinners Doth Receive (View): vv. 1, 2, 5, 6
• Acts 16:27-34: The keeper of the prison, awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, supposing the prisoners had fled, drew his sword and was about to kill himself. But Paul called with a loud voice, saying, “Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.” Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. And he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized. Now when he had brought them into his house, he set food before them; and he rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 415 - I Trust, O Christ, in You Alone (View): vv. 1, 3
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Shawn Stafford (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Pianist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 207 - Seek Where Ye May (View)
• The Versicles (pp. 120-121)
• The Gloria Patri (p. 121)
• Matthew 20:1-16
• Homily
• The Versicle (p. 122)
• The Canticle (p. 123)
• The Kyrie (p. 124)
• The Lord's Prayer (p. 125)
• The Collect (pp. 125-127)
• Hymn 210 - Lord, Take My Hand and Lead Me (View)
• Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Nathan Nikoley (Organist)