Easter Organ Vespers - April 15, 2026

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Order of Service

  • Prelude
    The King of Love (Mark DeGarmeaux); Jesus Sinners Doth Receive (DeGarmeaux); Jesus Lives, the Victory’s Won (Laura Matzke); Awake, My Heart (Wilbur Held); For Me to Live Is Jesus (Gaël Liardon); Jesus Christ, My Sure Defense (Liardon)
  • Organ Recital
    Hymn: Jesus Christ Is Risen Today (Wilbur Held)
  • Hymn 352 - Jesus Christ is Ris'n Today View
    vv. 1
  • Prayer
    p. 105, by the officiant
  • Organ Recital
    Sequence Hymn: Christ Is Arisen (Charles Callahan); Victimae paschali laudes (Sung in Latin by a soloist)
  • Reading: Lesson View
  • Organ Recital
    Responsory Hymn: How Rich at Eastertide (Charles Callahan)
  • Hymn 349 - How Rich, At Eastertide View
    vv. 1
  • Homily
  • Organ Recital
    Canticle: Ye Sons and Daughters of the King (Charles Callahan)
  • Hymn 366 - Ye Sons and Daughters of the King View
    vv. 1, 8
  • Kyrie, Lord’s Prayer
    (spoken)
  • Organ Recital
    Hymn: Awake, My Heart (Jacob B. Weber)
  • Hymn 341 - Awake, My Heart, With Gladness View
    vv. 1, 2
  • The Collect (p. 132)
    (spoken)
  • The Benediction (p. 132)
    (spoken with Amens)
  • Organ Recital
    Closing Hymn: The Strife is O’er
  • Hymn 357 - The Strife is O'er, the Battle Done View
    vv. 1
  • Postlude
    The Strife Is O’er (Wilbur Held)
This Vespers Service was held in Trinity Chapel at Bethany Lutheran College on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, at 6 p.m. Page and hymn numbers are from the Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary. Service ©2026 Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, Minn.