Maundy Thursday, April 17, 2025

Prelude                                                                                                                                          Ah, Holy Jesus

                                                                    Sanctuary Orchestra

Welcome

 Call to Worship                                                                                                                            Psalm 92:1–4

It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night, to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre.  For you, O LORD, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy. 

Invocation

*Hymn No. 246                                                                                              Man of Sorrows! What a Name

Confession of Faith                                                                        (Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. 27)

 Q. Wherein did Christ’s humiliation consist?

A. Christ’s humiliation consisted in his being born, and that in a low condition, made under the law, undergoing the miseries of this life, the wrath of God, and the cursed death of the cross; in being buried, and continuing under the power of death for a time.

O Sacred, Wondrous Love

Sanctuary Choir and Orchestra

Confession of Sin                                                                                                                                  (unison)

Almighty and most merciful Father,
We have erred and strayed from your ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against your holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done; and there is no health in us. O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare those, O God, who confess their faults. Restore those who repent, according to your promises declared to mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, O merciful Father, for his sake, that we may, from now on, live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of your holy name. Amen.

Assurance of Pardon                                                                                                                    Isaiah 43:25

“I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.”

 Scripture Reading                                                                                                             Matthew 26:36–42

                                                   When You Prayed Beneath the Tree

Ladies’ Ensemble and Orchestra

 Scripture Reading                                                                                                         Matthew 27:45–50

                                                               Forsaken

                                            Sanctuary Choir and Orchestra

 Pastoral Prayer

 Musical Offering                                                                                                          From an Upper Room

                                             Sanctuary Choir and Orchestra

 *Doxology No. 731

Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise Him, all creatures here below; praise Him above ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

 *Offering Prayer

 Sermon                                            Christ, Our Passover Lamb                                              Dr. Barry

                                           John 13:1–20; 15:12–13; 1 Corinthians 5:7–8

 *Hymn No. 252                                                                     When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (vv. 1–2)

 Lord’s Supper

 *Hymn No. 252                                                                    When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (vv. 3–4)

 *Benediction

 *Please stand if you are able.