Good Friday Chief Service

Good Friday ~ Chief Service 3 April 2015 + 2:00 p.m.

Zion Lutheran Church & School Kearney, NE + (308) 234-3410

Rev. James DeLoach, Pastor + (308) 627-5260 Tony Splittgerber, Principal + (308) 293-0168

A warm welcome to all our guests! Please sign our guest book in the narthex and let us know how we can serve you. Members in good standing from a sister LCMS congregation are invited to commune with us. Please register for communion prior to the service. Members of church bodies with whom we are not in confessional fellowship are asked to please refrain from communing. Our pastor will be happy to visit with you about how our communion practice reflects our loving concern for individuals and our genuine desire for true unity in the Body of Christ. We are glad you are here!

2 Please gather in silence, reflecting upon Jesus’ sacrificial death for you.  On this most holy day and at this very hour your Savior endured suffering and death by crucifixion. Why? He loves you and wants you to live forever with Him. You know this because He, Who deserved death the least, gave His own life to ransom you from your captors—sin, death, and the devil. There is nothing more amazing than this—that the sinless Son of God takes our mortal flesh and submits to temporal death so that we might forever live in bodies immortal and glorified as holy children of God! Therefore, we do not observe GOOD FRIDAY as a funeral for Christ. It is finished, along with our salvation. Rather, we gather to repent of our sins and receive Christ’s forgiveness, the fruit of Calvary’s tree delivered today. You are invited to make use of following to guide your prayer and meditation before today’s service:

 PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP on the hymnal’s inside cover,  The GOOD FRIDAY hymns (447-455),  The penitential PSALMS (6, 32, 36, 38, 43, 51),  Or the PSALMS (2, 22, 27) designated for GOOD FRIDAY. You will also note that we will pause in the service after the readings in order to allow time for silent meditation and reflection upon God’s Holy Word. Today’s service has been adapted to allow for such time and for the sake of simplicity. The Litany for Good Friday replaces the Bidding Prayer, while the REPROACHES and some of the readings have been omitted. Finally, this GOOD FRIDAY CHIEF SERVICE is part of one continuous liturgy known as the TRIDUUM (Three Days – beginning with HOLY THURSDAY and ending with EASTER SUNDAY). That is why this service has neither an entrance rite nor a benediction.  3 Service of the Word

The pastor enters in silence. Collect P: Almighty God, graciously behold this Your family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed and delivered into the hands of sinful men and to suffer death on the cross; through the same Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C: Amen. Old Testament Isaiah 52:13–53:12 After the reading: P: This is the Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God. Silence for reflection upon God’s Word Collect P Merciful and everlasting God, You did not spare Your only Son but delivered Him up for us all to bear our sins on the cross. Grant that our hearts may be so fixed with steadfast faith in Him that we fear not the power of sin, death, and the devil; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. C Amen.

Epistle Hebrews 4:14–16; 5:7–9 After the reading: P This is the Word of the Lord. C Thanks be to God. Silence for reflection upon God’s Word Collect P Almighty and everlasting God, who willed that Your Son should bear for us the pains of the cross, that

4 You might remove from us the power of the adversary, help us so to remember and give thanks for our Lord’s Passion that we may receive forgiveness of sin and redemption from everlasting death; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. C Amen. The Passion of Our Lord according to St. John St. John 18:1-11 Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus HYMN: O Sacred Head Now Wounded # 450 (v 1) St. John 18:12-27 Jesus before the High Priest HYMN: O Sacred Head Now Wounded # 450 (v 2) St. John 18:28-40 Jesus before Pontius Pilate HYMN: O Sacred Head Now Wounded # 450 (v 3) St. John 19:1-16a Jesus Prepared for Crucifixion HYMN: O Sacred Head, Now Wounded # 450 (v 4) Please stand St. John 19:16b-24 The Crucifixion of Jesus HYMN: O Sacred Head, Now Wounded # 450 (v 5) St. John 19:25-30 Jesus’ Mother and His Death HYMN: O Sacred Head, Now Wounded # 450 (v 6) St. John 19:31-42 Jesus’ Side Is Pierced After the reading: P This is the Word of the Lord. C Thanks be to God. Please be seated HYMN: O Sacred Head, Now Wounded # 450 (v 7) Sermon Offering 5 The Litany for Good Friday (spoken as printed) P. Lord, have mercy. C. CHRIST, HAVE MERCY. P. Lord, have mercy. Christ hear us. C. CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY HEAR US. P. God the Father in heaven: C. HAVE MERCY UPON US. P. God the Son, Redeemer of the world: C. HAVE MERCY UPON US. P. God the Holy Spirit: C. HAVE MERCY UPON US. P. Holy Trinity, one God: C. HAVE MERCY UPON US. P. By your suffering and death; by the hurt of Judas' treachery; by the pain of Peter's denial; by the sweat of the blood; by the agony of the Cross; by the robe of purple and the crown of thorns; by the bite of the whip; by the way of the cross; by the nails and thirst; by the blood that stained the holy road; by the travail of your soul; by your expiring cry; by your triumph in death; C. O DYING REDEEMER, HEAR US.

P. From hardness of heart and darkness of soul; from coldness of mind; from forgetfulness of your great sacrifice; from the loneliness of life without you; from greed and ambition;

6 from lust of the eye and pride of life; from the burden of remembered sin; from the cunning of our enemies; from the confusion of ignorance; from hate; from a jealous heart; from the last sin of unbelief: C. O LOVING REDEEMER, DELIVER US. P. For the heart of others today, afraid; for the sick of body to ease their pain; for the sick of mind to lighten their gloom; for the sick of soul to bring them forgiveness; for those who weep alone; for the person that knows you not; for all who make known your way upon the earth; for all who love your holy name; for your holy Church throughout the world; O Prince of Peace and glory, of kingdoms and empires: C. O DYING AND LIVING REDEEMER, HEAR US. P. Christ the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world. C. HAVE MERCY UPON US. P. Christ the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world. C. HAVE MERCY UPON US. P. Christ the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world. C. GRANT US YOUR PEACE. AMEN.

7 Service of the Sacrament Stand Preface P The Lord be with you. C And also with you. P Lift up your hearts. C We lift them to the Lord. P Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. C It is right to give Him thanks and praise. P It is truly good, right, and salutary that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, holy Father, everlasting God. On the tree of the cross You gave salvation to mankind that, whence death arose, thence life also might rise again and that He who by a tree once overcame likewise by a tree might be overcome, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Hear us as we pray in His name and as He has taught us: Lord’s Prayer + The Words of the Lord Peace of the Lord P The peace of the Lord be with you always. C Amen. Sit Distribution HYMN: “A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth” # 438 HYMN: “O Perfect Life of Love” # 452 Stand Concluding Collect P We implore You, O Lord, that Your abundant blessing may be upon Your people, who have had the passion and death of Your Son in devout remembrance that we may receive Your pardon and the gift of Your comfort, 8 and may increase in faith and take hold of eternal salvation; through the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God now and forever. C Amen. HYMN: “Cross of Jesus, Cross of Sorrow” # 428 Please leave the sanctuary in silence and join us for a time of Christian fellowship in the Fellowship Hall.

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Serving Zion Today

Minister: Rev. James DeLoach Organist: Kay Banner Elder: Craig Nuttelman Acolyte: Gabe Bates Usher Captains: Bob Glanzer & Roger Riekenberg Altar Guild: Shirley Helmbrecht & Denae Kuhl

The Remaining Triduum Services

+ Good Friday Tenebrae ~ 7 p.m. +

+ Festival of Our Lord’s Resurrection ~ 7 & 9 a.m. +