Veradale United Church of Christ

Spokane Valley, WA

Sunday Worship

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Honest Thomas Sunday, April 19, 10:30am 
 
Every Sunday 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM (PDT) 
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Bulletin:

10:30am    Prelude

God understands. . . all the time!  All the time . . . God understands!

*Welcoming the Light of Christ:

*Hymn: Seek Ye First

Seek ye first the kingdom of God
And His righteousness;
And all these things shall be added unto you.
Hallelu, Hallelujah!

Ask, and it shall be given unto you;
Seek, and you shall find.
Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Hallelu, Hallelujah!

 We shall not live by bread alone,
But by every word
That proceeds out from the mouth of God.
Hallelu, Hallelujah!

 

Words of Welcome

*Passing the Peace of Christ

Hymn # 233 “Christ the Lord is Risen Today” v. 4

Soar we now where Christ has led, Alleluia! Following our exalted Head, Alleluia! Made like Christ, like Christ we rise, Alleluia! Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia!

 

Community Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer  use whatever translation which is meaningful to you. There are three choices of translations on page 9 of the New Century Hymnal.

Response 812 (NCH)

Amen, amen, amen.

A Time of Offering

 An Invitation to Share

*Dedication Hymn: #277 verse 1

Holy, holy, holy, God the Almighty! Early in the morning we praise your majesty. Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty! God in three persons, blessed Trinity!     

Dedication prayer:

Giver of New Life, we offer these small tokens to your service and dedicate our lives to love of all your creation. Guide us. Strengthen our faith. Increase our hope.  May your vision be fulfilled for this your church, our world, and for our lives. Amen.

Listening for God


Message to Young Hearts

Psalm 116:1-4: 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.

The snares of death encompassed me;

    the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;

    I suffered distress and anguish.

Then I called on the name of the Lord:

    “O Lord, I pray, save my life!”

12-19 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!

John 20:19-31 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” 22 When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”

24 But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.”

26 A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.” 28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” 29 Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.”

30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. 31 But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.

Honest Thomas

Silence

Announcements

Our Light moves into the World God Loves

*Hymn “In the Bulb there is a Flower” 433 (NCH)

  1. In the bulb there is a flower; in the seed, an apple tree; In cocoons, a hidden promise: butterflies will soon be free! In the cold and snow of winter there’s a spring that waits to be, Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.
  2. There’s a song in every silence, seeking word and melody; There’s a dawn in every darkness, bringing hope to you and me. From the past will come the future; what it holds, a mystery, Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.
  3. In our end is our beginning; in our time, infinity; In our doubt there is believing; in our life, eternity, In our death, a resurrection; at the last, a victory, Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see. 

 

*Benediction and Love Round

Love, love, love, love. Christians this is your call. Love your neighbor as yourself for God loves us all.

   Postlude

 

Rabbit Hole Bible Study Thursday

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Every Thursday 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (PDT) 
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Easter Sunday

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Dear Friends and members of Veradale UCC,
 
Here are the two bulletins for Easter Sunday. 
 
The first is Sunrise at 6am, in our jammies on Go To Meeting and if my WiFi can handle it, we will be on Facebook Live as well.
 
Find a place where you can face east while connected through your phone or computer. (hopefully by a window or out in your yard).
 
The second bulletin will be at 10:30. Hopefully you have created a little worship space at home with maybe a Bible, candle, basket, and cross. See if you have any flowers (we have little wildflowers in our back yard) that you can decorate your worship space with.
 
Let me know if you have any thoughts or questions.
 
Pastor Gen
(408)593-9556
 
 
Easter Sunrise Worship Service Pajama Party!
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April 12, 6:00 am
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We join together on Go To Meeting and Facebook at 6am in our PJs. The fire pit will be lit and we remember the fire 
near which Peter denied Jesus three times.
 
