Westview United Methodist Church

Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors March 29, 2013 Good Friday
Welcome! We are excited to have you join us in the praise and worship of our wonderful God. May God bless you in this hour and fill you with the Holy Spirit. * Indicates those who are able, please stand

To honor the solemnity and worshipfulness of this holy night, there shall be no applause during the service. Prelude
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* Hymn, O Love Divine, What Hast Thou Done

Hymnal, 287 All

* Prayer Almighty God, your Son Jesus Christ was lifted high upon the cross so that he might draw the whole world unto himself. Grant that we, who glory in this death for our salvation, may also glory in his call to take up our cross and follow him; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Private prayer and meditation Hymn, Were You There? The Passion of Jesus Christ God is light, in whom there is no darkness at all. Jesus Christ is the light of the world. And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, And we loved darkness rather than light. The first candle: Jesus in the Garden The second candle: Jesus under arrest The third candle: Peter denies Jesus The fourth candle: Jesus before the council The fifth candle: Peter again denies Jesus
During this hymn, the altar attendant will light the Tenebrae candles.

Hymnal, 288

Rev. Sensing Karen Renner Karen Renner Karen Renner Willie Anderson

The sixth candle: Jesus taken to Pilate Willie Anderson The seventh candle: My kingship is not of this world Willie Anderson The eighth candle: Not this man, but Barabbas! Jill Turpin The ninth candle: Jesus is scourged Jill Turpin The tenth candle: Jesus is condemned Phillip Turpin The eleventh candle: Jesus is crucified Phillip Turpin The twelfth candle: They parted my garments. . . Phillip Turpin The thirteenth candle: Woman, behold your son! Phillip Turpin The fourteenth candle: It is finished. Linda Anderson The fifteenth candle: Not a bone of him shall be broken Linda Anderson The Christ Candle: The burial of Jesus Rev. Sensing Song of the Suffering Servant from Isaiah 53 Rev. Sensing 3He was despised and rejected by others; a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity; and as one from whom others hide their faces he was despised, and we held him of no account. 4Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases; yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. 5But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are healed. 6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have all turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 8By a perversion of justice he was taken away. Who could have imagined his future? For he was cut off from the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people. 9They made his grave with the wicked and his tomb with the rich, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. He Is My Son Sarah Timmons

*Unison Prayer In the midst of life we are in death; from whom can we seek help? From you alone, O God, creator of heaven and earth! As the crucified body of Jesus was laid in the tomb and rested, let us await the dawning of the third day and rise with him in newness of life. Come, Lord Jesus! Deliver us from the bitterness of death. Amen. *Benediction Go in peace. May Jesus Christ, who for our sake became obedient unto death, even death of a cross, keep you and strengthen you this night and for ever. Amen.

Please remain in silence until you are outside the church building.

Good Friday, 2013

Westview United Methodist Church

"The Three Crosses," by Rembrandt