BLC Chapel Services

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 327 - O Lord, We Praise Thee, Bless Thee, and Adore Thee (View): vv. 1, 2
• Exodus 12:11-14: And thus you shall eat it: with a belt on your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. So you shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord’s Passover. ‘For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord. Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. ‘So this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast by an everlasting ordinance.
• Matthew 26:26-30: As they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom.” And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 328 - Soul, Adorn Thyself With Gladness (View): vv. 1, 6, 9
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 282 - Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed (View)
• Matthew 27:45-50: Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” Some of those who stood there, when they heard that, said, “This Man is calling for Elijah!” Immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and offered it to Him to drink. The rest said, “Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah will come to save Him.” And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 283 - Glory Be To Jesus, Who in Bitter Pains (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Shawn Stafford (Preacher), Ellie Mittelstadt (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Your name: P: O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens! C: Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants you have perfected praise. P: Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me to Your holy hill. C: O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Your name in all the earth. 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 278 - O Jesus, King Most Wonderful (View)
• Matthew 21:10-17: 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.” Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’” Then the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them. But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant and said to Him, “Do You hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have perfected praise’?” Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and He lodged there.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 280 - Ride On, Ride On in Majesty (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 306 - What Wondrous Love is This, O My Soul, O My Soul (View)
• Romans 5:12-15: Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned-- (For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man's offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 333 - Christ, the Life of All the Living (View): vv. 1, 2, 7
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Shawn Stafford (Preacher), Hannah Caauwe (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Gradual and Introit: P: Christ has humbled Himself and become obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
  C: Vindicate me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation.
  P: Deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
  C: Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me, let them bring me to Your holy hill.
  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
  P: Christ has humbled Himself and become obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
• Hymn 41 - Lamb of God, Pure and Holy (View)
• Hebrews 4:12-16: For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. 14 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 331 - A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Pianist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 276 - When O'er My Sins I Sorrow (View)
• The Versicles (pp. 120-121)
• The Gloria Patri (p. 121)
• Psalm 121:1-3 (setting: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy): Lift thine eyes, O lift thine eyes to the mountains, whence cometh help. Thy help cometh from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. He hath said, “Thy foot shall not be moved. Thy keeper will never slumber.” Lift thine eyes, O lift thine eyes to the mountains, whence cometh help.
• Mark 15:33-47: Now when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” Some of those who stood by, when they heard that, said, “Look, He is calling for Elijah!” Then someone ran and filled a sponge full of sour wine, put it on a reed, and offered it to Him to drink, saying, “Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah will come to take Him down.” And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed His last. Then the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. So when the centurion, who stood opposite Him, saw that He cried out like this and breathed His last, he said, “Truly this Man was the Son of God!” There were also women looking on from afar, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome, who also followed Him and ministered to Him when He was in Galilee, and many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem. Now when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate marveled that He was already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him if He had been dead for some time. So when he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. Then he bought fine linen, took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen. And he laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses observed where He was laid.
• Homily
• Hymn 47 - My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord (View)
• 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 565 - All Praise To Thee, My God, This Night (View)
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 268 - On Mary, Virgin Undefiled (View): vv. 1, 4, 5, 6
• Matthew 1:18-25: Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly. But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins.” So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.” Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife, and did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son. And he called His name JESUS.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 47 - My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord (View): vv. 1 - 5
• Blessing
• Postlude

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

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 301 - There is a Fountain Filled With Blood (View)
• Hebrews 9:27-28: Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 308 - When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (View)
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. John Petersen, Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, Mankato (Preacher), Gabrielle Gillespie (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 298 - Sing, My Tongue, How Glorious Battle (View): vv. 1 - 4
• Matthew 16:21-23: From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day. Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!” But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 298 - Sing, My Tongue, How Glorious Battle (View): vv. 6, 8
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Glenn Obenberger (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Organist)

Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 263 - Jesus, Priceless Treasure (View): vv. 1 - 3
• Matthew 6:19-21: “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
• Devotion
• Prayer
• Hymn 263 - Jesus, Priceless Treasure (View): vv. 4, 6
• Blessing
• Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Dr. Doyle Holbird (Preacher), Nathan Nikoley (Organist)