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Join us for 20-minute worship services from Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, Minnesota. Chapel at BLC includes hymns, scripture readings, and a devotion or sermon. Some services feature special mu... more
FAQs about BLC Chapel Services:How many episodes does BLC Chapel Services have?The podcast currently has 1,291 episodes available.
October 11, 2023Vespers - Wednesday, October 11, 2023Order of Service:PreludeThe Confession of Sin (p. 120)Hymn 510 - Fear and Love Thy God and Lord (View)The Versicles (pp. 120-121)John 6:66-69: From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?” But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”Choir canticle: Adoramus te: Choir Canticle: Adoramus te, setting by Palestrina Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi, quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. Qui passus es pro nobis, Domine. Domine, miserere nobis.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): Led by the choirHymn 580 - Almighty Father, Bless the Word (View)PostludeService Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Organist), BLC Concert Choir (Choral Group), Prof. David Paulson (Choir Director)...more30minPlay
October 11, 2023Chapel - Wednesday, October 11, 2023Order of Service:PreludePsalm 115 (p. 189; Tone 3): (spoken responsively P: odd # verses / C: even # verses & Glory be to the Father...)DevotionThe Lord's Prayer (p. 33): Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.Hymn 435 - All Praise To God Who Reigns Above (View): vv. 1, 4, 5, & 6BlessingPostludeService Participants: Prof. Tom Rank (Preacher), Laura Matzke (Organist)...more9minPlay
October 10, 2023Chapel - Tuesday, October 10, 2023Order of Service:PreludeHymn 488 - I Am, Alone, Your God and Lord (View): vv. 1-3, 8, & 10The Eighth Commandment (p. 31): You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not tell lies about our neighbor, betray him, slander him, or hurt his reputation, but defend him, speak well of him, and explain everything in the kindest way.DevotionPrayerHymn 489 - The Law Commands and Makes Us Know (View)BlessingPostludeService Participants: Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Preacher), Kaleb Schmidt (Organist)...more20minPlay
October 09, 2023Chapel - Monday, October 9, 2023Order of Service:PreludeMorning Prayer, p. 167Hymn 534 - The World is Very Evil (View): vv. 1-4Ephesians 5:15-21: See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another in the fear of God.DevotionHymn 534 - The World is Very Evil (View): vv. 6, 7, & 14BlessingPostludeService Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Organist)...more23minPlay
October 06, 2023Chapel - Friday, October 6, 2023Order of Service:PreludeHymn 15 - Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty (View): vv. 1, 2, 41 Corinthians 5:1-5: It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles—that a man has his father’s wife! And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you. For I indeed, as absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged (as though I were present) him who has so done this deed. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.DevotionPrayerHymn 497 - Praise the Almighty; My Soul, Adore Him (View): vv. 1, 3, 5, 6BlessingPostludeService Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Hannah Caauwe (Organist)...more28minPlay
October 05, 2023Chapel - Thursday, October 5, 2023Order of Service:PreludeHymn 499 - Now I Have Found the Ground Wherein (View): vv. 1 - 4Luke 15:17-24: (Parable of the Prodigal Son) “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.” ’ “And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ “But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry.”DevotionPrayerHymn 499 - Now I Have Found the Ground Wherein (View): vv. 5 & 6BlessingPostludeService Participants: Rev. Prof. Brian Klebig (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Pianist)...more19minPlay
October 04, 2023Vespers - Wednesday, October 4, 2023Order of Service:PreludeThe Confession of Sin (p. 120)The Versicles (pp. 120-121)Hymn 252 - I Walk in Danger All the Way (View): vv. 5 & 6Philippians 3:8-14: Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.Homily: What to Do with Your Spiritual StuffThe Versicle (p. 122)The Nunc Dimittis (p. 124)The Kyrie (p. 124)The Lord's Prayer (p. 125)The Collect (pp. 125-127)Hymn 569 - Now Rest Beneath Night's Shadow (View): vv. 1, 5, 6PostludeService Participants: Caleb Strutz, Seminarian (Preacher), Kaleb Schmidt (Organist)...more33minPlay
October 04, 2023Chapel - Wednesday, October 4, 2023Order of Service:PreludeHymn 442 - King of Glory, King of Peace (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.” Talk: God Blesses His Church Through the ArtsPrayer: Lord God, heavenly Father, Let Your blessing rest on seed time and harvest, commerce and industry, on medicine and science; sanctify the arts and culture, the rest and leisure of Your people. Bless all who in their daily calling endeavor to do Your will, and give them the assurance that their work is pleasing in Your sight. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with us all. Amen.Hymn 444 - Take My Life and Let It Be (View)PostludeService Participants: (Preacher), Laura Matzke (Organist), Jason Jaspersen (Speaker)...more29minPlay
October 03, 2023Chapel - Tuesday, October 3, 2023Order of Service:PreludeHymn 490 - These Are the Holy Ten Commands (View): vv. 1-4, 8, 11, 12The Seventh Commandment (p. 31): You shall not steal. What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not take our neighbor’s money or possessions, or get them in any dishonest way, but help him to improve and protect his possessions and income.DevotionPrayerHymn 585 - How Blessed is the Little Flock (View)BlessingPostludeService Participants: Rev. Dr. Doyle Holbird (Preacher), Kaleb Schmidt (Organist)...more23minPlay
October 02, 2023Chapel - Monday, October 2, 2023Order of Service:PreludeThe Versicles (pp. 109-110)The Invitatory (p. 110)The Venite Exultemus (p. 111)Matthew 9:1-8: So He got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His own city. Then behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you.” And at once some of the scribes said within themselves, “This Man blasphemes!” But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts? For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—then He said to the paralytic, “Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” And he arose and departed to his house. Now when the multitudes saw it, they marveled[a]and glorified God, who had given such power to men.DevotionThe Kyrie (Lord have mercy) (pp. 116-117)The Lord's Prayer (p. 117)The Collect (pp. 118-119)Hymn 227 - Salvation Unto Us is Come (View): vv. 6PostludeService Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Organist)...more22minPlay
FAQs about BLC Chapel Services:How many episodes does BLC Chapel Services have?The podcast currently has 1,291 episodes available.