Chapel - Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Order of Service: - Prelude - Prayer - Hymn 392 - On Christ's Ascension I Now Build - Acts 1:6-12: Therefore, when they had come together, they asked (Jesus), saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witness-es to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.” Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey. - Ascension Responsory: P: Behold, I am coming soon! C: Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the City. P: Come, Lord Jesus, quickly come! C: Our Father in heaven, deliver us from every evil of body and soul, property and honor; and at last, when the hour of death shall come, grant us a blessed end, and graciously take us from this valley of sorrow to Yourself in Heaven, through Jesus Christ, our risen and ascended Lord. Amen. - Hymn 98 - Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending: vv. 1, 2, 4 - Blessing - Postlude Service Participants: Chaplain Don Moldstad (Preacher), John Baumann (Organist)