Easter
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Sermon Outlines On The Easter Season
$6.99The busy pastor, Bible student, or teacher will find many “seeds” in these outlines that can lead to sermons or lessons filled with a deeper understanding of the truth of God’s Word. They are expository in nature.
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Passion For Pilgrimage
$24.95Using literature, art, and biblical texts as illustrations, Jones explores our search for light and love, repentance, and forgiveness in the context of the Passion and Easter stories. Includes study questions at the end of each chapter and makes an excellent group study during Lent or Easter as well as for individuals who would like to understand the Christian journey more deeply.
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6 Horas De Un Viernes – (Spanish)
$13.99Many spectators didn’t observe any thing extraordinary during those six hours, for them they were six regular hours in any given day. If God really ordained his own crucifixion during these six hours then these six hours are full of triumph, because within these six hours God gave us three strong points on how to anchor ourselves to the cross. This anchor is strong enough to resist any storm that life can throw at us.
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No Post Easter Slump Cycle A
$16.18Keller’s sermons are anything but boring. He preaches boldly, with wit, insight, and inspiration.
Wayne Keller’s sermons show the good work of a pastor who loves the gospel, who knows his people, and who uses the language well. These sermons offer us preachers the encouragement of a fellow-worker who shares his experience and vitality with us.
William H. Willimon, Dean of the Chapel
Professor of Christian Ministry Duke UniversityKeller’s treatment of the Gospel selections is direct, hard-hitting and frequently passionate. This is good fodder for the would-be preacher or layperson who wants to take the scripture seriously. Sometimes sharp-edged, sometimes humorous, these sermons are always thought-provoking.
Rev. Paul F. McCann, Retired Executive Presbyter
Olympia PresbyteryWayne has a gift of helping us make an emotional connection to biblical story, pushing us headlong into an examination of ourselves, the meaning of faith, and the nature of the church.
Rev. Lynn Famum, Executive Presbyter
Olympia PresbyteryThe good humor of Wayne Keller’s work helps us feel at home in our imperfect world and to feel more empathy for the rough edges of others and ourselves.
Dr. Doug Adams, Professor of Christianity and the Arts
Pacific School of Religion and Graduate Theological Union Berkeley, CaliforniaReally good sermons take their listeners right into the biblical texts to discover themselves there. Wayne Keller’s sermons consistently do that. Spend time in them and let them speak to you.
Don Keller, Pastor
Aberdeen Presbyterian Church
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Funeral Services For Jesus
$9.93Church members, young and old, who have attended these two services have claimed it was the most gripping and meaningful Holy Week they have ever experienced. Each year churches seek to portray in some way the story of the death and resurrection of Jesus. This presentation offers a creative approach, bringing new power to the observance of a timeless, historic event.
A casket is at the front of the church and a contemporary funeral service is conducted for the Good Friday service. The coffin then remains in the front of the church for the Easter sunrise service.
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3 Hour Service For Good Friday
$16.18These hymns, litanies, prayers and meditations provide material for three hours of Good Friday worship for any denomination. Based on the Seven Last Words of Christ spoken from the Cross, the material could be adapted for any time during the season of Lent or Holy Week.
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This Jesus Must Die
$9.93The focal point of this service is fourteen candles with a larger Christ Candle in the middle. As the service progresses the fourteen candles are extinguished and the worship area becomes increasingly darkened, until at the end of the service only the Christ Candle illuminates the sanctuary.
As many as fifteen or as few as two individuals can effectively lead this one-hour service.
Recommended hymns are suggested throughout the service and choir selections or other special music can be added.
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Martin Luthers Easter Book
$19.98The late Roland Bainton, author of the much-respected Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther, has translated excerpts from Luther’s Easter sermons and included 18 handsome engravings from Luther’s 1562 Bible, depicting real human beings agonizing and exulting over the mysteries of faith.
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Taking The Risk Out Of Dying Cycle C
$17.43Only Dr. Haskell Miller could pray so audaciously for the world … These unique prayers bring immediate reality to our devotions and deal forcefully with issues at hand.
Dr. Morris Pepper, Former Moderator Cumberland Presbyterian ChurchHaskell Miller’s prayers for the modern age address difficult issues in the already complex arena of “how to pray.” Namely, how does one pray in an age whose assumptions about reality and humanity dramatically question the existence of a divine nature? For all of us who struggle with this issue, these prayers are a great and needed resource.
