Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn Study: Commentary between hymn verses
• Hymn 378 - Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice (View): vv. 1
• Hymn 378 - Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice (View): vv. 2 & 3
• Hymn 378 - Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice (View): vv. 4 - 6
• Hymn 378 - Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice (View): vv. 7 & 8
• Hymn 378 - Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice (View): vv. 9 & 10
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Preacher), Laura Matzke (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 492 - The Law of God is Good and Wise (View): vv. 1 - 4
• The Conclusion of the Commandments (p. 32): What does God say about all these commandments? He says, “I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.” (Ex. 20: 5–6) What does this mean? God threatens to punish all who break these commandments. Therefore, we should fear His wrath and not do anything against them. But He promises grace and every blessing to all who keep these commandments. Therefore, we should also love and trust in Him and gladly do what He commands.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 492 - The Law of God is Good and Wise (View): vv. 5 & 6
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Brian Klebig (Preacher), Davis Smith (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Responsive Reading from James chapter 1: P: Blessed is the man who endures temptation; C: For when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. P: Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; C: For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. P: Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, C: And comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. P: Of His own will He brought us forth by the Word of truth, C: That we might be a kind of first-fruits of His creatures. 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.
• Hymn 486 - The Church's One Foundation (View): vv. 1-3
• Acts 15:12-20: The whole assembly became silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul telling about the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them. When they finished, James spoke up. “Brothers,” he said, “listen to me. Simon has described to us how God first intervened to choose a people for his name from the Gentiles. The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written: ‘After this I will return and rebuild David’s fallen tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it, that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, even all the Gentiles who bear my name, says the Lord, who does these things’— things known from long ago.’ “It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 486 - The Church's One Foundation (View): vv. 4 & 5
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Andrejs Mudulis (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 518 - Rise! To Arms! With Prayer Employ You (View): vv. 1 & 2
• 2 Corinthians 10:3-5: For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 518 - Rise! To Arms! With Prayer Employ You (View): vv. 3 & 4
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Paul Fries, ELS Communication Director (Preacher), Laura Matzke (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 520 - Soldiers of Christ, Arise (View)
• The Ninth Commandment (p. 31): You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not scheme to get our neighbor’s inheritance or house, or get it in a way which only appears right, but help and be of service to him in keeping it.
• The Tenth Commandment (p. 31): You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor. What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not entice or force away our neighbor’s wife, workers, or animals, or turn them against him, but urge them to stay and do their duty.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 490 - These Are the Holy Ten Commands (View): vv. 1, 2, 10, 11, 12
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Shawn Stafford (Preacher), Tamara Omar (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Responsory Psalm: P: Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit. (Ps. 31) C: The Lord delivered me from all my fears. (Ps. 34) P: Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowler. (Ps. 124) C: The Lord is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. P: He is my God, and I will praise Him; C: My father’s God and I will exalt Him. (Ex. 15) 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 584 - Grant Peace, We Pray, in Mercy, Lord (View)
• Revelation 6:9-11: When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the Word of God and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 555 - Rise Again, Ye Lion-Hearted (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude: “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing,” arr. by Valadez
• Hymn 511 - Lord Jesus Christ, With Us Abide (View): vv. 1-5
• Mark 14:38: (Jesus said to Peter) “Watch and pray that you may not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 511 - Lord Jesus Christ, With Us Abide (View): vv. 6-9
• Blessing
• Postlude: “Ashokan Farewell,” by Jay Ungar / arr. by Custer

Service Participants: Rev. Tim Hartwig, President, Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary (Preacher), Prof. Ben Faugstad (Band Director), BLC Chamber Orchestra (Instrumental Group)

Order of Service:

• Soloist and Congregation: Soloist: I will praise… / Congreg.: I will praise… I will praise you, Lord, you have rescued me and have not let my enemies rejoice over me. O Lord, you have raised my soul from the dead, restored me to life from those who sink into the grave. / I will praise… Sing psalms to the Lord, you who love him, give thanks to his holy name. His anger lasts but a moment; his favor through life At night there are tears but joy comes with dawn. / I will… The Lord listened and had pity. The Lord came to my help. For me you have changed my mourning into dancing; O Lord my God, I will thank you forever. / I will…
• Psalm 119:9-11: How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 513 - My Maker, Be Thou Nigh (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Glenn Obenberger, Pres. of the ELS (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Pianist), Tamara Omar (Soloist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• The 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 choir
• Hymn 580 - Almighty Father, Bless the Word (View)
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Psalm 115 (p. 189; Tone 3): (spoken responsively P: odd # verses / C: even # verses & Glory be to the Father...)
• Devotion
• The 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, & 6
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Prof. Tom Rank (Preacher), Laura Matzke (Organist)