Illuminated Good Friday Worship Service
April 7, 2023 7:00 pmil 2, 2023, 11:00 am
(As a symbol of the increasing darkness of Jesus’ suffering and then his death, we extinguish candles one by one during the service as we journey through Holy Week and Good Friday).
(Video will be posted LIVE on the church’s FB page at 7pm and then cross-posted here. If the video doesn’t load properly here, you should be able to click on the Watch on Facebook link and watch as a guest, even if you don’t have Facebook)
PRELUDE
OPENING WORDS FOR MEDITATION
HYMN: Come, Ye Disconsolate Sing the Faith #2132
ILLUMINATED PASSION OF JESUS CHRIST:
1. The Beginning of Holy Week! Jesus Enters Jerusalem!
EXTINGUISH CANDLE #1
Hymn: We Meet You, O Christ The Presbyterian Hymnal, Blue #311
2. Jesus Teaches the Great Commandment
EXTINGUISH CANDLE #2
Hymn: Ah, Holy Jesus Glory to God #218
3. From Saint Martin’s Reflection on the Kingdom of God to an Encounter with a Poor Widow in the Temple to the Last Supper in the Upper Room
EXTINGUISH CANDLE #3
Hymn: Let Us Break Bread Together Glory to God #525
4. To Keep a True Holy Week
EXTINGUISH CANDLE #4
Hymn: Go to Dark Gethsemane (stanzas 1-3) Glory to God #220
5. In the Garden of Gethsemane
EXTINGUISH CANDLE #5
Hymn: ‘Tis Midnight; and on Olive’s Brow The Hymnbook, Red #189
6. Arrest, Trial, Peter’s Denial, The Road to Calvary
EXTINGUISH CANDLE #6
Solo: Calvary words & music by Richard Smallwood
Joshua Stark, bass
7. Crucifixion and Burial
EXTINGUISH CANDLE #7
Hymn: Were You There? Glory to God #228
CLOSING OF THE TOMB & NINETY SECONDS OF SILENT MEDITATION (concluded by ringing of gong)
ILLUMINATED GOOD FRIDAY WORSHIP TEAM:
Joshua Stark, bass
Emily Davidson, music director/pianist/organist
Deanna Capps, livestream director
Martine Roesel, website/online bulletin manager
Rev. Scott Myers, pastor/arts & spirituality creator
During the service, you will hear some modern readings and poems interpreting Jesus’ Passion (Passion for God!). In order, they are as follows:
A Just Anger, a poem by Marge Piercy
The Kingdom of God, a writing by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
To Keep A True Holy Week, adapted from a Robert Herrick poem
Excerpt from The Way of the Heart, Henry Nouwen
Jesus on the Cross, a poem by Marian McCaa Thomas
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