Worship Notes - Good Friday: April 14, 2006

Notes on the worship services of Peninsula Bible Church Cupertino on Good Friday, April 14, 2006. Notes written by Bernard Bell.

Service leader: Bernard Bell
Music leader: Sue Bell

Program booklet (pdf).

Entrance to Worship

Prelude

Prelude: people enter in silence.

The music played was Henryk Górecki, Symphony No. 3, “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs” (1976). Górecki (b. 1933) is a contemporary Polish Catholic composer.

Scripture: Genesis 1:1-5; John 1:1-5

Response:

Leader: The Light has come into the world.
People: But the world loved darkness rather than light.
Leader: Come, let us worship the Lord, who was obedient unto death, even death on a cross.

Hymn: Thou Whose Almighty Word. Words, 1813: John Marriott (1780-1825). Tune: Moscow (1769) by Felice de Giardini (1716-96).

The Table

Invitation

Hymn: Beneath the Cross of Jesus #183. Words, 1868: Elizabeth C. Clephane (1830-69). Tune: St Christopher (1881) by Frederick C. Maker (1844-1927).

The Passion

Betrayal

Scripture: John 18:1-11

Hymn: My Song is Love Unknown. Words, 1664: Samuel Crossman (1624-83). Tune: Love Unknown (1918) by John Ireland (1879-1962).

Trial Before the Jewish Authorities

Scripture: John 18:12-27

Hymn: How Deep the Father’s Love. Words and music: Stuart Townend, © 1995 Kingsway’s Thankyou Music.

Trial Before the Roman Authorities

Scripture: John 18:28-40

Hymn: Come and See. Graham Kendrick. © 1989 Make Way Music.

Sentence

Scripture: John 19:1-16a

Hymn: O Sacred Head Now Wounded #178. Words: attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux (Salve caput cruentatum, 1153); translated from Latin to German, 1656, by Paul Gerhardt, and from Latin to English , 1830, by James W. Alexander. Tune: Passion Chorale, Hans Leo Hassler (1601), harmonized 1729 by J. S. Bach.

Crucifixion

Scripture: John 19:16b-30

Hymn: Man of Sorrows #175. Words and music, 1875: Philip Bliss (1838-1876). Public domain.

Burial

Scripture: John 19:31-42

Hymn: The Power of the Cross. Text and music: Keith Getty and Stuart Townend. © 2003 Thankyou Music. Track 1 on New Irish Hymns 4.

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:21-25

Hymn: When I Survey #185. Words, 1707: Isaac Watts (1674-1748). Tune: Hamburg (1824), based on a Gregorian chant, arr. Lowell Mason (1792-1872). Public domain.

Benediction

Leader: May Jesus Christ, who for our sakes became obedient unto death, even death on a cross, keep you and strengthen you.
People: Amen.

Artwork

Stars and galaxies: Spiral Galaxy NGC 3370, Quasar 3C 273. Both taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

All the artwork of the Passion is from the following single source:

The Maestà by Duccio di Buoninsegna (c. 1255-1319), painted (1308-1311), commissioned for the high altar in the duomo (cathedral) in Siena. The front of the Maesta portrays the Virgin Mary and scenes from the childhood of Jesus. The reverse side portrays the Passion of Christ in a series of panels. The Maesta is now on display in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy. View the Maestà online at Web Gallery of Art, Olga’s Gallery.

The numbers given after some of the titles refer to the pew hymnal used at PBCC, The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration (Waco: Word, 1986).

A good source for words, lyrics, and history of hymns is The Cyber Hymnal.