BLC Chapel Services

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• The Versicles (pp. 109-110)
• Luke 5:27-32: After these things He went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” So he left all, rose up, and followed Him. Then Levi gave Him a great feast in his own house. And there were a great number of tax collectors and others who sat down with them. And their scribes and the Pharisees complained against His disciples, saying, “Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” Jesus answered and said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
• Devotion
• The Te Deum Laudamus (pp. 114-116)
• The Kyrie (Lord have mercy) (pp. 116-117)
• The Lord's Prayer (p. 117)
• The Collect (pp. 118-119)
• Hymn 227 - Salvation Unto Us is Come (View): vv. 1, 2, 5, 6
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 226 - By Grace I'm Saved, Grace Free and Boundless (View): vv. 1, 3, 4
• Luke 7:44-50: Then He turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has washed My feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head. You gave Me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss My feet since the time I came in. You did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman has anointed My feet with fragrant oil. Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.” Then He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” And those who sat at the table with Him began to say to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” Then He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 226 - By Grace I'm Saved, Grace Free and Boundless (View): vv. 9, 10
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Brian Klebig (Preacher), Hannah Caauwe (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• The Versicles and Gloria Patri (p. 108)
• The Confession of Sin (p. 108)
• John 8:3-12: Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?” This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear. So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.” Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”
• Devotion
• The Responsory (p. 108)
• The Collect (p. 108)
• The Canticle (p. 108)
• Hymn 451 - All That I Was, My Sin, My Guilt (View)
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude: "Nimrod," by Edward Elgar
• Hymn 190 - O Blest the House, Whate'er Befall (View)
• Reading: John 4, select verses
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 174 - Children of the Heav'nly Father (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude: "Come, Thou Almighty King"

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Hannah Caauwe (Organist), Prof. Ben Faugstad (Director), BLC Chamber Orchestra (Instrumental Group)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 200 - There Many Shall Come From the East and the West (View): vv. 1 - 4
• Luke 13:22-29: And He went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. Then one said to Him, “Lord, are there few who are saved?” And He said to them, “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open for us,’ and He will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know you, where you are from,’ then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.’ But He will say, ‘I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.’ There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out. They will come from the east and the west, from the north and the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God. And indeed there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.”
• Prayer
• Hymn 200 - There Many Shall Come From the East and the West (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 172 - Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (View): vv. 1 - 3
• The Versicles (pp. 120-121)
• The Gloria Patri (p. 121)
• Matthew 5:14-16: “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”
• Homily
• Hymn 47 - My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord (View)
• 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 172 - Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (View): vv. 4
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 225 - With Trembling Awe the Chosen Three (View)
• 2 Peter 1:16-21: For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty. For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain. And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 223 - O Wondrous Type, O Vision Fair (View): vv. 1, 3, 4, 5
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Tim Hartwig, President, Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary (Preacher), Laura Matzke (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 194 - Led On Their Way By This Triumphant Sign (View)
• Isaiah 60:1-3: Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the Lord will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you. The Gentiles shall come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 591 - May God Bestow On Us His Grace (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 199 - Rise, Thou Light of Gentile Nations (View): vv. 1, 4, 5
• 2 Corinthians 5:14-21: For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again. Therefore, from now on, we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
• Devotion
• Prayer #139, p. 166
• Hymn 202 - Thou, Whose Almighty Word (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Patrick Ernst, Eagle Lake Lutheran Church (Preacher), Gabrielle Gillespie (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 193 - Jesus Shall Reign Where'er the Sun (View): vv. 1, 2, 4, 6
• 1 Peter 3:1-7: Wives, in the same way, be submissive to your husbands, so that if some do not obey the Word, they might be brought over without a word by the behavior of their wives, as they observe your respectful and holy behavior. Do not let your beauty be something outward, such as braided hair or wearing gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather let your beauty be the hidden person of your heart – the lasting beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight. In fact, that is also how the holy women of the past who put their hope in God made themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own husbands, just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. You are her daughters if you do what is good and do not fear anything that is intimidating. Husbands, in the same way, continue to live with your wives with the knowledge that, as the wife, she is the weaker vessel. Also continue to accord them honor as fellow heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered. (EHV)
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 201 - Spread, O Spread, Thou Mighty Word (View): vv. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Tim Hartwig, President, Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary (Preacher), Jack DePrey (Pianist)