Closing of ULC Vespers

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DISPOS IT ION and

DECONSECRAT ION

UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL AND STUDENT CENTER1101 University Avenue S. E.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA

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THE NATIVITY OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

June 24, 2012

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The Order of VespersThe Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist

June 24, 2012

+ In Nomine Jesu +

Processional Hymn Lord of Our Life LSB #659

Please stand and face the crucix as it is carried into the chancel.

Opening Verses p.229

Psalmody: Psalm 137:1-7

The Psalm is chanted whole verse by whole verse between the pastor and congregation. The

pastor will chant the antiphon and rst verse of the Psalm. The Gloria Patri is chanted by all.

Antiphon - Adhaereat lingua meaLE MY tongue cling to the / roo o my mouth, *

I I do not remember you, O Je- / ruselem.

Psalm - Super Flumina Tone 3a

BY HE rivers o Babylon, there we sat down,yea, we wept when we re- / membered Zion. *

We hung our harps upon the willows in / the midst o it.

For there those who carried us away captive asked / o us a song, *And those who plundered us re- / quested mirth,

Saying, Sing us one o the / songs o Zion! *How shall we sing the Lords song in a / oreign land?

I I orget you, / O Jerusalem, *Let my right hand or- / get its skill!

If I do not remember you, let my tongue cling to the / roof of my mouth *I I do not exalt Jerusalem above / my chie joy.

Remember, O Lord, against the / sons o Edom *Te day o Jer- / usalem,

Who said, / Raze it, raze it, *

o its very / oundation!Glory be to the / Father, and to the Son, *

And to the Ho- / ly Spirit

As it was / in the beginning *

Is now and will be orev- / er. Amen.


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Ofce Hymn: Built on the Rock LSB #645

Stanzas 1 & 2 Choir Stanza 4 Choir

Stanza 3 Congregation Stanza 5 Congregation and Choir

First Lesson: Exodus 33:12-16a

Response p.230

Second Lesson: Hebrews 11:8-16

Response p.230

Third Lesson: John 4:19-26

Response p.230

Common Responsory p. 230

Homily

Offering

Verse p. 231

Canticle: Magnicat p.231 Chanted by the Choir

The Litany

: O Lord, : Have mer - cy.: O Christ, : Have mer - cy.: O Lord, : Have mer - cy.

: O Christ, : Hear us.

: God the Fa- ther in heav - en,

: Have mer-cy on us.

: God the Son, Re-deem-er of the world, : Have mer-cy on us.


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: God the Ho - ly Spi - rit, : Have mer-cy on us.

: Be gra - cious to us. : Spare us, good Lord.: Be gra - cious to us. : Help us, good Lord.

: From all sin, rom all error, rom all evil;From the crats and assaults o the devil;

Form sudden and evil death;From pestilence and amine;From war and bloodshed;From sedition and rom rebellion;From lighting and tempest;From all calamity by re and water;And rom ev- / erlasting death;

: Good Lord, de-liv-er us.

: By the mystery o Your holy incarnation;

By Your holy nativity;By Your baptism, asting and temptation;By Your agony and bloody sweat;By Your cross and passion;By Your precious death and burial;By Your glorious resurrection and ascension;And by the coming o the Holy Spirit, / the Comorter:

: Help us, good Lord.


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: In all time o tribulation;In all time o our prosperity,

In the hour o death;And in the / day o judgment:

: Help us, good Lord.

: We poor sin- / ners implore You : o hear us, O Lord.

: o rule and govern Your holy Christian Church;o preserve all pastors and ministers o Your Church in the true knowledge and

understanding o Your wholesome Word and to sustain them in holy living;

o bless and preserve all campus ministries o Your Church, especially our Chapel inher time o trial;o bless the students o our colleges and universities with the proclamation o Your

pure Gospel, which alone has the power to save;o put an end to all schisms and causes o oense;o bring into the way o truth all who have erred and are deceived;o beat down Satan under our eet;o send aithul laborers into Your harvest;And to accompany Your Word with Your / grace and Spi-rit:

: We im-plore You to hear us, good Lord.

: o raise those who all and to strengthen those who stand;

And to comort and help the weakhearted / and the dis-tressed:



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: o give to all peoples concord and peace;o preserve our land rom discord and strie;

o give our country Your protection in every time o need;o direct and deend our president and all in authority;o bless and protect our magistrates and all our people;o watch over and help all who are in danger, necessity, and tribulation;o protect and guide all who travel;o grant all women with child, and all mothers with inant children, increasing

happiness in their blessings;o deend all orphans and widows and to provide or them;o strengthen and keep all sick persons and young children;

o ree those in bondage;And to have mer- / cy on us all:


: o orgive our enemies, persecutors, and slanderers and to turn their hearts;o give and preserve to our use the kindly ruits o the earth;And graciously / to hear our prayers:


: Lord Jesus / Christ, Son o God:

: We im - plore You to hear us.

: Christ, the Lamb o God, who takes a - way the sin o the world,


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: Have mer - cy.


: Have mer - cy.


: Grant us Your peace.

: O Christ, : Hear us.

: O Lord, : Have mer - cy.: O Christ, : Have mer - cy.

: O Lord, : Have mer - cy. A - men.

The Lords Prayer LSB #957

The Collects: p. 233


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The Rite of Disposition of a Church Building

Pastoral Address

Psalmody: Psalm 48:1-3, 8-14 Chanted by the Choir

Salutation

: Te Lord be with you.

: And with your spirit.

Collect

: Let us pray. Lord God, heavenly Father, the unailing giver o good gits, we givethanks to You or Your presence in this place. We implore You to dwell among

us continually with Your Word and Sacraments so that by Your grace we poorsinners may be converted to You and saved eternally through Jesus christ, Your Son,our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and

orever.

