ORDER OF THE WORSHIP SERVICE
MAUNDY THURSDAY
TENEBRAE SERVICE
Welcome
Call to Worship
Prayer of Invocation
HYMN: Bread of the World in Mercy Broken
FIRST READING: Shadow of Betrayal
Matthew 26:20-25 ~ Diane Romano
THE LORD’S SUPPER
All whose faith is in the Lord Jesus Christ are invited to
the table that he has prepared for us, where we remember his
atoning sacrifice made once and for all.
SECOND READING: Shadow of Desertion
Matthew 26:31-35 ~ Deacon Jeff Spencer
HYMN: Go to Dark Gethsemane
THIRD READING: Agony of the Soul
Luke 22:39-44 ~ Ron Warner
FOURTH READING: Unshared Vigil
Mark 14:32-41 ~ Deacon Cindy Danziger
HYMN: ‘Tis Midnight; and on Olive’s Brow
FIFTH READING: Father, the Hour has Come
John 17:1-6 ~ Malinda Hansen
SIXTH READING: That They May All Be One
John 17:15-22 ~ Deacon Keith Brodersen
HYMN: Let It Be Said of Us
SEVENTH READING: Arrest in the Garden
John 18:1-5 ~ Deacon Mark Swartz
EIGHTH READING: Shadow of the Cross.
Mark 15:16-20 ~ Woody Evans
*HYMN: Near the Cross
*Benediction
NOTE
Tenebrae is a traditional worship service among western Christians, observed on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, or Holy Saturday. The service inverts the Advent tradition of lighting a candle in the four weeks prior to Christmas. Here the candles are gradually extinguished until only that which represents the light of Christ remains. At the end of the service, the Christ candle is removed from the worship space for a brief time but is never extinguished. This signifies the eternal light that Christ, our Savior and Redeemer, brings to the world, and his ultimate triumph over darkness, sin, and death.