BLC Chapel Services

Order of Service:

• Psalm 1 (p. 174; Tone 1): spoken in unison, and "Glory be ..."
• Hymn 538 - The Day is Surely Drawing Near (View): vv. 1 - 4
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 538 - The Day is Surely Drawing Near (View): vv. 5 - 7
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Patrick Ernst, Seminarian (Preacher), Jack DePrey (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 535 - Farewell I Gladly Bid Thee (View): vv. 1, 2, 5
• Matthew 24:30-35
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 543 - Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Prof. Tom Rank (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Prayer for Friday Morning, p. 170
• Hymn 536 - O Son of God, We Wait For Thee (View)
• Hebrews 10:23-25: Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider one an-other in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
• Devotion
• The Lord's Prayer (p. 85)
• Hymn 539 - Jerusalem, My Happy Home (View): vv. 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Nathan Nikoley (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 532 - Jesus Christ, My Sure Defense (View): vv. 1 - 4
• 2 Peter 3:10 -13 NKJV: The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 532 - Jesus Christ, My Sure Defense (View): vv. 5, 8, 10
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Glenn Obenberger (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Pianist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 529 - Vain World, Now Farewell (View): vv. 1, 2
• Psalm 46:1 - setting by W. A. Mozart: God is my refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
• Homily
• The Versicle (p. 122)
• The Nunc Dimittis (p. 124)
• 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 529 - Vain World, Now Farewell (View): vv. 3, 4
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 537 - Day of Wrath, O Day of Mourning (View): vv. 1 - 4
• Matthew 24:4-14: Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.”
• Prayer
• Hymn 537 - Day of Wrath, O Day of Mourning (View): vv. 5, 6
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Hymn 52 - All Ye Who On This Earth Do Dwell (View): vv. 1, 2, 6, 7
• Jeremiah 29:7: Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to the Lord for it; for in its peace you will have peace.
• Devotion
• Prayer for Our Nation
• Hymn 602 - God Bless Our Native Land (View): vv. 1, 2
• Blessing

Service Participants: Rev. Shawn Stafford (Preacher), Cyril Palm (Instrumentalist), Elsa Johansson (Instrumentalist), Nick Schmid (Instrumentalist), Noah Schmid (Instrumentalist), Renee Geving (Instrumentalist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 54 - Beautiful Savior, King of Creation (View)
• Philippians 2:9-11: Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 55 - Crown Him With Many Crowns (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Preacher), Hannah Caauwe (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• The Versicles and Gloria Patri (p. 108)
• The Confession of Sin (p. 108)
• Hymn 515 - Thine Forever, God of Love (View): vv. 1 - 3
• Psalmody from Psalm 33: P: Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous; C: It is fitting for the upright to praise Him. P: Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy. C: For the Word of the Lord is right and true; He is faithful in all He does. P: We wait in hope for the Lord; He is our help and our shield. C: In Him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in His holy Name. P: May Your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in You. 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.
• 1 Peter 2:9-12: But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy. Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.
• The Responsory (p. 108)
• The Lord's Prayer (p. 108)
• The Collect (p. 108)
• The Canticle (p. 108)
• Hymn 515 - Thine Forever, God of Love (View): vv. 4, 5

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Isabelle Gronfeld (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 10 - Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest (View): vv. 1, 2, 6, 7
• Revelation 7:9-12: After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying: “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom, Thanksgiving and honor and power and might, Be to our God forever and ever. Amen.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 553 - Behold a Host, Arrayed in White (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Nick Proksch (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Pianist)