BLC Chapel Services

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 443 - O That I Had a Thousand Voices - Luke 19:41:48: Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in...

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 441 - O That the Lord Would Guide My Ways - Galatians 1:6-10: I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have...

Order of Service: - Prelude - Introit for the Trinity Season: P: Alleluia! Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers: praise Him and highly exalt Him forever. C: Alleluia! O Lord, deal with Your servant according to Your mercy and teach me your statutes. P: I am Your servant, give me understanding: C: That I may know your testimonies. P: The Lord is the Strength of His people, He is the saving Streng...

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 426 - Jesus Sinners Doth Receive: vv. 1 - 4 - Luke 5:1-11: So it was, as the multitude pressed about (Jesus) to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets. Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a lit...

Order of Service: - The Order of Service is not available for this service. Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), John Baumann (Organist)

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 80 - O Blessed Holy Trinity - Isaiah 55:1-3: Hey,all of you who are thirsty, come to the water, even if you have no money! Come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. 2 Why do you spend money on something that is not bread? Why do you waste your labor on something that does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good....

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 411 - Christians, Come, in Sweetest Measures - Matthew 13:44-45: The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everyth...

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 1 - Blessed Jesus, At Thy Word: vv. 1 - 3 - The Athanasian Creed (pp. 29-30): (selected verses) - Hymn 1 - Blessed Jesus, At Thy Word: vv. 4 - John 1:1-5 & 14: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him wa...

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 16 - From All That Dwell Below the Skies - The Versicles (pp. 120-121): led by Concert Choir - O Taste and See: O taste and see how gracious the Lord is: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. - Psalm 34 v. 8; R. Vaughan Williams - Luke 10:38-42 (NKJV): Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him...

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 392 - On Christ's Ascension I Now Build - John 17:13-19: (Jesus prayed:) “Now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not pray that You should take them out of the world,...

Order of Service: - Prelude: O Sons and Daughters of the King. arr. Jeffrey Blersch - Hymn 385 - What a Friend We Have in Jesus - Luke 11:1-13: Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.” So He said to them, “When you pray, say: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your n...

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 20 - Holy Ghost, Dispel Our Sadness - John 15:26 - 6:4: “But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me. And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning. These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble. They will...

Order of Service: - Hymn Study: Today Prof. DeGarmeaux guides us through a hymn study. - Hymn 378 - Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice: v. 1; commentary; vv. 2-3; commentary; vv. 4-6; commentary; vv. 7-8; commentary; vv. 9-10 - Prayer - The Benediction (p. 104) Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux (Preacher), Hannah Caauwe (Organist)

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 374 - If Thy Beloved Son, O God: vv. 1 - 3 - John 14:1-6: “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be...

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 25 - O Holy Spirit, Grant Us Grace - John 14:16-21: (Jesus said) “I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to y...

Order of Service: - Prelude - The Confession of Sin (p. 120) - Hymn 372 - Jesus, Thy Boundless Love To Me - The Versicles (pp. 120-121) - The Gloria Patri (p. 121) - They Follow Me: My sheep hear my voice and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life. My sheep hear my voice and I know them; and they shall never perish, neither shall anyone pluck them out of my hand. My she...

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 446 - What is the World To Me: vv. 1, 2, 4 - John 16:20-22: (Jesus said) “Most assuredly, I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy. A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer rem...

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 396 - If God Had Not Been On Our Side - 2 Corinthians 12:7-10: And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He said to me, “My grace...

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 377 - Why Should Cross and Trial Grieve Me?: vv. 1 - 5 - Genesis 50:15-21: When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “Perhaps Joseph will hate us, and may actually repay us for all the evil which we did to him.” So they sent messengers to Joseph, saying, “Before your father died he commanded, saying, “Thus you shall say to Joseph: ‘I beg y...

Order of Service: - Prelude - Prayer: O Lord, our Maker, Redeemer, and Comforter, we are assembled in Your presence to hear Your holy Word. We pray You to open our hearts by Your Holy Spirit that through the preaching of Your Word we may be taught to repent of our sins, to believe on Jesus in life and in death, and to grow day by day in grace and holiness. Hear us for Christ’s sake. Amen. - Hymn 4...

Order of Service: - Prelude - The Confession of Sin (p. 120) - Hymn 358 - Today in Triumph Christ Arose - The Versicles (pp. 120-121) - The Gloria Patri (p. 121) - Lord, Let at Last Thine Angels Come: Lord, let at last thine angels come, to Abr'ham's bosom bear me home that I may die unfearing; and in its narrow chamber keep my body safe in peaceful sleep until thy reappearing. And then from death...

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 505 - O Lord, Who in Thy Love Divine: vv. 1, 3, 5, 9 - 1 Peter 5:1-4: Therefore, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and as one who also shares in the glory that is about to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you: Shepherd God’s flock that is among you, serving as overseers, not grudgingly but willingly, as God desires, not because...

Order of Service: - Prelude - Easter Responsory: P: Alleluia! Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. Alleluia! C: The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. Alleluia! P: By the Word of the Lord C: the heavens were made. P: Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous! C: For praise from the upright is beautiful. P Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; C: And I will d...

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 368 - The Lord My Faithful Shepherd is: vv. 1 - 4 - Prayer - Psalm 23 - Devotion - Prayer - Hymn 368 - The Lord My Faithful Shepherd is: vv. 5, 6 - Blessing - Announcement - Postlude Service Participants: Rev. Dr. Doyle Holbird (Preacher), Maddy Chavez (Organist)

Order of Service: - Prelude - Hymn 344 - Christ the Lord is Ris'n Again: vv. 1, 2 - John 11:21-26: Now Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” Martha said to Him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” Jes...