{"id":3517,"date":"2010-04-07T11:50:09","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T00:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/?p=3517"},"modified":"2010-04-07T11:50:09","modified_gmt":"2010-04-07T00:50:09","slug":"good-friday-reflection-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/2010\/04\/07\/good-friday-reflection-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Friday Reflection service"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Good Friday I took a service of reflection at St John’s Launceston on\u00a0The weekend that changed the world<\/a>. My thanks to Revd Roger Hesketh\u00a0and his\u00a0team at St John’s Launceston <\/a>for\u00a0the wonderful service they put together.\u00a0\u00a0As promised, the three-hour service outline is below,<\/p>\n

Introduction and Overview:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many Christians \u2013 and perhaps some who would not claim that title \u2013 are strangely drawn to the man on the cross, lifted up to die. There is a mystery about the cross.\u00a0 It has a magnetic power. It has a way of speaking to a tortured world, a twisted conscience, a torn heart.\u00a0 It has a way of sorting us out.<\/p>\n

We shall never plumb the full meaning of the death of Jesus. Leon Morris once wrote that, \u201cNot much in the New Testament writing makes sense other than on the basis that God sent his son to die on a cross and so made a way of forgiveness for sinners.\u201d<\/p>\n

This morning Bishop John will lead us in contemplating the significance of some of the great \u2018picture words\u2019 the Bible writers have given us; atonement, redemption, absolution, reconciliation and rescue. We will also be praying, singing and reading the Scriptures. There will be opportunity to pray, reaffirm our Baptismal vows, kneel at the cross and spend time in silence and in the presence of Jesus.<\/p>\n

Our prayer is that God, by his word and spirit will penetrate through the thick of human verbosity to the silent centre of the heart. Let us take heed of the words of James the brother of the Lord and so, \u2018Submit ourselves, then, to God…Draw near to Him and he will draw near to us…Humble ourselves before the Lord, and he will lift us up.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

9:00 am<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hymn: (All) 342, When I survey<\/span><\/p>\n

Welcome\/Overview\/Introduction<\/p>\n

Voxpop media clip 1.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bible reading Romans 1:16-32<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

9:15 am<\/strong> Atonement:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Hymn (All): 341, My song is love unknown<\/span><\/p>\n

Responsorial Psalm<\/span><\/p>\n

[People are invited to lay a nail at the foot of the Cross- piano plays]<\/em><\/p>\n

Choir: Celtic Benediction<\/p>\n

Voxpop media clip 2.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bible readings\u00a0 Isaiah 43:1-4\u00a0 Romans 5:1,6-8<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

9:50 am<\/strong> Redemption<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Confession<\/span><\/p>\n

Renewal of Baptism Vows\u00a0<\/p>\n

Choir: Brother James Air\u2014 23rd Psalm<\/p>\n

Hymn (All): 730, Jesus remember me<\/span><\/p>\n

Voxpop media clip 3.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bible readings Luke 15:11-32\u00a0 1 John 4:10<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

10:25 am<\/span><\/strong> Absolution:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Hymn (All): SCE 1311\u00a0 In Christ Alone<\/span><\/p>\n

[People are invited to a Ministry of Prayer and \/or to light a candle to symbolise the breaking of the power of\u00a0darkness that Jesus sacrifice achieved while the organ plays softly]<\/em><\/p>\n

Choir: When His time was over & Living God I cry to you<\/p>\n

Voxpop media clip 4.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bible readings\u00a0 Colossians 1:13-22\u00a0\u00a0 2 Corinthians 5:17-19<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

11:00 am<\/strong> Reconciliation:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Hymn (All): SCE 353 Meekness and majesty<\/span><\/p>\n

[Silence]Reflective Prayer<\/span><\/p>\n

Choir: Proclaim, proclaim the story<\/p>\n

Voxpop media clip 5.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bible readings\u00a0 Matthew 20:1-15\u00a0 John 8:3-11<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

11:35 am<\/strong> Rescue:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Reflective Prayer<\/span><\/p>\n

Hymn (All): How deep the Father\u2019s Love for me<\/span><\/p>\n

Concluding Prayer<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Good Friday I took a service of reflection at St John’s Launceston on\u00a0The weekend that changed the world. My thanks to Revd Roger Hesketh\u00a0and his\u00a0team at St John’s Launceston for\u00a0the wonderful service they put together.\u00a0\u00a0As promised, the three-hour service … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3517"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3517"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3526,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3517\/revisions\/3526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}