Commencement Vespers - Thursday, May 9, 2024

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Order of Service

  • Prelude
  • Hymn 389 - A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing View
    vv. 1, 2, 6, 7
  • The Versicles (pp. 120-121)
  • Reading: Ephesians 2:8-10 View
    For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
  • Thanks Be To Thee
    Thanks be to Thee, Lord God of Hosts; Thou broughtest forth with mighty hand, Israel safe through the sea. Lord Thou hast led us as a shepherd; Lord, with Thine hand tenderly in ages past Thy people has led. Thanks be to Thee, Lord God of Hosts; Thou broughtest forth with mighty hand, Israel safe through the sea (George F. Handel)
  • Homily
  • Laudamus Te
    Laudamus te, Benedicimus te, Adoramus te, Glorificamus te. We praise You, O Lord. We bless You, O Lord. We adore You. We glorify You, O Lord. (G. A. Hennig, BLC ’87, c. 2024)
  • 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 2 - Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord View
  • Announcement
  • Postlude
This Commencement Vespers Service was held in Trinity Chapel at Bethany Lutheran College on Thursday, May 9, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. Page and hymn numbers are from the Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary. Service ©2024, 2025 Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, Minn.