BLC Chapel Services

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 483 - Who Knows When Death May Overtake Me (View): vv. 1, 3, 4, 8, 10
• Psalm 90:1-6 & 12-14: Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. You turn man to destruction, and say, “Return, O children of men.” For a thousand years in Your sight are like yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night. You carry them away like a flood; they are like a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up: In the morning it flourishes and grows up; in the evening it is cut down and withers. ... So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Return, O Lord! How long? And have compassion on Your servants. Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days!
• Prayer
• Jesus Priceless Treasure: Jesus, priceless Treasure, Source of purest pleasure, Truest Friend to me! O how long I’ve panted, And my heart hath fainted, Thirsting, Lord, for Thee! Thine I am, O spotless Lamb, I will suffer naught to hide Thee, Naught I ask beside Thee. In Thine arms I rest me; Foes who would molest me Cannot reach me here. Though the earth be shaking, Ev’ry heart be quaking, Jesus calms my fear. Lightnings flash And thunders crash; Yet, though sin and hell assail me, Jesus will not fail me. Hence, all fears and sadness! For the Lord of gladness, Jesus, enters in. They who love the Father, Though the storms may gather, Still have peace within. Yea, whate’er I here must bear, Thou art still my purest Pleasure, Jesus, priceless Treasure!
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Dr. Timothy Schmeling (Preacher), Kaleb Schmidt (Organist), BLC Concert Choir (Choral Group), Prof. David Paulson (Choir Director)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 470 - O God, Thou Faithful God (View): vv. 1, 2, 4. Descant by Tamara Omar
• Job 1:20-22: Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped. And he said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, And naked shall I return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; Blessed be the name of the Lord.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 470 - O God, Thou Faithful God (View): vv. 6, 7, 8
• Blessing
• Postlude: The Doxology, arranged by Robert Frost

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• The Confession of Sin (p. 120)
• Hymn 467 - in God, My Faithful God (View)
• The Versicles (pp. 120-121)
• Psalm 8 (p. 174; Tone 2): Soloist: odd-numbered verses; All: even-numbered verses and the Glory be to the Father (at the bottom of the page)
• Mark 12:41-44: Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury and saw how the people put money into the treasury. And many who were rich put in much. Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites, which make a quadrans. So He called His disciples to Himself and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury; for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood.”
• Homily
• The Versicle (p. 122)
• The Nunc Dimittis (p. 124)
• The Kyrie (p. 124)
• The Lord's Prayer (p. 125)
• The Collect (pp. 125-127)
• The Benedicamus (p. 127): Led by the chaplain
• The Benediction (p. 127)
• Hymn 587 - Jesus, Still Lead On (View)
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 521 - How Firm a Foundation, You Saints of the Lord (View): vv. 1-3
• Romans 8:35-39: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 521 - How Firm a Foundation, You Saints of the Lord (View): vv. 4 & 5
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Brad Kerkow (Preacher), Laura Matzke (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 488 - I Am, Alone, Your God and Lord (View): vv. 1-5
• The Fifth Commandment (p. 31): Read responsively
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 333 - Christ, the Life of All the Living (View): vv. 1, 2, 6, 7
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 468 - All Depends On Our Possessing (View): vv. 1-3
• 1 Timothy 6:6-8: Now godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 468 - All Depends On Our Possessing (View): vv. 5 & 6
• Blessing

Service Participants: Prof. Tom Rank (Preacher), Hannah Caauwe (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Special Service: The audio and video attached to this service has been trimmed to remove the Exceptional Service to Bethany Award ceremony for Erling Teigen. See our YouTube channel for the full service.
• Prelude
• Hymn 1 - Blessed Jesus, At Thy Word (View)
• The Versicles (pp. 109-110)
• Psalm 51 - Setting by R. Ellefson: Send forth Thy Light and Thy Love, O Lord. Fill our Hearts with Thy Holy Spirit. Lead me, lead me into Thy Presence, And teach me to love Thy Ways, O Jesus. Restore unto me the Joy of Thy Salvation, And uphold me with Thy free Spirit. Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from Thy Presence, And take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the Joy of Thy Salvation, And uphold me with Thy free Spirit.
• Luke 10:38-42: As they went on their way, Jesus came into the village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who was sitting at the Lord’s feet and was listening to his Word. But Martha was distracted with all her serving. She came over and said, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her to help me.” The Lord answered and told her, “Martha, Martha, you are worked and upset about many things, but one thing is needed. In fact, Mary has chosen that better part, which will not be taken away from her.” (EHV)
• Deuteronomy 6:4-7: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. 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.”
• Sermon
• Anthem: O God, Beyond All Praising: The congregation joins the choir for the third verse.
• The Kyrie (Lord have mercy) (pp. 116-117)
• The Lord's Prayer (p. 117)
• Hymn 584 - Grant Peace, We Pray, in Mercy, Lord (View)
• The Collect (pp. 118-119)
• The Benedicamus (p. 119)
• Blessing
• Hymn 63 - Now Thank We All Our God (View)
• Hymn 593 - On My Heart Imprint Thine Image (View): Concert Choir plus congregational participants

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Kaleb Schmidt (Organist), BLC Concert Choir (Participant #3 Role), Prof. David Paulson (Choir Director)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 367 - Gracious Savior, Gentle Shepherd (View): vv. 1, 3 & 4
• John 10:27-29: (Jesus said) "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 370 - The King of Love, My Shepherd is (View)
• Blessing

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Bless the Lord, O My Soul - Psalm: Soloist: Bless the Lord… C: Bless the Lord… For you are my glory, my Savior and shield, deliver me from my distress. And raise me higher than heaven from earth, in your goodness rescue my life. Bless the Lord… A father of tender compassionate love, you take all my sins away. And hurl them farther than east is from west, where you hold their memory no more. Bless the Lord… For you are my Shepherd who keeps me from need, sustainer of all that I am. And in your merciful love, like an eagle in spring, my youth you renew. Bless the Lord…
• Isaiah 49:14-16: Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me.” “Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 465 - From God Shall Naught Divide Me (View): vv. 1, 4, 5 & 9
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• The Confession of Sin (p. 120)
• Hymn 574 - O Trinity, Most Blessed Light (View)
• The Versicles (pp. 120-121): Led by the choir
• Hymn 462 - As After the Water-Brooks Panteth (View): vv.1, 2, 6, 7
• Colossians 3: 15-17: And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
• Anthem: O God, Beyond All Praising: Choir sings verses 1 & 2; congregation joins for verse 3
• The Kyrie (p. 124)
• The Lord's Prayer (p. 125)
• Hymn 584 - Grant Peace, We Pray, in Mercy, Lord (View)
• The Collect, Benedicamus & Benediction: p. 126-127
• Hymn 575 - The Sun Has Gone Down (View): vv. 1 & 2
• Postlude

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