Author: Shirley McBride

The Old Testament Reading Isaiah 53:10—12 (page 614) Leader: The Word of the Lord; People: Thanks be to Thee, O Christ!
The Homily Rev. Bigham
NUMBERED WITH THE TRANSGRESSORS
† The Hymn of Response – (Trinity Hymnal, No. 247) PASSION CHORALE
O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
† The Closing Prayer (Corporate)
Blessed Lord Jesus, before Your cross we kneel and see the heinousness of our sin, our iniquity that caused You to be 'made a curse', the evil that excites the severity of divine wrath. Show us the enormi- ty of our guilt by the crown of thorns, the pierced hands and feet, the bruised body, the dying cries. Your blood is the blood of incarnate God, its worth infinite, its value beyond all thought. Infinite must be the evil and guilt that demands such a price. Yet Your compassions yearn over us, Your heart hastens to our rescue, Your love endured our curse, Your mercy bore our deserved stripes. Let us walk humbly in the lowest depths of humiliation, bathed in Your blood, tender of conscience, triumphing gloriously as heirs of salvation. (Adapted from The Valley of Vision, "The Precious Blood")
The Dismissal
Let the congregation depart from the sanctuary in silence.

April 3, 2026
12:00 p.m.

Holy Week Service Schedule
Resurrection Sunday:
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship, 11:00 a.m.
Rev. Robbie Hendrick will be preaching the Easter message,
The Evidence
Evensong: Celebrating the Resurrection, 6:00 p.m.
Inspirational music led by the Sanctuary Choir, Orchestra, and Lessons by Rev. Hendrick.

The Deacon on Duty is Gene Gojda (wearing a red rose).

Christ Church, Presbyterian
4201 Southern Pines Drive
Evans, GA 30809
Phone (706) 210–9090
www.myccp.faith

Good Friday Noonday Service
April 3, 2026 • 12:00 p.m.
The Welcome & Introduction Rev. Ryan Bigham
The Prelude – When I Survey arr. Burton
Laura Doss, Organ
The Scriptural Call to Worship Joel 2:12, 13
12“Yet even now,” declares the Lord, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; 13 and rend your hearts and not your garments.” Return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster.
The Prayer of Invocation & The Lord’s Prayer (using debts and debtors) Rev. Bigham
† The Hymn – (Trinity Hymnal, No. 257) O MEIN JESU,ICH MUSS STERBEN
Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted
The Psalter Reading (read responsively) Psalm 22
Leader: My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from saving Me, and from the words of My groaning?
People: O My God, I cry by day, but You do not answer; and by night, but I find no rest.
Leader: Yet You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
People: In You our fathers trusted; they trusted, and You delivered them.
Leader: To You they cried and were rescued; in You they trusted and were not put to shame.
People: But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
Leader: All who see Me mock Me; they make mouths at Me; they wag their heads;
People: “He trusts in the Lord; let Him deliver him; Let Him rescue him, for He delights in him!”
Leader: Yet You are He who took Me from the womb; You made Me trust you at My mother’s breasts.
People: On You was I cast from My birth, and from My mother’s womb You have been My God.
Leader: Be not far from Me, for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
People: Many bulls encompass Me; strong bulls of Bashan surround Me;
Leader: They open wide their mouths at Me, like a ravening and roaring lion.
People: I am poured out like water, and all My bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; it is melted within My breast;
Leader: My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and My tongue sticks to My jaws; You lay Me in the dust of death.
People: For dogs encompass Me; a company of evildoers encircles Me; They have pierced My hands and My feet, —
Leader: I can count all My bones — They look and stare at Me.
People: They divide My garments among them, and for My clothing they cast lots.
Leader: But You, O Lord, do not be far off! O You My help, come quickly to My aid.
People: Deliver My soul from the sword, My precious life from the power of the dog!
Leader: Save Me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued Me from the horns of the wild oxen!
People: I will tell of Your name to My brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise You;
Leader: You who fear the Lord, praise Him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify Him, and stand in awe of Him, all you offspring of Israel!
People: For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, and He has not hidden His face from Him; but has heard, when He cried to Him.
Leader: From You comes My praise in the great congregation; My vows I will perform before those who fear Him.
People: The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek Him shall praise the Lord! May your hearts live forever!
Leader: All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the Lord, And all the families of the nations shall worship before You.
People: For the kingship belongs to the Lord, and He rules over the nations.
Leader: All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship; before Him shall bow all who go down to the dust, even the one who could not keep Himself alive.
People: Posterity shall serve Him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation;
Leader: They shall come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn, that He has done it.
The Gloria Patri Congregational Response
Leader: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
People: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen
The Gospel Reading Luke 23:32—43
Leader: The grass withers, the flower fades,
People: But the Word of our God shall stand forever. Isaiah 40:8
† The Hymn of Preparation – (Trinity Hymnal, No. 248) HERZLIEBSTER JESU Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended

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9:45 a.m. Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Worship
6:00 p.m. Worship
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Christ Church, Presbyterian
4201 Southern Pines Drive
Evans, GA 30809