Greeting
Pastor: Grace to you from Jesus Christ, who was, and is, and is to come. Sisters and brothers in Christ, on this most holy morning when we proclaim the passage of Jesus Christ from death to life, we offer up our songs and prayers as a new dawn breaks. Through light and the word, we recall Christ’s death and resurrection, we share Christ’s triumph. 
Hear these words: 
“Death is swallowed up in victory. 
O death, where is your victory? 
O death, where is your sting?” 
1 Corinthians 15:54-55
 
Hymn: “I Woke Up This Morning ” sung a cappella 
I woke up this mo’nin
With my mind, stayin’ on Jesus
(Repeat 2x more)
Halleluh, halleleluh, halleleluh
 
I’m singin’ an prayin’ with my
Stayin’ on, Jesus
(Repeat 2x more)
Halleluh, halleleluh, halleleluh
 
Silent Meditation
 
Responsive reading based on Psalm 93
One: You who dwell in the shelter of the Most High who abide in the shadow of the Almighty. 
All: We will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, 
my God, in whom I trust.” 
One: God  will save you from the fowler’s snare  and from the deadly pestilence. 
 ALL: God will cover us with God’s feathers, and under God’s wings we will find refuge; God’s faithfulness will be our shield and rampart. 
 One: You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, 
 ALL: Let us make the Most High our dwelling— even the Lord, who is our refuge- 
One: For God will command the angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; 
ALL: We will call upon God, and God will answer God will be with us in trouble, God will deliver us. 
 
Prayer of Invocation
Powerful and loving God, you have raised Jesus Christ from the dead. God, raise us too. May fresh life burst among us like buds awakening to the spring. May shells of distrust and self-hatred that keep us from loving, be broken away so that new life can emerge. May new community spring up where fear has kept us from the stranger. Keep us patient in making peace and building justice. Teach us to trust the slow process from seed to stem, from stem to flower, from flower to fruit. Breathe on us with your Spirit, through the risen Christ. Amen
 
Hymn: “In the Bulb there is a Flower” sung a cappella
Words and Music: Natalie A. Sleeth
 
1. In the bulb there is a flower; in the seed, an apple tree; In cocoons, a hidden promise: butterflies will soon be free! In the cold and snow of winter there’s a spring that waits to be, unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.
 
2. There’s a song in every silence, seeking word and melody; There’s a dawn in every darkness, bringing hope to you and me. From the past will come the future; what it holds, a mystery, Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.
 
3. In our end is our beginning; in our time, infinity; In our doubt there is believing; in our life, eternity, In our death, a resurrection; at the last, a victory, unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.
 
Blessing of a New Flame
(flame taken from fire) 
One: Let us pray.
All: Eternal God, giver of light and life, bless this new flame, that by its radiance and warmth we may respond to your love and grace, and be set free from all that separates us from you and from each other; through Jesus Christ, the sun of righteousness. Amen.
 
Lighting of the Paschal Candle
(Christ Candle is lit with flame from the fire)
 
ALL: May the light of Christ, rising in glory, 
illumine our hearts and minds.
Lighting of Memorial Candles
(At this time, all are invited to come forward and light a candle and speak the name(s) of those who have died from this life to be born into the next. You might also light a candle for the death of former ways or beliefs that have died from your own life giving you a new perspective and direction).
 
Listening for God
One: Dear brothers and sisters in Christ: We have begun our morning vigil. As we watch and wait, let us listen to the word of God, recalling God’s saving acts throughout history and how, in the fullness of time, God’s Word became flesh and dwelt among us. 
Jesus Christ, our Redeemer!
All: We do not live by bread alone. Let the Word of God fill us as we hear the reading of the scripture.
 
John 20: 1-18  New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.”  Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went toward the tomb.  The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.  He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in.  Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there,  and the cloth that had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself.  Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed;  for as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead.  Then the disciples returned to their homes. 
But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.”  When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni!” (which means Teacher).  Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”  Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”; and she told them that he had said these things to her.
 
