Good Friday Service

Christ Church
Valley Covenant Church
March 30, 2018

Congregational response after each Scripture reading: “Thanks be to God.”
*Please stand if able.

Meditation

Tenebrae factae sunt by M.A. Ingegneri, Choir

Darkness fell when the Jews crucified Jesus:
and about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice:
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Jesus cried with a loud voice and said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.
And he bowed his head and gave up the ghost.

*Call to Worship & Invocation

Pastor Douglas Wilson

*First Lesson: Betrayal

John 13:12-30 – Gordon Wilson
*Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended – Congregation

Second Lesson: Rejection

John 15:18-17 – Matt Gray
Be Gracious unto Me, O God – Congregation

Third Lesson: Trial

John 18:28-19:15 – John Carnahan
My Song Is Love Unknown – Congregation

Fourth Lesson: Mocking

Matthew 27:24-34  – Matthew Carpenter
O Sacred Head, Now Wounded – Congregation

Fifth Lesson: Crucifixion

John 19:17-24 – Matt Meyer
Be Not Far Off, For Grief Is Near – Congregation

Sixth Lesson: Insults

Matthew 27:35-44 – Ty Knight
Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted – Congregation

*Seventh Lesson: Darkness

Matthew 27:45-49 – Tim Edwards
*Psalm 6 – Congregation

Homily

Pastor Douglas Wilson

What Wondrous Love Is This – Congregation

Eighth Lesson: Committal

Luke 23:46-49 – Ben Merkle
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross – Congregation

Ninth Lesson: Death

John 19:28-37 – Mike Lawyer
Lord, Thee I Love with All My Heart – Congregation

Tenth Lesson: Hope of the Resurrection

Psalm 16 – Francis Foucachon
*And Can It Be That I Should Gain – Congregation

*Eleventh Lesson: Anticipation

Psalm 110 – Toby Sumpter
*Jehovah to My Lord Has Said – Congregation

*Benediction

Pastor Douglas Wilson