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Peace, peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I pray this service finds you well as we contemplate the Passion of our Lord. I encourage you to add your own petitions to the prayers. Additionally, I invite you to Reverence the Cross in some way in your own setting. You could use anything from a cross necklace to a wall hanging or even a picture on your smart phone! Thank you to Pastor McAdams for sharing his gift of music for this evening’s worship service. Peace, peace,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pastor Chris Lee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Holy Saturday, you are encouraged to choose a few psalms to read throughout the day and evening. Holy Saturday is the time in the church where we recognize Christ’s descent into hell. We read, pray and contemplate God’s most loving and redemptive act in Christ, this time between death and life…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Order of Worship for Good Friday, April 2, 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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

Almighty God, look with loving mercy on your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, to be given over to the hands of sinners, and to suffer death on the cross; who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

First Reading: Isaiah 52:13–53:12<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The fourth servant poem promises ultimate vindication for the servant, who made his life an offering for sin. The servant pours himself out to death and is numbered with the transgressors, images that the early church saw as important keys for understanding the death of Jesus.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200313<\/sup>See, my servant shall prosper;
\u2003\u2003he shall be exalted and lifted up,
\u2003\u2003and shall be very high.
\u200314<\/sup>Just as there were many who were astonished at him
\u2003\u2003\u2014so marred was his appearance, beyond human semblance,
\u2003\u2003and his form beyond that of mortals\u2014
\u200315<\/sup>so he shall startle many nations;
\u2003\u2003kings shall shut their mouths because of him;
\u2003for that which had not been told them they shall see,
\u2003\u2003and that which they had not heard they shall contemplate.
\u200353:1<\/sup>Who has believed what we have heard?
\u2003\u2003And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
\u20032<\/sup>For he grew up before him like a young plant,
\u2003\u2003and like a root out of dry ground;
\u2003he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
\u2003\u2003nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
\u20033<\/sup>He was despised and rejected by others;
\u2003\u2003a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity;
\u2003and as one from whom others hide their faces
\u2003\u2003he was despised, and we held him of no account.

\u20034<\/sup>Surely he has borne our infirmities
\u2003\u2003and carried our diseases;
\u2003yet we accounted him stricken,
\u2003\u2003struck down by God, and afflicted.
\u20035<\/sup>But he was wounded for our transgressions,
\u2003\u2003crushed for our iniquities;
\u2003upon him was the punishment that made us whole,
\u2003\u2003and by his bruises we are healed.
\u20036<\/sup>All we like sheep have gone astray;
\u2003\u2003we have all turned to our own way,
\u2003and the Lord has laid on him
\u2003\u2003the iniquity of us all.

\u20037<\/sup>He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
\u2003\u2003yet he did not open his mouth;
\u2003like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
\u2003\u2003and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
\u2003\u2003so he did not open his mouth.
\u20038<\/sup>By a perversion of justice he was taken away.
\u2003\u2003Who could have imagined his future?
\u2003For he was cut off from the land of the living,
\u2003\u2003stricken for the transgression of my people.
\u20039<\/sup>They made his grave with the wicked
\u2003\u2003and his tomb with the rich,
\u2003although he had done no violence,
\u2003\u2003and there was no deceit in his mouth.

