April 1, 2021

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April 1, 2021 Maundy Thursday is the beginning of the Three Days – the ancient observance of the mystery of our salvation, which plunges those who worship into the death of Jesus and brings us with him to the resurrection. The Three Days are one liturgy extending from Thursday evening through Easter.

The Maundy Thursday liturgy focuses on three significant actions. First, the confession of sins and announcement of forgiveness brings to a conclusion the Lenten discipline of repentance that began on Ash Wednesday. Second, the church remembers Jesus’ command (in Latin, mandatum, from which this day receives its name) to follow his example and love one another. Third, we celebrate our meal of deliverance, taking our place at the supper Jesus shared with his disciples on this night.

ATHERING

PRELUDE Kathy Pierce, piano Give Me Jesus arr. Douglas E. Wagner

WELCOME

CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS Friends in Christ, in this Lenten season we have heard our Lord’s call to struggle against sin, death, and the devil; all that keeps us from loving God and each other. This is the struggle to which we are called at baptism.

Within the community of the church, God never wearies of forgiving sin and giving the peace of reconciliation. On this night, let us confess our sin against God and our neighbor, and enter the celebration of the great Three Days reconciled with God and with one another.

Silence for reflection and self-examination.

God of love and mercy, We confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. For the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name. Amen

God, who is rich in mercy, loved us even when we were dead in sin, and made us alive together with Christ. By grace you have been saved. In the name of ☩ Jesus Christ, your sins are forgiven. Almighty God strengthen you with power through the Holy Spirit, that Christ may live in your hearts through faith. Amen. 2

SONG Shadow Step Proclaim Joel Houston & Michael Guy Chislett, arr. Andrew Halladay Light up the way of Your heart Move me like You do the mountains Move me like You do the wind And I'll chase Your voice through the dark Fix my eyes on the unexpected In the wonder of Your shadow step (So take another step) You met me at the sinners' table I found You waiting by the well Unexpected You are always there Tracing all my steps You never left the lost forsaken Your mercy paves the road ahead Unexpected You are always good You are always good

CCLI Song # 7084122 Joel Houston | Michael Guy Chislett © 2017 Hillsong Music Publishing Australia (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing) For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com CCLI License # 2257154

GREETING The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. And also with you.

PRAYER OF THE DAY Holy God, source of all love, on the night of his betrayal, Jesus gave us a new commandment, to love one another as he loves us. Write this commandment in our hearts, and give us the will to serve others, as he was the servant of all. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

ORD

FIRST READING Exodus 12: 1-14 The reading is from the book of Exodus.

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: This month shall mark for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you. Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth of this month they are to take a lamb for each family, a lamb for each household. If a household is too small for a whole lamb, it shall join its closest neighbor in obtaining one; the lamb shall be divided in proportion to the number of people who eat of it. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a year-old male; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembled congregation of Israel shall slaughter it at twilight. They shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. They shall eat the lamb that same night; they shall eat it roasted over the fire with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted over the fire, with its head, legs, and inner organs. You shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn. This is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it hurriedly. It is the Passover of the Lord. For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both human beings and animals; on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord. The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live: when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. This day shall be a day of remembrance for you. You shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord; throughout your generations you shall observe it as a perpetual ordinance.

Word of God. Word of Life. Thanks be to God.

PSALM Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19 The reading is from the book of Psalms.

I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my supplications. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

What shall I return to the Lord for all his bounty to me? I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord, I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his faithful ones. O Lord, I am your servant; I am your servant, the child of your serving girl. You have loosed my bonds. I will offer to you a thanksgiving sacrifice and call on the name of the Lord. I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people, in the courts of the house of the Lord, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!

Word of God. Word of Life. Thanks be to God.

SECOND READING 1 Corinthians 11: 23 - 26 The reading is from Paul’s letter to the Corinthians.

For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, ‘This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ In the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.’ For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

Word of God. Word of Life. Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

GOSPEL John 13: 1 – 17, 31b – 35 The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the 13th chapter. Glory to you, O Lord.

Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. The devil had already put it into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot to betray him. And during supper Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him. He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, ‘Lord, are you going to wash my feet?’ Jesus answered, ‘You do not know now what I am doing, but later you will understand.’ Peter said to him, ‘You will never wash my feet.’ Jesus answered, ‘Unless I wash you, you have no share with me.’ Simon Peter said to him, ‘Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!’ Jesus said to him, ‘One who has bathed does not need to wash, except for the feet, but is entirely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.’ For he knew who was to betray him; for this reason he said, ‘Not all of you are clean.’

After he had washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to the table, he said to them, ‘Do you know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord—and you are right, for that is what I am. So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you. Very truly, I tell you, servants are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them. If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.

When he had gone out, Jesus said, ‘Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once. Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me; and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, “Where I am going, you cannot come.” I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.’

