BLC Chapel Services

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Psalm 19 - Lord You Have the Words: Lord, you have the words… / Congreg.: Lord, you have the words… 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 fear of the Lord is holy, abiding forever; the decrees of the Lord are true; all of them just. / C: Lord, you have… 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… They are worth more than gold, than the finest gold, sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb. / C: Lord, you have…

- Jeremiah 17:9-10 & 14: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.” … Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for You are my praise.

- Hymn 302 - The Tree of Life With Ev'ry Good: vv. 1 & 2

- Devotion

- Hymn 302 - The Tree of Life With Ev'ry Good: vv. 3 & 4

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Organist), Andrea Thomforde (Singer), Danica Dick (Singer), Kayelynn Lawson (Singer)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Announcement: Sam Johnson, Seminarian

- Hymn 443 - O That I Had a Thousand Voices: vv. 1 & 2

- 2 Timothy 2:15: Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 443 - O That I Had a Thousand Voices: vv. 3 & 4

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Kyle Madson, Norseland Norwegian Grove Parish, St. Peter, MN (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark Degarmeaux (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Versicles & Gloria Patri: (led by the choir)

- Hymn 591 - May God Bestow On Us His Grace: v. 1 - Choir / vv. 2 & 3 - All

- Mark 2:17: (Jesus) said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

- Homily

- Nunc dimittis in B-flat - C.V. Stanford

- Kyrie, Lord’s Prayer

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

- Collect

- Benedicamus, p. 127: (led by the choir)

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Organist), BLC Concert Choir (Choral Group), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Choir Director)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 488 - I Am, Alone, Your God and Lord: vv. 1-5

- I John 2:3-6: Everyone who has this hope in Him (Christ) purifies himself, just as He is pure. Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin. Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 488 - I Am, Alone, Your God and Lord: vv. 6-10

- Blessing

- Postlude

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

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 486 - The Church's One Foundation: vv. 1-3

- 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.”

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 486 - The Church's One Foundation: vv. 4 & 5

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Matt Moldstad, Peace Lutheran Church, N. Mankato (Preacher), Nathan Madson (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Psalm 103: 19-22: P: The LORD has established His throne in heaven, And His kingdom rules over all. C: Bless the LORD, you His angels, Who excel in strength, who do His word, Heeding the voice of His word. P: Bless the LORD, all you His hosts, You ministers of His, who do His pleasure. C: Bless the LORD, all His works, In all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul! 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 545 - Lord God We All To Thee Give Praise: vv. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7

- Psalm 91:9-12: Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place, no evil shall befall you, Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; to keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 545 - Lord God We All To Thee Give Praise: vv. 10-16

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Dr. Timothy Schmeling (Preacher), Christopher Nelson (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude: Largo from Xerxes by Handel. Violin soloist - Emily Van Asperen

- Prayer for Friday Morning: p. 170

- Hymn 43 - Holy God, We Praise Thy Name: vv. 1-3

- Proverbs 1:7-9: The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction. My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother; For they will be a graceful ornament on your head, And chains about your neck.

- Devotion

- Hymn 43 - Holy God, We Praise Thy Name: vv. 5 & 7

- Blessing

- Postlude: Rondeau from 'Abdelazer' by Purcell

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

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 465 - From God Shall Naught Divide Me: vv. 1-4

- Romans 8:31-32: What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 465 - From God Shall Naught Divide Me: vv. 5, 7, 9

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Vicar Jacob Kempfert, Mt. Olive Lutheran Church (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark Degarmeaux (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Confession of Sin: p. 120

- Versicles & Gloria Patri: (led by the choir)

- Hymn 34 - Kyrie, God Father in Heav'n Above

- Luke 17:14-19: So when He (Jesus) saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan. So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?” And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.”

- Homily

- Magnificat in B-flat - C.V. Stanford: (text found on p. 123 in the front of the Hymnary)

- Kyrie, Lord’s Prayer

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

- Collect: p. 126

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark Degarmeaux (Organist), BLC Concert Choir (Choral Group), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Choir Director)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 42 - God, We Praise You! God, We Bless You: vv. 1 & 2

- Habakkuk 3:17-19: Though the fig tree may not blossom, Nor fruit be on the vines; Though the labor of the olive may fail, And the fields yield no food; Though the flock may be cut off from the fold, And there be no herd in the stalls— Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. The LORD God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer’s feet, And He will make me walk on my high hills.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 42 - God, We Praise You! God, We Bless You: vv. 3 & 4

- Blessing

- Postlude

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