Dr. G. Douglass Lewis
President Wesley Theological Seminary Washington, D.C.Dr. Haskell Miller’s prayers give voice to humanity’s need to experience a God who brings meaning to life in a fast-paced, highly technological world where science is viewed as antagonistic to faith. Dr. Miller’s … genuine humanness expressed in these prayers brings comfort … and opens the door to a fuller understanding and experience of God.
Dr. Johnathan Baker, Executive Director
Council on Ministries of the Peninsula-Delaware Conference United Methodist ChurchAdd to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Story Of The Empty Tomb
$5.31Share God’s Word with children through lively poems and colorful illustrations that jump off the page!
For more than 25 years, the best-selling Arch Book Bible story series has captivated children ages 5-9. Each book presents a complete Bible story in a fun-to-read way children can understand and remember.
The Arch Book series contains more tan 60 books, covering themes from Genesis through Acts.
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Last Covenant
$9.93These two dramatic choral readings will place a permanent imprint on the conscience of all who speak and hear them. They won’t be heard as much as they will be felt. The pain and the anguish, the emptiness and hatred of that Friday long ago will fill the senses with such powerful rage that anyone in attendance will be transformed from passive bystanders to active participants in the quest for life as the glorious news of the risen Christ is known on Sunday.
Both choral readings involve five voices, which may be chosen from the congregation or can be performed as a choir litany. The combination of these voices will convey the strong emotions and images of the drama of Jesus’ death and resurrection. Both can be substituted for the sermon. No costumes or props are required.
With an order of worship, Easter Day’s reading includes congregational singing of nine hymns with the choral reading. The Last Covenant is a wonderfully effective way to involve the entire congregation in “”The Greatest Story Ever Told.””
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And Him Crucified
$9.93Crowd: (Each person selects a phrase and repeats at random) Let him be crucified! Death! Crucify him! Let him die! Away with him!
Pilate: Why. What evil has he done?
Crowd: (At random) Let him be crucified! Away with him! Crucify him! Let him die!
Narrator 1: So when Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd.
Based on Matthew’s Gospel, And Him Crucified is a complete worship service in readers’ theater format. It brings the events of Jesus’ last days into the lives of your congregation. It needs few rehearsals and no costumes or experienced actors. A vivid and powerful picture of the crucifixion of Jesus is drawn from these pages. Six readers and two narrators are recommended, however you may use nearly 25 different speaking parts. The theater is part of the complete order of service, lasting about one hour.
The service includes suggested choir anthems.
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Living The Easter Faith
$16.18Living The Easter Faith is a series of Easter season sermons based on themes from Jesus’ parables. The parables demonstrate in a concrete and specific way the very heart and mind of the God revealed in Jesus.
“The Resurrection Age invites a new way of thinking and living in God’s world,” writes Donald William Dotterer. “Being Christian means that we adopt an alternative lifestyle. The parables of Jesus provide us with direction and insight for living the Easter faith.”
Sermons cover Easter Sunday through Easter 7. Texts are from Matthew, Luke and John. Sermon titles include “The Return Of The Lost,” “Counting The Cost,” and “Surprised By Grace.”
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Kneeling In Jerusalem (Large Type)
$20.00In a powerful and creative way, renowned author and speaker Ann Weems brings new insights into the Lenten season by providing seventy-one poems of inspiration. With her intutive and heartening poems, Weems takes the reader on a pensive journey through Lent and Easter.
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Holy Week Confessions
$16.18Death took me. I found myself in an empty, dark void. I don’t remember anything of it, just emptiness. Then I heard his voice, “Lazarus, come out!” Jesus called me from death to life. Struggling through the darkness, I came out of my tomb. (from Lazarus’ personal confession)
Using the theme “confessions” this resource offers 12 worship options to enhance your congregation’s Holy Week and Easter journey.
The journey begins with a Palm Sunday worship service and the confession of Lazarus. Resources are also offered for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and various Saturday and Sunday services.
Two communion services for Easter Sunday and an Easter message, “The Sun Has Risen, Behold — The Risen Son!” conclude the series.
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This Is The King
$9.93Pilate: Are you the king of the Jews?
Jesus: Do you say this on your own or did others tell you this about me?
Narrator: Pilate was startled to hear the authority and depth of the man’s voice.
— from “This Is the King! “dramatic reading
“This Is the King!” is a complete resource for congregations wanting a special Palm/Passion Sunday celebration.
