Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday: How Can I Repay You?
Prelude
Welcome and Call to Worship:
I love you, Adonai, for you have heard
my cry for mercy.
You have listened to me;
I will call on you all my days.
How can I repay you, Adonai,
for all your goodness to me?
I raise the cup of deliverance,
and call on the Name of Our God.
I will fulfill my vows to you
in the presence of all your people.
-Psalm 116:1-2, 12-14 The Inclusive Psalms
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*Opening Hymn: “Look at This Man, Born of God”
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HS 230 |
*Invocation
*Response
“The Night a Rooster Crowed,” by Arlys M. Winkler from Easter:
Programs for the Church, Pat Fittro, comp. (Cincinnati, Ohio: Standard
Publishing, 1996), 34-40. ISBN 0-784-7074-3
OR Share the Word: John 13
Relate the story of Maundy Thursday as recorded in the thirteenth
chapter of John. You may want to use multiple readers positioned throughout
the sanctuary or use three readers-a narrator, Jesus, and Simon Peter.
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Hymn: “Go to Dark Gethsemane” (stanza 1 only)
OR “Face to Face”
Message
Hymn of Preparation: “’Twas on That Dark, That Solemn Night”
Blessing of the Bread and Wine
Serving of the Bread and Wine
Responsive Reading:
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HS 266
NS 9
HS
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Leader:
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Jesus had gathered all of the disciples together in an upper room
for the celebration of Passover. It was a strange time.
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Congregation:
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Jesus had shared bread and wine. He had washed their feet
like a servant.
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Leader:
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He also revealed his coming betrayal and death.
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Congregation:
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Peter reacted with astonishment and asked,
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Leader:
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“Where are you going, Lord?”
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Congregation:
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Where are you going, Lord?
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Leader:
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Jesus answered, “You cannot follow me now where I am going.”
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Congregation:
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Where are you going, Lord?
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Leader:
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Jesus answered, “You cannot follow me now where I am going, but
later you will follow me.”
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Congregation:
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Where are you going, Lord?
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Leader:
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Jesus answered, “You cannot follow me now where I am going, but
later you will follow me.”
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Congregation:
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Peter replied, “I am ready to die for you.”
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Leader:
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Are we ready to die for him?
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*Hymn: “‘Tis Midnight, and on Olive’s Brow”
*Closing Prayer
*Response
*Postlude
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HS 264 |
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