Maundy Thursday Bulletin - April 9, 2020

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Community United Methodist Church, Quincy
Our Savior Lutheran Church, Quincy
April 9, 2020 Maundy Thursday

 WELCOME
Pastor Kendrah Fredricksen 

 CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS
Pastor Kendrah: Friends in Christ, in this Lenten season we have heard our Lord’s call to struggle against sin, death, and the devil—all that keeps us from loving God and each other. This is the struggle to which we were called at baptism.
Within the community of the church, God never wearies of forgiving sin and giving the peace of reconciliation. On this night let us confess our sin against God and our neighbor, and enter the celebration of the great Three Days reconciled with God and with one another.

 Most merciful God, we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. For the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name. Amen.

 In the mercy of almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for us, and for his sake God forgives us all our sins. As a called and ordained minister of the church of Christ, and by his authority, I therefore declare to you the entire forgiveness of all your sins, in the name of the Father, and of the ☩ Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

 GREETING
Pastor Kendrah: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. And also with you.

 SONG Where Charity and Love Prevail (ELW 359)1 Where charity and love prevail, there God is ever found;
brought here together by Christ's love, by love we thus are bound.

 2 With grateful joy and holy fear, God's charity we learn;
let us with heart and mind and soul now love God in return.
3 Let us recall that in our midst dwells Christ, God's holy Son; as members of each body joined, in him we are made one.

 4 Let strife among us be unknown; let all contentions cease.
Be God's the glory that we seek; be his our only peace.

 5 Let us forgive each other's faults as we our own confess,
that we may love each other well in Christian gentleness.

 PRAYER OF THE DAY

  A brief silence.

 FIRST READING: Exodus 12:1-14
Pastor Andrew Davis: Israel remembered its deliverance from slavery in Egypt by celebrating the festival of Passover. This festival featured the Passover lamb, whose blood was used as a sign to protect God’s people from the threat of death. The early church described the Lord’s supper using imagery from the Passover, especially in portraying Jesus as the lamb who delivers God’s people from sin and death.

 The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

 PSALM: Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19 Read responsively, led by Pastor Kendrah: 

 1I love the LORD, who has heard my voice,
and listened to my supplication,
2for the LORD has given ear to me whenever I called.
12How shall I repay the LORDfor all the good things God has done for me?
13I will lift the cup of salvation
of the houses in which they eat it.
it roasted over the fire with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. Do not eat any of it raw
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shall burn. This is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet,
They shall eat the lamb that same night; they shall eat
will execute judgments: I am the LORD. The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live: when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
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and call on the name of the LORD.
14I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all God’s people.
15Precious in your sight, O LORD, is the death of your servants.
16O LORD, truly I am your servant;
I am your servant, the child of your handmaid; you have freed me from my bonds.
17I will offer you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call upon the name of the LORD.
18I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all God’s people,
19in the courts of the LORD’s house, in the midst of you, O Jerusalem.
SECOND READING: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

 GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and abounding in steadfast love.

 GOSPEL: John 13:1-17, 31b-35

Pastor Kendrah: The holy gospel according to John. Glory to you, O Lord.

 The story of the last supper in John’s gospel recalls a remarkable event not mentioned elsewhere: Jesus performs the duty of a slave, washing the feet of his disciples and urging them to do the same for one other.
The gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.

SERMON Rev. Kendrah Fredricksen 

 HYMN OF THE DAY 

 Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love (ELW 708)
Refrain
Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love, show us how to serve
the neighbors we have from you.

 1. Kneels at the feet of his friends, silently washes their feet,
master who acts as a slave to them. Refrain

 2. Neighbors are wealthy and poor, varied in color and race,
neighbors are near us and far away.

Refrain

 3. These are the ones we will serve, these are the ones we will love;
all these are neighbors to us and you. Refrain

 4. Kneel at the feet of our friends, silently washing their feet:
this is the way we will live with you. Refrain

 PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION
Pastor Andrew: Turning our hearts to God who is gracious and merciful, we pray for the church, the world, and all who are in need. A brief silence.

God of love, unite your church in its commitment to humble service. Make us your faithful disciples. Speak words of truth and grace through us. Encourage us in self-giving acts of kindness. Let us love one another as you have loved us. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great.

 God of love, tend to flocks, fields, and vineyards. Bring favorable weather for crops to grow. Guide the hands of those who cultivate, farm, and garden. Let the earth flourish so that all may eat and be satisfied. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great.
God of love, you give us a new commandment, to have love for one another. We give thanks for organizations that respond to disasters and for agencies that offer relief and humanitarian aid to populations in need (especially local organizations such as PCIRC, the C.A.N. Food Banks, etc.). Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great.

 God of love, give ear to all who call upon you for any need of body or spirit (especially those with COVID19 and those at risk). Provide for those who do not have enough to eat, those who are unemployed or underemployed, and those who rely on the generosity of others. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great.
God of love, you invite us to your table of mercy. Heal all divisions between members of this assembly. Extend the hospitality of this table beyond these walls, that your love and welcome be made known to all. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great.

 Let us pray for family, friends and all people, both silently and aloud. (Congregation offers prayers.) Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great.

 God of love, glorify your servants who walked by faith in this life and who now feast with you. Inspire us by the sacrifice of those who were imprisoned, persecuted, or martyred for their faith. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great.

 According to your steadfast love, O God, hear these and all our prayers as we commend them to you; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

 PEACEPastor Kendrah: The peace of Christ be with you always. And also with you.

 LORD’S PRAYER
Pastor Kendrah: Lord, remember us in your kingdom and teach us to pray.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.

 SONG Stay with Me (ELW 348) Repeat several timesStay with me, remain here with me, watch and pray. Watch and pray.

 STRIPPING OF THE ALTAR

 The service concludes with the stripping of the altar (Pastor Kendrah). Lights are dimmed as the worship space is stripped and the Psalm is read.

 Psalm 22

The service ends in silence.
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