BLC Chapel Services

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 49 - All Hail the Pow'r of Jesus' Name: vv. 1-4

- Mark 7: 31-37: Again, departing from the region of Tyre and Sidon, He came through the midst of the region of Decapolis to the Sea of Galilee. Then they brought to Him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they begged Him to put His hand on him. And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers in his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue. Then, looking up to heaven, He sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 49 - All Hail the Pow'r of Jesus' Name: vv. 5-7

- Blessing

- Postlude

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

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 55 - Crown Him With Many Crowns: vv. 1, 3 & 4

- Jeremiah 17: 5, 7 & 14: Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man And makes flesh his strength, Whose heart departs from the Lord. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose hope is the Lord.” Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; Save me, and I shall be saved, For You are my praise.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 593 - On My Heart Imprint Thine Image

- Blessing

- Postlude

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

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Psalmody: Psalm 103: P: Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name! C: Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits. P: For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; C: As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. P: As a father pities his children, so the Lord pities those who fear Him. All: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now and shall be forevermore. Amen.

- Hymn 111 - When Sinners See Their Lost Condition: vv. 1, 2, 4 & 9

- Romans 6: 22-23: Now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 586 - How Blest Are They Who Hear God's Word

- Blessing

- Postlude

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

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 233 - The Gospel Shows the Father's Grace: vv. 1-3

- Matthew 21: 28-32: (Jesus said) “A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go, work today in my vineyard.’ He answered and said, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he regretted it and went. Then he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, ‘I go, sir,’ but he did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to Him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you. For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; but tax collectors and harlots believed him; and when you saw it, you did not afterward relent and believe him.”

- Devotion

- Hymn 233 - The Gospel Shows the Father's Grace: vv. 4-6

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Shawn Stafford (Preacher), Jake Marzinske (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Hymn 35 - All Glory Be To God On High: vv. 1 & 2

- 1 John 1: 8-9: 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.

- Devotion

- The Lord's Prayer (p. 105)

- Hymn 35 - All Glory Be To God On High: vv. 3 & 4

- Blessing

- Postlude

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

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Announcement

- Hymn 450 - Lord, To Thee I Make Confession

- Psalm 51: 1-2: Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 595 - Peace To Soothe Our Bitter Woes

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Rev. Luke Ulrich, Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, Mankato (Preacher), Kaleb Schmidt (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Morning Prayer, p. 167

- Hymn 451 - All That I Was, My Sin, My Guilt

- 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 597 - Savior, Again To Thy Dear Name We Raise: vv. 1, 2 & 4

- Blessing

- Postlude

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

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Welcome and Invocation

- Hymn 403 - God Loved the World So That He Gave: vv. 1-3

- 2 Corinthians 5: 21 : God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 403 - God Loved the World So That He Gave: vv. 4-6

- Blessing

- Postlude

Service Participants: Dr. Gene Pfeifer (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Organist)

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- Announcement

- Hymn 370 - The King of Love, My Shepherd is: vv. 1-3

- John 10: 14-18 (EHV): “I am the Good Shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me (just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father). And I lay down My life for the sheep. I also have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd. This is why the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it up again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down on My own. I have the authority to lay it down and the authority to take it up again. This is the commission I received from My Father.”

- Devotion

- Prayer

- Hymn 370 - The King of Love, My Shepherd is: vv. 4-6

- Blessing

- Postlude

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

Order of Service:

- Prelude

- The Confession of Sin (p. 120)

- The Versicles (pp. 120-121)

- John 6:66-69: From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?” But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

- Hymn 448 - I Will Sing My Maker's Praises: vv. 1-3

- Homily

- Canticle: Magnificat) - M. Praetorius

- The Kyrie (p. 124)

- The Lord's Prayer (p. 125)

- Hymn 584 - Grant Peace, We Pray, in Mercy, Lord

- The Collect (pp. 125-127)

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