{"id":4214,"date":"2021-04-05T13:19:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T18:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/?p=4214"},"modified":"2021-04-05T13:19:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T18:19:26","slug":"maundy-thursday-worship-service-1-april-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/?p=4214","title":{"rendered":"Maundy Thursday Worship Service: 1 April 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Order of Worship for Maundy Thursday, April 1, 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Confession and Forgiveness<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Friends in Christ, in this Lenten season we have heard our Lord\u2019s call to struggle against sin, death, and the devil\u2014all that keeps us from loving God and each other. This is the struggle to which we were called at baptism. [We have shared this discipline of Lent with new brothers and sisters in Christ who will be baptized at the Easter Vigil.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within the community of the church, God never wearies of forgiving sin and giving the peace of reconciliation. On this night let us confess our sin against God and our neighbor, and enter the celebration of the great Three Days reconciled with God and with one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silence is kept for reflection and self-examination.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most merciful God,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we confess that we are captive to sin<\/strong> and cannot free ourselves.<\/strong> We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed,<\/strong> by what we have done and by what we have left undone.<\/strong> We have not loved you with our whole heart;<\/strong> we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.<\/strong> For the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ,<\/strong> have mercy on us.<\/strong> Forgive us, renew us, and lead us,<\/strong> so that we may delight in your will<\/strong> and walk in your ways,<\/strong> to the glory of your holy name. Amen.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

God, who is rich in mercy, loved us even when we were dead in sin, and made us alive together with Christ. By grace you have been saved. In the name of \u2629 Jesus Christ, your sins are forgiven. Almighty God strengthen you with power through the Holy Spirit, that Christ may live in your hearts through faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amen.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayer of the Day<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Holy God, source of all love, on the night of his betrayal, Jesus gave us a new commandment, to love one another as he loves us. Write this commandment in our hearts, and give us the will to serve others as he was the servant of all, your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amen.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WORD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Reading: Exodus 12:1-14<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Israel remembered its deliverance from slavery in Egypt by celebrating the festival of Passover. This festival featured the Passover lamb, whose blood was used as a sign to protect God\u2019s people from the threat of death. The early church described the Lord\u2019s supper using imagery from the Passover, especially in portraying Jesus as the lamb who delivers God\u2019s people from sin and death.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1<\/sup>The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: 2<\/sup>This month shall mark for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you. 3<\/sup>Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth of this month they are to take a lamb for each family, a lamb for each household. 4<\/sup>If a household is too small for a whole lamb, it shall join its closest neighbor in obtaining one; the lamb shall be divided in proportion to the number of people who eat of it. 5<\/sup>Your lamb shall be without blemish, a year-old male; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. 6<\/sup>You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembled congregation of Israel shall slaughter it at twilight. 7<\/sup>They shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. 8<\/sup>They shall eat the lamb that same night; they shall eat it roasted over the fire with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 9<\/sup>Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted over the fire, with its head, legs, and inner organs. 10<\/sup>You shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn. 11<\/sup>This is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it hurriedly. It is the passover of the Lord. 12<\/sup>For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both human beings and animals; on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord. 13<\/sup>The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live: when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
\u2003 14<\/sup>This day shall be a day of remembrance for you. You shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord; throughout your generations you shall observe it as a perpetual ordinance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gospel: John 13:1-17, 31b-35<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The story of the last supper in John\u2019s gospel recalls a remarkable event not mentioned elsewhere: Jesus performs the duty of a slave, washing the feet of his disciples and urging them to do the same for one another.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1<\/sup>Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2<\/sup>The devil had already put it into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot to betray him. And during supper 3<\/sup>Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, 4<\/sup>got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself. 5<\/sup>Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples\u2019 feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him. 6<\/sup>He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, \u201cLord, are you going to wash my feet?\u201d 7<\/sup>Jesus answered, \u201cYou do not know now what I am doing, but later you will understand.\u201d 8<\/sup>Peter said to him, \u201cYou will never wash my feet.\u201d Jesus answered, \u201cUnless I wash you, you have no share with me.\u201d 9<\/sup>Simon Peter said to him, \u201cLord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!\u201d 10<\/sup>Jesus said to him, \u201cOne who has bathed does not need to wash, except for the feet, but is entirely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.\u201d 11<\/sup>For he knew who was to betray him; for this reason he said, \u201cNot all of you are clean.\u201d
\u2003 12<\/sup>After he had washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to the table, he said to them, \u201cDo you know what I have done to you? 13<\/sup>You call me Teacher and Lord\u2014and you are right, for that is what I am. 14<\/sup>So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another\u2019s feet. 15<\/sup>For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you. 16<\/sup>Very truly, I tell you, servants are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them. 17<\/sup>If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.\u201d

\u2003 31b<\/sup>\u201cNow the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. 32<\/sup>If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once. 33<\/sup>Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me; and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, \u2018Where I am going, you cannot come.\u2019 34<\/sup>I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. 35<\/sup>By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sermon:<\/strong> Pastor Christopher Lee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hymn of the Day: ELW 358, “Great God, Your Love Has Called Us,” verses 1 & 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayers of Intercession<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

