BLC Chapel Services

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 544 - Wake, Awake, For Night is Flying: vv. 1 & 2

- Matthew 25: 1-13: “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. But while the bride-groom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. “And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!’ Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, “Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ But the wise answered, saying, “No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut. “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’But he answered and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 544 - Wake, Awake, For Night is Flying: vv. 3

- Blessing

- Postlude

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

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 535 - Farewell I Gladly Bid Thee: vv. 1-3

- Luke 16: 22: “So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom.”

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 535 - Farewell I Gladly Bid Thee: vv. 4-5

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Pianist), Noah Gernander (Instrumentalist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 56 - Ye Lands, To the Lord Make a Jubilant Noise

- Isaiah 40: 9-11: O Zion, You who bring good tidings, Get up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, You who bring good tidings, Lift up your voice with strength, Lift it up, be not afraid; Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold your God!” Behold, the Lord GOD shall come with a strong hand, And His arm shall rule for Him; Behold, His reward is with Him, And His work before Him. He will feed His flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs with His arm, And carry them in His bosom, And gently lead those who are with young.

- Homily

- The Venite exultimus (p. 111)

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Preacher), Nathan Wildauer (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 538 - The Day is Surely Drawing Near: vv. 1-4

- Matthew 25: 31-34: “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, “Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 538 - The Day is Surely Drawing Near: vv. 5 & 7

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Laura Matzke (Organist), Prof. Tom Rank (Lector)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 536 - O Son of God, We Wait For Thee: vv. 1 & 2

- 2 Thessalonians 1: 7b-10: When the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his powerful angels, he will exercise vengeance in flaming fire on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the Gospel of our Lord Jesus. Such people will receive a just penalty: eternal destruction away from the presence of the Lord and from His glorious strength, on that day when he comes to be glorified among his saints, and to be marveled at among those who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 536 - O Son of God, We Wait For Thee: vv. 3 & 4

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Luke Ulrich, Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, Mankato (Preacher), Kaleb Schmidt (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Psalm 86 - selected verses: Psalm 86 (select verses, spoken responsively) P: Bow down Your ear, O Lord, hear me; for I am poor and needy. C: Preserve my life, for I am holy; You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You! P: Teach me Your way, O Lord; I will walk in Your truth; unite my heart to fear Your name. C: For great is Your mercy toward me, and You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol. P: Rejoice the soul of Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul. C: For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You. All: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, forevermore. Amen.

- Hymn 537 - Day of Wrath, O Day of Mourning: vv. 1-3

- Luke 21: 34-36: “Take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

- Devotion

- The Lord's Prayer (p. 105)

- Hymn 537 - Day of Wrath, O Day of Mourning: vv. 4 - 6

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Joseph Roemhildt (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Loving and Forgiving Psalm 103: Soloist: Loving and forgiving are you, O Lord; slow to anger,rich in kindness, loving and forgiving are you. All: Loving and forgiving… S: All my being, bless the Lord, bless the holy name of God. All my being, bless the Lord, remembering the goodness of God. All: Loving and forgiving… S: God forgives us all our sins, healing those who live in pain, saving us from final death. God fills us with goodness & love. All: Loving and forgiving… S: Good and gracious is the Lord, slow to anger, rich in love. God remembers not our sins; forgiving and loving is God. All: Loving and forgiving… S: As heaven soars above the earth, so great the love of God for us. As far as east is from the west, the Lord takes our sins from us. All: Loving and forgiving…

- 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18: But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 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 590 - O Happy Day, When We Shall Stand

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Andy Schmidt (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Pianist), Heather Juedes (Soloist), Mariah Munsen (Instrumentalist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- The Versicles and Gloria Patri (p. 108)

- Hymn 532 - Jesus Christ, My Sure Defense: vv. 1, 2 & 4

- Philippians 3: 18-21: Many … are enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame—who set their mind on earthly things. For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself.

- Devotion

- The Collect (p. 108)

- The Canticle (p. 108)

- Hymn 532 - Jesus Christ, My Sure Defense: vv. 5 & 8

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Riley Marth (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- 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...

- Luke 21: 25-28: “There will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.”

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 54 - Beautiful Savior, King of Creation

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Prof. Tom Rank (Preacher), Laura Matzke (Organist), Annaliese Emmons (Soloist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 534 - The World is Very Evil: vv. 1, 4 & 7

- 1 Peter 2: 11 & 16: Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, … Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 534 - The World is Very Evil: vv. 10 & 14

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Shawn Stafford (Preacher), Peter Estrem (Organist)