Good Friday
Good Friday: What Wondrous Love
Prelude
Choral Music for Contemplation: “Thy Will Be Done,” by Craig Courtney,
1985. (Beckenhorst Press, Inc., P.O. Box 14273, Columbus, OH 43214) No. 1263.
Phone: 1-614/451-6461 or www.beckenhorstpress.com
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OR “Tell Me the Story of Jesus”
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HS 215 |
Welcome and Call to Worship
Therefore I will allot him a portion with the great, and he
shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out himself to
death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.
-Isaiah 53:12 NRSV
He took with him Peter and James and John…and said to
them, “I am deeply grieved, even to death; remain here, and keep awake.”
And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed that, if
it were possible, the hour might pass from him. He said, “Abba, Father, for
you all things are possible; remove this cup from me; yet, not what I want,
but what you want.”
-Mark 14:33-36 NRSV
Drama: “Benjamin the Cross Maker,” by Dixie Phillips from Easter:
Programs for the Church, Pat Fittro, comp. (Cincinnati, Ohio: Standard
Publishing, 1996), 29-33. ISBN 0-784-70468-6
OR Reading: “Giving Up for Lent,” by Ann Weems from Putting the
Amazing Back in Grace, (Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster/John Knox
Press, 1999), 43-46. ISBN 0-664-22150-5.
Begin on page 43 “On Good Friday…” and end on
page 46 “…it was Good Friday.” This reading might be most effective if
presented by a young adult.
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*Opening Hymn: “Were You There” stanzas 1-4
*Invocation
*Response: "What Wondrous Love Is This”
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HS 267
HS 216 |
Thoughts for Contemplation
Meditation
Allow time for silent meditation on the message. During this time gradually
dim the lights, leaving just enough light to read the final hymn.
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*Closing Hymn: “Go to Dark Gethsemane” (stanzas 1-3)
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HS 266 |
*Closing Prayer
*Choral Response: “God So Loved the World,” by John Stainer
(G. Schirmer’s Octavo Church Music, No. 3798). Flute and piano
score, CD available.
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OR Congregational Response: “When Jesus Wept”
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HS 270 |
Sing through once together and then divide into a four-part round.
*Postlude
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