John 18-19|This Friday is named “Good Friday” in the life of the church. On the surface, there is seemingly nothing “good” about this day. It’s a day filled with darkness; it’s a day filled with the depth of humanity’s brokenness and deception; it’s a day filled with seemingly the absence of God’s light. And yet, even in the darkness, and even as we look upon Christ as he is raised upon the cross, there we find the truth of God, and there we find the depth of God’s covenant with us and with all creation. So join us for worship as we remember the sacred story of Christ’s passion, as we recall our sin and brokenness, and as we wait and watch – with patience – for the dawn of God’s light.
Friday, March 29, 2024, Good Friday Bulletin
Copyright acknowledgments: Music covered under Augsburg Fortress License #SB135131, CCLI License #1141706, One License #738128-A. Scripture from New Revised Standard Version Bible, © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. Prelude: I Surrender All. Text and Music: Mary Hayes. Text and Music: © 1993 Shawnee Press. Covered under One License subscription. Gathering Hymn: 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. Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612; arr, Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750. Text and Music: Public Domain.
Hymn: Jesus I Will Ponder Now. Text: Sigismund von Birken, 1626-1681; tr. August Crull, 1846-1923, alt. Music: Melchior Vulpius, 1570-1615. Text and Music: Public Domain. Hymn: Ah Holy Jesus. Text: Johann Heermann, 1585-1647; tr. Robert Bridges, 1844-1930, alt. Music: Johann Crüger, 1598-1662. Text and Music: Public Domain. Hymn: Go to Dark Gethsemane. Text: James Montgomery, 1771-1854. Music: Richard Redhead, 1820-1901. Text and Music: Public Domain. Hymn: Alas, And Did My Savior Bleed. Text: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748, alt. Music: Hugh Wilson, 1764-1824. Text and Music: Public Domain.
Hymn: Were You There. Text and Music: African American spiritual. Music: © 1999 Augsburg Fortress. Covered under One License subscription.
Hymn: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross. Text:Isaac Watts, 1674-1748. Music: Lowell Mason, 1792-1872. Text and Music: Public Domain.