We are a small Episcopal Church on the banks of the Rappahannock in Port Royal, Virginia. We acknowledge that we gather on the traditional land of the first people of Port Royal, the Nandtaughtacund, and we respect and honor with gratitude the land itself, the legacy of the ancestors, and the life of the Rappahannock Tribe. Our mission statement is to do God’s Will in all that we do.

Good Friday

Title:Good Friday

Bulletin Date: April 22, 2011 4:00 am

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church

Good Friday

April 22, 2011 – 7PM

Good Friday Liturgy

Priest-in-Charge:  The Rev. Catherine D. Hicks

(BCP—Book of Common Prayer, S Numbers are the service music found in the front of The Hymnal 1982; WLP-Wonder, Love and Praise)

When you enter these doors, you enter sacred space that has been set aside for God. Before the service, please join us in silence as we meditate on God.

 

Tolling of the Bell

The service begins in silence.

Entrance—in Silence              

Our service begins on page 276 in the Book of Common Prayer. 

The Liturgy of the Word

Opening Acclamation

First Reading                                Isaiah 52:13-53:12                                       

Psalm  22                                                                                                               BCP 610

Second Reading                         Hebrews 10:16-25    

                                                   “O Perfect  Life of Love”

The Gospel                                   John 18:1-19:42

The Sermon  

                                               “Behold the Lamb of God”                         Healey Willan

The Solemn Collects                                                                                                BCP 277

 

 Hymn                            “Sing my Tongue the Glorious Battle”                           H 166

 

The  Entrance of the Cross  (Silence)

 

The Veneration of the Cross

Anthem 1                                                                                                                 BCP 281

Anthem 2                                                                                                                 BCP 281

Anthem 3                                                                                                                 BCP 282

The Reproaches                                                                                                               

                                             Meditation on “Pange Lingua”

                                                                           

Hymn                                “Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross”                             LEVAS 29                                                    

 

The Lord’s Prayer

Concluding Prayer                                                                                                  BCP 282

 

All depart in silence

Good Friday

 

Since the fourth century, Christians have commemorated the crucifixion of our Lord and Savior on this day.  Our liturgy tonight consists of The Liturgy of the Word, The Solemn Collects, and the Veneration of the Cross. 

 

This service continues our worship through the Triduum, the last three days of Holy Week.  This service begins and ends in silence. Tonight we continue the worship that we began last night at the Maundy Thursday service and we look  toward the Easter Vigil on Saturday night during which we conclude our Lenten observance, and celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior. 

 

During the Veneration of the Cross, and after the Anthems, you are invited to come forward and pray at the altar rail.  You are welcome to take one of the roses and a candle from the window near you and place these on the altar as part of your prayer. 

 

If you would like to leave a prayer at the foot of the cross, you will find slips of paper in your pew on which you can write a prayer and bring it to the altar.  These prayers are between you and God.  They will not be read.  Tomorrow night we will offer up these prayers as incense by burning them and letting them rise to heaven in our new paschal fire. 

 

The sermon tonight has been adapted from an essay by Amy Carmichael, “Calvary Love,” found in the book Bread and Wine:  Readings for Lent and Easter, The Plough Publishing House, 2003. 

 

Thanks be to God for the beautifully crafted cross used in our service tonight, made and given for the glory of God by Helmut Linne von Berg.

 

Thanks be to God for our choir, and for the musical leadership of our Triduum organist, Tom Guthrie. 

 

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