MAUNDAY THURSDAY

April 17, 2014

*Those that are able are invited to stand

Gathering

Scripture Exodus 12:1-14

Call to Worship

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

This shall be a day of remembrance for you.

We will celebrate it as a festival to the Lord throughout all generations.

For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you.

As often as we eat this bread and drink this cup,

We proclaim the Lord’s death, until he comes.

*Hymn “Saranam, Saranam” #523

Call to Confession

Silent Prayer of Confession

Words of Grace

Scripture John 13:1-17, 31b-35

*Hymn “Jesu, Jesu” #432

Visual Illustration The Last Supper

Celebrating the Last Supper

Scripture John 17:1-5, 18:1-12

Hymn “Go to Dark Gethsemane” #290

Visual Illustration The Garden

Silent Prayer / Pastoral Prayer / Lord’s Prayer

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into

temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

Scripture John 19:16-30

Hymn “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” #298

Visual Illustration Golgotha

Litany

On that dark night, in that dark hour, no one knew who he was.

Judas who betrayed him did not know.

The leaders who tried him did not know.

Pilate who condemned him did not know.

The soldiers who beat him did not know.

The ones who drove the nails did not know.

The crowd that mocked him did not know.

The crowd that ignored him did not know.

And Peter who denied him, though he knew he should have known, did not know him.

As we stand before the cross this night, O Lord, teach us who you are.

Visual Illustration Sounds of the Cross

*Hymn “O How He Loves You and Me” #2108

in The Faith We Sing

*Benediction

Postlude

“Seldom have the apparent fortunes of any historical figure changed as quickly and dramatically as did those of Jesus in the last week of his life.

The events of the last twenty-four hours of Jesus’ life would test those closest to him, and they would fail.

Judas would betray Jesus; Peter would deny him; and the disciples would dessert him, leaving Jesus utterly alone as he faced trial at the hands of his enemies.

But Jesus looked past their betrayal, their sins, and their failures and called them his friends. We take comfort in the knowledge that he will do that for us as well.”

- Adam Hamilton

Twenty-Four Hours That Changed the World