GOOD FRIDAY STATIONS of the CROSS April 2, 2021, 11:00 A.M

Christ the King Lutheran Church A member church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)

Church Phone - 210-658-2254 Website - www.ctk-uc.org

GOOD FRIDAY STATIONS OF THE CROSS April 2, 2021, 11:00 A.M. (Drive In) & 7:00 P.M. (Live-stream)

We welcome you to the Stations of the Cross. This Good Friday tradition began in Medieval times as a structure for meditation and prayer in remembering the final events of Jesus. It is also called “Via Cruces” (the way of the cross) or “Via Dolorosa” (the way of sorrow). Today, if you visit Jerusalem, these special Stations of the Cross are visible for pilgrims to walk the road that Jesus walked. Open your hearts and minds and follow Christ.

Items to BRING from HOME for the 11am service: this bulletin, LBW (green Lutheran Book of Worship hymnal)

We gather in silence to prepare for worship.

P: In the name of the + Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. C: Amen

P: On this day we gather to remember Jesus our Savior, who loves us and gave himself for us. Let us draw near in full assurance of God’s endless love and mercy. C: We give our thanks and praise to Jesus Christ who carries our sorrows, heals our wounds, and redeems us from sin and death.

OPENING PRAYER P: Then Jesus told his disciples, If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. (Matthew 16:24-25) Let us pray. C: Almighty God, your Son our Savior suffered at the hands of sinful humanity and endured the shame and agony of the cross. Grant that in true devotion we may enter with joy upon the contemplation of those mighty acts whereby we are redeemed and set free. May God be gra- cious to us and bless us, and make his face shine upon us. Amen.

OPENING HYMN LBW #123 / ELW 349 “Ah, Holy Jesus” vs. 1, 2, & 5

STATION ONE - Jesus Is Condemned to Death

P: We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. C: Because by your holy cross, You have redeemed the world.

Study and consider the art for this Station of the Cross while listening to the scripture and the observation. Think about how they all make you feel.

Silence for reflection...

P: Let us pray. C: Lord Jesus, I'm ashamed to admit how often I wash my hands of you. Give me the courage to follow you, even when all others reject you. Amen.

STATION TWO - Jesus Takes Up the Cross

P: We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. C: Because by your holy cross, You have redeemed the world.

Study and consider the art for this Station of the Cross while listening to the scripture and the observation. Think about how they all make you feel.

Artist: Jen Norton

Silence for reflection...

P: Let us pray. C: Lord Jesus, when I think I can't stand it anymore, fill me with the love you bore for me when you endured the rejection and humiliation of the cross. Amen.

STATION THREE - Jesus Falls

P: We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. C: Because by your holy cross, You have redeemed the world.

Study and consider the art for this Station of the Cross while listening to the scripture and the observation. Think about how they all make you feel.

Artist: Father Daniel

Silence for reflection…

P: Let us pray. C: Lord Jesus, when I fall to the temptations of my own flesh, raise me up again, knowing that my struggle, like yours, is one step at a time. Amen.

STATION FOUR - Simon Helps Jesus

P: We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. C: Because by your holy cross, You have redeemed the world.

Study and consider the art for this Station of the Cross while listening to the scripture and the observation. Think about how they all make you feel.

Artist: Ray Harvey

Silence for reflection...

P: Let us pray. C: Lord Jesus, like Simon, even when I don't want to, I find myself contributing to the pain of others. By your cross set me free from the terrible power of my sin. Amen.

HYMN LBW #492 / ELW #818 “O Master, Let Me Walk with You” vs. 1, 3

STATION FIVE - Jesus Consoles the Women

P: We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. C: Because by your holy cross, You have redeemed the world.

Study and consider the art for this Station of the Cross while listening to the scripture and the observation. Think about how they all make you feel.

Artist: Jen Norton Silence for reflection…

P: Let us pray. C: Lord Jesus, I don't know what to say when somebody I know dies. Give me the faith to face the death of others with compassion, and to face my own death with hope. Amen.

STATION SIX - Jesus Is Stripped

P: We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. C: Because by your holy cross, You have redeemed the world.

Study and consider the art for this Station of the Cross while listening to the scripture and the observation. Think about how they all make you feel.

Silence for reflection…

P: Let us pray. C: Lord Jesus, you allowed yourself to be stripped of everything in the hope of saving me. Give me the grace to gaze upon your wounds in awe and wonder. Amen.

STATION SEVEN - Jesus Is Crucified

P: We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. C: Because by your holy cross, You have redeemed the world.

Study and consider the art for this Station of the Cross while listening to the scripture and the observation. Think about how they all make you feel.

St. Bonaventure Catholic Church, Davie, Fl.

Silence for reflection…

P: Let us pray. C: Lord Jesus, you endured the torture of crucifixion to spare me eternal shame and death. May I never take for granted your love for me. Amen.

STATION EIGHT - Jesus Dies

P: We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. C: Because by your holy cross, You have redeemed the world.

Study and consider the art for this Station of the Cross while listening to the scripture and the observation. Think about how they all make you feel.

Artist: John Petts The Wales Window to Alabama

Silence for reflection…

P: Let us pray. C: Lord Jesus, You suffered torture and death for me that I might not be afraid to live - or to die. I love you Lord Jesus. Amen.

STATION NINE - Jesus Is Taken Down and Buried

P: We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. C: Because by your holy cross, You have redeemed the world.

Study and consider the art for this Station of the Cross while listening to the scripture and the observation. Think about how they all make you feel.

Artist: Jen Norton

Silence for reflection...

