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Fourth Sunday in Lent

10 a.m. March 30, 2025

Our theme: The psalm sets the tone this day: “Happy are they whose transgressions are forgiven, and whose sin is put away!” Happy are those who have “become the righteousness of God” in the merits of Christ Jesus. Happy are those for whom the forgiveness of God has “rolled away . . . the disgrace” of former times. Happy is the father at the return of his prodigal son. Happy are we that our sins are forgiven for Jesus’ sake. Rejoice!

Preaching and Presiding Minister: Rev. Katherine Museus, University Pastor

Have questions about what worship on Sunday morning is like at the Chapel? Read more here!

Find previous services on our YouTube channel. You may also hear recordings of sermons here.

Please email prayer requests to prayer@valpo.edu.

Our pastoral staff will continue to be available and encourage you to use their “You Can Book Me” contacts for appointments.

This Sunday’s Readings

By celebrating the Passover and eating the produce of the promised land instead of the miraculous manna that had sustained them in the desert, the Israelites symbolically bring their forty years of wilderness wandering to an end at Gilgal.

⁹ The Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away from you the disgrace of Egypt.” And so that place is called Gilgal to this day.

¹⁰ While the Israelites were camped in Gilgal they kept the passover in the evening on the fourteenth day of the month in the plains of Jericho. ¹¹ On the day after the passover, on that very day, they ate the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and parched grain. ¹² The manna ceased on the day they ate the produce of the land, and the Israelites no longer had manna; they ate the crops of the land of Canaan that year.

One way to describe the gospel is the promise that in Christ everything is transformed into newness. All mistakes, all deliberate sins, all old history is reconciled with Christ’s resurrection. This is Paul’s strong message to the congregation in the city of Corinth.

¹⁶ From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way. ¹⁷ So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! ¹⁸ All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; ¹⁹ that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. ²⁰ So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. ²¹ For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Jesus tells a parable about a son who ponders his father’s love only after he has spurned it. The grace he receives is beyond his hopes. That same grace is a crisis for an older brother who believes it is his obedience that has earned his place in the father’s home.

¹ Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to [Jesus.] ² And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
³ So he told them this parable: ^11b “There was a man who had two sons. ¹² The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the property that will belong to me.’ So he divided his property between them. ¹³ A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant country, and there he squandered his property in dissolute living. ¹⁴ When he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that country, and he began to be in need. ¹⁵ So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed the pigs. ¹⁶ He would gladly have filled himself with the pods that the pigs were eating; and no one gave him anything. ¹⁷ But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger! ¹⁸ I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; ¹⁹ I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired hands.” ’ ²⁰ So he set off and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him. ²¹ Then the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ ²² But the father said to his slaves, ‘Quickly, bring out a robe—the best one—and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. ²³ And get the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate; ²⁴ for this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!’ And they began to celebrate.
²⁵ “Now his elder son was in the field; and when he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing. ²⁶ He called one of the slaves and asked what was going on. ²⁷ He replied, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has got him back safe and sound.’ ²⁸ Then he became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and began to plead with him. ²⁹ But he answered his father, ‘Listen! For all these years I have been working like a slave for you, and I have never disobeyed your command; yet you have never given me even a young goat so that I might celebrate with my friends. ³⁰ But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fatted calf for him!’ ³¹ Then the father said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. ³² But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found.’ ”

Upcoming at the Chapel:

The Chapel of the Resurrection invites you to worship with us in person or online at 10 a.m. for Sunday mornings when classes are in session during the regular school year.

There will be an organ recital series on Fridays at noon – March 21, March 28, and April 4 in the Chapel. Bring your lunch and experience the rich sounds of the organ in a relaxed, welcoming setting. Admission is free, and all are welcome! You can find out more about this event here.

Holy Week Services for 2025:

Palm Sunday: April 13 at 10 a.m.
Maundy Thursday: April 17 at 7 p.m.
Good Friday: April 18 at 12 p.m. noon
Easter Vigil: April 19 at 8 p.m.
Easter Sunday: April 20 at 10 a.m.

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Have questions about what Sunday morning worship is like at the Chapel? Look here!

Recordings of the sermons from various services can be found on our sermons page.

Pastor Kate and Pastor Jim, our university pastors, take turns preaching week to week.

