Good Friday
April 18, 2025 - 7:30 p.m. EDT

Order of Worship

Prelude - The Passion Chorale (Brenda Austin)

Opening Litany
Wallace Bubar

One: Jesus, Lamb of God,

All: have mercy on us.

One: Jesus, bearer of our sins,

All: have mercy on us.

One: Jesus, redeemer of the world,

All: grant us peace.

Hymn 216 - Beneath the Cross of Jesus [v. 1]

Beneath the cross of Jesus
I fain would take my stand,
the shadow of a mighty rock
within a weary land;
a home within the wilderness,
a rest upon the way,
from the burning of the noontide heat,
and the burden of the day.

Prayer of the Day

Merciful God, your Son was lifted up on the cross to draw all people to himself. Grant that we who have been born out of his wounded side may at all times find mercy in him, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Requiem (Gabriel Fauré)
Chancel Choir
Philip Everingham, director

Introit and Kyrie

Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, and may perpetual light shine on them. To thee praise is due, O God of Zion, and to thee vows are recited in Jerusalem. Hear my prayer, unto thee all flesh shall come. Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy.

Scripture Reading - Luke 22:39-46
“Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives”
Nancy Eucker

Offertory
Justin Swain, baritone soloist

Lord Jesus Christ, King of Glory, deliver the souls of all the faithful departed from the pains of hell and from the bottomless pit. Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory, Deliver them from the lion’s mouth, nor let them fall into darkness, neither the black abyss swallow them up.

We offer unto Thee this sacrifice of prayer and praise. Receive it for those souls whom today we commemorate. Allow them, O Lord, to cross from death into the Life, which once Thou didst promise unto Abraham and his seed.

Lord Jesus Christ, King of Glory, deliver the souls of all the faithful departed from the pains of hell and from the bottomless pit. Nor let them fall into darkness. Amen.

Scripture Reading - Luke 22:47-53
“The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus”
Jacob Palmer

Sanctus

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth, heaven and earth are full of Thy glory, Hosanna in the highest.

Scripture Reading - Luke 22:54-62
“Peter Denies Jesus”
Laura Atchison

Pie Jesu
Heather Kessler, soprano soloist

Merciful Jesus, Lord, grant them rest, grant them rest, eternal rest.

Scripture Reading - Luke 23:13-25
“Jesus is Sentenced to Death”

Agnus Dei

O Lamb of God, thou takest away the sins of the world, grant them rest. May eternal light shine upon them, O Lord, with Thy saints forever because Thou art merciful. O Lamb of God, thou takest away the sins of the world, grant them rest.

Scripture Reading - Luke 23:32-43
“The Crucifixion of Jesus”

Libera Me

Deliver me, O Lord, from everlasting death on that dreadful day when the heavens and the earth shall be moved when thou shalt come to judge the world by fire. I quake with fear and I tremble awaiting the day of account and the wrath to come. That day, the day of anger, of calamity, of misery, that day, the great day, and most bitter. Grant them eternal rest O Lord and may perpetual Light shine upon them. Deliver me, O Lord, from everlasting death on that dreadful day when the heavens and the earth shall be moved, when thou shalt come to judge the world by fire.

Scripture Reading - Luke 23:44-49
“The Death of Jesus”

In Paradisum

May the angels receive thee in Paradise, at thy coming may the martyrs receive thee and bring thee into the holy city Jerusalem. There may the chorus of angels receive thee, and with Lazarus, once a beggar, may thou have eternal rest. May thou have eternal rest.

Closing Litany

One: We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you.

All: By your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Amen.

Depart in Silence

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Chancel Choir

Soprano

Karen Bovenizer
Emily Haynes
Heather Kessler
Barb Martin
Lucy Nadoban
Liane Meredith-Stewart

Alto

Kathy Craig
Sandy Fabel
Sara Light
Ellen Martin
Lulu Martin
Cindy McElroy
Beth Price
Sandy Rinehart
Karen Treece
Christie Vargo

Tenor

Rick Ballard
Chuck Wolter
Shao-yun Yang
David Yates

Baritone

Jon Farris
Tom Hall
Tom Martin
Larry Miller

Bass

Tim Gilbert
Mike Lafferty
J. David Rinehart

Instrumentalists

Organ

Robert Wisniewski

Harp

Olivia Claggett

Festivo Bell Ringers

Laura Atchison
Ruth Sawyer
Lori Fuhrer
Leda Rutledge
Suzy Henry
Kathy Craig
Jennifer Shaw-Wolter
Audrey Gordon
Karen Bovenizer
Nathan Cook
Jacob Palmer
Tom McLeish
Eric Miller

Director of Music

Philip Everingham

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