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On this day Christians commemorate the passion, or suffering, and death on the cross of the Lord, Jesus Christ. What does Tenebrae mean?
If you want to experience the full effect of Easter then this service is a must. The word "tenebrae" comes from the Latin meaning "darkness." The Tenebrae or Service of Shadows is an ancient Christian Good Friday service that makes use of gradually diminishing light through the extinguishing of candles to symbolize the events of that week from the triumphant Palm Sunday entry through Jesus' burial. This increasing darkness symbolizes the approaching darkness of Jesus' death and of hopelessness in the world without God.
- Gathering
- Greeting
- Hymn
- Ah, Holy Jesus UMH 177
- Prayer
- Lighting of the Candles of the Called
- The Calling of Peter and Andrew
- Lord of the Dance UMH 261 V1
- The Calling of Matthew (Levi)
- Lord of the Dance UMH 261 V2
- The Calling of Phillip and Nathanael
- Lord of the Dance UMH 261 V3
- The Calling of Peter and Andrew
- Temptation of the Garden
- Matthew 26:31-44
- Taize Hymn
- Stay With Me
Stay with me, remain here with me, watch and pray, watch and pray.
- The Passion of Jesus Christ
- First Reading
- Extinguishing the First Candle
- Go to Dark Gethsemane UMH 290 v1
- Second Reading
- Go to Dark Gethsemane UMH 290 v2
- Third Reading
- Extinguishing the Second Candle
- Go to Dark Gethsemane UMH 290 v3
- Fifth Reading
- Extinguishing the Third Candle
- Sixth Reading
- Extinguishing the Fourth Candle
- What Wondrous Love is This
- Seventh Reading
- Extinguishing the Fifth Candle
- Eighth Reading
- Extinguishing the Sixth Candle
- Were You There UMH 288 v1
- Ninth Reading
- Extinguishing the Seventh Candle
- Tenth Reading
- Extinguishing the Eighth Candle
- Were You There UMH 288 v2
- Eleventh Reading
- Extinguishing the Ninth Candle
- Twelfth Reading
- Extinguishing the Tenth Candle
- Were You There UMH 288 v3
- Thirteenth Reading
- Extinguishing the eleventh Candle
- Time of Reflection
- The Old Rugged Cross
- Fourteenth Reading
- Extinguishing the Twelfth Candle
- Sounds of the Cross
- Fifteenth Reading
- Extinguishing of the Christ Candle
- O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
- Sixteenth Reading
- It's Friday, but Sunday's Coming
- Going Forth
Prayer List, Praises, and Prayer Requests
3/14/2021 Prayers:
- Margie Perry: Her son, Richard Greer, just diagnosed with stage IV liver and lung cancer.
- Patti Harris: Prayers for Bob Hess who had praise God, brain tumors surgically removed. He has recently been hospitalized for BP issues & blood clots in his legs. He is currently on blood thinners. He & his wife so appreciate your prayers!
3/7/2021 Prayers:
- Kathy VanBuren: Praises my brother Larry Payne is making improvements. He is off the ventilator and may be leaving CCU in the next few days. Please keep praying we have seen what prayer can do by the changes in the last 2 days. Thank you from my family
- Patti Harris: Bob Hess’s surgery site for brain tumors was first accessed through his nostrils & the second at the back of his head. A recent report stated that most ( 85%) of the tumors were removed & the last will be treated with radiation. He’s scheduled for Thursday, March 4, to have the 51 staples removed and nasal cavity reconstruction. Thank you for your prayers! Complete recovery expected in six weeks! Low level radiation will start next week to eradicate the last 15% of the tumors. Praising God for this miracle!
- Wayne & Linda Carpenter
- Bill & Angela Duffey
3/7/2021 Praises:
- Leigh-Anne St.Charles-O'Brien Thank you, Jeremy and church family from Michael, Bennett, Ellis, and me.
2/28/2021 Prayers:
- Ruth Huey Prayers for my nephew and son in law.
- Vickie Heinen Praying for all members of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Prayers for all people that are ill and sick. Everyone who has had surgeries, Covid, Cancer. And everyone to continue prayer and healing in everyday lives.
- Leigh-Anne St.Charles-O'Brien We have a prayer request for Michael, he is having surgery to remove the rest of his cancer tomorrow.
- Nick Sanders From Sunday…” I'm sick today and wasn't awake to watch service live”.
2/28/2021 Praises:
- Kathy VanBuren Had a great group of guys last night at RITI. So blessed when we are able to bring laughter to these guys. Greatly enjoyed their fried chicken from Worshams.
2/21/2021 Prayers:
- Barbara Jones Prayers asked for our family on the death of my Uncle Pete Justice. 92 years young and last of my mother’s siblings
- Brent VanBuren Please keep Kathy's brother Larry Payne in your prayers. Hospitalized with unknown kidney issues. Lots of tests being done.
- Vikki Chappell Morris Please keep my son-in-law David, in prayers. This will be his last week of radiation
- Patti Harris Our Friend, Bob Hess, was up & feeling good on Friday after brain tumor surgery on Thursday. The surgeon was unable to retrieve all of the tumors so surgery is scheduled for Tuesday, February 16.
2/21/2021 Praises:
- Joy Cunningham Travis is doing so much better! After a month on a ventilator with COVID he is off the vent. He is able to eat pureed foods! Thank you, GOD!
2/14/2021 Prayers:
- Jerry Brothers: Please remember the family of Tommy Hinton of Boaz Alabama in your prayers. Tommy is my cousin's husband who battled Parkinson's for years and contracted COVID and died last week. Thank you
2/07/2021 Prayers:
- Jennifer Peat: Grandmother, Karen Moritz, passed away in Wisconsin on Feb 1st.
- Bev Nichols: Prayers for healing from surgery and also prayers for Bette Seaton.
- Murray & Sylvia Shores: Online viewers, prayers for ongoing medical issues.
- John Bradford: Surgery 2 days ago, had a spinal stimulator put in and in so much pain.
- Shirley Vaughn: Surgery to alleviate pain from a trigger finger on Feb 2.
- Shelly Floor: Former Director of Little Lambs, daughter of Virginia Yancey, sister of Misty Roberts, has Covid-19 and pneumonia. She is very ill. Please add her and her Mama to your prayers.
- Patti Harris: Bob Hess (KY), good friend of Jim and Patti Harris, has recently been diagnosed with brain tumors. He is to have surgery on February 11. He is to also have radiation. Thank you for prayers for Bob and his wife, Sue as well as the doctors’ skill & knowledge to treat Bob in the best possible way.
- Chris Alley: 92 year-old Mother, Kay, never regained consciousness from her thrombosis and passed away Feb 5th.
- Becky Alexander - White House HC
- Jack Seifert - Home
- Cassie Stewart - Home
- Jewel McDonald - Jubilee Hills
- Peggy Nelson - Home
- Sarah Smith - Home
- Jeanette Lee - NHC
- Betty Hester - Portland
- Glenda Ishak-H’ville
- SGT Kevin R. Houston
- HN Spencer Sartain
- LCpl Austin Toungette
- SSG James Holcombe
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