Good Friday - April 10, 2020

GOOD FRIDAY April 10, 2020

7:30 p.m.  My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

(Psalm 22:1) 

PRELUDE

Adagio Louis Niedermeyer

Joseph Garrison

CALL TO WORSHIP HYMN

O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High (from Glory to God) ROCKINGHAM

1. O love, how deep, how broad, how high, beyond all thought and fantasy, that God, the Son of God, should take our mortal form for mortals' sake.

2. For us baptized, for us he bore his holy fast and hungered sore; for us temptations sharp he knew, for us, the tempter overthrew.

3. For us by wickedness betrayed, for us, in crown of thorns arrayed, he bore the shameful cross and death; for us gave up his dying breath.

4. For us he rose from death again; for us he went on high to reign; for us he sent the Spirit here to guide, to strengthen, and to cheer.

5. All glory to our Lord and God, for love so deep, so high, so broad: the Trinity whom we adore forever and forevermore.

PRAYER FOR REMEMBRANCE Forbid, O God, that we should forget, amid our earthly comforts, the pains and mortal anguish that our Lord Jesus endured for our salvation. Grant us a true vision of all that he suffered, in his betrayal, his lonely agony, his false trial, his mocking and scourging and torture of death upon the cross. As he gave himself totally for us, may we give ourselves entirely to him who is our only Lord and Savior. Amen.

ANTHEM

Go to Dark Gethsemane Mark E. Bloedow

Joseph Garrison

THE OFFICE OF TENEBRAE READING ANTHEM

John 18:1-11 Betrayal and Arrest Sharing Paschal Bread and Wine Chris Earhart, Timothy Lupia, and Amy Sprenkle Mary Louise Bringle

READING

John 18:12-14 Before the High Priest

ANTHEM

Softly and Tenderly Will L. Thompson

READING

John 18:15-27 Peter’s Denial

ANTHEM

The Crucifixion He Never Said a Mumbelin’ Word William Arms Fisher

READING

John 18:28-38a Jesus Before Pilate

ANTHEM

READING HYMN

Chris Earhart

Timothy Lupia

O Lamb of God Most Holy!

Chris Earhart, Timothy Lupia, and Amy Sprenkle Nickolaus Decius John 18:38b-19:16 Sentenced to Death O Sacred Head, Now Wounded (from Glory to God) Passion chorale

1. O sacred head, now wounded, with grief and shame weighed down; now scornfully surrounded with thorns, thine only crown; O sacred head, what glory, what bliss till now was thine!

Yet, though despised and gory, I joy to call thee mine.

2. What thou, my Lord, hast suffered was all for sinners’ gain: mine, mine was the transgression, but thine the deadly pain.

Lo, here I fall, my Savior! ’Tis I deserve thy place; look on me with thy favor, and grant to me thy grace.

3. What language shall I borrow to thank thee, dearest friend, for this thy dying sorrow, thy pity without end?

O make me thine forever; and should I fainting be, Lord, let me never, never outlive my love to thee.

READING

John 19:17-30 The Crucifixion

SERMON READING

John 19:31-42 The Burial of Jesus

ANTHEM

Ah, Holy Jesus

READING

Isaiah 53:4-9 Suffering Servant

Chris Earhart, Timothy Lupia, and Amy Sprenkle

SOLEMN REPROACHES OF THE CROSS One: "... you have prepared a cross for your Savior."

Many: Lord, have mercy upon us.

LORD’S PRAYER (Traditional) Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts As we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. For thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

ANTHEM DISMISSAL

God So Loved the World John Stainer Luke 2:29-32

Timothy Lupia Dr. Sullivan

The service of Tenebrae, meaning “darkness” or “shadows,” has been practiced by the church since medieval times. Once a service for the monastic community, Tenebrae later became an important part of common worship during Holy Week. We join Christians of many generations throughout the world in using the liturgy of Tenebrae. As the light is extinguished, we ponder the depth of Christ’s suffering and death; we remember the cataclysmic nature of his sacrifice; we sit in the solemnity of his death and descent to hell for the salvation of our sins; and await his glorious resurrection.

The passion narrative this evening from the Gospel of John includes many references to “the Jews.”

Such words reflect the bitter struggle of John’s community in the late first century with the Jewish synagogue and should be understood only in that context. These references cannot be used to justify any contempt for Jewish people nor any belief that the church has replaced the Jewish people as the people of God. The Presbyterian Church (USA) officially condemns any such teaching and believes that God’s covenant with the Jewish people is, in the words of Paul the Apostle, “irrevocable.”

Until further notice there is no public worship in the sanctuary. You are warmly invited to join us via live-stream in celebration of the Resurrection of our Lord on Sunday at 10:00 a.m.

LEADING IN WORSHIP TONIGHT Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Russell C. Sullivan, Jr. Minister of Music and Worship: Joseph W. Garrison Soloists: Chris Earhart, Amy Sprenkle, and Timothy Lupia

A Welcoming Church, Glorifying God through Worship, Fellowship, and Service in the World

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