Worshipers will find:
– An order of service with a blessing of the palms
– Scriptures for the day
– A children’s sermon
– Hymn selections
– A dramatic reading
– A service of communion
The children’s sermon title is “Churning Up the Waves.” The dramatic reading, “This Is the King!” is offered in place of a sermon. It uses a narrator, Pilate, and Jesus.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Final Triumph
$9.93This Easter chancel drama offers roles for Annas, Caiaphas, Mary Magdalene, Mary (mother of Jesus), and two guards. The service is easy to produce and it offers the opportunity for lay people of various ages to be involved.
The drama is part of a complete order of service for Easter morning. The entire service — drama included — is about 50 minutes.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Vine And The Branches
$16.18I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. — John 15:5
Schmalenberger takes Easter season texts from Mark, Luke and John and weaves them into eight sermons with applications for today’s Christian. Sermons cover Easter through Ascension Of Our Lord.
In the chapter for Easter 5, the author speaks of Christ as the vine. He states that the vine and the branches’ relationship teaches us something of what our relationship to Christ is like. Whenever we forget that Christ is the heart of everything, everything goes crooked. This is true of preaching, teaching; family life, vocation — everything.
Sermon titles include:
* When Thomas Doubted
* One Flock, One Shepherd
* Chosen For Good News
* A Prayer For DisciplesAdd to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Fragrance Of A New Dawn
$16.18Jesus: “(with joy) Now go, quickly. Tell my brothers what you have seen and heard. I have risen as I said I would. I will meet them in Galilee!”
Here is an Easter sunrise one-act and order of service full of impact. Scriptures from Isaiah, John, and Luke lead into the drama. Speaking parts are provided for 11 persons. The drama is in two scenes: the home of Zebedee at 4 a.m. on Easter morning, and later in the morning at the empty tomb.
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In His Steps
$9.93In His Steps is a Protestant version of the stations of the cross experienced by Roman Catholics. It is designed as an ecumenical Good Friday worship service. There are 12 stations in the service.
Participants represent the stations during the service by standing in a position visible to the congregation. The participants hold the appropriate symbol for that station.
The leader announces the name of the station and the symbol for it and one of the participants reads the scripture. Time is provided for the congregation to pray and meditate briefly.
The book includes the order of service and a section to be copied and used as a church bulletin.
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Joyful Noise
$7.95Organs, choirs, hand bells, trumpets — even a brass quartet — are all possibilities with this versatile service for Easter morning.
Appropriate for use as a sunrise service or regular Sunday worship, this celebration of Easter joy will leave you and your congregation exulting in the full meaning and significance of Christ’s triumph over death.
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With Love From Jerusalem
$9.93Ever wonder how the word of Jesus’ death was communicated to his many followers? This ecumenical Good Friday worship service is based on the authors’ speculation that such an important event must have first been proclaimed and passed from eyewitnesses to others through letters to friends.
This complete worship service was the outgrowth of a small ecumenical group working and studying together in their rural Nebraska town. Combining insights from their diverse backgrounds, the authors created a fresh, dynamic service for their congregations — and yours.
This service requires no special props or costumes and can be conducted by the pastor alone or with the help of several laypeople.
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Portraits Of Darkness
$9.93On this most solemn of all Christian holy days the worship area is in semi-darkness. On the alter or table burn eight candles. As the service progresses readers share scripture from the Passion story according to Saint Mark, impart brief meditations on each Scripture portion, and then extinguish still another of the eight candles. At last only a single candle burns as the congregation departs in silence.
Themes in this impressive service include:
Temptation
One Ran Away
False Witness
Tears
A Crowd Stirred Up
Struck … Mocked … Crucified
Darkness Over the Land
Lingering LightClergy may lead the service, or as many as eight lay readers may be included (sixteen if the scripture and the meditations are divided).
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Master Has Come
$16.18Jesus and his kindom are the focus of this seven-part preaching series for Lent and Easter Day. Thomas Pilgrim, a seasoned proclaimer and an effective parish pastor, brings the reader and the listener face to face with Jesus and his claims upon Christian disciples. Well illustrated and carefully outlined, Pilgrim’s messages are appropriate for a Lenten Sunday or Lenten mid-week preaching series. Each message is accompanied by an appropriate and easy-to-tell children’s object lesson.
