ILLUMINATED GOOD FRIDAY—April 2, 2021, 7PM (Printable PDF)
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PRELUDE: Meditation on “Wondrous Love”, Wayne L. Wold
Opening Words for Meditation
HYMN: Go to Dark Gethsemane (stanzas 1-3) #220
ILLUMINATED PASSION OF JESUS CHRIST:
1. The Beginning of Holy Week! Jesus Enters Jerusalem!
HYMN: We Meet You, O Christ PH#311
2. Jesus Teaches the Great Commandment
HYMN: Ubi Caritas (English and Latin stanzas) #205
3. From an Encounter with a Poor Widow in the Temple to the Last Supper in the Upper Room
HYMN: Eat This Bread, Drink This Cup #527 (SING THREE TIMES)
4. In the Garden of Gethsemane
HYMN: ‘Tis Midnight; and on Olive’s Brow The Hymnbook #189
5. Arrest, Trial, Peter’s Denial, The Road to Calvary
SOLO: Calvary words & music by Richard Smallwood; Josh Stark, bass
6. Crucifixion and Burial
HYMN: Were You There? #228
Closing of the Tomb and One Minute of Silent Meditation (conclude by ringing of gong)
Illuminated Good Friday Worship Team:
Jennifer Weiman mezzo soprano
Josh Stark bass
Emma WitbolsFeugen mezzo soprano
Neal Long tenor
Emily Davidson music director/pianist/organist
Deanna Capps camera and sound director
Rev. Scott Myers pastor
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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