BLC Chapel Services

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 359 - Worthy is Christ, the Lamb Who Was Slain (View)
• Acts 13: 36-39: “For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and saw corruption; but He whom God raised up saw no corruption. Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through this Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins; and by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 351 - I Know That My Redeemer Lives (View): vv. 1-3, 5 & 8
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Glenn Obenberger, Pres. of the ELS (Preacher), Laura Matzke (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Responsory Psalm 118: P: O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! C: For His mercy endures forever. P: It is better to trust in the Lord C: Than to put confidence in man. P: It is better to trust in the Lord C: Than to put confidence in princes. P: The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; C: The right hand of the Lord does valiantly. P: The right hand of the Lord is exalted; C: The right hand of the Lord does valiantly. 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 355 - Now Christ is Risen (View): vv. 1, 4, 5, 6, 9 & 10
• 1 Corinthians 15: 12-20: Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise. For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable. But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep.
• Devotion
• Prayer #62, p. 155
• Hymn 350 - He's Risen, He's Risen, Christ Jesus, the Lord (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Preacher), Kaleb Schmidt (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Isaiah 53 responsory : P: Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; C: Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. P: But He was wounded for our transgressions, C: He was bruised for our iniquities; P: The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, C: And by His stripes we are healed. P: All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; C: And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
• Hymn 302 - The Tree of Life With Ev'ry Good (View): vv. 1 & 2
• 1 John 1:8-2:2: If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us. My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 302 - The Tree of Life With Ev'ry Good (View): vv. 3 & 4
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 278 - O Jesus, King Most Wonderful (View): vv. 1-3
• Philippians 2: 5-11: Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
• Devotion
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 278 - O Jesus, King Most Wonderful (View): vv. 4 & 5
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Tamara Omar (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 279 - Hosanna, Loud Hosanna (View): vv. 1 & 3
• Matthew 21: 1-11: Now when they drew near Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them to Me. And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send them.” All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: “Tell the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your King is coming to you, lowly, and sitting on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ” So the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them. They brought the donkey and the colt, laid their clothes on them, and set Him on them. And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road. Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: “Hosanna to the Son of David! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ Hosanna in the highest!” And when He had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, “Who is this?” So the multitudes said, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 277 - All Glory, Laud, and Honor (View): vv. 1, 4, & 5
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Shawn Stafford (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Be Merciful, O Lord: Soloist: Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned, be merciful, O Lord… All: Be merciful S: Have mercy on me, God, in your kindness, in you compassion, blot out my offence. Oh wash me more and more from my guilt and my sorrows, and cleanse me from all of my sin. A: Be merciful… S: My offences, truly I know them, and my sins are always before me; against you, alone have I sinned, O Lord, what is evil in your sight I have done. A: Be merciful… S: Create in me a clean heart, O God, put your steadfast spirit in my soul. Cast me not away from your presence, O Lord, and take not your spirit from me. A: Be merciful… S: Give back to me the joy of your salvation, let your willing spirit bear me up and I shall teach your way to the ones who have wandered, and bring them all home to your side. A: Be …
• Luke 23: 44-46: Now it was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. Then the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two. And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, “Father, ‘into Your hands I commit My spirit.’ ” Having said this, He breathed His last.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 270 - Hail Thou Once-Despised Jesus (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 333 - Christ, the Life of All the Living (View): vv. 1, 2 & 5
• Hosea 5:15-6:6: I will return again to My place till they acknowledge their offense. Then they will seek My face; In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.” Come, and let us return to the Lord; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up. After two days He will revive us; On the third day He will raise us up, That we may live in His sight. Let us know, let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter and former rain to the earth. “O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud, And like the early dew it goes away. Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of My mouth; And your judgments are like light that goes forth. For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 333 - Christ, the Life of All the Living (View): vv. 6 & 7
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Matt Lehne (Preacher), Philip Smith (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Organ Recital: When o’er My Sins I Sorrow — Kaleb Schmidt — Hymn 276 v. 1
• Organ Recital: Christ, the Life of All the Living — Joseph Ritter — Hymn 333 v. 1
• Organ Recital: O Sinner, Come, Thy Sin to Mourn — Davis Smith — Hymn 272 v. 1
• Organ Recital: Jesus Christ, Our Blessed Savior — Andrejs Mudulis — Hymn 317 v. 2
• Organ Recital: O Christ, the Lamb of God — Cyril Palm — ELH page 55
• Organ Recital: Christ Alone Who Makes Us Glad — Elisabeth Masrud with Tamara Omar, soloist
• Organ Recital: Our Blessed Savior Seven Times Spoke — Tamara Omar — Hymn 337 v. 1
• Organ Recital: O Sacred Head, Now Wounded — Heidi Riebau — Hymn ELH 334 v. 1
• Organ Recital: Out of the Depths — Nathan Wildauer — Hymn 452 v. 3
• Organ Recital: Lamb of God, Pure and Holy Canon between soprano and pedal — Joel Hermanson — Hymn 41 v. 1
• Organ Recital: Soul, Adorn Thyself with Gladness — Hannah Caauwe — Hymn 328 v. 4
• Organ Recital: A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth — Philip Smith — Hymn 331 v. 2
• Organ Recital: All Glory, Laud, and Honor — Jake Marzinske — Hymn 277 v. 1

Service Participants: Tamara Omar (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 270 - Hail Thou Once-Despised Jesus (View): vv. 1 & 2
• Hebrews 7:26-28: For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens; who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 270 - Hail Thou Once-Despised Jesus (View): vv. 3 & 4
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• The Versicles and Gloria Patri (p. 108)
• The Confession of Sin (p. 108)
• Hymn 289 - Join All the Glorious Names (View): vv. 1-4
• 1 Timothy 2: 5-6 : For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
• Devotion
• The Responsory (p. 108)
• The Collect (p. 108)
• The Canticle (p. 108)
• Hymn 289 - Join All the Glorious Names (View): vv. 5-7
• Blessing
• Postlude

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