BLC Chapel Services

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• The Confession of Sin (p. 120)
• Hymn 567 - Christ, Mighty Savior, Light of All Creation (View)
• The Versicles (pp. 120-121)
• Hymn 457 - Blessed is the Man That Never (View): vv. 1 & 2, soloist
• Matthew 7:21-24: “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’”
• Homily
• The Versicle (p. 122)
• The Magnificat (p. 123)
• Hymn 584 - Grant Peace, We Pray, in Mercy, Lord (View)
• The Collect, Benedicamus & Benediction
• Hymn 595 - Peace To Soothe Our Bitter Woes (View)
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 49 - All Hail the Pow'r of Jesus' Name (View): vv. 1 - 4
• Acts 5: 12-16: And through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. And they were all with one accord in Solomon’s Porch. Yet none of the rest dared join them, but the people esteemed them highly. And believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women, so that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them. Also a multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 49 - All Hail the Pow'r of Jesus' Name (View): vv. 5 - 7
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 60 - O Bless the Lord, My Soul (View)
• The First Commandment (p. 31): You shall have no other gods. What does this mean? We should fear, love, and trust in God above all things.
• The Second Commandment (p. 31): You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God. What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not curse, swear, use satanic arts, lie, or deceive by His name, but call upon it in every trouble, pray, praise, and give thanks.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 490 - These Are the Holy Ten Commands (View): vv. 1-3, 11 & 12
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• The Versicles, Gloria Patri & Confession of Sin: p. 108
• Hymn 425 - Light of the Minds That Know Him (View): vv. 1 & 2
• 1 Corinthians 2: 12-16: Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
• Reading
• Responsory, Collect & Canticle
• Hymn 425 - Light of the Minds That Know Him (View): vv. 3 & 4
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Welcome and Invocation
• Hymn 42 - God, We Praise You! God, We Bless You (View): vv. 1 & 2
• Matthew 28: 18-20: Jesus came and spoke to (His disciples) and said, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth: Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit; teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you, and, lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 42 - God, We Praise You! God, We Bless You (View): vv. 3 & 4
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Dr. Gene Pfeifer (Preacher), Kaleb Schmidt (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 27 - O Holy Spirit, Enter in (View): vv. 1 & 2
• 2 Corinthians 8:9: For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 27 - O Holy Spirit, Enter in (View): vv. 7 & 8
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• The Confession of Sin (p. 120)
• Hymn 565 - All Praise To Thee, My God, This Night (View)
• Versicles & Gloria Patri
• Psalm 130 (p. 193, Tone 3): Choir sings odd-numbered verses; all sing even-numbered verses.
• Proverbs 2: 4-6: If you seek wisdom as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures; Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of God. For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
• Homily
• Nunc Dimittis in d minor - J. Stainer, 1840-1901: (Text is found on ELH p. 124)
• 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)
• Hymn 596 - Praise To Thee and Adoration (View)
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Announcement
• Psalm 1 (p. 174; Tone 1): Pastor will read odd numbered verses; congregation will read even numbered verses.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 65 - Praise To the Lord, the Almighty, the King of Creation (View): vv. 1, 4, & 5
• Blessing

Service Participants: Rev. Shawn Stafford (Preacher), Laura Matzke (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Welcome and Invocation
• Hymn 451 - All That I Was, My Sin, My Guilt (View)
• Luke 18: 9-14: (Jesus) spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, “God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’ And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, “God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 376 - Rejoice, the Lord is King (View): vv. 1 - 4
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 2 - Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord (View): vv. 1-3
• The Versicles and Gloria Patri (p. 108)
• All Those Who Trust in Christ (Jerusalem) - H. Parry: All those who trust in Christ are blest And find in Him eternal rest; This world’s allurements we despise And fix on Christ alone our eyes. Through Him we heirs of heav’n are made; O Brother, Christ, extend Thine aid That we may firmly trust in Thee, And through Thee live eternally. O Christ, our Savior, Helper Friend, Be with us till our journey’s end. In mercy guide us by Thy grace Till we behold Thy glorious face. Though Satan rage, His pow’r is gone His thundering roar can harm us none Our strong Defender hurls him down, And wins for us a heav’nly crown. - Author unknown, 1607; 2. K. Stolshagen, 1550-94; H. Parry, 1916
• Colossians 2:6-10: As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.
• Hymn 24 - Lord, Open Thou My Heart To Hear (View): vv. 1-3, intermixed with the choir signing High Amid the Trees
• The Bethany Song: High amid the trees you stand, Bethany, O guide of youth, Pointing up with kindly hand, Filling heart and mind with truth. When we leave your sheltered side, May we all your hopes fulfill May your lessons e’er abide, May your hand point upward still. - S.C. Ylvisaker
• President's Address: Dr. Gene Pfeifer, President of Bethany
• Installation of New Faculty and Staff
• Presentation of Scholarships
• Hymn 35 - All Glory Be To God On High (View): v. 1
• Kyrie, Lord’s Prayer
• The Collect, Benedicamus & Benediction
• Hymn 82 - With the Lord Begin Thy Task (View): vv. 1-5
• Postlude

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