MAUNDY THURSDAY SERVICE

PART 1 

• Ringing of the Bell
• Prelude:  “Our Father in Heaven” – Max Reger (1873 – 1916)

  PART 2    

• Welcome and Announcements:  Reverend Joel Weible, Pastor 
• First Reading :  Matthew 26:17-21
• Hymn 80:  “Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley” –  LONESOME VALLEY

 PART 3

• Opening Litany and Prayer:  Brandon Ouellette – Seminarian Minister
• Leader:  What part of ourselves is found in the shadow of the mob that streamed to Calvary?
• People:  What part of ourselves creates nails in other forms that wound our brothers and sisters – and our God?
• Leader:  Let us pray together…
  • Tonight we realize that we have not kept our eyes upon your saving cross, nor listened with undivided attention to your voice.  As the realities of this night and the days ahead set in, turn us, O Lord. Stretch our boundaries, stir our hearts, and inflame our souls to behold you in every fragment of life, to feel you in every moment of time, and to serve you in every occasion with obedience and joy.  Amen.
•  Musical Offering      “The Old Rugged Cross” – arranged by Bill Ingram
  • The Handbell Ensemble:  Lynne Anderson, Patty Weeks, Lynn Wilkinson, Margaret Hill, Richard Ray, Jenny Williams

PART 4 

• Second Reading:  Matthew 26:14-16 – Christiaan Faul, Youth Director
• Meditation:  THE TABLE IS BARE – Reverend Joel Weible

 PART 5 

• Third Reading:  Matthew 26:20-25 – Brandon Ouellette
• Sacrament of Communion
• Invitation and Prayer
• Words of Institution:  Matthew 26:26-30 
  • Communion by Intinction

 Part 6 

• Communion Music:
  • “Adagio for Strings”  – Samuel Barber (1910 – 1981)
  • “Throned Upon the Awful Tree” – John Ellerton (1826 – 1893)
•  Communion Prayer (unison)
  • Everlasting God, who was and is, and is to come, we do not want to separate, we do not want to alienate, and we do not want to forsake. But we know what the future holds. In the breaking of the bread, we thank you for reminding us of our need and of your sufficiency. In our drinking from the cup, we thank you for reminding us of your forgiveness. As the night advances, deepen in us a sense of your steadfast love in and through Jesus Christ.  Amen
• Fourth Reading:  Matthew 26:31-35 – Christiaan Faul

 Part 7 

• Anthem:  “Ubi Caritas”  – Victor Johnson (1978 – )
  • Ubi caritas et amor,  (Where there is charity and love,)
  • Deus ibi est.  (God is there.)
  • Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor.  (The love of Christ has gathered us together.)
  • Exsultemus et in ipso jucundemur.  (Let us rejoice and be glad in it.)
  • Et ex corde diligamus nos sincero.  (And from a sincere heart let us love one another.)   

Part 8 

• Fifth Reading:  Matthew 26:47-50 –  Brandon Ouellette 
• Hymn 102:  “Were You There?” – WERE YOU THERE                                            
• Shrouding of the Cross 
• Final Reading:   Matthew 26:51-56 – Rev. Weible
• Departure in Silence