BLC Chapel Services

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• The Versicles and Gloria Patri (p. 128)
• The Confession of Sin (p. 128)
• Hymn 421 - We Are Called By One Vocation (View)
• Psalm 128 : Blessed is every one who fears the Lord, Who walks in His ways.2 When you eat the labor of your hands, You shall be happy, and it shall be well with you. Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine In the very heart of your house, Your children like olive plants All around your table. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed Who fears the Lord. The Lord bless you out of Zion, And may you see the good of Jerusalem All the days of your life. Yes, may you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!
• Acts 16:25-31: But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed. And the keeper of the prison, awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, supposing the prisoners had fled, drew his sword and was about to kill himself. But Paul called with a loud voice, saying, “Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.” Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. And he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
• Devotion
• The Responsory (p. 128)
• The Collect (p. 128)
• The Canticle (p. 128)
• Hymn 565 - All Praise To Thee, My God, This Night (View)
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 189 - in House and Home Where Man and Wife (View)
• Genesis 29:1, 9-12: So Jacob went on his journey and came to the land of the people of the East. ... Now while he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess. And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother. Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept. And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s relative and that he was Rebekah’s son. So she ran and told her father.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 172 - Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (View): vv. 1, 2, 4
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Dr. Doyle Holbird (Preacher), Laura Matzke (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 188 - Hear Us Now, Our God and Father (View): vv. 1, 2
• John 2:9-11: When the master of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom. And he said to him, “Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!” This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 188 - Hear Us Now, Our God and Father (View): vv. 3
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Shawn Stafford (Preacher), Kaleb Schmidt (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 175 - God Loves Me Dearly (View)
• Deuteronomy 6:6-9: “And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”
• Devotion
• Hymn 178 - I Pray Thee, Dear Lord Jesus (View)
• Prayer
• Hymn 174 - Children of the Heav'nly Father (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Hannah Caauwe (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…
• Genesis 18:17-19: And the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing, since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice, that the Lord may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 103 - Hail To the Lord's Anointed (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Preacher), Cyril Palm (Soloist), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Pianist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 183 - Master of Eager Youth (View)
• Ephesians 6:1-4: Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: “that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.” And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 148 - Praise God the Lord, Ye Sons of Men (View): vv. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Tim Hartwig, President, Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary (Preacher), Laura Matzke (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 185 - Within the Father's House (View)
• Luke 2:46-52: Now so it was that after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard Him were astonished at His understanding and answers. So when they saw Him, they were amazed; and His mother said to Him, “Son, why have You done this to us? Look, Your father and I have sought You anxiously.” And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?” But they did not understand the statement which He spoke to them. Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them, but His mother kept all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 134 - Let Us All With Gladsome Voice (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Brian Klebig (Preacher), Kaleb Schmidt (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Responsory for Epiphany Season: P: Alleluia! Oh, praise the Lord, all you nations! C: Laud Him, all you peoples! For His merciful kindness is great toward us, and the truth of the Lord endures forever. Behold, the Lord, the Ruler, has come, and the kingdom and the power and the glory are in His hand. All kings shall fall down before Him, all nations shall serve Him. / All: 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 168 - As With Gladness Men of Old (View)
• Matthew 2:1-6: Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.” When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. So they said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet: “But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the rulers of Judah; For out of you shall come a Ruler who will shepherd My people Israel.’ ”
• Devotion
• Prayer #18, p. 149
• Hymn 170 - O God of God, O Light of Light (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 129 - I Stand Beside Thy Manger Here (View): Soloist: v. 1, All: vv. 2-5
• Galatians 4:4-7: But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• O Holy Night: (A. Adam)
• The Benediction (p. 87)
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Tim Hartwig, President, Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Pianist), Tamara Omar (Soloist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• The Confession of Sin (p. 120)
• Hymn 121 - Behold, a Branch is Growing (View): vv. 1-3
• The Versicles (pp. 120-121)
• Psalm 72 (p. 182; Tone 2)
• Matthew 1:18-25: Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly. But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins.” So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.” Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife, and did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son. And he called His name JESUS.
• Hymn 121 - Behold, a Branch is Growing (View): vv. 4, 5
• Anthem: Have I Not Commanded You?: N. Wayne, 2022 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage Do not be afraid or dismayed, For the Lord, your God, is with you. Joshua 1:9 Homily
• The Versicle (p. 122)
• The Magnificat (p. 123)
• The Kyrie (p. 124)
• The Lord's Prayer (p. 125)
• The Collect (pp. 125-127)
• The Benedicamus (p. 127)
• The Benediction (p. 127)
• Hymn 103 - Hail To the Lord's Anointed (View): vv.1, 2, 5

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