MAUNDY THURSDAY
TENEBRAE SERVICE
Welcome
Call to Worship
Prayer of Invocation
HYMN: “Bread of the World in Mercy Broken”
FIRST READING: Shadow of Betrayal Matthew 26:20-25 ~ Deacon Keith Brodersenb
THE LORD’S SUPPER
All whose faith is in the Lord Jesus Christ are invited to the table that he has prepared for us, where we remember his atoning sacrifice made once and for all.
SECOND READING: Shadow of Desertion Matthew 26:31-35 ~ Diane Romano
HYMN: “Go to Dark Gethsemane”
THIRD READING: Agony of the Soul Luke 22:39-44 ~ Donna Whiston
FOURTH READING: Unshared Vigil Mark 14:32-41 ~ Diane Wohltmann
HYMN: “‘Tis Midnight; and on Olive’s Brow”
FIFTH READING: Father, the Hour has Come John 17:1-6 ~ Deacon Sarah Kriner
SIXTH READING: That They May All Be One John 17:15-22 ~ Deacon Cindy Danziger
HYMN: “Let It Be Said of Us”
SEVENTH READING: Arrest in the Garden John 18:1-5 ~ Malinda Hansen
<EIGHTH READING: Shadow of the Cross. Mark 15:16-20 ~ Deacon Jeff Spencer
*HYMN: “Near the Cross”
*Benediction
NOTE
Tenebrae is a traditional worship service among western Christians, observed on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, or Holy Saturday. The service inverts the Advent tradition of lighting a candle in the four weeks prior to Christmas. Here the candles are gradually extinguished until only that which represents the light of Christ remains. At the end of the service, the Christ candle is removed from the worship space for a brief time, but is never extinguished. This signifies the eternal light that Christ, our Savior and Redeemer, brings to the world, and his ultimate triumph over darkness, sin, and death.