Welcome to this special Maundy Thursday March 24th, 2016 Service Podcast.
This service was held at the Wales Baptist Church in a joint service with the First Congregational
Church of Brimfield.
Prelude Praise & Worship
Amazing Grace My Chains are Gone
Welcome & Greeting
Call To Worship
L: Jesus said: I am the light of the world
P: Anyone who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life
L: If I say “Let the darkness cover me and the light around me turn to night” darkness is not dark to you O God
P: The night is as bright as the day; darkness and light to you are both alike
Hymn #196 One Day (verses 1-3)
Collect
L: GOD be with you
P: And with you also
L: Let us pray
ALL: Gracious God, you give the sun to illumine the day and the moon and stars to shine by night. Kindle in us the flame of your love that our lives may shed abroad the radiance of your light and the world may be full of the splendor of your glory; through Jesus Christ the SON of righteousness
Lighting of the Candles
O gracious Light pure brightness of the eternal Creator in heaven, O Jesus Christ, hold and blessed Now as we come to the setting of the sun and our eyes behold your vesper light, we sing praises, Holy God, One in Trinity
You are worthy at all times to be praised by happy voices. O Christ of God ,
O giver of life, and be glorified through all the worlds
Prayer of Confession
L: Brothers and sisters we are called to be the children of the day and not children of the night
P: Let us approach the throne of grace that we may receive mercy
L: Let us pray
ALL:
Gracious God , our sins are too heavy to carry, to real to hide and too deep to undo. Forgive what our lips tremble to name, what our hearts can no longer bear and what has become for us a consuming fire of judgment. Set us free from a past that we cannot change, open us to a future in which we can be changed and grant us grace to grow more and more in your likeness and image, through Jesus Christ, the light of the world; AMEN
L: Lord have mercy
P: Christ have mercy
L: Lord have mercy
Assurance of Pardon
L: This is the message we have heard from Christ and proclaim it to you, God is light
P: If we walk in the light as Christ is in the light, we have communion with one another and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sins
Reading: Matthew 20: 26-28
Reading: John 13: 4-10
Demonstration and Invitation (washing of feet)
Hymn #78 Our God Our Help In Ages Past
Reading: Luke 22 26-28
Reading: Matthew 26: 26-29
Service of Communion
Invitation: Lords Supper at the table, by intention you will come forward taking a piece of bread and dipping it in the cup. Our ministers will say “The Body of Christ broken for you; The Blood of Christ shed for you:
Communion Prayer
Sharing of the Bread & the Cup
Special Music: Remember the Passion (Pepper Choplin)
Readings: 1-8
Hymn #218 Where You There?
Final Reading: The Word Was God John 1: 1-4, 14, 10, 12: 3:19
Lord’s Prayer
Departure
Please leave the darkened church in silence when you are ready
