A Good Friday Worship Service
Paul J. Weckle, Daniel Thompson, Annette Thompson, Franklin A. Dvorak
Ever 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 eyewitnesse...

A Service For Maundy Thursday
Don Wiltfong
The Sheep Will Be Scattered is an impressive Maundy Thursday communion service. It involves the symbolic recreation of the Upper Room experience through an easy-to-create Last Supper tableau.

Members of the congregation, invited beforeh...

Sermons For Lent And Maundy Thursday
Elmer E. Burrall
Following the theme of the cross as a puzzle, Elmer E. Burrall offers a sermon, prayer and order of service for the five Sundays of Lent plus Maundy Thursday. As a visual part of worship, this series provides directions to design a cross puzzle to di

Worship Services For Ash Wednesday And Holy Week
William R. Grimbol
Here 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. E

A Tenebrae Service And Worship Drama For Good Friday
Douglas W. Orbaker
This 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

Worship Resources For Ash Wednesday And Holy Week
James M. Bloom
Ash 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 d

An Easter Drama
Louis M. Merryman
Fragrance Of A New Dawn was performed during Easter at the Long Beach Alliance Church while I was pastor. It had humor and drama, and powerfully portrayed the effects of the resurrection of Christ on the lives of broken-hearted believers wh

Messages For Lent, Holy Week, or Good Friday
John R. Brokhoff
”Father, forgive them; for they know not what they are doing.” --Luke 23:34

As in Luke 23:34, John R. Brokhoff offers ”words of grace” in this series of sermons for Lent, Holy Week, or Good Friday. The messages are based on passages from Luke...

Lenten Series On The Seven Last Words
Richard C. Hoefler
At Noon On Friday is a volume of reflections on the seven last words of Jesus as he hung on the cross. In his usual masterly fashion, Dr. Richard C. Hoefler holds up before his listeners the cross of Christ and calls for a devotional response...

An Easter Vigil
Esther Lense
Light Triumphant is an Easter Vigil service, which may be used as an entity in itself or with the Good Friday Tenebrae, ”Out of Darkness Came the Dawn.”

Light Triumphant features the Easter eve service beginning with all appoint...