Mon., May 6, 2024 – Monday Morning Prayer – Dr. Kevin Gary – View the livestream

Sun., May 5, 2024 – Rev. James Wetzstein – View the livestream

Fri., May 3, 2024 – Friday Morning Prayer – Hope Biermann “On Hope” – View the livestream

Mon., Apr. 29, 2024 – Monday Morning Prayer – Brother James Dixon – View the livestream

Sun., Apr. 28, 2024 – Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Fri., Apr. 26, 2024 – Friday Morning Prayer – Brynn Conway “Grief & Growth when Pruning” – View the livestream

Wed., Apr. 24, 2024 – Celebrate! Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Mon., Apr. 22, 2024 – Monday Morning Prayer – Dr. Lara Pudwell – View the livestream

Sun., Apr. 21, 2024 – Rev. James Wetzstein, – View the livestream

Fri., Apr. 19, 2024 – Friday Morning Prayer – Lee Ross “Living and Loving Authentically” – View the livestream

Wed., Apr. 17, 2024 – Celebrate! Rev. James Wetzstein – View the livestream

Mon., Apr. 15, 2024 – Monday Morning Prayer – Eli Owen – View the livestream

Sun., Apr. 14, 2024 – Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Fri., Apr. 12, 2024 – Friday Morning Prayer – O. P. Kretzmann’s “The Brave Road” – View the livestream

Wed., Apr. 10, 2024 – Celebrate! Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Mon., Apr. 8, 2024 – Monday Morning Prayer – Dr. Todd Hillwig – View the livestream

Sun., Apr. 7, 2024 – Rev. James Wetzstein – View the livestream

Fri., Apr. 5, 2024 – Friday Morning Prayer – Logan Albright “Learning from Others” – View the livestream

Wed., Apr. 3, 2024 – Celebrate! Rev. James Wetzstein – View the livestream

Mon., Apr. 1, 2024 – Monday Morning Prayer – Rev. Jack Franicevich – View the livestream

Sun., Mar. 31, 2024 – Easter Sunday – Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Fri., Mar. 29, 2024 – Good Friday – Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Thurs., Mar. 28, 2024 – Maundy – Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Wed., Mar. 27, 2024 – Celebrate! Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Sun., Mar. 24, 2024 – Rev. James Wetzstein – View the livestream

Mon., Mar. 18, 2024 – Monday Morning Prayer – Grace E. Biermann – View the livestream

Fri., Mar. 1, 2024 – Friday Morning Prayer – Nathan Janke “Service as Jab Cross Combo” – View the livestream

Wed., Feb. 28, 2024 – Celebrate! Rev. James Wetzstein – View the livestream

Mon, Feb. 26, 2024 – Monday Morning Prayer – Deaconess Kristin Lewis – View the livestream

Sun., Feb. 25, 2024 – Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Fri., Feb. 23, 2024 – Friday Morning Prayer – Anna Speckhard “Living a Life of Love.” – View the livestream

Wed., Feb. 21, 2024 – Celebrate! Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Mon, Feb. 19, 2024 – Monday Morning Prayer – Dr. Julien C. H. Smith – View the livestream

Sun., Feb. 18, 2024 – Rev. James Wetzstein – View the livestream

Fri., Feb. 16, 2024 – Friday Morning Prayer – Mary Emma Zimmerman “Finding Peace in an Extraordinary, Ordinary Life” – View the livestream

Wed., Feb. 14, 2024 – Celebrate! Rev. James Wetzstein – View the livestream

Wed., Feb. 14, 2024 – Ash Wednesday Morning Prayer – Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Mon, Feb. 12, 2024 – Monday Morning Prayer – Fr. Jacob McDaniel – View the livestream

Sun., Feb. 11, 2024 – Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Fri., Feb. 9, 2024 – Friday Morning Prayer – Carolina Bowen “A Thank You Note for the Chapel” – View the livestream

Wed., Feb. 7, 2024 – Celebrate! Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Mon, Feb. 5, 2024 – Monday Morning Prayer – Rev. Dr. Amanda Brobst-Renaud – View the livestream

Sun., Feb. 4, 2024 – Rev. James Wetzstein – View the livestream

Fri., Feb. 2, 2024 – Friday Morning Prayer – Hannah Bhakta “Novel Methodology of Loving Yourself in College” – View the livestream

Wed., Jan. 31, 2024 – Celebrate! Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Mon, Jan. 29, 2024 – Monday Morning Prayer – Professor Caroline Ban – View the livestream

Sun., Jan. 28, 2024 – Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Fri., Jan. 26, 2024 – Friday Morning Prayer – Rev. Katherine Museus “Life’s Seasons” – View the livestream

Wed., Jan. 24, 2024 – Celebrate! Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Mon, Jan. 22, 2024 – Monday Morning Prayer – Rev. James Wetzstein – View the livestream

Sun., Jan. 21, 2024 – Rev. James Wetzstein – No livestream

Wed., Jan. 17, 2024 – Celebrate! Rev. James Wetzstein – View the livestream

Sun., Jan. 14, 2024 – MLK Sunday – Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Wed., Jan. 10, 2024 – Celebrate! Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Fri., Nov. 17, 2023 – Friday Morning Prayer – Frank Maldonado Colon “Thankful” – View the livestream

