BLC Chapel Services

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 517 - If God Himself Be For Me (View): vv. 1-3
• Luke 4: 33-37: 33 Now in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried out with a loud voice, 34 saying, “Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!” 35 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him in their midst, it came out of him and did not hurt him. 36 Then they were all amazed and spoke among themselves, saying, “What a word this is! For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.” 37 And the report about Him went out into every place in the surrounding region.
• Hymn 517 - If God Himself Be For Me (View): vv. 4 & 5
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 517 - If God Himself Be For Me (View): vv. 6, 10 & 15
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 259 - The Kingdom Satan Founded (View): vv. 1, 3 & 5
• Matthew 16: 17-19: Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 259 - The Kingdom Satan Founded (View): vv. 6 & 7
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Brian Klebig (Preacher), Hannah Caauwe (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 412 - Come To Calv'ry's Holy Mountain (View): vv. 1 & 2
• Exodus 17: 1-7: Then all the congregation of the children of Israel set out on their journey from the Wilderness of Sin, according to the commandment of the Lord, and camped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink. Therefore the people contended with Moses, and said, “Give us water, that we may drink.” So Moses said to them, “Why do you contend with me? Why do you tempt the Lord?” And the people thirsted there for water, and the people complained against Moses, and said, “Why is it you have brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?” So Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me!” And the Lord said to Moses, “Go on before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel. Also take in your hand your rod with which you struck the river, and go. Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. So he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 412 - Come To Calv'ry's Holy Mountain (View): vv. 3 & 4
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Shawn Stafford (Preacher), Kaleb Schmidt (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• The Versicles and Gloria Patri (p. 128)
• The Confession of Sin (p. 128)
• Hymn 284 - Go To Dark Gethsemane (View)
• Matthew 26: 47-68: While He was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, with a great multitude with swords and clubs, came from the chief priests and elders of the people. Now His betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “Whomever I kiss, He is the One; seize Him.” Immediately he went up to Jesus and said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed Him. But Jesus said to him, “Friend, why have you come?” Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and took Him. And suddenly, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. But Jesus said to him, “Put your sword in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword. Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels? How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen thus?” In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, “Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to take Me? I sat daily with you, teaching in the temple, and you did not seize Me. But all this was done that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples forsook Him and fled. And those who had laid hold of Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. But Peter followed Him at a distance to the high priest’s courtyard. And he went in and sat with the servants to see the end. Now the chief priests, the elders, and all the council sought false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward and said, “This fellow said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.’ ” And the high priest arose and said to Him, “Do You answer nothing? What is it these men testify against You?” But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, “I put You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!” Jesus said to him, “It is as you said. Nevertheless, I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.” Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! What further need do we have of witnesses? Look, now you have heard His blasphemy! What do you think?” They answered and said, “He is deserving of death.” Then they spat in His face and beat Him; and others struck Him with the palms of their hands, saying, “Prophesy to us, Christ! Who is the one who struck You?”
• Homily
• The Responsory (p. 128)
• The Collect (p. 128)
• The Canticle (p. 128)
• Hymn 561 - Abide With Me; Fast Falls the Eventide (View): vv. 1, 2, 6, 7 & 8
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Shawn Stafford (Preacher), Joni Bode (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 253 - Rise, My Soul, To Watch and Pray (View): vv. 1-3
• Romans 7:21- 8:1: I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? I thank God--through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin. There is now, therefore, no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
• Devotion
• The Offertory Verse (p. 70)
• The Lord's Prayer (p. 85)
• Hymn 253 - Rise, My Soul, To Watch and Pray (View): vv. 4 & 6
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Jake Marzinske (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 293 - O What Precious Balm and Healing (View): vv. 1 & 4
• The Versicles (pp. 120-121)
• Matthew 26: 36-46: Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go and pray over there.” And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.” He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.” Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour? Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.” And He came and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy. So He left them, went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. Then He came to His disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us be going. See, My betrayer is at hand.”
• Homily
• The Collect (pp. 125-127)
• The Benedicamus (p. 127)
• The Benediction (p. 127)
• Hymn 293 - O What Precious Balm and Healing (View): vv. 5
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 250 - A Mighty Fortress is Our God (View): vv. 1 & 2
• Matthew 4: 1-11 : Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ” Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He shall give His angels charge over you,’ and, ‘In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’ ” Jesus said to him, “It is written again, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ ” Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ” Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 250 - A Mighty Fortress is Our God (View): vv. 3 & 4
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 249 - Fight the Good Fight With All Your Might (View): vv. 1 & 2
• Ephesians 5: 15-17: See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 249 - Fight the Good Fight With All Your Might (View): vv. 3 & 4
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Tim Hartwig, President, Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary (Preacher), Tamara Omar (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 252 - I Walk in Danger All the Way (View): vv. 1-4
• Psalm 91: 1-4 Responsive reading: P: He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High, C: Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. P: I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress, C: My God, in Him I will trust. P: Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler, C: And from the perilous pestilence. P: He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge. C: His truth shall be your shield and buckler. 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.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 252 - I Walk in Danger All the Way (View): vv. 5 & 6
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 242 - Baptized Into Thy Name Most Holy (View): vv. 1, 2, 6 & 7
• Ezekiel 36: 24-27: (“Say to the house of Israel...”) “... I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land. Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.”
• Devotion
• Prayer #38, p. 152
• Hymn 241 - He That Believes and is Baptized (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

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