\u200310<\/sup>Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him with pain.
\u2003When you make his life an offering for sin,
\u2003\u2003he shall see his offspring, and shall prolong his days;
\u2003through him the will of the Lord shall prosper.
\u2003\u200311<\/sup>Out of his anguish he shall see light;
\u2003he shall find satisfaction through his knowledge.
\u2003\u2003The righteous one, my servant, shall make many righteous,
\u2003\u2003and he shall bear their iniquities.
\u200312<\/sup>Therefore I will allot him a portion with the great,
\u2003\u2003and he shall divide the spoil with the strong;
\u2003because he poured out himself to death,
\u2003\u2003and was numbered with the transgressors;
\u2003yet he bore the sin of many,
\u2003\u2003and made intercession for the transgressors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hymn of the Day: ELW 351 “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded ” verses 1 & 3. Miriam Anderson, vocalist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gospel: John 18:1–19:42<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On Good Friday, the story of Jesus\u2019 passion\u2014from his arrest to his burial\u2014is read in its entirety from the Gospel of John.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1<\/sup>Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron valley to a place where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.2<\/sup>Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, because Jesus often met there with his disciples. 3<\/sup>So Judas brought a detachment of soldiers together with police from the chief priests and the Pharisees, and they came there with lanterns and torches and weapons. 4<\/sup>Then Jesus, knowing all that was to happen to him, came forward and asked them, \u201cWhom are you looking for?\u201d 5<\/sup>They answered, \u201cJesus of Nazareth.\u201d Jesus replied, \u201cI am he.\u201d Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. 6<\/sup>When Jesus said to them, \u201cI am he,\u201d they stepped back and fell to the ground. 7<\/sup>Again he asked them, \u201cWhom are you looking for?\u201d And they said, \u201cJesus of Nazareth.\u201d 8<\/sup>Jesus answered, \u201cI told you that I am he. So if you are looking for me, let these men go.\u201d 9<\/sup>This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken, \u201cI did not lose a single one of those whom you gave me.\u201d 10<\/sup>Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, struck the high priest\u2019s slave, and cut off his right ear. The slave\u2019s name was Malchus. 11<\/sup>Jesus said to Peter, \u201cPut your sword back into its sheath. Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?\u201d
\u2003 12<\/sup>So the soldiers, their officer, and the Jewish police arrested Jesus and bound him. 13<\/sup>First they took him to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year. 14<\/sup>Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it was better to have one person die for the people.
\u2003 15<\/sup>Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest, 16<\/sup>but Peter was standing outside at the gate. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out, spoke to the woman who guarded the gate, and brought Peter in. 17<\/sup>The woman said to Peter, \u201cYou are not also one of this man\u2019s disciples, are you?\u201d He said, \u201cI am not.\u201d 18<\/sup>Now the slaves and the police had made a charcoal fire because it was cold, and they were standing around it and warming themselves. Peter also was standing with them and warming himself.
\u2003 19<\/sup>Then the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching. 20<\/sup>Jesus answered, \u201cI have spoken openly to the world; I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all the Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret. 21<\/sup>Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard what I said to them; they know what I said.\u201d 22<\/sup>When he had said this, one of the police standing nearby struck Jesus on the face, saying, \u201cIs that how you answer the high priest?\u201d 23<\/sup>Jesus answered, \u201cIf I have spoken wrongly, testify to the wrong. But if I have spoken rightly, why do you strike me?\u201d 24<\/sup>Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.
\u2003 25<\/sup>Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They asked him, \u201cYou are not also one of his disciples, are you?\u201d He denied it and said, \u201cI am not.\u201d 26<\/sup>One of the slaves of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, \u201cDid I not see you in the garden with him?\u201d 27<\/sup>Again Peter denied it, and at that moment the cock crowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Were You There.” (ELW 353) Pastor David McAdams, vocalist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u2003 28<\/sup>Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to Pilate\u2019s headquarters. It was early in the morning. They themselves did not enter the headquarters, so as to avoid ritual defilement and to be able to eat the Passover. 29<\/sup>So Pilate went out to them and said, \u201cWhat accusation do you bring against this man?\u201d 30<\/sup>They answered, \u201cIf this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you.\u201d 31<\/sup>Pilate said to them, \u201cTake him yourselves and judge him according to your law.\u201d The Jews replied, \u201cWe are not permitted to put anyone to death.\u201d 32<\/sup>This was to fulfill what Jesus had said when he indicated the kind of death he was to die.
\u2003 33<\/sup>Then Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, \u201cAre you the King of the Jews?\u201d 34<\/sup>Jesus answered, \u201cDo you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?\u201d 35<\/sup>Pilate replied, \u201cI am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?\u201d 36<\/sup>Jesus answered, \u201cMy kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.\u201d 37<\/sup>Pilate asked him, \u201cSo you are a king?\u201d Jesus answered, \u201cYou say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.\u201d 38<\/sup>Pilate asked him, \u201cWhat is truth?\u201d
\u2003 After he had said this, he went out to the Jews again and told them, \u201cI find no case against him. 39<\/sup>But you have a custom that I release someone for you at the Passover. Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?\u201d 40<\/sup>They shouted in reply, \u201cNot this man, but Barabbas!\u201d Now Barabbas was a bandit.
\u200319:1<\/sup>Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 2<\/sup>And the soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they dressed him in a purple robe. 3<\/sup>They kept coming up to him, saying, \u201cHail, King of the Jews!\u201d and striking him on the face. 4<\/sup>Pilate went out again and said to them, \u201cLook, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no case against him.\u201d 5<\/sup>So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, \u201cHere is the man!\u201d 6<\/sup>When the chief priests and the police saw him, they shouted, \u201cCrucify him! Crucify him!\u201d Pilate said to them, \u201cTake him yourselves and crucify him; I find no case against him.\u201d 7<\/sup>The Jews answered him, \u201cWe have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has claimed to be the Son of God.\u201d
