Order of Service – Maundy Thursday – 14 April 2022

Maundy Thursday

Welcome and Intimations
About the service
CH4 772 : In the Lord I’ll be ever thankful
Call to Worship
MP 50: Be still for the presence of the Lord
Prayer
Reading John 13 : 1 – 5
A Journey to the Upper Room
Cynic
In the Lord I’ll be ever thankful
Narrator, Jesus, Stallholder
In the Lord I’ll be ever thankful
Narrator, Pharisee A and B, Jesus
In the Lord I’ll be ever thankful
Narrator, Judas, Narrator, Jesus, Narrator, Peter, Narrator
MP 673 : There is a redeemer
Mark 14 : 22 – 26
Music – Ukrainian anthem
Communion
MP 738: We sing the praise
Sit here while I pray
Benediction

 

CH4 772 : In the Lord I’ll be ever thankful

In the Lord I’ll be ever thankful,
in the Lord I will rejoice!
Look to God, do not be afraid.
Lift up your voices, the Lord is near
Lift up your voices, the Lord is near

Call to Worship

Come Lord and bathe our feet
For we are tired from our journey through life
Come Lord and wash our hands
For our selfish acts have made us dirty
Come Lord and cleanse our wounds
For we have been hurt by life’s sharp corners
Then Lord, when we are clean and refreshed
Travel with us so that we may
Bathe the feet of the world’s weariness
Wash away the selfishness of humanity’s self-concern
And cleanse the wounds of human hurt

MP 50: Be still for the presence of the Lord

1 Be still, for the presence of the Lord,
the Holy One, is here;
come bow before Him now
with reverence and fear:
in Him no sin is found –
we stand on holy ground.
Be still, for the presence of the Lord,
the Holy One, is here.
2 Be still, for the glory of the Lord
is shining all around
He burns with holy fire,
with splendour He is crowned:
how awesome is the sight –
our radiant King of light!
Be still, for the glory of the Lord
is shining all around.
3 Be still, for the power of the Lord
is moving in this place:
He comes to cleanse and heal,
To minister His grace –
no work too hard for Him.
In faith receive from Him.
Be still, for the power of the Lord
is moving in this place.

John 13:1-5 New International Version – UK
Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet
It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel round his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped round him.

MP 673 : There is a redeemer

1 There is a Redeemer,
Jesus, God’s own son,
Precious Lamb of God,
Messiah, Holy One.
Chorus Thank You, o my Father,
for giving us your Son,
and leaving Your Spirit
till the work on earth is done.
2 Jesus, my Redeemer,
name above all names,
precious Lamb of God, Messiah,
O for sinner slain;
Chorus
3 When I stand in glory
I will see His face,
and there I’ll serve my King for ever
in that holy place.
Chorus 

Mark 14:22-26 New International Version – UK
While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, ‘Take it; this is my body.’
Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.
‘This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many,’ he said to them.
‘Truly I tell you, I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.’
When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

MP 738: We sing the praise

1 We sing the praise of Him who died,
of Him who died upon the cross;
the sinner’s hope let men deride,
for this we count the world but lost.

2 Inscribed upon the cross we see
in shinning letters, ‘God is love’
He bears our sins upon the tree
He brings us mercy from above.

3 The cross! it takes our guilt away,
it holds the fainting spirit up;
it cheers with hope the gloomy day
and sweetens every bitter cup.

4 It makes the coward spirit brave
and nerves the feeble arm for fight,
it takes the terror from the grave
and gilds the bed of death with light.
 
5 The balm of life, the cure of woe,
the measure and the pledge of love
the sinner’s refuge here below,
the angels’ theme in heaven above.