Good Friday Service

GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE

*= Stand if you are able

ENTRANCE

CALL TO WORSHIP

Call to Worship

LEADER: Let the ends of the earth remember and turn to God

PEOPLE: LET ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH WORSHIP HIM.

LEADER: For everything belongs to God

PEOPLE: GOD RULES OVER THE NATIONS.

OPENING PRAYER

God our Savior, you gave us your beloved Son, Israel's strength and consolation, hope of all the earth; you abandoned him to the agony of the cross, so that the abandoned people of the world might have life: Lift our hearts and bring us together beneath the cross, ready to leave behind our sin and fear, confident in the grace that brings us into your abiding love, for you will prevail and death itself will die. In the name of the Crucified One, whose victory is life. Amen.

*HYMN OF PRAISE

“THERE IS A FOUNTAIN”

PROCLAMATION

OLD TESTAMENT LESSON

Isaiah 52:13-53:12

Giving of a Special Offering

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

PEOPLE Merciful God, we confess to you and to one another, that we have sinned in thought, word, and deed.

We have neglected your works of justice and mercy; we have failed to love our neighbors as ourselves; we have not loved one another as Christ has loved us; we have not forgiven others as we have been forgiven.

Words of Assurance

LEADER: In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven.

PEOPLE: In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven. Amen.

NEW TESTAMENT Hebrews 4:14-16

MESSAGE “A Good Friday?”

SENDING FORTH

*CLOSING HYMN

“Down at the Cross”

BENEDICTION

Go forth in silence, remembering God’s grace poured out for you in Jesus Christ. Thanks be to God for this indescribable gift! In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.