\u2003 8<\/sup>Now when Pilate heard this, he was more afraid than ever. 9<\/sup>He entered his headquarters again and asked Jesus, \u201cWhere are you from?\u201d But Jesus gave him no answer. 10<\/sup>Pilate therefore said to him, \u201cDo you refuse to speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you, and power to crucify you?\u201d 11<\/sup>Jesus answered him, \u201cYou would have no power over me unless it had been given you from above; therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.\u201d 12<\/sup>From then on Pilate tried to release him, but the Jews cried out, \u201cIf you release this man, you are no friend of the emperor. Everyone who claims to be a king sets himself against the emperor.\u201d
\u2003 13<\/sup>When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus outside and sat on the judge\u2019s bench at a place called The Stone Pavement, or in Hebrew Gabbatha. 14<\/sup>Now it was the day of Preparation for the Passover; and it was about noon. He said to the Jews, \u201cHere is your King!\u201d 15<\/sup>They cried out, \u201cAway with him! Away with him! Crucify him!\u201d Pilate asked them, \u201cShall I crucify your King?\u201d The chief priests answered, \u201cWe have no king but the emperor.\u201d 16<\/sup>Then he handed him over to them to be crucified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Were You There.” (ELW 353) Pastor David McAdams, vocalist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u2003 So they took Jesus; 17<\/sup>and carrying the cross by himself, he went out to what is called The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha. 18<\/sup>There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, with Jesus between them. 19<\/sup>Pilate also had an inscription written and put on the cross. It read, \u201cJesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.\u201d 20<\/sup>Many of the Jews read this inscription, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek. 21<\/sup>Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, \u201cDo not write, \u2018The King of the Jews,\u2019 but, \u2018This man said, I am King of the Jews.\u2019\u2006\u201d 22<\/sup>Pilate answered, \u201cWhat I have written I have written.\u201d 23<\/sup>When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one for each soldier. They also took his tunic; now the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from the top. 24<\/sup>So they said to one another, \u201cLet us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see who will get it.\u201d This was to fulfill what the scripture says,
\u2003\u201cThey divided my clothes among themselves,
\u2003\u2003and for my clothing they cast lots.\u201d
25<\/sup>And that is what the soldiers did.
\u2003 Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother\u2019s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26<\/sup>When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, \u201cWoman, here is your son.\u201d 27<\/sup>Then he said to the disciple, \u201cHere is your mother.\u201d And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home.
\u2003 28<\/sup>After this, when Jesus knew that all was now finished, he said, in order to fulfill the scripture, \u201cI am thirsty.\u201d 29<\/sup>A jar full of sour wine was standing there. So they put a sponge full of the wine on a branch of hyssop and held it to his mouth. 30<\/sup>When Jesus had received the wine, he said, \u201cIt is finished.\u201d Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
\u2003 31<\/sup>Since it was the day of Preparation, the Jews did not want the bodies left on the cross during the sabbath, especially because that sabbath was a day of great solemnity. So they asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken and the bodies removed. 32<\/sup>Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who had been crucified with him. 33<\/sup>But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34<\/sup>Instead, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once blood and water came out. 35<\/sup>He who saw this has testified so that you also may believe. His testimony is true, and he knows that he tells the truth. 36<\/sup>These things occurred so that the scripture might be fulfilled, \u201cNone of his bones shall be broken.\u201d 37<\/sup>And again another passage of scripture says, \u201cThey will look on the one whom they have pierced.\u201d
\u2003 38<\/sup>After these things, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, though a secret one because of his fear of the Jews, asked Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission; so he came and removed his body. 39<\/sup>Nicodemus, who had at first come to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, weighing about a hundred pounds. 40<\/sup>They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it with the spices in linen cloths, according to the burial custom of the Jews. 41<\/sup>Now there was a garden in the place where he was crucified, and in the garden there was a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid. 42<\/sup>And so, because it was the Jewish day of Preparation, and the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Were You There.” (ELW 353) Pastor David McAdams, vocalist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bidding Prayer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

ELW 342- “There in God’s Garden,” verses 1, 3, & 4. Miriam Anderson, vocalist. Pam Edwards, pianist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reverence the Cross<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facebook link to Good Friday, April 2, 2021 worship service:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/190629367619921\/videos\/5225505127523784<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Image credits: Good Friday cross image, sendscraps.com and crucifixion stained glass, by Pexels<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Guest vocalist: Pastor David McAdams. Miriam Anderson, vocalist. Pam Edwards, Music Director, piano and organ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Were You There.” Text: African American spiritual. Music: African American spiritual. Arr. copyright 1999 Augsburg Fortress. 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

“O Sacred Head, Now Wounded.” Text: Paul Gerhardt, 1607 – 1676, based on Arnulf of Louvain d. 1250; tr. composite. Music: German melody, c. 1500; adapt. Hand Leo Hassler, 1564 – 1612; arr. Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685 – 1750. Public domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There in God’s Garden.” Text: Kiraly Imre von Pecselyi, c. 1590 – 1641; tr. Erik Routley, 1917 – 1982. Music: K. Lee Scott, b. 1950. Text copyright 1976 Hinshaw Music, Inc.. Music copyright 1987 Birnamwood Publications, a div. of MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc.. 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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