Join us this evening for a Good Friday service of Shadows and Lament. We gather for worship at 7pm here on Facebook.
Posted by Bethany United Methodist Church on Friday, April 2, 2021
GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE 2021
Sermon Series: Last Words from the Cross, VII
“It is finished”
A SERVICE OF SHADOWS AND LAMENT
Serving today: Richard Gray as Lay Reader and Laura Gray as Acolyte
PRELUDE
WELCOME & CANDLE LIGHTING (at home)
CALL TO WORSHIP
FIRST READING John 8: 2 – 11
VIDEO “The Woman Caught in Adultery”
SECOND READING John 19: 28 – 30
MEDITATION “It Is Finished”
HYMN “The Old Rugged Cross” Rachel Deshone – Song Leader and Mavis Miller Accompanist
CHRIST’S LAMENT
THE SHADOWS
Jesus Is Condemned to Die Luke 23: 13 – 25
Simon Carries Jesus’ Cross Luke 23: 26 – 28
Jesus Is Crucified Luke 23: 32 – 34
CHRIST’S LAMENT
THE SHADOWS
Jesus Is Mocked Luke 23: 35 – 38
Jesus Forgives the Repentant Criminal Luke 23: 39 – 43
The Death of Jesus Luke 23: 44 – 46
CHORAL ANTHEM “Stricken, Smitten and Afflicted” Agape Choir
Directed by Rachel Deshone and Accompanied by Ross Doolittle
CHRIST’S LAMENT
THE SHADOWS
The Witnesses Luke 23: 47 – 49
The Burial of Jesus Luke 23: 50 – 53
The Women at the Tomb Luke 23: 54 – 56
SPECIAL MUSIC “Drei Equali” Beethoven, for Four Trombones
BENEDICTION