GEMA Good Friday Service - April 15, 2022

GREATER ELKTON MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION

GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE

April 15, 2022 – Noon

Five Rivers Church

Order of Worship

 

Greeting and Welcome........................................................................................ Rev. R. Kevin Brown, Sr.

                                                                                                                                 Wright’s AME Church 

**Call to Worship (responsively)......................................................................................... Rev. Eric Warner

                                                                                                                  Elkton United Methodist Church

Leader:   He was despised and rejected by others, a man of sorrows and acquainted

               with grief.

People:   But it was his punishment that made us whole, his bruises that healed

               us. And we give thanks.

Leader:   He was oppressed and he was afflicted. Yet, he did not open his mouth.

People:   But it was through him that God’s will was made to prosper. It was

               because of his anguish that we can see light – and we give thanks.

Leader:   He is our high priest, touched by our infirmities, suffering as we have

               suffered.

All:         He is our living example that God’s ways are not our ways. He is the

               stone that the builders rejected that became the head cornerstone. He is

               the last that became first. Through him we are challenged to live in a

               new way, to love in a new way, to lead in a new way – and for this, we

               give thanks. 

Invocation..................................................................................................................... Rev. Tim Beardsley

                                                                                    Cherry Hill & St. Johns United Methodist Churches

Musical Offering........................................ “By The Cross”............................. Five Rivers Worship Band

 

The First Word.......................................................................................................... Rev. Charles Rossiter

                                                                                                               Baldwin United Methodist Church

                                   “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” 

                                                                       (Luke 23:34)

 The Second Word..................................................................................... Rev. Gary Willingham-McLain

                                                                                                                          Elkton Presbyterian Church

                                “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” 

                                                                      (Luke 23:43)

 The Third Word............................................................................................................. Rev. Glenn Davis

                                                                                                                                   Wrights AME Church

                                    “Jesus said to his mother, ‘Woman, this is your son.’ 

                                     Then he said to the disciple, ‘This is your mother.’” 

                                                                   (John 19:26-27)

 The Fourth Word............................................................................................................... Rev. Paul Papp

                                                                                                                 Wesley United Methodist Church

                                      “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 

                                                                   (Matthew 27:46)

Offering.............................................................................................................. Rev. R. Kevin Brown, Sr.

                                                                                                                                  Wright’s AME Church

 

Musical Offering.......................................... “No Greater Love”.................................... GEMA Ensemble

 

The Fifth Word............................................................................................................. Rev. Jason Cornish

                                                                                                           Providence United Methodist Church

                                                                     “I thirst.”

                                                                  (John 19:28)

 The Sixth Word.......................................................................................................... Rev. Robert Tucker 

                                                                                                                                     Five Rivers Church

                                  “When Jesus received the wine, he said, ‘It is finished,’

                                     and he bowed his head and handed over the spirit.” 

                                                                 (John 19:30)

The Seventh Word.......................................................................................................... Rev. Russell Byrd

                                                                                                                                  Wright’s AME Church

                                                    “Jesus cried out in a loud voice,

                                     ‘Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.’” 

                                                                (Luke 23:46)

Invitation to Christian Discipleship.............................................................................. Rev. Mike Brandon

                                                                                                                                           Paris Foundation

 

**Benediction.................................................................................................................. Rev. Mike Brandon 

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**Indicates the congregation should stand if able

                                            Today’s offering will be divided among

                                   Paris Foundation, Meeting Ground & Deep Roots

 

Greater Elkton Ministerial Association
Baldwin United Methodist Church	Paris Foundation
Cherry Hill United Methodist Church	Providence United Methodist Church
Elkton Presbyterian Church	St. John’s United Methodist Church
Elkton United Methodist Church	Trinity Episcopal Church
Five Rivers Church	Victory in Praise Fellowship
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church	Wesley United Methodist Church
Moore’s Chapel United Methodist Church	Wright’s AME Church

                       Special thanks to Five Rivers Church for hosting the service &

                        to Elkton United Methodist Church for creating the bulletins