BLC Chapel Services

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 102 - Comfort, Comfort Ye My People: vv. 1 & 2

- Psalm 25: 4-7: Show me Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day. Remember, O LORD, Your tender mercies and Your loving-kindnesses, For they are from of old. Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; According to Your mercy remember me, For Your goodness’ sake, O LORD.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 102 - Comfort, Comfort Ye My People: vv. 3 & 4

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Preacher), Paul Gullixson (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 98 - Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending: vv. 1-3

- Matthew 24: 23-28: “Then if anyone says to you, “Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it. For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible,even the elect. See, I have told you beforehand. “Therefore if they say to you, “Look, He is in the desert!’ do not go out; or ‘Look, He is in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it. For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together.”

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 98 - Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending: vv. 4

- Blessing

- Postlude

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

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- To You, O Lord (Psalm 1): Soloist: To You, O Lord, I lift my soul, to you, I lift my soul. Congr.: To You, O Lord, I lift my soul, to you, I lift my soul. S: Lord, make me know Your ways, teach me Your paths, and keep me in the way of Your truth, for Your are God, my Savior. C: To You, O Lord… S: For the Lord is good and righteous, revealing His way to those who seek Him, gently leading the poor and the humble. C: To You, O Lord… S: To the ones who seek the Lord, who look to His Word, who live His love, He will always be near, He will show them His mercy. C: To You, O Lord…

- Matthew 3: 1-6: In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: “The voice of one crying in the wilderness; ‘Prepare the way of the LORD; Make His paths straight.’ ” Now John himself was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him and were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 106 - On Jordan's Bank the Herald's Cry

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Andy Schmidt (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Organist), Vianna Kovaciny (Soloist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 91 - Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates: vv. 1-3

- Romans 15: 4 & 13: For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. … Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 91 - Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates: vv. 4-5

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Shawn Stafford (Preacher), Riley Marth (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- The Versicles (pp. 120-121)

- Lamentations 3: 22-26: Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him!” The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. It is good that one should hope and wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.

- Hymn 99 - The Advent of Our King: vv. 1-3

- Sermon

- Hymn 99 - The Advent of Our King: vv. 4 & 6

- The Kyrie (p. 124)

- The Lord's Prayer (p. 125)

- Hymn 584 - Grant Peace, We Pray, in Mercy, Lord

- The Collect (pp. 125-127)

- The Benedicamus (p. 127)

- The Benediction (p. 127)

- Hymn 110 - O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: vv. 1-4

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

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Prayer for Wednesday Morning, p. 169

- Hymn 376 - Rejoice, the Lord is King: vv. 1-3

- Hebrews 2: 14-16: Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. For indeed He does not give aid to angels, but He does give aid to the seed of Abraham.

- Devotion

- The Lord's Prayer (p. 33): Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.

- Hymn 376 - Rejoice, the Lord is King: vv. 4 & 5

- Blessing

- Postlude

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

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 88 - Come, Thou Precious Ransom, Come: vv. 1 & 2

- Matthew 20: 28: “The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 88 - Come, Thou Precious Ransom, Come: vv. 3 & 4

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Brian Klebig (Preacher), Christopher Nelson (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 90 - Savior of the Nations, Come: vv. 1-4

- Luke 4: 16-21: So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. 17 And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me [i]to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.” Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 90 - Savior of the Nations, Come: vv. 5-7

- Blessing

- Postlude

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

Order of Service:

- Prelude: Christus, der ist mein Leben, arr. Jacob B. Weber (BLC '10)

- Just Like a Deer - Joncas: Soloist: When will I come to the end of my pilgrimage and enter the presence of God? When will I come to the end of my pilgrimage and enter the presence of God? Congregation: When will I come to the end of my pilgrimage... S: Just like a deer longs for the stream, so do I long for you, my God. My heart and soul are thirsting for you, longing for you, my God. C: When will I come to the end of my pilgrimage... S: Tears are my food nightfall and dawn. “Where is your God?” I hear all day long. All I recall as I pour out my soul are the songs of the house of the Lord. C: When will I come to the end of my pilgrimage... S: Why so cast down, why bitter, my soul? Why do you mourn? Why do you groan? Hope in the Lord: count on his Word; trust in the Lord your God. C: When will I come to the end of my pilgrimage...

- Psalm 136: 1-4, 23-26: Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. Oh, give thanks to the God of gods! For His mercy endures forever. Oh, give thanks to the Lord of lords! For His mercy endures forever: To Him who alone does great wonders, For His mercy endures forever; …Who remembered us in our lowly state, For His mercy endures forever; And rescued us from our enemies, For His mercy endures forever; Who gives food to all flesh, For His mercy endures forever. Oh, give thanks to the God of heaven! For His mercy endures forever.

- Hymn 63 - Now Thank We All Our God

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 602 - God Bless Our Native Land

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Andy Schmidt (Preacher), Laura Matzke (Organist), Annaliese Emmons (Soloist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 539 - Jerusalem, My Happy Home: vv. 1-5

- Revelation 21: 1-4: Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 539 - Jerusalem, My Happy Home: vv. 6-9

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Tim Hartwig, Peace Luth. Church, N. Mankato (Preacher), David Evans (Organist)