: Amen.

The History of the University Lutheran Chapel Building

The Denuding of the Chapel

The Procession from the Chapel

: Let us go orth in peace,

: In the name o the Lord.

Processional Hymn: The Churchs One Foundation LSB #644

Please follow the ministers and those carrying the furnishings from the chapel building.

The Closing of the Chapel

: University Lutheran Chapel is now closed, the building and land returned to

proane use, in the name o the Father and o the Son and o the Holy Spirit.

: Amen.

Benedicamus

: Let us bless the Lord.

: Tanks be to God.

Benediction

: Te Lord bless you and keep you,Te Lord make His ace shine upon you and be gracious unto you.

Te Lord lit up His countenance upon you and + give you peace.

: Amen.

+ Soli Deo Gloria +


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Servants of the Liturgy this Afternoon:

Liturgist and Ofciant: The Rev. David A. Kind

Campus Pastor, University Lutheran Chapel

Preacher: The Rev. Prof. Thomas Aadland,

Matongo Lutheran Theological Seminary, Kenya

Lectors: The Rev. Karl Weber,

St. John Lutheran Church, Ottertail, Minnesota &

St. Paul Lutheran Church, Richville, Minnesota

The Rev. Brian Thorson,

Zion and Trinity Lutheran Churches, Lewisville, Minnesota

Grace Lutheran Church, Ormsby, Minnesota

Thurifer: Douglas Denzler

Crucifer: Jason Havemeier

Torchbearers: Jake Henke & Caleb Walker

Choir Director: Jeff Brueske

Organ: Mrs. Carla Claussen

Trumpet: Matthew Rieddle

Ushers: Craig Henke & Glen Meints


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SUNDAY SERVICES THIS SUMMER: We will be holding our Sunday morn-

ing Bible Class and Divine Service at the Chapel of the Cross on the campus

of Luther Seminary throughout the rest of the summer.

From the Luther Seminary website: The Chapel of the Cross is located in

Northwestern Hall, which was built in 1967. The brick room has the generalshape of a Greek cross. Four columns of small, colored windows punctuate the

walls in front and back. A permanent bronze sculpture of Christ on the cross

rises among the pews. A bronze candelabra holding 7 candles hangs above

the freestanding altar. Heavy stone slabs create the altar, pulpit and bap-

tismal font. A Cassavant organ and rebuilt 1901 Steinway grand piano are

located in the rear of the chapel. The chapel is air-conditioned.

Parking is free but is restricted to the parking lots and the non-residential

side of the streets.

The Chapel of the Cross is on the second

level of Northwestern Hall.

Directions: Luther Seminary is located

one block east of Highway 280 and

Como Avenue in St. Paul. From Como

Avenue, turn onto Hendon Avenue, andproceed up the hill. Northwestern Hall is

located two-thirds of the way up on the

left side of the street at 1501 Fulham.

Northwestern

Hall


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A Brief History of the Chapel and Student Center of University Lutheran Chapel

University Lutheran Chapel and Student Center was erected by the Minnesota Districto the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod to meet the needs o the University o Min-nesota students. A lot o two hundred by two hundred twenty eet was purchased at thecorner o Eleventh and University Avenues. Ground or the Chapel and Student Center

was broken March 27, 1949. Te cornerstone laying ceremony was August 16, 1949in conjunction with the Minnesota District Convention. Te Chapel was dedicatedQuasimodogeniti Sunday, April 16, 1950.

Te Chapel and Center were designed by Lang and Raugland, Architects. Te o-cal point o the Chapel is a beautiul black marble altar with a 24 oot cross outlinedby stained glass windows which were added in 1955. Te building was nanced withmonies raised throughout Minnesota at a cost o $210,000. It was urnished by variousgroups connected with Lutheran student work on the campus, including the LWML o

the Minnesota District, the Gamma Delta alumni group, the Gamma Delta MothersClub, the University Chapel Guild, and individual donors. Te students raised $5000toward the building itsel and another $3,600 or the pipe organ.

Te Chapel and Student Center chapel student center underwent an almost $200,000renovation in 1974 that resulted in a very modern, 70s look, replete with the colorsand textures o the decade. Te chapel itsel also underwent radical changes. Pews weretorn out; the chancel was closed o; and the entire liturgical setting was reoriented. Awooden altar was placed at the side o the nave around which the congregants seated

themselves in a an-shaped conguration deemed more useul or the contemporaryservices. Te Chapel was restored to its original conguration (less the pews) in 1990.

Over the years the Chapel and Student Center have been home to hundreds o studentswho have heard the Word o God, received the Holy Sacraments, studied the HolyScriptures, and grown in their Faith. It has also been home to a growing congregation onon-students composed o people o all ages, rom inants to retirees.

In April o 2011 the Minnesota South Districts Mission and Finance Committeesannounced their plan to sell the Chapel. In September o the same year, in spite o the

outcry raised by people rom across the country and around the world, the MinnesotaSouth Districts Board o Directors voted to sell the Chapel. On September 23, 2011,the Board o Directors signed a Purchase Agreement to sell the Chapel to Doran Devel-opment LLC or $3,500,000. Ater a prolonged ght to save the Chapel, the MinnesotaSouth District Convention, contrary to the wishes o the Ofcers and Directors o theDistrict, granted the congregation o University Lutheran Chapel $2,000,000 to relo-cate her campus ministry and congregation. Te nal re-negotiated price or the sale was$3,250,000. It is great sorrow that we dispose o and deconsecrate this place which hasbeen a bastion o the Gospel and o aithulness on the University o Minnesota campusor the past 62 years.

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