BLC Chapel Services

Order of Service:

• The Path of Life (Psalm 16): Soloist: You will show me the path of life, and delights that await me in Your presence. Without You there is nothing; no joy can be complete until at last I sit by Your side. All: You will show… Soloist: You will show me the path of life, the delights that await me in your presence. Without you there is nothing; no joy can be complete until at last I sit by your side All: You will show… Soloist: O God, you are my refuge, do not turn me away; I say, “You are my God.” Without you there can be no good. All: You will show… Soloist: I bless the Lord who guides me, even in my sleep; my face is turned to God. With the Lord at my side I shall stand firm. All: You will show… Soloist: My heart exults, my spirit sings, even my body trusts in you; for you will not abandon my soul to death, nor let me sink into the grave. All: You will show…
• Matthew 24:10-14: Then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 94 - O How Shall I Receive Thee (View): vv. 1, 4, 5, 6, 10
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Nick Proksch (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Pianist), Ingrid Bloedel (Soloist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 93 - The New Church Year Again is Come (View): vv. 1-3
• Matthew 24:36-42: “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 91 - Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates (View): vv. 4 & 5
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 87 - Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus (View)
• Acts 1:9-11: Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 89 - Jesus Came, the Heav'ns Adoring (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Preacher), Joel Hermanson (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Responsory (Jeremiah 29): P: I know the thoughts I think toward you, says the Lord, C: Thoughts of peace and not of evil. P: Then you will call upon Me, and go and pray to Me, C: And I will listen to you. P: Lord, You have been favorable to Your land; C: You have brought back the captivity of Jacob. 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 10 - Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest (View): vv. 1, 2, 4, 7
• 1 Peter 1:13: Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 432 - Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness (View): vv. 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 11
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Kaleb Schmidt (Organist)

Order of Service:

• The Versicles (pp. 109-110)
• The Invitatory (p. 110)
• The Venite Exultemus (p. 111)
• 2 Corinthians 9:10-15: Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness, while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving through us to God. For the administration of this service not only supplies the needs of the saints, but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God, while, through the proof of this ministry, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal sharing with them and all men, and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the exceeding grace of God in you. Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
• Devotion
• 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 464 - Sing To the Lord of Harvest (View)
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 54 - Beautiful Savior, King of Creation (View)
• 2 Timothy 4:6-8: For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.
• Devotion
• Prayer #133, p. 165
• Hymn 539 - Jerusalem, My Happy Home (View): vv. 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Shawn Stafford (Preacher), Prof. Ben Faugstad (Band Director), BLC Chamber Orchestra (Instrumental Group), Madeline Gutzke (Instrumentalist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 8 - Christ is Made the Sure Foundation (View)
• Revelation 22:1-7: And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him. They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever. Then he said to me, “These words are faithful and true.” And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent His angel to show His servants the things which must shortly take place. “Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 542 - in Heav'n Above, in Heav'n Above (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 1 - Blessed Jesus, At Thy Word (View)
• Matthew 25:31-34: “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, “Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 543 - Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Tim Hartwig, President, Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• God Mounts His Throne: Soloist: God mounts his throne to shouts of joy; Alleluia, alleluia! Congregation: God mounts his throne to shouts of joy; Alleluia, alleluia! S: All peoples, clap your hands, cry to God with shouts of joy! For the Lord Most High we must fear, great king over all the earth. C: God mounts his throne to shouts of joy; Alleluia, alleluia! S: God goes up with shouts of joy; the Lord goes up with trumpet blast. Sing praise for God, sing praise to our king. C: God mounts his throne to shouts of joy; Alleluia, alleluia! S: God is king of all the earth. Sing praise with all your skill. God is king over the nations; he reigns on his holy throne. C: God mounts his throne to shouts of joy; Alleluia, alleluia! (Paul Inwood / Psalm 47)
• 2 Peter 3:3-9: ...knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.” For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and [a]perdition of ungodly men. But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward [b]us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
• Prayer
• Hymn 539 - Jerusalem, My Happy Home (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Kyle Madson, Norseland Norwegian Grove Parish, St. Peter, MN (Preacher), Andy Muske (Soloist), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Pianist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 56 - Ye Lands, To the Lord Make a Jubilant Noise (View)
• 1 Corinthians 11:23-26: For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 321 - Zion, To Thy Savior Singing (View): vv. 1, 4, 5, 6 (tune: ELH 468)
• Blessing
• Postlude

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