The author develops the theme in this way:
The Master Has Come
To Proclaim God’s Kingdom
And Calls Disciples
And Is Moved With Compassion
To Build His Church
And Is Calling For You
To Face Jerusalem (Palm Sunday)
To Be Lord of Life (Easter Day)Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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I Was There
$9.93This gripping tenebrae worship drama confronts your congregation with the powers of darkness and destruction which were responsible for the crucifixion of Christ. Brief monologs by Sorrow, Fear, Death, and four other shadowy personae (presented on stage or spoken from off stage), and an eerie, dimly lit stage create the somber and mournful mood which all Christians feel on this day.
This flexible worship drama requires only a few easily obtained props — a large cross, candles, and a spotlight. Costumes are optional, and monologs can be either spoken or read. Whether presented alone or as part of a full-length service, this moving worship experience will leave your congregation prepared to fully appreciate the joyous celebration of Easter morning.
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Ashes And Tears
$16.18Ash Wednesday and Holy Week are special days indeed on the Christian calendar. Pastors and worship leaders need to approach these days with special care so that their significance is not lost on the gathered congregation. How does one mark familiar days such as Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, and Good Friday in such a way that a deadening sameness does not overtake the planning and the execution of the worship services for these days?
James M. Bloom provides in this helpful resource eleven separate services or worship ideas. Liturgies and meditations are included. In most cases more than one worship alternative is provided.
Use this volume to enrich your observance of the special season of Lent. Share its ideas with others on your worship planning team. Help the members of your parish to experience a blessed Lent.
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Day Of Redemption
$9.93This service and drama provide a complete worship resource for Good Friday. The tenebrae service Seven Words To Us makes use of the traditional “Seven Last Words” (or sentences) of Jesus from the cross. Each section includes a brief reading, a litany, and a reading or dialogue. The service concludes with a litany of commitment.
The worship drama, The Escape, may either be included as part of the service or could be used at another service — or even another time during Lent. The action focuses on two “death row prisoners” who struggle with their fate on that first Good Friday. The conclusion will catch the worshiper by surprise.
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Resurrection Promises
$16.18Jesus’ resurrection is a time for setting earthquakes shaking in the soul. The seven excellent Easter messages in this book will help to make that happen in your congregation. Leonard Budd and Roger Talbott have combined well-crafted stories, most of them imaginative fiction pieces, with solid exposition of texts from Old and New Testaments. These messages will provide preaching resources for the entire Easter season.
Two additional resources expand the usefulness of this volume:
* Prayers and readings for each Sunday follow each message.
* There are study/discussion questions for an adult forum group which can assemble following worship, or in the week following, to discuss the message. Each set of questions is preceded by “group-builder” get-acquainted and growth exercises.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Passion Paths : Worthip Services For Ash Wednesday And Holy Week
$16.18Here are five creative worship services for five special days on the Christian worship calendar. Each service involves the congregation in responsive readings, participation in contemporary prayers, and appropriate hymnody, psalmody, and scripture. Each service is accompanied with a highly creative sermon dialog to be shared by 3, 4, 5, or 7 readers.
The service and dialogs lead worshipers down familiar and appropriate paths to confrontation with the Living Christ and the God of Grace, whom we meet in the Lenten season in a special way.
The Path of Maturity — Ash Wednesday
The Path of Quality — Palm Sunday
The Path of Integrity — Maundy Thursday
The Path of Dignity — Good Friday
The Path of Creativity — Easter DayAdd to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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He Is Risen Indeed
$9.93Each of these sermon — length dramas celebrates the resurrection from an unusual perspective. Suitable for use at Easter Sunrise, Easter Festival worship, or on a series of Sundays during the Easter Season, Gurden Henley’s dramas involve 5-8 characters each.
Sunrise Surprise tells the traditional Easter morning story through the eyes and mouths of Mary Magdalene, John, Peter, and Jesus.
A Zealot’s Greatest Battle deals With the resurrection from the perspective of a Jewish freedom- fighter of Jesus’ generation who saw his hopes for freedom going down the drain on Good Friday.
When Old Nick Met Nicodemus tells the resurrection story from the perspective of contemporary American society. An unchurched outsider is profoundly moved by the rehearsal of an Easter drama and is caught in the story.
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Darkest Day
$9.93The centerpiece of this Good Friday worship service is the monologue, The Ghost of Judas. Designed to be presented by the pastor or any lay-person who can speak with a sense of drama, the monologue places Judas Iscariot at center stage on the day Christ died. His reflections on his own behavior, his remorse, and his deep sense of regret and self-examination lead the worshiping congregation to search their own souls, an appropriate activity on this most profound of all Christian days.