Sharing of Thoughts, Poems, and Insights
 
Easter Prayers
One: Gracious, living God, we come before you with open hearts. On this Easter morning we are thankful for life and for the victory of life over death. We are mindful of those who have left this life and we are mindful of how our lives have changed in this past year. Parts of ourselves have died away. Keep your promise of new life. Restore us and hear us as we offer you the prayers from our hearts.
(Anyone who would like to voice a prayer is welcome to do so now.)
Lord’s Prayer
 
Raising of the Paschal Candle
One: “Christ our Light.”
All: Thanks be to God.
One: Rejoice, heavenly powers! Sing choirs of angels!
Jesus Christ, our Light is risen! Sound the trumpet of salvation!
All: Rejoice, O Earth, in shining splendor, 
radiant in the brightness of your Sovereign! 
Christ has conquered! Glory fills you! Night vanishes forever!
One: Rejoice, O servant church! Exult in glory! The risen Savior shines upon you! Let this place resound with joy, echoing the mighty song of all God’s people!
My dearest friends, standing with me in this holy light, join me in asking for God’s loving presence to be ever among us. 
All: With full hearts, minds, and voices we praise the unseen God, the Eternal Creator, and your only begotten one, Jesus the Christ.
One: For Christ has claimed us as God’s own. This is the morning when Christians everywhere celebrate how God’s great love overcomes even the worst of this world. This is the morning when Jesus Christ broke the chains of death and rose triumphant from the grave.
All: O God, how wonderful your care for us!  How boundless your merciful love!The power of this blessed morning dispels all evil,  washes guilt away, restores lost innocence, brings mourners joy; it casts out hatred, brings peace, and humbles earthly pride. Morning is truly blessed when heaven is wedded to earth
and humanity is reconciled with God!
One: Therefore, gracious Creator, in the joy of this morning, receive our praise. May this Easter candle be a pillar of fire that glows to your honor, O God.
All: Let it mingle with the lights of heaven and let the light in our hearts continue bravely burning to dispel the shadows! May the morning star that never sets find our flames still burning. In Christ, that morning star who came back from the dead, shed your peaceful light on all creation, and who lives and reigns for ever. Amen.
 
 
Hymn “Christ the Lord is Risen Today” sung a cappella 
1. Christ the Lord, is risen today, Alleluia!
Mortal tongues and angels say, Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
Sing, glad heavens, and earth, reply, Alleluia!
 
 
UNISON BENEDICTION
Christ is Risen! 
We seek Him no more at the tomb. Creation is made new! 
We open our hearts to growth and joy. Christ is with us! 
We go out into lives transformed by God’s love. Christ is risen indeed!
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Veradale United Church of Christ
Easter
April 12, 2020 • 10:30 a.m. 
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10:30am    Worship begins 
God is with us . . . all the time!  All the time . . . God is with us!
*Welcoming the Light of Christ: 
Hymn: 233 (NCH)
1. Christ the Lord, is risen today, Alleluia!Mortal tongues and angels say, Alleluia!Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!Sing, glad heavens, and earth, reply, Alleluia!
 
2. Let the Victor’s people sing, Alleluia!Where, O death, is now your sting? Alleluia! Dying once, Christ lives to save, Alleluia! Where your victory, O grave? Alleluia!
 
3. Love’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia! Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia! Death in vain forbids Christ rise, Alleluia! God has opened paradise, Alleluia!
 
4. Soar we now where Christ has led, Alleluia! Following our exalted Head, Alleluia! Made like Christ, like Christ we rise, Alleluia! Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia!
 
Greeting
 
*Passing the Peace of Christ
Hymn: I will trust in the Lord 416 (NCH)
I will trust in the Lord. I will trust in the Lord. I will trust in the Lord ’til I die. (repeat)
I’m gonna’ treat everyone right. I’m gonna’ treat everyone right. I’m gonna’ treat everyone right ’til I die. (repeat)
 
Community Prayer
 
The Lord’s Prayer  using whatever translation which is meaningful to you.There are three choices of  translations on page 9 of the New Century Hymnal.
Response Amen, amen, amen.
 
