Friday, April 2, 2021 - Good Friday Devotion - Lent Day 39
Good Friday Worship, Today, April 2, 2021, 7:00pm
"Saved In Grace Alone!" - A time of worship, including, “Jesus’ Seven Last Words,” music, readings, silence, and prayer
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Easter Sunday, The Resurrection of Our Lord, April 4, 2021, 9:30am
"Alive And Anew In Living Grace!"
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Join us next Sunday, April 11, 9:30 a.m., The Second Sunday of Easter
"Alive And Anew In Living Peace!"
Link Tree for This Week
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You can access the bulletin for this Sunday, Easter Sunday, April 4, here.
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You can access children's activity sheets for Easter Sunday, April 4, here.
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Worshiping With Us During the Pandemic
As we follow the latest information and recommendations regarding gatherings, please join us in doing everything possible for the health of one and all! Please stay home, if you do not feel well, if you or someone close to you has been exposed, if you or someone close to you has been tested. We will keep you informed with further updates!
Thanks be to God for those who have given their time and leadership as we worship in our sanctuary, and as we together do everything possible to honor, serve, & care for one and all!
You will find more details below, including signing up for worship, signing up to volunteer, what to expect, and children's activity sheets. You can also access these details on our website and on our Facebook page!
Worship each Sunday will be a 30-minute service including live music by our worship leaders, a children's message, and a message from Pastor Jamie. Holy Communion will be offered as the service ends. If you prefer, if your timing is better, from 10:15-10:30 a.m., you are invited to drive up to the curb of the sidewalk in front of the building, and receive Holy Communion in your vehicle.
Each Sunday we will make every attempt to live stream the service for you, beginning at 9:25 a.m.
We hope you join us for worship! We look forward to seeing you soon!
Go to dark Gethsemane,
All who feel the tempter's pow'r;
Your Redeemer's conflict see.
Watch with him one bitter hour;
Turn not from his griefs away;
Learn from Jesus Christ to pray.
Calv'ry's mournful mountain climb;
There adoring at his feet,
Mark the miracle of time,
God's own sacrifice complete.
"It is finished!" hear him cry;
Learn from Jesus Christ to die.
“When Jesus had received the wine, he said, “It is finished.” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.”
How do you feel when you are in the middle of something important, something you believe in, something that is physically draining, something that is more stressful than you anticipated or desired? This is not an easy place to be.
Few emotions are as satisfying as accomplishment, as getting something done, as finally being finished.
Jesus on the cross proclaims many of these same emotions. He is physically drained. He has been fulfilling something he and The Father believe in. This part of God's 'something,' this part of salvation's plan, this part of grace is finished in Jesus giving up his spirit.
As our Lenten journey comes quickly to a close, we soon end our emphasis, 'In Grace Alone.' At the close of each service, we share in a Benediction, in a blessing sending us on our way. We end our worship, trusting there is something more for us to go and do, that we are blessed, that in grace alone, we go on our way, and The Spirit goes with us.
Leaving the cross today, we trust there is more still to come, while our emphasis may end, our new life continues, as we trust God's grace alone will keep saving us, lifting us up, blessing us with hope and strength.
Even though we like finishing those callings, demands, challenges, hurdles, obstacles, tasks, experiences, uncertainties before us - most often, getting finished with one thing simply means we move on to start the next.
It is finished - yes, this part of God's plan is finished. It is also beginning, yes, as the next part of God's plan is about to begin. What has the crucified Christ finished in you this Lenten season? What is the risen Christ ready to begin in you this night, this weekend, this Easter, as your journey continues? Trust our God's saving grace alone will bless you along the way!
Let us pray: Jesus, today I tell you I have much that is unfinished in my life. I am easily overwhelmed. Send your Spirit to me today that I might be blessed with strength when my spirit and heart feel drained. Give me faith as I trust all you finish in the mystery of this day, as I believe you are here finishing all you have begun in me. In your grace alone, I learn how to die, and how to live, trusting all you have yet to begin in me, as I pray. Amen.
