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HOLY WEEK

Intro Music – Selection from SM Lockridge’s sermon

Maundy Thursday                                                                                                                                

1.        Foot Washing
         o   The icky sacrament.
                Street Churches mentioned: Cathedral in the Night and Chapel on the Green           
         o   Peter has to allow himself to be served, and then is commanded to serve.
         o   Mutuality of service, not just creating hierarchy of the one serving and the one being 
               served.

2.        Last Supper
         o   Song recommendation: “Come to the Feast,” by Christopher Grundy  
         o   Blog about “Come to the Feast” by Robb

3.        Garden of Gethsemane
         o   Jesus faced with choice – to run, or follow God’s will.  He made the choice to stand up and 
               follow the path that was set before him.  After this point, his path points directly to cross.
         o   “Jesus went to the cross not because God the Father needed him to die.  He went to the          
               cross because in our brokenness humanity could not let him live.”
         o   Reflection on the Garden of Gethsemane from Fat Pastor
         o   Maundy Thursday Liturgy as found on the Fat Pastor.  Feel free to use with attributions.
                 
Atonement

                      

Great article on Hacking Christianity about Atonement by Jeremy Smith

Good Friday 
         o    Tell the story                                                                                                                
         o   Don’t Gloss it over
         o   Leave it uncomfortable and open ended

1.       Crucifixion – part of life, not a historical execution
         o   We experience crucifixion, pain, death, agony

2.       Seven Last Words
         o   Luke 23:34:            Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.
         o   Luke 23:43:            Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.
         o   John 19:26-27:        Woman, behold your son. Behold your mother.
         o   Matthew 27:46:      My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?
         o   John 19:28:             I am thirsty.
         o   Luke 23:46:            Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.
         o   John 19:30:             It is... finished.

3.       Liturgy
         o   Tenebrae Service of Light and Darkness
         o   Strip the Altar
         o   Organ blast at the death
         o   Tolling for the 39 lashes
         o   Agadio for Strings, Op. 11 (arr. For Organ) by Samuel Barber and William Strickland                

Closing Music: Samuel Barber, Adagio for Strings                                                                                

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