BLC Chapel Services

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 231 - When Israel Through the Desert Passed: vv. 1-4

- The Versicles (pp. 109-110)

- 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

- 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)

- The Benedicamus (p. 119)

- The Benediction (p. 119)

- Hymn 231 - When Israel Through the Desert Passed: vv. 5

- Postlude

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

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Lord, You Have the Words: Singers: Lord, you have the words of everlasting life. Congregation: Lord, you have the words of everlasting life. S: The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul; the Lord’s rule is to be trusted, the simple find wisdom. C: Lord, you have the words... S: The fear of the Lord is holy, abiding forever; the decrees of the Lord are true; all of them just. C: Lord, you have the words... S: The precepts of the Lord are right, they gladden the heart; the command of the Lord is clear, giving light to the eye. C: Lord, you have the words... S: They are worth more than gold, than the finest gold, sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb. C: Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.

- John 8: 3-11: 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.”

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 426 - Jesus Sinners Doth Receive: vv. 1, 3, 4, & 8

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Andy Schmidt (Preacher), Andrea Thomforde (Singer), Danica Dick (Singer), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Pianist), Kayelynn Lawson (Singer)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn: In Christ Alone vv. 1 & 2: 1) In Christ alone my hope is found He is my light, my strength, my song This Cornerstone, this solid ground Firm through the fiercest drought and storm What heights of love, what depths of peace When fears are stilled, when strivings cease My Comforter, my All in All Here in the love of Christ I stand 2) In Christ alone, who took on flesh Fullness of God in helpless babe This gift of love and righteousness Scorned by the ones He came to save 'Til on that cross as Jesus died The wrath of God was satisfied For every sin on Him was laid Here in the death of Christ I live

- Romans 5: 1-2: Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn: In Christ Alone vv. 3 & 4: 3) There in the ground His body lay Light of the world by darkness slain Then bursting forth in glorious Day Up from the grave He rose again And as He stands in victory Sin's curse has lost its grip on me For I am His and He is mine Bought with the precious blood of Christ (hymn continues…) 4) No guilt in life, no fear in death This is the power of Christ in me From life's first cry to final breath Jesus commands my destiny No power of hell, no scheme of man Can ever pluck me from His hand 'Til He returns or calls me home Here in the power of Christ I'll stand. Getty / Townend / © Capitol Christian Music Group / Used by permission

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Dr. Doyle Holbird (Preacher), Nathan Madson (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 227 - Salvation Unto Us is Come: vv. 1, 2, 5, & 6

- Titus 3: 4-7: But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 227 - Salvation Unto Us is Come: vv. 13 & 14

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Matt Moldstad, Peace Lutheran Church, N. Mankato (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 226 - By Grace I'm Saved, Grace Free and Boundless: vv. 1, 2, & 4

- 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 226 - By Grace I'm Saved, Grace Free and Boundless: vv. 5, 9, & 10

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. John Petersen, Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, Mankato (Preacher), Christopher Nelson (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Office of the Keys & Confession: first three questions

- Hymn 460 - O How Great is Thy Compassion

- Luke 18: 9-14: (Jesus) spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, “God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’ And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, “God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 484 - Christ Alone is Our Salvation

- Blessing

- Postlude

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

Order of Service:

- Prelude: Seventh Symphony, 2nd Movement by L. V. Beethoven, arranged by Donald E. Olah

- Prayer

- 1 Samuel 16 & 17 selected verses: So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed (David, the youngest) in the presence of his brothers. The Spirit of the Lord rushed on David with power from that day forward… (King) Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together … and drew up in battle array against the Philistines. The Philistines stood on a mountain on one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side, with a valley between them. And a champion went out from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze. And he had bronze armor on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders. … Then he stood and cried out to the armies of Israel, and said to them, …”Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me. If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and serve us.” And the Philistine said, “I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.” When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid. So David rose early in the morning, … and he came to the camp as the army was going out to the fight and shouting for the battle. …Then as he talked with them, there was the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, coming up from the armies of the Philistines; and he spoke according to the same words. So David heard them. And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, ran away from him and were dreadfully afraid. Then David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, …“Who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?” … Now when the words which David spoke were heard, they reported them to Saul; and he sent for him. Then David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”

- Hymn 517 - If God Himself Be For Me: vv. 1-3

- 1 Samuel 16 & 17 selected verses: And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.” But David said to Saul, … “The LORD, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and the LORD be with you!” Then David took his staff in his hand; and he chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag, in a pouch which he had, and his sling was in his hand. And he drew near to the Philistine. … So (Goliath) said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. And the Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!” Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. Then all this assembly shall know that the LORD does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the LORD’S, and He will give you into our hands.”

- Hymn 517 - If God Himself Be For Me: vv. 13 & 14

- 1 Samuel 16 & 17 selected verses: So it was, when the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. But there was no sword in the hand of David. Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled. Now the men of Israel and Judah arose and shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance of the valley and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell along the road to Shaaraim, even as far as Gath and Ekron. Then the children of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their tents. And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent. …Then, as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

- Prayer

- Hymn 517 - If God Himself Be For Me: vv. 5 & 15

- Blessing

- Postlude: Ninth Symphony, Ode to Joy, by L. V. Beethoven

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

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 432 - Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness: vv. 1-5

- Romans 4: 1-5: What then shall we say that Abraham our father has found according to the flesh? For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt. But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 54 - Beautiful Savior, King of Creation

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Shawn Stafford (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 223 - O Wondrous Type, O Vision Fair: vv. 1, 2 & 5

- Matthew 17:1-9: Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves; and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, let us make here three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!” And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces and were greatly afraid. But Jesus came and touched them and said, “Arise, and do not be afraid.” When they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only. Now as they came down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man is risen from the dead.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 225 - With Trembling Awe the Chosen Three

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Dr. Steve Reagles (Preacher), Laura Matzke (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 208 - Thy Way and All Thy Sorrows: vv. 1, 3, & 8

- 1 Peter 5: 6-7: Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 208 - Thy Way and All Thy Sorrows: vv. 11 & 12

- Blessing

- Recognition of Anniversaries

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Mark Bartels, Church of the Holy Cross, Madison, WI, and Board of Regents member (Preacher), Nathan Madson (Organist)