BLC Chapel Services

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Announcement: Welcome to Premier Registration Saturday.
• Hymn 55 - Crown Him With Many Crowns (View): vv. 1 - 3
• Matthew 27:27-29: Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole garrison around Him. And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. When they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” Then they spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him on the head. And when they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to be crucified.
• Devotion
• The King of Love: The King of love my shepherd is, whose goodness faileth never. I nothing lack if I am his, and he is mine forever. Where streams of living water flow, my ransomed soul he leadeth; and where the verdant pastures grow, with food celestial feedeth. And so through all the length of days, thy goodness faileth never; Good Shepherd, may I sing thy praise within thy house forever. (Arr. by Paul Christiansen. Text by Henry Williams Baker)
• Prayer
• Hymn 55 - Crown Him With Many Crowns (View): vv. 4, 5
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Hannah Caauwe (Organist), BLC Concert Choir (Choral Group), Prof. David Paulson (Choir Director)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Psalm 122 (selected verses): P: Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you who love her. C: Rejoice with her, all you who mourn for her. P: I was glad when they said to me, C: Let us go into the house of the Lord. P: Our feet shall stand within your gates, O Jerusalem! C: Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces. All: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now and shall be forevermore. Amen.
• Hymn 263 - Jesus, Priceless Treasure (View): vv. 1, 2, 4
• Hebrews 11:24-28: By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 263 - Jesus, Priceless Treasure (View): vv. 5, 6
• 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)
• Exodus 31:1-6: Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, to design artistic works, to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, in cutting jewels for setting, in carving wood, and to work in all manner of workmanship. And I, indeed I, have appointed with him Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and I have put wisdom in the hearts of all the gifted artisans, that they may make all that I have commanded you.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 214 - Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Peter Estrem (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude: O Sinner, Come, Thy Sin to Mourn (J. S. Bach)
• Hymn 272 - O Sinner, Come Thy Sin To Mourn (View)
• A Canticle (p. 105)
• Special Music: Psalm 130: Out of the Depths (Max Reger)
• Hymn 452 - Out of the Depths I Cry To Thee (View): vv. 1, 2
• John 19:16-30: 16 Then he delivered Him to them to be crucified. Then they took Jesus and led Him away. 17 And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, 18 where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center. 19 Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 20 Then many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Je-sus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in He-brew, Greek, and Latin. 21 Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘He said, “I am the King of the Jews.” ’ ” 22 Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.” 23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece. 24 They said therefore among themselves, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be,” that the Scrip-ture might be fulfilled which says: “They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.” Therefore the soldiers did these things. 25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!” 27 Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home. 28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accom-plished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!” 29 Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth. 30 So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.
• Special Music: Responsory Hymn: Stricken, Smitten (Every Sunday Organist)
• Hymn 297 - Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted (View): vv. 1, 4
• Homily
• Special Music: Canticle (Psalm 64): Lord, Hear the Voice of My Complaint (J. S. Bach)
• Hymn 255 - Lord, Hear the Voice of My Complaint (View): vv. 1, 4
• Kyrie, Lord’s Prayer: (spoken)
• Special Music: Hymn: O Sacred Head (J. Brahms)
• Hymn 335 - O Sacred Head, Now Wounded (View): vv. 4, 8
• The Collect (pp. 118-119)
• The Benediction (p. 119): (spoken with Amens)
• Hymn 593 - On My Heart Imprint Thine Image (View)
• Postlude: Prelude in G Minor (Bach/Krebs)

Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Preacher), Naomi Anderson (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 313 - I Come, O Savior, To Thy Table (View): vv. 1, 2, 3, 6
• Acts 2:42-47: They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. Then fear came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need. So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 313 - I Come, O Savior, To Thy Table (View): vv. 8, 9, 12, 15
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 266 - O Bread of Life From Heaven (View)
• John 6:32-35: Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread always.” And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 586 - How Blest Are They Who Hear God's Word (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Ben Wiechmann, Peace Lutheran Church, N. Mankato (Preacher), Micah Smith (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 76 - Father, We Praise Thee, Now the Night is Over (View)
• Galatians 4:21-31: Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise, which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar— for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children— but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren, You who do not bear! Break forth and shout, You who are not in labor! For the desolate has many more children Than she who has a husband.” Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now. Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.” So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 262 - Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Dr. Timothy Schmeling (Preacher), Jack DePrey (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 302 - The Tree of Life With Ev'ry Good (View): vv. 1, 2
• Genesis 3:8-15: And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?” So he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.” And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?” Then the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.” And the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” So the Lord God said to the serpent:“ Because you have done this, You are cursed more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall go, And you shall eat dust All the days of your life. And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 302 - The Tree of Life With Ev'ry Good (View): vv. 3, 4
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Pastor Ken Mellon (Preacher), Naomi Anderson (Organist)

Order of Service:

• 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…
• Ephesians 6:10-13: Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 259 - The Kingdom Satan Founded (View): vv. 1, 3, 5, 7
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 276 - When O'er My Sins I Sorrow (View)
• The Versicles (pp. 120-121)
• The Lesson (p. 134)
• O Vos Omnes: O vos omnes qui transitis per viam, attendite et videte: Si est dolor similis sicut dolor meus. Attendite, universi populi, et videte dolorem meum. Si est dolor similis sicut dolor meus. O all you who pass by on the road, behold and see: if there be any sorrow like my sorrow. Behold, all people, and see my sorrow: if there be any sorrow like my sorrow.
• Homily
• Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs: Surely He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows.
• 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 308 - When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (View)
• Postlude

Service Participants: Graham Parsons (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Organist), BLC Concert Choir (Choral Group), Prof. David Paulson (Choir Director)