United by the servant love of God in Christ, we pray this holy night for the needs of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You call your people to hand on what we receive from you. Form all the baptized into teachers of faith. From one generation to the next, give your church hunger for your promises in the sacraments and joy in receiving and sharing your word. Hear us, O God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your mercy is great.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your creation provides all that we need. Cleanse and protect the water you have given for washing and drinking, water on which all life depends. Sustain crops and herds that provide food; teach us how to live so that there is enough for all. Hear us, O God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your mercy is great.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You redeemed your people from slavery. Preserve people throughout the world who flee violence and oppression. Establish just leadership in place of tyranny and peace in place of war. Hear us, O God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your mercy is great.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus loved his followers to the end. Grant assurance of that love to all who need it: those living with guilt, those struggling to forgive, those who are lonely or overlooked. Heal the sick and embrace the dying especially Mary Florence; Patrick Esping; Wayne Esping; Mary Guise; Marilyn Hubbard; Rick Sandway; Nancy Johnson; Ryan Holtan; Helen Schubert, and all those we name before you now. Hear us, O God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your mercy is great.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your Son was lifted up that whoever believes might have eternal life. We praise you for all who have died in Christ especially Tony Leyendecker and Larry Caldwell. Comfort loved ones who grieve their loss. Bring us with all the saints into the fullness of your promise. Hear us, O God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your mercy is great.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus washed the feet of the one who betrayed him. Inspire this congregation\u2019s ministries of service, that we love as Jesus loved us. Give us renewed courage to serve. Bless the ministry of deacons throughout the church. Hear us, O God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your mercy is great<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your glory shone in the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus. We thank you for generations of the faithful who have proclaimed our Lord\u2019s death. Unite us with them in hope until he comes again. Hear us, O God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your mercy is great.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hear these and all our prayers, O God, in the name of the one who loves us to the end, Jesus Christ our Redeemer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amen.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peace<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Great Thanksgiving<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lord’s Prayer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no benediction. Please read Psalm 22 at home. As you read, reflect on the betrayal and arrest of Jesus.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Psalm 22<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 1<\/sup>My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
 Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?
 2<\/sup>O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer;
 and by night, but find no rest.
 3<\/sup>Yet you are holy,
 enthroned on the praises of Israel.
 4<\/sup>In you our ancestors trusted;
 they trusted, and you delivered them.
 5<\/sup>To you they cried, and were saved;
 in you they trusted, and were not put to shame.
 6<\/sup>But I am a worm, and not human;
 scorned by others, and despised by the people.
 7<\/sup>All who see me mock at me;
 they make mouths at me, they shake their heads;
 8<\/sup>“Commit your cause to the LORD; let him deliver \u2014
 let him rescue the one in whom he delights!”
 9<\/sup>Yet it was you who took me from the womb;
 you kept me safe on my mother’s breast.
 10<\/sup>On you I was cast from my birth,
 and since my mother bore me you have been my God.
 11<\/sup>Do not be far from me,
 for trouble is near
 and there is no one to help.
 12<\/sup>Many bulls encircle me,
 strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
 13<\/sup>they open wide their mouths at me,
 like a ravening and roaring lion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a014<\/sup>I am poured out like water,
\u00a0and all my bones are out of joint;
\u00a0my heart is like wax;
\u00a0it is melted within my breast;
\u00a015<\/sup>my mouth is dried up like a potsherd,
\u00a0and my tongue sticks to my jaws;
\u00a0you lay me in the dust of death.
\u00a016<\/sup>For dogs are all around me;
\u00a0a company of evildoers encircles me.
\u00a0My hands and feet have shriveled;
\u00a017<\/sup>I can count all my bones.
\u00a0They stare and gloat over me;
\u00a018<\/sup>they divide my clothes among themselves,
\u00a0and for my clothing they cast lots.
\u00a019<\/sup>But you, O LORD, do not be far away!
\u00a0O my help, come quickly to my aid!
\u00a020<\/sup>Deliver my soul from the sword,
\u00a0my life from the power of the dog!
\u00a021<\/sup>Save me from the mouth of the lion!
\u00a0From the horns of the wild oxen you have rescued me.
\u00a022<\/sup>I will tell of your name to my brothers and sisters
\u00a0in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
\u00a023<\/sup>You who fear the LORD, praise him!
\u00a0All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him;
\u00a0stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
\u00a024<\/sup>For he did not despise or abhor
\u00a0the affliction of the afflicted;
\u00a0he did not hide his face from me,
\u00a0but heard when I cried to him.
\u00a025<\/sup>From you comes my praise in the great congregation;
\u00a0my vows I will pay before those who fear him.
\u00a026<\/sup>The poor shall eat and be satisfied;
\u00a0those who seek him shall praise the LORD.
\u00a0May your hearts live forever!
\u00a027<\/sup>All the ends of the earth shall remember
\u00a0and turn to the LORD;
\u00a0and all the families of the nations
\u00a0shall worship before him.
\u00a028<\/sup>For dominion belongs to the LORD,
\u00a0and he rules over the nations.
\u00a029<\/sup>To him, indeed, shall all who sleep in the earth bow down;
\u00a0before him shall bow all who go down to the dust,
\u00a0and I shall live for him.
\u00a030<\/sup>Posterity will serve him;
\u00a0future generations will be told about the LORD,
\u00a031<\/sup>and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn,
\u00a0saying that he has done it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facebook link to the Maundy Thursday service:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/190629367619921\/videos\/2901614050159349<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image credit: Foot Washing, everysquareinch.net and Palm Frond clipart, Pinterest<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music credit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Great God, Your Love Has Called Us.” (ELW 358) Text: Brian A. Wren, b. 1936. Music: Norman Cocker, 1889 – 1953. Text copyright 1977, rev. 1995 Hope Publishing Company. Music copyright Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. Permission to podcast\/stream and print the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-704843.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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