Good Friday April 6, 2012 Order of Service

AS WE GATHER The death of Jesus Christ, our Lord, we celebrate says one of the hymns of Passion Week. Good Friday brings us to the heart of that celebrating, combining elements of sorrow and love, despair and victory, death and life. Through the words and the actions of this service we observe the completion of Jesus saving work and pass into the shadows of Tenebrae as our Lords body is placed in the tomb. OPENING L: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. C: Amen L: The Lord be with you. C: And also with you. L: Let us pray. Almighty Godworld without end. C: Amen RESPONSIVE READING (Isaiah 53:4-11) L: Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered Him stricken by God, smitten by Him, and afflicted. Women: But he was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed. ALL: We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned in his own way, and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. L: He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth; He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open His mouth. MEN: By oppression and judgement, He was taken away. And who can speak of His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of My people He was stricken. All: He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in His death, though He had done no violence nor was any deceit in His mouth. L: Yet it was the Lords will that He crush Him and cause Him to suffer, and though the Lord makes His life a guilt offering, He will see His offspring and prolong His days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in His hand. All: After the suffering of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied; by His knowledge My righteous servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities. HYMN: LW 115: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross L: Let us pray. Blessed are You, O Lord our God, King of the universeone God, now and forever. C: Amen OLD TESTAMENT READING: Hosea 6:1-6 NEW TESTAMENT READING: Hebrews 4:14-16, 5:7-9 HOLY GOSPEL: John 19:28-30 HYMN: LW 113: O Sacred Head, Now Wounded SERMON OFFERING HYMN: LW 110: Go To Dark Gethsemane OFFERING LORDS PRAYER

Good Friday April 6, 2012 Order of Service

THE TENEBRAE SEQUENCE Jesus suffers and is taken away L: O Lord, deal not with us after our sins. C: Do not reward us according to our iniquities. L: Almighty God, our heavenly Fatherthrough Jesus Christ, Your Son our Lord. C: Amen. Reader: Mark 15:16-20 The first candle is extinguished. HYMN STANZA: LW 119: O Dearest Jesus, What Law Have You Broken? Vs 1 O dearest Jesus, what law have you broken That such sharp sentence should on You be spoken? Of what great crime have You to make confession, What dark transgression? The Cross Is Laid On Simon L: Help us, O God of our salvation, to the glory of Your name. C: Deliver us and purge away our sins for Your names sake. L: Almighty and everlasting God, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. C: Amen. Reader: Mark 15:21 The second candle is extinguished. HYMN STANZA: LW 119, vs 2
They crown Your head with thorns, they smite, they scourge You;

With cruel mocking to the cross they urge You; They give You gall to drink, they still decry You They crucify You. Jesus Hangs On The Cross

L: Humbly we adore you, O Christ, and we proclaim Your saving love. C: By your holy cross and precious blood You have redeemed the world. L: O God, merciful Fatherthrough Jesus Christ, our Lord. C: Amen. Reader: Mark 15:22-24 The third candle is extinguished. HYMN STANZA: LW 119, vs 3 What is the source of all Your mortal anguish? It is my sins for which You, Lord, must languish; Yes, all the wrath, the woe that You inherit, This I do merit. Jesus is Mocked L: Call on Me in the day of trouble. C: I will deliver you, and you will glorify Me. L: Spare us, O Lordwho lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever C: Amen. Reader: Mark 15:25-32 The fourth candle is extinguished.

Good Friday April 6, 2012 Order of Service

HYMN STANZA: LW 119, vs 4 How strange is this great paradox to ponder: The shepherd dies for sheep who love to wander; The master pays the debt His servants owe Him, Who would not know him. Jesus Dies L: God forbid that I should glory; C: Except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. L: Almighty and everlasting Godthrough Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord. C: Amen. Reader: Mark 15:33-37 The fifth candle is extinguished. HYMN STANZA: LW 119, vs 5 The sinless Son of God must die in sadness; The sinful child of man may live in gladness; We forfeited our lives yet are acquitted; God is committed! The Witnesses L: O Lord, enter not into judgement with Your servants. C: For in Your sight shall no person living be justified. L: Almighty Godthrough Jesus Christ, our Lord. C: Amen. Reader: Mark 15:38-41 The sixth candle is extinguished. The Christ candle is removed. You are asked to leave the church and the parking lot in silence as the lights are brought up, anticipating the joys of Easter while contemplating the solemnity of Good Friday. HYMN STANZA: LW 119, vs 6 O wondrous love, whose depth no heart has sounded, That brought You here, by foes and thieves surrounded, Conquer my heart, make love its sole endeavour Henceforth forever! The Burial of Jesus L: You will not abandon me to the grave, C: Nor will You let Your Holy One see decay. L: Abide with us and with Your whole ChurchWith all the faithful through time and eternity. C: Amen. Reader: Mark 15:42-47 L: Merciful and everlasting Godthrough the same, Your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. C: Amen.