Order of Service:

• Prelude
• Hymn 2 - Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord (View): vv. 1 - 3
• Versicles & Gloria Patri
• Anthem: O God, Beyond All Praising: Choir: vv. 1, 2; Congregation: v. 3
• 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; Choir sings between verses
• 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
• Collect
• Announcement: Opening of the Academic Year
• The Benedicamus and Benediction (p. 127)
• Hymn 82 - With the Lord Begin Thy Task (View): vv. 1 - 5
• Postlude

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