A Time of Offering
 An Invitation to Share
*Dedication Hymn: Be Now My Vision 451 (NCH) v.1
1. Be Thou my Vision, O God of my heart
Nothing surpasses the love you impart —
You my best thought, by day or by night
Waking or sleeping, your presence my light
2. Be now my Wisdom, and be my true Word
ever within me my soul is assured.
Mother and Father, you are both to me
Now and forever, your child I will be.
3. Riches I need not, nor life’s empty praise
you my Inheritance, now and always
You and you only, first in my heart
Great Go, my Treasure may we never part.
4. Sovereign of Heaven, my victory won
May I reach Heaven’s joys, O bright Heav’n’s Sun
Heart of my own heart, whate’er befall
Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.
 
Dedication prayer: 
Renewer of Life, bless these offerings of our time, talent, and treasure. May we live as your people overcoming hardship and rejoicing in new beginnings.  With trust in your Spirit, we pray. Amen
 
Listening for God
Message to Young Hearts
Acts 10:34-43
John 20:1-18
“God Has No Favorites”
 
Silence
 
Our Light moves into the World God Loves
*Hymn 433(NCH)
1. In the bulb there is a flower; in the seed, an apple tree; In cocoons, a hidden promise: butterflies will soon be free! In the cold and snow of winter there’s a spring that waits to be, Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.
2. There’s a song in every silence, seeking word and melody; There’s a dawn in every darkness, bringing hope to you and me. From the past will come the future; what it holds, a mystery, Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.
3. In our end is our beginning; in our time, infinity; In our doubt there is believing; in our life, eternity, In our death, a resurrection; at the last, a victory, Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.   

Announcements

*Benediction and Halleluja 236 (NCH)
 
   Postlude
 
 

Good Friday, April 10, 2:30-3pm

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Wayne and I offer meditations in word and music on the 7 last words of Jesus. This will be on Facebook and Go To Meeting.

Fri, Apr 10, 2020 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM (PDT) 

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Good Friday
noon -3pm be mindful
on Facebook and GoToMeeting from 2:30pm-3pm Meditation with the seven last sentences of Jesus.
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Were you there?  229 (NCH) 
1 Were you there when they crucified my Lord? 
Were you there when they crucified my Lord? 
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. 
Were you there when they crucified my Lord? 
 
2 Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? 
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? 
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. 
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? 
 
3 Were you there when God wept at Mary’s cry? 
Were you there whenGod wept at Mary’s cry? 
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. 
Were you there when God wept at Mary’s cry?  
 
4 Were you there when God raised him from the tomb? 
Were you there when God raised him from the tomb? 
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. 
Were you there when God raised him from the tomb? 
 

1. “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” Luke 23:34

What Wondrous Love is This 223 (NCH)
1. What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this,
That Christ should come in bliss,
To bear the heavy cross,
For my soul, for my soul,
To bear the heavy cross for my soul.
2. To God and to the Lamb, I will sing, I will sing!
To God and to the Lamb, I will sing, I will sing!
To God and to the Lamb, Who is the great “I AM, “
While millions join the theme, I will sing, I will sing!
While millions join the theme, I will sing.
3. And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on!
And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on,
And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing and joyful be,
And thro’ eternity, I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on,
And thro’ eternity, I’ll sing on.

2. “Today shalt thou be with Me in paradise.” Luke 23:43 

Open Our Eyes Lord p. 215 Red Book
Open our eyes, Lord,
we want to see Jesus,
to reach out and touch him,
and say that we love him.
Open our ears, Lord,
and help us to listen.
Open our eyes, Lord,
we want to see Jesus.
 

3. “Woman, behold thy Son.” John 19:26  

The Gift of Love
1. Though I may speak with bravest fire,
And have the gift to all inspire,
And have not love, my words are vain,
As sounding brass, and hopeless gain.
2. Though I may give all I possess,
And striving so my love profess,
But not be given by love within,
The profit soon turns strangely thin.
3. Come, Spirit, come, our hearts control,
Our spirits long to be made whole.
Let inward love guide every deed;
By this we worship, and are freed.
 