Mon, Nov. 27, 2023 – Monday Morning Prayer – Dcs Karen Hernes – View the livestream

Wed., Nov. 15, 2023 – Celebrate! Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Mon. Nov. 13, 2023 – Monday Morning Prayer – Dr. Karen Allen “Stories you don’t hear – reflections on travel to Israel” – View the livestream

Sun., Nov. 12, 2023 – Rev. Katherine Museus

Fri., Nov. 10, 2023 – Friday Morning Prayer – Christian Koppang “A Faithful Warrior” – View the livestream

Wed., Nov. 8, 2023 – Celebrate! Rev. James Wetzstein – View the livestream

Mon, Nov. 6, 2023 – Monday Morning Prayer – Morgan Folgers, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship – View the livestream

Sun., Nov. 5, 2023 – All Saints Sunday – View the livestream

Fri., Nov. 3, 2023 – Student Reflection: Micah Koppang – View the livestream

Wed., Nov. 1, 2023 – Celebrate! with Pastor Jim “All the Saints!” – View the livestream

Mon., Oct. 30, 2023 – Dr. Anna Stewart, Director, Institute for Leadership and Service – View the livestream

Sun., Oct. 29, 2023 – Reformation Sunday – Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Fri., Oct. 27, 2023 – Senior Allison Plachta – View the livestream

Wed., Oct. 25, 2023 – Celebrate! Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Mon, Oct. 23, 2023 – Dr. Susan R. Holman, John R. Eckrich Chair and Professor, Religion and the Healing Arts

Sun., Oct. 22, 2023 – Rev. James Wetzstein – View the livestream

Fri., Oct. 20, 2023 – “Do You Want to Get Well?” by Eli Conklin, student reflection – View the livestream

Wed., Oct 18, 2023 – Celebrate! Rev. James Wetzstein

Mon. Oct. 16, 2023 – Day of Prayers for Israel and Palestine: Reflection from Valpo students – View the livestream

Mon., Oct. 9, 2023 – Rev. Dr. Brian Beckstrom, Asst. Vice President for Mission “It’s Not About You” – View the livestream

Sun., Oct. 8, 2023 – Rev. James Wetzstein – View the livestream

Fri., Oct. 6, 2023 – Friday Morning Prayer – selections from Oscar Romero – View the livestream

Wed., Oct. 4, 2023 – Celebrate! Rev. James Wetzstein – View the livestream

Mon., Oct. 2, 2023 – Kim Boone, Director of Counseling Services – View the livestream

Sun., Oct. 1, 2023 – Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Fri., Sept. 29, 2023 – Friday Morning Prayer – selections from Dr. John Nunes – View the livestream

Wed. Sept. 27, 2023 – Celebrate! Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Mon, Sept. 25, 2023 – Deaconess Kat Peters – “Just Breathe” – View the livestream

Sun., Sept. 24, 2023 – Homecoming Sunday – Rev. James Wetzstein – View the livestream

Fri., Sept. 22, 2023 – Friday Morning Prayer – Senior Steven Engel – View the livestream

Wed., Sept. 20, 2023 – Celebrate! “Wrestling a Blessing Out of Life” – Rev. James Wetzstein – View the livestream

Mon., Sept. 18, 2023 – Dr. Kevin Gary, Professor of Education – View the livestream

Sun., Sept. 17, 2023 – Rev. Katherine Museus – Read the manuscript

Fri., Sept. 15, 2023 – “Imposter Syndrome,” from the writings of Rev. James Wetzstein, read by Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Mon., Sept. 11, 2023 – Natalie Muskin-Press, Assistant Director for Prevention and Wellness Education – View the livestream

Sun., Sept. 10, 2023 – Rev. James Wetzstein – View the livestream

Fri., Sept. 8, 2023 – senior Sophia Ullery – View the livestream

Wed., Sept. 6, 2023 – Celebrate! – Rev. James Wetzstein – View the livestream

Sun., Sept. 3, 2023 – Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Friday, Sept. 1, 2023 – “God Meets You Where You Are” – from the writings of Jesuit priest James Martin, SJ

Wed., Aug. 30, 2023 – Celebrate! – Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Mon, Aug, 28, 2023 – Rev. James Wetzstein – View the livestream

Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023 – Rev. James Wetzstein – View the livestream

Friday, Aug. 25, 2023 – Reflection from writings of N.T. Wright – View the livestream

Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023 – Welcome Sunday – Rev. Katherine Museus – View the livestream

Agnus Day

Agnus Day is a weekly cartoon drawn by Pr. James Wetzstein, usually based on Sunday’s gospel reading. It is normally updated on this site on Wednesdays.

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

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