GOOD FRIDAY
Way of the Cross – 11 am
Good Friday Liturgy – 7 pm
Join us at 11 am to contemplate the Way of the Cross with simple prayers, time for reflection, and chanting. This service will last about 30 minutes. This particular version of the Stations of the Cross comes from This Far By Faith, the African-American Lutheran Hymnal, and includes only those stations which are found in Scripture.
At 7 pm, join us for the most solemn worship service of the year. What you can expect at tonight’s Good Friday service:
- Worship begins in silence
- Reading of the Passion, interspersed with hymns and music by the Bethany Choir
- A powerful poem by James Weldon Johnson called “The Crucifixion”
- The Bidding Prayers, in which we pray for those who believe, those who do not believe, and for those who are lost.
- The Solemn Reproaches—an ancient prayer which is chanted while worshipers have the opportunity to pray silently at the cross (adoration of the cross)
A prayer for Good Friday
Crucified savior, naked God, you hang disgraced and powerless. Grieving, we dare to hope, as we wait at the cross with your mother and your friend.