4. “My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” Mark 15:34 

When Jesus wept 192 (NCH)
When Jesus wept, the falling tear
in mercy flowed beyond all bound; 
When Jesus groaned a trembling fear, 
seized all the guilty world around.
 

5. “I thirst.” John 19:28 

Oh Sacred Head Now Wounded 225 (NCH)
1 O sacred Head, now wounded,
with grief and shame weighed down;
now scornfully surrounded
with thorns, your only crown;
How pale you are with anguish, with sore abuse and scorn!
How does your visage languish that once was bright as morn.
 
2. What you dear Savor suffered 
was all for sinners’ gain; 
mine, mine was the transgression, 
but yours the deadly pain. 
Lo, here I fall, my Savior! 
for I deserve your place; 
look on me with your favor, 
O grant to me your grace. 
 
3. What language shall I borrow 
to thank you, dearest friend, 
for this your dying sorrow, 
your pity without end? 
May I be yours forever; 
and though my days be few, 
O Savor, let me never,  
outlive my love for you!
 

6. “It is finished.” John 19:30 

The Old Rugged Cross 195 (NCH)
1. On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross
The emblem of suffering and shame
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best
For a world of lost sinners was slain
Chorus: So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross
Till my trophies at last I lay down
And I will cling to the old rugged cross
And exchange it some day for a crown
2. To the old rugged cross I will ever be true
It’s shame and reproach gladly bear
Then he’ll call me someday to my home far away
Where his glory forever I’ll share.

7. “Father, into Thy hands I commend My spirit.” Luke 23:46 

Be Now My Vision 451 (NCH)
1. Be Thou my Vision, O God of my heart
Nothing surpasses the love you impart —
You my best thought, by day or by night
Waking or sleeping, your presence my light
2. Be now my Wisdom, and be my true Word
ever within me my soul is assured.
Mother and Father, you are both to me
Now and forever, your child I will be.
3. Riches I need not, nor life’s empty praise
you my Inheritance, now and always
You and you only, first in my heart
Great Go, my Treasure may we never part.
4. Sovereign of Heaven, my victory won
May I reach Heaven’s joys, O bright Heav’n’s Sun
Heart of my own heart, whate’er befall
Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.

Mandy Thursday and Tenebrae Thu, Apr 9, 2020 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (PDT)

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 Dear Friends and Members of Veradale UCC!

Below are the plans for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. Look for another email for Easter Sunday information. Please, let me know if you will read on of the parts below. Thanks!

Thursday, April 9 at 6pm Maundy Thursday: Last Supper: We gather from our homes, all get our own meal, and meet over Go to Meeting. We will talk about the Passover of Death as the Hebrew stayed in their homes, behind closed doors. There are some recipes in the news letter.Please, send me your favorite recipes for Easter and I will send them to everyone on my list. Bring bread and a drink to the meal to share in the rite of remem brance. The meal will be followed by the Tenebrae which will be on both Facebook and Go To Meeting. Think about how you will want to darken your home as we go through the readings of the Tenebrae. You might want to turn off you lights, electric candles, or regular candles (you do not have to have the full 13 candles). You might have just one lamp that you turn off at the end.

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Maundy Thursday

A meal remembering Jesus’ Last Supper 

Lighting of Lamps (candles did not exist at the time of Jesus)

Reading of Scripture (let me know if you will be a reader)

Mark 4:12-25

Matthew 26:17-29

Luke 22:7-23

John 13:1-38

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Washing of Hands

Story of the Passover

       unleavened bread, breaking of the bread of the poor and afflicted

       bitter herbs usually horse radish and romaine lettuce

      “lamb” while Jesus may have had a little bit of lamb bought at the temple, the main protein would have been tilapia or chicken

 

Sharing the meal and Telling our stories

Blessing after the meal

The sharing of the cup of blessing.

Clean up and prepare for the Tenebrae