P: Let us pray. C: Lord Jesus, let me find hope in your dying my death, that from this moment on I might live your life. Amen.

HYMN ELW #353 “Were You There”

P: Lord God, you have given us everything. C: You have not held anything back.

P: Help us in like manner to give of ourselves. C: Sanctify us in Christ’s name.

P: Bless us and all that we think, feel, say, and do, that we, like Jesus, may be a blessing to others. We ask this and all things through him who taught us to pray...

THE LORD’S PRAYER Traditional English - 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 for- ever and ever. Amen.

Español - Padre nuestro que estás en los cielos, santificado sea tu Nombre, venga tu reino hágase tu voluntad en la tierra como en el cielo. Danos hoy el pan de cada día y perdona nuestras deudas como nosotros perdonamos nuestros deudores y no nos dejes caer en la tentación mas líbranos del mal. Porque tuyo es el reino, el poder y la gloria por los siglos de los siglos. Amen

Malagasy - Rainay izay any an-danitra, Hohamasinina anie ny anaranao. Ho tonga anie ny fanjaka- nao. Hatao anie ny sitraponao. Ny ety an-tany tahaka ny any an-danitra. Omeo anay anio izay hani- na sahaza ho anay. Ary mamelà ny helokay. Tahaka ny namelany izay meloka taminay. Ary aza mi- tondra anay ho amin’ny fakam-panahy, fa manafaha anay amin’ny ratsy. Fa Anao ny fanjakana sy ny hery ary ny voninahitra mandrakizay. Amena.

Deutsche - Vater unser im Himmel, geheiligt werde dein Name; dein Reich komme; dein Wille ges- chehe, wie im Himmel so auf Erden. Unser tägliches Brot gib uns heute. Und vergib uns unsere Schuld, wie auch wir vergeben unsern Schuldigern; und fűhre uns nicht in Versuchung, sodern erlöse uns von dem Bösen. Denn dein ist das Reich und die Kraft und die Herrlichkeit in Ewigkeit. Amen.

Korean - 하늘에 계신 우리아버지 이름이 거룩히 여김을 받으시오며나라에 임하옵시며, 뜻이 하늘에 서 이루어진 것같이 땅에서도 이루어지리이다 오늘날 우리에게 일용할 양식을 주옵시며 우리가 우 리에게 죄진자를 사하여 준것같이 우리의 죄를 사하여 주옵시고 우리를 시험에 들게하지 마옵시고 다만 악에서 구하여 주옵소서 대개 나라와 영광이 아버지께 영원히 있사옵나이다. 아멘

CLOSING P: God, thank you for being with us in this wondering moment, C: where we stand poised between life and death, P: filled to the brim with sorrow, C: filled with thoughts of what has been P: and what lies before us. C: Thank you for the gift of life. P: Thank you for our friend Jesus, C: who was a gift to the world, P: a gift in each of our lives. C: Comfort us even as we are shaken by the horror of these last hours. P: Calm us in this time of sorrow, C: and sustain us in all the days to come. Amen.

We leave in silence…

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STAY FOR MEDITATION AND PRAYER OR DEPART IN SILENCE.

There is no benediction or postlude.

The Shadow Stations of the Cross photos of the youth at the 7:00 pm live-streamed service were done by Chloe and Delilah Barden, Avre and AJ Boos, William Jackson, Cade Robbins, Raven Taylor , and Brynn and Quinn Vaughan.

SCHEDULE FOR EASTER SUNDAY Easter Sunday, April 4th , 9:00 am Drive-in Worship Celebration

Church office will be closed on Monday.

CHURCH STAFF The Rev. Mike Widner ...... [email protected] Ricardo Jimenez Reyes, Vicar ...... [email protected] Mariesa Robbins, Director of Youth Ministries/Parish Administrator ...... [email protected] Margaret Vogt, Administrative Assistant ...... [email protected] Carol Bearce, Organist Vanessa Jackson, Pianist and Choir Accompanist Sally Walters, Choir, Handbell & Worship Band Director Melanie Vogt, Nursery

WE REMEMBER IN PRAYER:

Those with Health Concerns: Gene Bielke Carol DeNoble DJ Schultz Sherry Bielke Dick Dunsmore Kent Schultz Fran Bitney Bill Laxton Philip Seaman Aina Blake Ellen Mayclin Henry Serry Darlene Christiansen Judy McCort Marion Weishaar Rob Cooper Betsy Reid

Those in Care Facilities: Anna Harman Fred Hermann

Family and Friends of CTK: Roy Alvarado Lendell Jones Donna Scheel Ava Anderson Carolyn Sue Kelly Julie Schmidt Jenny Barnes Steve Kerns Ray Schmidt Fran Bezold Debbie Kittridge Randy Smith II Jerry Blakely Gene Kraemer Don Stout Mel Borgfeld Ed Leigh Robert Theis Jacque Donaldson Ed Leszynski Glenn Uecker Joe Dougherty Howie Marbach David Vogt Lauren Doyle Luke Marbach Kurt Weinelt Shaun Dudley Malinda McClellan James Weishaar Larry Dunn Jackie Golson Meek Keith Whitaker Mary Henderson Diedre Morin Clay Wright Terry Hepworth Marilyn Muehlstein Shannon Wright Ted Herrera Donna Pichelmann Jennifer Zahradnick Ronald Jensen Elizabeth Poe Pedro Jimenez Nancy Rajanen Corinne Johnson Janet Ramirez Betty Ann Jones

Prayer List Updates: David Bartley is doing better and asked to be removed from the prayer list. John Widner is also doing better.