BLC Chapel Services

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 357 - The Strife is O'er, the Battle Done (View)
• 1 Corinthians 15:19-20: If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable. But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 376 - Rejoice, the Lord is King (View): vv. 1 - 5
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Micah Smith (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• This Is the Day: Soloist: This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad. This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad. Congregation: 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 Lord’s right hand has struck with power, the Lord’s right hand is exalted; I shall not die, but live and declare the works of the Lord. / This is the day… The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. By the Lord has this been done; it is wonderful in our eyes. / This is the day…
• Revelation 1:17-18: When I saw Him (Christ), I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 341 - Awake, My Heart, With Gladness (View): vv. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Tim Hartwig, President, Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary (Preacher), Allison Rygh (Singer), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Pianist), Natalie Henning (Singer)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• The Confession of Sin (p. 120)
• Hymn 346 - Death is Dead, the True Life Liveth (View)
• The Versicles (pp. 120-121)
• Psalm 23: Sung by soloist
• Luke 24:13-16, 25-27: Now behold, two of them were traveling that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was seven miles from Jerusalem. And they talked together of all these things which had happened. So it was, while they conversed and reasoned, that Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know Him. ... Then He said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?” And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.
• Homily
• Hymn 344 - Christ the Lord is Ris'n Again (View): vv. 3
• 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 348 - He is Arisen! Glorious Word! (View)
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 340 - Alleluia! Jesus Lives! (View): vv. 1, 2, 4, 6 (children's choir sings v. 1)
• John 20:24-31: 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.” And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.
• Devotion
• Oh, Yes, Lord Jesus Lives: Children's Choir
• The Lord's Prayer (p. 53)
• Hymn 378 - Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice (View): vv. 1, 2, 4, 5
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Laura Matzke (Organist), Kari Sehloff (Choir Director), Mt. Olive Lutheran School Students (Choral Group)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 349 - How Rich, At Eastertide (View): vv. 1, 2
• The Versicles (pp. 109-110)
• John 20:19-23: Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
• Homily
• The Te Deum Laudamus (pp. 114-116)
• The Kyrie (Lord have mercy) (pp. 116-117)
• The Lord's Prayer (p. 117)
• The Collect (pp. 118-119)
• The Benedicamus (p. 119)
• The Benediction (p. 119)
• Hymn 349 - How Rich, At Eastertide (View): vv. 3

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 351 - I Know That My Redeemer Lives (View)
• Job 19:25-27: For I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall stand at last on the earth; And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, that in my flesh I shall see God, Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 351 - I Know That My Redeemer Lives (View): vv. 5 - 8
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Dr. Timothy Schmeling (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 354 - Like the Golden Sun Ascending (View): vv. 1 - 4
• Psalm 86:11: Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness; Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 354 - Like the Golden Sun Ascending (View): vv. 5, 9, 10
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Dr. Gene Pfeifer (Preacher), Jack DePrey (Organist)

Order of Service:

• The Canticle of Moses: Solo: I will sing, sing, sing to the Lord, Lord Lord, for his triumph, his triumph is glorious! Cong.: I will sing, sing, sing to the Lord, Lord Lord, for his triumph, his triumph is glorious! S: Horse and rider he has thrown into the sea! The Lord is my strength, my song, my salvation. This is my God and I extol him, my father’s God and I give him praise. C: I will sing ... (sung twice) S: The Lord is a warrior! The Lord is his name. The chariots of Pharaoh he hurled into the sea, the pow’r of his army is drowned in the sea. The deeps hide them; they sank like a stone. C: I will sing ... S: Your right hand, Lord, glorious in its pow’r, your right hand, Lord, has shattered the enemy. In the greatness of your glory you crushed the foe. C: I will sing ... S: You will lead your people and plant them on your holy mountain, The place, O Lord, where you have made your home, The sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have made. The Lord will reign forever and ever. C: I will sing ... (Paul Inwood)
• Matthew 28:1-10: Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. And the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead men. But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, and indeed He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. Behold, I have told you.” So they went out quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring His disciples word. And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, “Rejoice!” So they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped Him. Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see Me.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 346 - Death is Dead, the True Life Liveth (View)
• Blessing

Service Participants: Rev. Shawn Stafford (Preacher), Andy Muske (Soloist), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Pianist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• The Confession of Sin (p. 120)
• Hymn 360 - Triumphant From the Grave (View): vv. 1 - 4
• The Versicles (pp. 120-121)
• Psalm 122: I was glad when they said to me We will go to the house of God, O Jerusalem, we are standing, standing within thy walls, O Jerusalem! O pray for the peace of Jerusalem they shall prosper that love thee, Peace be within thy walls, Prosperity within thy palaces. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost, as it was in the beginning, is now and forever. Amen. (setting by Fernand de la Tombelle)
• Hebrews 11:17-19: By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said, “In Isaac your seed shall be called,” concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.
• Hymn 344 - Christ the Lord is Ris'n Again (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 and Benediction (p. 127)
• Hymn 360 - Triumphant From the Grave (View): vv. 5, 6
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 73 - Thine is the Glory, Risen, Conqu'ring Son (View)
• 1 Corinthians 15:1-8: Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 359 - Worthy is Christ, the Lamb Who Was Slain (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. David Thompson (Preacher), Laura Matzke (Organist)