MORE PEOPLE MORE LIKE CHRIST
7:00PM Service
April 18, 2025
GOOD FRIDAY
Friday, April 18, 2025 7:00PM
PLEASE SILENCE OR PLACE YOUR CELL PHONE ON VIBRATE.
We gather in silence as we continue the service from last evening.
RESPONSIVE READING
Leader: Blessed be the name of the Lord our God.
People: Who redeems us from sin and death.
Leader: For us and for our salvation, Christ became obedient unto death–death on a cross.
People: Blessed be the name of the Lord.
PRAYER OF INVOCATION
*HYMN
Beneath the Cross of Jesus
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
THE LORD’S PRAYER
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.
SCRIPTURE
Jesus before Pilate
Matthew 27:11-26
The seventh candle is extinguished.
The eighth candle is extinguished.
SCRIPTURE
The Flogging of Jesus
Matthew 27:27-31
The ninth candle is extinguished.
O Gentle Jesus
Chancel Choir and Orchestra
O gentle Jesus, wounded for me, surely You have borne my griefs.
O gentle Jesus, You are the great I Am. You became as nothing to become the Easter Lamb.
O tender Jesus, suff’ring for me, climbing to dark Calvary.
O gentle Jesus, You are the Word of Life. Yet You in silence die to give me voice on high.
O lovely Jesus, You choose to face death’s dark abyss to plant the rose of hope therein,
To plant the rose of hope. It’s fragrance pure leads us on to heaven’s bliss.
O gentle Jesus, wounded for me, bleeding, dying on the tree.
O gentle Jesus, You are the great I Am. You became as nothing to become the Easter Lamb.
The tenth candle is extinguished.
SCRIPTURE
Jesus on the Cross
Matthew 27:32-51
The eleventh candle is extinguished.
ANTHEM
Come to the Cross
Chancel Choir and Orchestra
Come to the cross. Kneel in its shadow. Come to the lonely place where teardrops turn to grace. Behold the dying Lamb of God. Behold the dying Lamb of God. Kyrie, Kyrie eleison.
Come to the cross. Rest in the promise. Come to the shattered throne where Jesus dies alone. Behold the wounded King of kings. Behold the wounded King of kings. Kyrie eleison.
Father, Father, Father, forgive them. Father, Father, Father, forgive them. Come to the cross. Come to the fountain. Come to the wind-swept hill, the cross is waiting still.
Behold the swan of Calvary. Behold the swan of Calvary. Kyrie, Kyrie, Kyrie eleison. Kyrie eleison. Come to the cross. Come to the cross. Come to the cross.
Joseph M. Martin
SCRIPTURE
HOMILY
Isaiah 53:1-12
“He Descended into Hell” Rev. Jim Noble
The twelfth candle is extinguished.
MUSICAL REFLECTION
Orchestra
SILENT REFLECTION
You may remain as long as you wish. Please exit in silence.
