BLC Chapel Services

Order of Service:

• Hymn 34 - Kyrie, God Father in Heav'n Above (View): Followed by J.S. Bach, played by Kaleb Schmidt
• Hymn 35 - All Glory Be To God On High (View): v. 1; Followed by Telemann, played by Joel Hermanson
• Hymn 38 - We All Believe in One True God (View): v. 1; Followed by J C Bach, played by Tamara Omar
• Hymn 40 - Isaiah, Mighty Seer, in Days of Old (View): v.1; Followed by Samuel Scheidt, played by M. DeGarmeaux
• Hymn 41 - Lamb of God, Pure and Holy (View): v. 3; Followed by Every Sunday Organist, played by Davis Smith
• Hymn 63 - Now Thank We All Our God (View): v. 1; Followed by Friedrich Franke, played by Hannah Caauwe

Service Participants: (Preacher), Tamara Omar (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Responsory: P: You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, C: That you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light. P: Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; C: Once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. P: Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, C: And to the Lamb! 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 554 - For All the Saints Who From Their Labors Rest (View): vv. 1 - 4
• Colossians 1:9-14: For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 554 - For All the Saints Who From Their Labors Rest (View): vv. 5 - 8
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 551 - Lord, Help Us Ever To Retain (View)
• John 8:31-32: Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 250 - A Mighty Fortress is Our God (View): vv. 3 & 4
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Dr. Doyle Holbird (Preacher), Kaleb Schmidt (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 251 - A Mighty Fortress is Our God (View): vv. 1 & 2
• Psalm 78:1-8: Give ear, O my people, to my law; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done. For He established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children; That the generation to come might know them, The children who would be born, That they may arise and declare them to their children, That they may set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments; And may not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not set its heart aright, And whose spirit was not faithful to God.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 586 - How Blest Are They Who Hear God's Word (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Dr. Timothy Schmeling (Preacher), Nathan Wildauer (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 211 - Built On the Rock the Church Doth Stand (View): vv. 1, 3, 6, 7
• Matthew 7:24-29: “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.” And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His teaching, for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
• Devotion
• In Thee Is Gladness: (arranged by M. DeGarmeaux)
• Prayer #142, p. 166
• Hymn 583 - God's Word is Our Great Heritage (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Kaleb Schmidt (Organist), Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary Choir (Choral Group)

Order of Service:

• Prelude: O Blest the House - Johann Pachelbel
• Hymn 549 - O God, Our Lord (View)
• The Versicles (pp. 120-121): Led by the choir
• Matthew 13:44-45: The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.
• The Word Was God (Rosephanye Powell): In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made, that have been made. Nothing was made, He has not made. All things were made by Him. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.
• 1 Corinthians 1:22-31: Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength. Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him. 30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”
• Hymn 511 - Lord Jesus Christ, With Us Abide (View): vv. 1, 2, 8, 9
• How Firm a Foundation
• Hymn 579 - Abide in Grace, Lord Jesus (View)
• Lord, Open Thou My Heart to Hear: Lord, open thou my heart to hear And through Thy Word, to me draw near; Let me Thy Word e’er pure retain; Let me Thy child and heir remain. Thy Word doth deeply move the heart, Thy Word doth perfect health impart, Thy Word my soul with joy doth bless, Thy Word brings peace and happiness. To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One, Shall glory, praise, and honor be Now and throughout eternity. Amen. J. Olearius, 1611-84; Tr. M. Loy, 1828-1915. Setting by Jacob B. Weber.
• Homily
• Hymn 43 - Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (View): vv. 1, 4, 5, 6, 7
• God of Ages: God of the ages, whose almighty hand leads forth in beauty all the starry band of shining worlds in splendor through the skies, our grateful songs before thy throne arise. Thy love divine hath led us in the past; in this free land with thee our lot is cast; be thou our ruler, guardian, guide, and stay, thy Word our law, thy paths our chosen way. From war's alarms, from deadly pestilence, be thy strong arm our ever sure defense; thy true religion in our hearts increase; thy bounteous goodness nourish us in peace. Refresh thy people on their toilsome way; lead us from night to never-ending day; fill all our lives with love and grace divine, and glory, laud, and praise be ever thine. (arranged by Arlen Clarke)
• Kyrie, Lord’s Prayer
• Hymn 584 - Grant Peace, We Pray, in Mercy, Lord (View)
• Collect
• The Benedicamus (p. 127)
• The Benediction (p. 127)
• Hymn 589 - Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Thy Word (View)
• Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Organist), Prof. Ann Fredrickson (Choir Director), BLC Concert Choir (Choral Group), Prof. David Paulson (Choir Director), Handbell Choir (Instrumental Group), Mary Martha Singers (Choral Group)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Psalmody:I Will Praise You, Lord - Inwood: Singers: I will praise you, Lord, you have rescued me, I will praise you, Lord, for your mercy. I will praise you, Lord, you have rescued me: I will praise you, Lord. Congregation: I will praise… Singers: 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. C: I will praise… S: 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. C: I will praise… S: 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. C: I will praise…
• Mark 6:34: Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things.
• Devotion
• Hymn 375 - O Little Flock, Fear Not the Foe (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Prof. Tom Rank (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Pianist), Tamara Omar (Soloist)

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)