03 28 24 Maundy Thursday
Welcome
Invocation
Leader: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen
Prayer
Hymn
“When I Survey The Wondrous Cross”
Confession of Sin
Leader: Let us confess our sins to Him, imploring Him for the sake of His Son Jesus Christ to grant us forgiveness.
All: O Almighty God, merciful Father, I, a poor, miserable sinner, confess unto You all my sins and iniquities with which I have ever offended You and justly deserved Your temporal and eternal punishment. But I am heartily sorry for them and sincerely repent of them, and I pray You of Your boundless mercy and for the sake of the holy, innocent, bitter sufferings and death of Your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, to be gracious and merciful to me, a poor, sinful being.
Leader: God be merciful to you and strengthen your faith.
All: Amen.
Absolution
Leader: Do you believe that the forgiveness I speak is not my forgiveness but God’s?
All: Yes.
Leader: Let it be done for you as you believe. In the stead and by the command of my Lord Jesus Christ, I assure you that all of your sins have been forgiven in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
First Scripture Reading
1 Corinthians 10:16-17 (Pew Bible page 1633)
[16] Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? [17] Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.
Message Scripture Reading
Mark 14:12–26 (Pew Bible page 1449)
[12] On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?” [13] So he sent two of his disciples, telling them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. [14] Say to the owner of the house he enters, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ [15] He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.” [16] The disciples left, went into the city and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover. [17] When evening came, Jesus arrived with the Twelve. [18] While they were reclining at the table eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me—one who is eating with me.” [19] They were saddened, and one by one they said to him, “Surely you don’t mean me?” [20] “It is one of the Twelve,” he replied, “one who dips bread into the bowl with me. [21] The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.” [22] While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body.” [23] Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it. [24] “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many,” he said to them. [25] “Truly I tell you, I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.” [26] When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
Message
This Meal of Blessing
Tithes and Offering
Hymn: “Take My Life And Let It Be”
The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty. From thence he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
Prayer
After each petition, the pastor will conclude, “Lord, in Your mercy . . .”
Please respond, “Hear our prayer.”
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.
Sharing The Lord’s Supper
Hymns: “Chief Of Sinners Though I Be”
“Just As I Am, Without One Plea”
Blessing
Hymn
“All Praise To Thee, My God, This Night”
