TENEBRAE WORSHIP SERVICE FOR GOOD FRIDAY
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April 2, 2010 – 7:00PM
Prelude
Call to Worship
“1Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the LORD been
revealed? 2He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry
ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance
that we should desire him. 3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows,
and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was
despised, and we esteemed him not. 4Surely he took up our infirmities and carried
our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted.
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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.
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We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the
LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.”
Isaiah 53:1-6
Introit
Invocation
Minister: Almighty Father, as we hear your word tonight, look with
mercy on this your family for which our Lord Jesus Christ was
willing to be betrayed, to be given into the hands of sinners and to
suffer death upon the cross; who now lives and reigns with You
and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
THE NIGHT HE WAS BETRAYED
Hymn .................................................. “What Wondrous Love Is This”
What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul,
what wondrous love is this, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss
to bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul,
to bear the dreadful curse for my soul!
The Institution of the Lord’s Supper ...................... Matthew 26:17-30
Hymn ............................................. “O Praise the Lord, for He is Good”
(From Psalm 118) Psalter Hymnal #232 (vs 1-2,4)
Offering ....................................................................................... Benevolence
THE PASSION ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW
LESSON ONE:
Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane........................ Matthew 26:30-46
Hymn ....................................................... “Go To Dark Gethsemane”
See Hymn Insert
LESSON TWO:
Jesus Betrayed & Arrested ..................................... Matthew 26:47-68
Hymn................................ “Ah, Dearest Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended”
Psalter Hymnal #351 (vs 1-4)
LESSON THREE:
Jesus Denied by Peter – Judas Hangs Himself ....... Matthew 26:69-27:10
Hymn....................................................“Lord, Jesus, Can It Ever Be?”
Psalter Hymnal #457
LESSON FOUR:
Jesus Stands Before Pilate..................................... Matthew 27:11-26
Hymn..................... “My God, My God, O Why Have You Forsaken Me?”
See Hymn Insert
LESSON FIVE:
Jesus Mocked and Crucified................................... Matthew 27:27-44
Hymn............................................ “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross”
Psalter Hymnal #350
LESSON SIX:
Jesus Dies ........................................................... Matthew 27:45-56
Hymn.................................................................. “I Stand Amazed”
Mrs. Vicki Van Hoogen
LESSON SEVEN:
Jesus’ Buried by Joseph of Arimathea ...................... Matthew 27:57-61
DEPARTING HYMN.............................. “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded”
Psalter Hymnal #355
Darkening the Sanctuary
BENEDICTION
Minister: Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, we pray you to set
your passion, cross, and death between your judgment and our souls,
now and in the hour of our death. Give mercy and grace to the living;
to your holy Church peace and concord; and to us sinners everlasting
life and glory; for with the Father and the Holy Spirit you live and
reign, one God, now and forever.
People: Amen.
(Please leave in silence)
A Worship Service of Tenebrae, from the Latin word for “shadows” or
“darkness” has been observed in the Church since the fourth century,
on Maundy Thursday or Good Friday. Tenebrae is a service in which
the Scripture readings trace the events of Christ’s passion. Through
the service we ponder the cost of our salvation by meditating on the
depth of Christ’s suffering, his crucifixion, death and burial. Though
the Friday evening service ends with solemnity we know also of
Sunday’s resurrection morning. Thus we may call this evening Good.
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“The grass withers
and the flowers fall,
but the word of our God
stands forever.”
Isaiah 40:8
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Cloverdale United Reformed Church
Good Friday Tenebrae Service
Cloverdale
United Reformed
Church
“Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a
man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and
signs, which God did among you through him, as you
yourselves know. This man was handed over to you by
God’s set purpose and foreknowledge; and you with the help
of wicked men put him to death by nailing him to the Cross.
But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the
agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep
its hold on him… Therefore let all Israel be assured of this:
God has made this Jesus,
whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.”
Acts 2:22-23,36
Cloverdale United Reformed Church is part of the United Reformed
Churches in North America. As a Reformed and Protestant Church we are
part of that historic church that grew out of the 16 th Century Protestant
Reformation. We believe that Scripture alone is our only guide for faith
and life and that the historic confessions (Heidelberg Catechism, Belgic
Confession and Canons of Dort) faithfully summarize the teaching of the
Bible. We are United as a body of Christian believers that gathers each
Lord’s Day, where God is glorified through the faithful preaching of His
Word, baptism and the Lord’s Supper are received and his church is
discipled with care.
Email: curcoffice@cloverdaleurc.net
Web Site: www.cloverdaleurc.net
Senior Pastor: jvanhoogen@cloverdaleurc.net
Associate Pastor: rkron@cloverdaleurc.net
Office 208+375+4219
Cover picture: “Night at Golgotha” by Vasily Wassiljewitsch
Rev. Jonathan Van Hoogen
Rev. Ryan S. Kron
3580 N. Cloverdale Road
Boise, Idaho 83713
Office 208+375+4219