The Gospel of the Lord Praise to you, O Christ.

SERMON Pastor Will Johnson

SONG OF THE DAY There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy text by Frederick W. Faber music by Calvin Hampton; arr. Andrew Halladay

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE Prayer Response Hear us, O God Your mercy is great.

SHARING OF THE PEACE The peace of the Lord be with you always. And also with you.

EAL

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OFFERING MUSIC Proclaim Ubi Caritas words: ancient Catholic antiphon, music by Andrew Halladay

Refrain: all Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.

Leader: Our savior Christ's love has gathered us into one. Let us rejoice and let us be pleased in Him. Let us fear, and let us love the living God. And may we love each other with a sincere heart, O Lord. Where charity and love are, God is there. Refrain

Leader: As we are gathered together in unity, Let us remember to love and be of one mind. Let our sinful desires and let our conflicts cease, And may Christ our God be found among all of us. Where charity and love are, God is there. Refrain

Leader: And allow us with all the saints as well To see your face in glory, O Christ our God: To see that good and tremendous joyfulness, Unto all the ages and throughout all of time. Where charity and love are, God is there. Refrain

Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen

OFFERTORY PRAYER Faithful God, you walk beside us in desert places, and you meet us in our hunger with bread from heaven. Accompany us in this meal, that we may pass over from death to life with Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

THE GREAT THANKSGIVING The Lord be with you. And also with you.

Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give God thanks and praise.

PREFACE It is indeed right, our duty and our joy, that we should at all times and in all places give thanks and praise to you, almighty and merciful God, through our Savior Jesus Christ, whose suffering and death gave salvation to all. You gather your people around the tree of the cross, transforming death into life. And so, with all the choirs of angels, with the church on earth and the hosts of heaven, we praise your name and join their unending hymn:

HOLY

INVITATION TO COMMUNION All are welcome at Jesus’ table. He gives of himself in the bread and wine, and invites us to receive it for the forgiveness of sin. We invite you to share in your homes the sacrament of the Lord’s table.

Say the Word of Institution and then the Words of Distribution as follows:

WORDS OF INSTITUTION In the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread, and gave thanks; broke it, and gave it to his disciples saying, “Take and eat; this is my body, given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.”

Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it for all to drink, saying: “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remembrance of me.”

THE LORD’S PRAYER 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, Forever and ever. Amen

WORDS OF DISTRIBUTION Give to one another the bread, “Body of Christ given for you.” Give to one another the wine, “Blood of Christ shed for you.”

COMMUNION MUSIC Purify Ben Cantelon & Stuart Garrard

Purify our hearts with truth And guide them in Your way Sanctify our lives anew Have mercy Lord we pray That we may do what's pleasing in Your sight And know the fullness of Your sacrifice

We break this bread we drink this wine Remembering the cross The beauty of Your love divine Is washing over us That we may do what's pleasing in Your sight And know the fullness of Your sacrifice

Lord we come to You We're amazed by You and all You've done All You've done for us You have set us free Oh the mystery of all You've done All You've done for us

Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna amen Oh Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna amen

We break this bread we drink this wine Remembering the cross

Ben Cantelon and Stuart Garrard @ 2011 Sony/ATV Timber Publishing Studio Music Publishing 2011 Thankyou Music

BLESSING The body and blood of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ bless you and keep you always in God’s grace. Amen.

PRAYER Lord Jesus, in a wonderful sacrament you strengthen us with the saving power of your suffering, death, and resurrection. May this sacrament of your body and blood so work in us that the fruits of your redemption will show forth in the way we live, for you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit one God, now and forever. Amen

ENDING

STRIPPING OF THE ALTAR At the conclusion of the liturgy, the altar furnishings are removed, preparing the worship space for Good Friday. Through this stark ritual, we recall that Jesus was abandoned by his followers, stripped of his dignity, and left to face the cross alone.

SILENCE We leave in silence. The service of the three days continues on Good Friday.

WORSHIP VOLUNTEERS Assistant Minister Paula Burky Audio & Visual Ministers Scott Elvington & Rick Bobbitt

PROCLAIM Andrew Halladay Kathy Pierce Sue Carter Tina Ramey Kurt Headrick Emily Chesnic Alec Scheele Tim Armstrong Eetung Rauh

PASTORS AND STAFF Lead Pastor Kathleen Armstrong Pastor of Congregational Ministries Will Johnson Minister of Music Andrew Halladay Director of Youth Ministry Laura Anderson Director of Children’s Ministry Amy Pallas Congregational Life Coordinator Whitney Gillies Pianist/Organist Marilyn Kopperud VBS Coordinator Natalie Flowers Financial Secretary Nikki Leverone Office Administrator Jessica Hess Preschool/Kindergarten Director Amy Goodmanson Cross of Christ Music Academy Director Andrew Halladay