BLC Chapel Services

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 435 - All Praise To God Who Reigns Above (View): vv. 1 - 3
• 1 Timothy 6:6-12: Now godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 435 - All Praise To God Who Reigns Above (View): vv. 5, 6
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Welcome and Invocation
• Hymn 443 - O That I Had a Thousand Voices (View)
• Psalm 90:1-6 & 12-14: Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. You turn man to destruction, and say, “Return, O children of men.” For a thousand years in Your sight are like yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night. You carry them away like a flood; they are like a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up: In the morning it flourishes and grows up; in the evening it is cut down and withers. ... So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Return, O Lord! How long? And have compassion on Your servants. Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days!
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 444 - Take My Life and Let It Be (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 2 - Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord (View): vv. 1 - 3
• Versicles & Gloria Patri
• Anthem: O God, Beyond All Praising: Choir: vv. 1, 2; Congregation: v. 3
• Colossians 2:6-10: As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.
• Hymn 24 - Lord, Open Thou My Heart To Hear (View): vv. 1 - 3; Choir sings between verses
• President's Address: Dr. Gene Pfeifer, President of Bethany
• Installation of New Faculty and Staff
• Presentation of Scholarships
• Hymn 35 - All Glory Be To God On High (View): v. 1
• Kyrie, Lord’s Prayer
• Collect
• Announcement: Opening of the Academic Year
• The Benedicamus and Benediction (p. 127)
• Hymn 82 - With the Lord Begin Thy Task (View): vv. 1 - 5
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Prayer
• Hymn 392 - On Christ's Ascension I Now Build (View)
• Acts 1:6-12: Therefore, when they had come together, they asked (Jesus), saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witness-es to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.” Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey.
• Ascension Responsory: P: Behold, I am coming soon! C: Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the City. P: Come, Lord Jesus, quickly come! C: Our Father in heaven, deliver us from every evil of body and soul, property and honor; and at last, when the hour of death shall come, grant us a blessed end, and graciously take us from this valley of sorrow to Yourself in Heaven, through Jesus Christ, our risen and ascended Lord. Amen.
• Hymn 98 - Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending (View): vv. 1, 2, 4
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), John Baumann (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 387 - Prayer is the Soul's Sincere Desire (View)
• Romans 8:26-28: In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[a] have been called according to his purpose.
• Devotion
• Prayer #73, p. 156
• Hymn 384 - Our Father, Throned in Heav'n Above (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), John Baumann (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 16 - From All That Dwell Below the Skies (View)
• The Versicles (pp. 120-121): led by Concert Choir
• Ubi caritas: Concert Choir
• 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.”
• Arise, My Soul, Arise: Mary Martha Singers
• Homily
• Hymn 35 - All Glory Be To God On High (View)
• 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 2 - Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord (View)
• Announcement: President Gene R. Pfeifer
• Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Naomi Anderson (Organist), Prof. Ann Fredrickson (Choir Director), Annika Doberenz (Instrumentalist), BLC Concert Choir (Choral Group), Prof. David Paulson (Choir Director), Hannah Caauwe (Pianist), Mary Martha Singers (Choral Group)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 375 - O Little Flock, Fear Not the Foe (View)
• 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 369 - O Bless the Lord, My Soul (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Shawn Stafford (Preacher), Gabrielle Gillespie (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• O Rest in the Lord: O rest in the Lord, wait patiently for Him, and He shall give thee thy heart's desires: Commit thy way unto Him, and trust in Him, And fret not thyself because of evil doers. - F. Mendelssohn
• Psalm 23 (p. 177; Tone 2): in unison
• Prayer #67, p. 155: in unison
• Hymn 371 - The Lord's My Shepherd, I'll Not Want (View): vv. 1 - 3
• Devotion
• Hymn 371 - The Lord's My Shepherd, I'll Not Want (View): vv. 4, 5
• Blessing
• Special Recognition
• 'This Joyful Eastertide' arr. Jeffrey Blersch

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 370 - The King of Love, My Shepherd is (View): vv. 1 - 4
• John 10:22-30: Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter. And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon’s porch. Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long do You keep us in doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.” Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father’s name, they bear witness of Me. But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you. My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and My Father are one.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 370 - The King of Love, My Shepherd is (View): vv. 5, 6
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Prof. Tom Rank (Preacher), Micah Smith (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• The Versicles and Gloria Patri (p. 108)
• The Confession of Sin (p. 108)
• Hymn 368 - The Lord My Faithful Shepherd is (View): vv. 1, 3, 6
• 1 Peter 2:21-25: For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: “Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth”; who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously; who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed. For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
• Devotion
• The Responsory (p. 108)
• The Collect (p. 108)
• The Canticle (p. 108)
• Hymn 389 - A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing (View): vv. 1, 2, 7
• Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Matthias Barents (Organist)