BLC Chapel Services

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 369 - O Bless the Lord, My Soul

- Luke 15:1-7: Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him. And the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, “This Man receives sinners and eats with them.” So He spoke this parable to them, saying: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, “Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’ I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.”

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 375 - O Little Flock, Fear Not the Foe

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Natalie Dworak (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Psalm 23

- Psalm 23:4: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff,they comfort me.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 368 - The Lord My Faithful Shepherd is

- Blessing

- Postlude

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

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 371 - The Lord's My Shepherd, I'll Not Want: vv. 1-3

- Luke 15:1-7: Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him. And the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, “This Man receives sinners and eats with them.” So He spoke this parable to them, saying: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, “Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’ I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.”

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 371 - The Lord's My Shepherd, I'll Not Want: vv. 4 & 5

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Brian Klebig (Preacher), Nathan Madson (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 12 - Come, Thou Almighty King

- 1 Kings 17:17-24: Now it happened after these things that the son of the woman who owned the house became sick. And his sickness was so serious that there was no breath left in him. So she said to Elijah, “What have I to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to kill my son?” And he said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him out of her arms and carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed. Then he cried out to the LORD and said, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on the widow with whom I lodge, by killing her son?” And he stretched himself out on the child three times, and cried out to the LORD and said, “O LORD my God, I pray, let this child’s soul come back to him.” Then the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came back to him, and he revived. And Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. And Elijah said, “See, your son lives!” Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now by this I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is the truth.”

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 596 - Praise To Thee and Adoration

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Karim Yaghleji (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark Degarmeaux (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Psalm 98: Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things; his right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. The Lord has made his salvation known and revealed his righteousness to the nations. He has remembered his love and his faithfulness to Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music; make music to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and the sound of singing, with trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn—shout for joy before the Lord, the King. Let the sea resound, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy; let them sing before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples with equity.

- John 20:19-23: On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 352 - Jesus Christ is Ris'n Today: Children: vv. 1 & 3 / All: vv. 2 & 4

- Postlude: Hosanna, Loud Hosanna - arr. M. Burkhardt

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Laura Matzke (Organist), Annaliese Emmons (Soloist), Children’s Choir of Scarville Lutheran School, directed by Dawn Welke, teacher (Choral Group)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 361 - Faith is a Living Pow'r From Heav'n: vv. 1-4

- John 20:24-29: Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.” And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!” Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.” And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 361 - Faith is a Living Pow'r From Heav'n: vv. 5 & 6

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Shawn Stafford, Religion (Preacher), David Evans (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 351 - I Know That My Redeemer Lives: vv. 1-3

- 1 Corinthians 15:7: After that He (Christ) was seen by James, then by all the apostles.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 351 - I Know That My Redeemer Lives: vv. 7 & 8

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Dr. Timothy Schmeling (Preacher), Nathan Madson (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 343 - Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands: vv. 1-4

- 1 Corinthians 15:54-58: For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?” The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

- Lo, Judah’s Lion Wins the Strife: Performed by the Concert Choir

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 343 - Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands: vv. 5-7

- Blessing

- Postlude: Rondeau by Mouret

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

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 355 - Now Christ is Risen: vv. 1-6

- Exodus 3:1-6: Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed. Then Moses said, “I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn.” So when the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then He said, “Do not draw near this place. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.” Moreover He said, “I am the God of your father—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 355 - Now Christ is Risen: vv. 7-10

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Seminarian David Choi (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark Degarmeaux (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Psalm 118: This is the day… / This is the day… Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his mercy endures forever; let the house of Israel say: His mercy endures forever! / This is the day… The hand of the Lord has struck with pow’r, his right hand is exalted, I shall not die, but live anew, declaring the works of the Lord. / This is.. The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone, the Lord of love and mercy has brought wonder to our eyes. / This is…

- Luke 24:5-8: Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee, saying, “The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.’ ” And they remembered His words.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 354 - Like the Golden Sun Ascending: vv. 1, 2, 5, 6

- Blessing

- Postlude

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