The monologue is sermon length. If not available in local hymnals, suggested hymns may be replaced by others more appropriate.
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Power Of Darkness Series C
$18.68This preaching resource for Lent and Easter, Cycle C, provides model sermons based on nine texts from Luke and nine from John. In addition to the Sundays in these liturgical seasons, messages are also provided for Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Ascension Day (or Ascension Sunday). Included in these pericopes are familiar texts including Jesus’ wilderness temptation; the lament over Jerusalem; parables of the unproductive fig tree, the lost son, and the rebellious stewards; Luke’s narratives of the Passion of Our Lord, the Upper Room, and Jesus’ Ascension; John’s Resurrection account; Thomas’ shaky faith; and Jesus’ prayer of Christian unity.
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Hear The Good News
$9.93Hear the Good News is a fine volume of worship services for this important week within the church year. The services are particularly significant because they are based on the premise that God’s word, scripture, is dynamic and lively. Therefore, the author has provided dramatic readings of the narratives as found in the synoptic gospels. In addition, other portions of scripture are used as antiphonal hymns and liturgies. Brief introductions to the scripture passages are presented, either for oral sharing or for use in the bulletin; the congregation is also given opportunity to participate in the proclamation of the scripture texts. This is a creative and prayerful worship series for Holy Week.
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New Covenants Power
$7.95The New Covenant’s Power presents worship services and other resources for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunrise. Maundy Thursday – “Christ’s Power for New Community” – focuses on the Lord’s Supper and the command to love one another; Good Friday “Christ’s Power for New Covenant Compassion” – emphasizes the actual events of the crucifixion; Easter Sunrise – “Christ’s Power for New Celebration” – rejoices in Christ’s triumph over sin and death. Each of these powerful themes is carried out through the use of symbols, hymns, scripture, and communal prayers. This little volume will give liturgy planners and ministers all the tools they need for Holy Week worship services that are unified in structure, in theme, and in sensitivity to the events being commemorated and celebrated.
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Way Of The Cross
$9.93The Way Of The Cross is an adaptation of the historic Stations of the Cross which developed in the 14th and 15th centuries to aid the devotional life of the faithful. In Jerusalem, the scenes of Christ’s suffering had long been a goal of pilgrims and among them had been the traditional walk, later called the via dolorosa, which he traversed to his crucifixion. Since only a minority of Christians could journey to Jerusalem, these fourteen stations were set up in churches, usually in the form of pictures, where the faithful would consider the incidents in Jesus’ sad and memorable progress to Golgotha. By following and pausing for prayer and meditation at each Station, the faithful would have their imaginations quickened and their devotion deepened.
The Way Of The Cross features several speaking parts and numerous pantomime roles, as well as musical solos and sound and lighting effects, to provide a dramatic and moving service.
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Resurrection : According To Matthew Mark And Luke
$23.33Introduction
1. Approaching The Resurrection
2. The Resurrection Narrative In The Gospel Of Mark
3. The Resurrection Narratives In The Gospel Of Matthew
4. The Resurrection Narratives In The Gospel Of Luke
Conclusion
NotesAdditional Info
The New Testament resurrection narratives must be understood in both their similarities and their differences. Norman Perrin was a leading interpreter of the Gospels. In this book he relates each Synoptic account of the resurrection of Jesus to the theology of its Evangelist resulting in a new understanding of the importance of the Easter celebration. This book will illumine lay readers, clergy, and all students of the New Testament.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Our Christian Worship
$16.18Our Christian Worship: Resources For Palm Sunday Through Easter, contains original and selected, contemporary resources for worship for Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter.
Our Christian Worship features opening sentences, invocations, introits, collects, Scripture suggestions, hymn suggestions, prayers, welcome to visitors, offertory sentence, and prayers.
Our Christian Worship offers everything at your fingertips with such programs as: Maundy Thursday — A Communion service and Tenebrae; Good Friday — Passion story based upon the Seven Last Words; and Easter — A Communion service.
Our Christian Worship also includes a brief treasury of additional prayers for use during Holy Week.
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Reflections On The Crucifixion
$9.93Reflections On The Crucifixion is a Service of Tenebrae, written for either one hour or three hours, reflecting the thoughts and feelings of Jesus’ disciples on that original Good Friday.
Reflections On The Crucifixion is taken from Dr. Orso’s successful book, As We Love and Forgive. The tenebrae provides a lot of congregational participation and is a moving worship experience for every congregation.
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