BLC Chapel Services

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 415 - I Trust, O Christ, in You Alone

- Hebrews 13: 7-8: Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

- Devotion

- Hymn 494 - I Know My Faith is Founded

- Blessing

- Postlude

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

Order of Service:

- Prelude: Brandenburg Concerto #5 - by J. S. Bach, arr. by Lynne Latham

- Hymn 215 - O Father, May Thy Word Prevail: Seminary Chorus

- Matthew 10: 32: (Jesus said) “Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.”

- Romans 10: 8-10: But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 583 - God's Word is Our Great Heritage

- Blessing

- Postlude: Hornpipe in D by G. F. Handel

Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Emeritus Erling Teigen (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Organist), Alyssa Inniger (Director), Prof. Ben Faugstad (Director), Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminar Choir (Choral Group), BLC Chamber Orchestra (Instrumental Group)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 249 - Fight the Good Fight With All Your Might: vv. 1 & 2

- 1 Corinthians 9: 26-27: Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 249 - Fight the Good Fight With All Your Might: vv. 3 & 4

- Blessing

- Postlude

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

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 517 - If God Himself Be For Me: vv. 1-3 & 5

- Luke 22: 31-32: And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.”

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 517 - If God Himself Be For Me: vv. 10 & 15

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Brian Klebig (Preacher), Patrick Ernst, Seminarian (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- The Lord is Kind and Merciful M. Haugen: Choir: The Lord is kind and merciful… All: The Lord is kind and merciful… C: Bless the Lord, Oh my soul, and all my being bless His name; bless the Lord, and forget not His benefits. All: The Lord… C: He pardons all your iniquities, and comforts your sorrows, redeems your life from destruction, and crowns you with his kindness. All: The Lord… C: Merciful and gracious is our God; slow to anger, abounding in kindness. All: The Lord…

- 2 Thessalonians 3:5: May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 589 - Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Thy Word

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Andy Schmidt (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Organist), Prof. Ann Fredrickson (Director), Mary Martha Singers (Choral Group)

Order of Service:

- Prelude: David Evans, student organist

- Hymn 499 - Now I Have Found the Ground Wherein: vv. 1-3

- Matthew 7:24-27: (Jesus said) “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 499 - Now I Have Found the Ground Wherein: vv. 4 & 6

- Blessing

- Postlude: Christopher Nelson, student organist

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

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 33 - We Now Implore God the Holy Ghost: vv. 1 & 2

- Philippians 1: 3-6: I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy, for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

- Devotion

- The Lord's Prayer (p. 85)

- Hymn 33 - We Now Implore God the Holy Ghost: vv. 3 & 4

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Dr. Tom Kuster, Christ in Media Institute (Preacher), Laura Matzke (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- The Versicles and Gloria Patri (p. 108)

- The Confession of Sin (p. 108)

- Hymn 512 - My God, Accept My Heart This Day: vv. 1-3

- John 8: 31-32: Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

- Devotion

- The Responsory (p. 108)

- The Collect (p. 108)

- The Canticle (p. 108)

- Hymn 512 - My God, Accept My Heart This Day: vv. 4 & 5

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Preacher), Paul Gullixson (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 516 - O Watch and Pray, My Soul, the Way: vv. 1-3

- Luke 21: 36: 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

- Prayer

- Hymn 516 - O Watch and Pray, My Soul, the Way

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Kara Johnson (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 20 - Holy Ghost, Dispel Our Sadness: vv. 1-2

- 1 John 1: 8-9: If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 20 - Holy Ghost, Dispel Our Sadness: vv. 3

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Dr. Doyle Holbird (Preacher), Laura Matzke (Organist)