Author: New Horizons Presbyterian Ch

Blessed Savior Lutheran Church
April 19, 2019
12:00 Noon to 3:00 p.m.
Rev. Matthew D. Roeglin
(314) 831-1300

Good Friday Treore
Worship Service
Blessed Savior Lutheran Church
Florissant, Missouri
(314) 831-1300
+ In the Name of Jesus +
Pre-Service
Call to Worship - “Jesus, I will Ponder Now” Pastor Roeglin
P In the name of the Father, the Son, T and the Holy Spirit.
C Amen.
Psalm 51
P Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your unfailing love; according to Your great compassion blot out my transgressions.
C Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
P For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
C Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You are proved right when You speak and justified when You judge.
P: Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
C Do not cast me from Your presence or take Your Holy Spirit from me.
P Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
C Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will turn back to You.
Responsive Prayer
P Lamb of God, pure and holy, Who on the cross didst suffer:
C Have mercy on us.
P Lamb of God, pure and holy, Ever patient and lowly:
C Have mercy on us.
P Lamb of God, pure and holy, Thyself to scorn didst offer:
C Have mercy on us.
P Lamb of God, pure and holy, All sins Thou borest for us:
C Have mercy on us.
P Lamb of God, pure and holy, Else had despair reigned o’er us:
C Have mercy on us.
P Lamb of God, pure and holy, O Jesus! O Jesus!
C Have mercy on us. Amen.

12:05 p.m. “Father, Forgive Them . . .”

Hymn “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” #425
Selected verses from Psalm 6
P O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
C Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are in agony.
P My soul is in anguish. How long, O LORD, how long?
C Turn, O LORD, and deliver me; save me because of Your unfailing love.
P No one remembers You when he is dead. Who praises You from the grave?
C I am worn out from groaning; all night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
P My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes.
C Away from me, all you who do evil, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
P The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.
C All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
Musical Meditation
Scripture Readings John 19:14-16a; Mark 15:21; Luke 23:27-34
Meditation on the First Word Rev. Dr. Leopoldo Sanchez
“Father, Forgive Them…”
Hymn of Response “Jesus, In Your Dying Woes” #447(1-3)
P Jesus said, “And I shall draw all men to Myself, when I am lifted up from the earth.”
C God forbid that I should boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world is crucified to me and I to the world!
Pastoral Prayer (please rise)
The Blessing
P To Him Who loves us and freed us from our sins with His life’s blood, Who made of us a royal house, to serve as the priests of His God and Father—to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever!
C Amen.
(Congregation is seated for meditation and adoration.)

12:30 p.m. “Today You Will Be With Me . . .”

Hymn “Jesus! Name of Wondrous Love” # 900(1,3,5,6)
Selected verses from Psalm 32
P Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
C Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit.
P When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
C For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.
P Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not cover up my iniquity.
C I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD” - and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
Musical Meditation
Scripture Readings John 19:19-24; Matt. 27:36; Luke 23:35-43
Meditation on the Second Word Vicar Robert Brown
“Today you will be with Me in Paradise…”
Hymn of Response “Jesus, In Your Dying Woes” #447 (4-6)
P Jesus said, “And I shall draw all men to Myself, when I am lifted up from the earth.”
C God forbid that I should boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world is crucified to me and I to the world!
Pastoral Prayer (please rise)
The Blessing
P To Him Who loves us and freed us from our sins with His life’s blood, Who made of us a royal house, to serve as the priests of His God and Father—to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever!
C Amen.
(Congregation is seated for meditation and adoration.)

12:55 p.m. “Woman, Behold Your Son!. . .”

Hymn “Come to Calvary’s Holy Mountain” #435
Selected verses from Psalm 38
P O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
C For Your arrows have pierced me, and Your hand has come down upon me.
P Because of Your wrath there is no health in my body; my bones have no soundness because of my sin.
C My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.
P I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
C O LORD, do not forsake me; be not far from me, O my God.
C Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
Musical Meditation
Scripture Reading John 19:25-27
Meditation on the Third Word Rev. Jim Kirschenmann
“Woman, Behold your Son...”
Hymn of Response “Jesus, In Your Dying Woes” #447 (7-9)
P Jesus said, “And I shall draw all men to Myself, when I am lifted up from the earth.”
C God forbid that I should boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world is crucified to me and I to the world!
Pastoral Prayer (please rise)
The Blessing
P To Him Who loves us and freed us from our sins with His life’s blood, Who made of us a royal house, to serve as the priests of His God and Father—to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever!
C Amen.
(Congregation is seated for meditation and adoration.)

1:20 p.m. “My God, My God, Why. . .?”

Hymn “O Dearest Jesus, What Law Hast Thou Broken” #439
(1-5, 15)
Selected verses from Psalm 22
P My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning?
C O my God, I cry out by day, but You do not answer, by night, and am not silent.
P Yet You are enthroned as the Holy One; You are the praise of Israel.
C In You our father put their trust; they trusted and You delivered them.
P They cried to You and were saved; in You they trusted and were not disappointed.
C But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
P All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads:
C He trusts in the LORD; let the LORD rescue him. Let Him deliver him, since he delights in Him.
P Dogs have surrounded Me; a band of evil men has encircled Me, they have pierced My hands and My feet.
C I can count all My bones; people stare and gloat over Me.
P They divide My garments among them and cast lots for My clothing.
C But You, O LORD, be not far off; O My Strength, come quickly to help Me.
Musical Meditation
Scripture Reading Matthew 27:45-47
Meditation on the Fourth Word Rev. William Wrede
“My God, My God, Why have You forsaken Me?”
Hymn of Response “Jesus, In Your Dying Woes” #447(10-12)
P Jesus said, “And I shall draw all men to Myself, when I am lifted up from the earth.”
C God forbid that I should boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world is crucified to me and I to the world!
Pastoral Prayer (please rise)
The Blessing
P To Him Who loves us and freed us from our sins with His life’s blood, Who made of us a royal house, to serve as the priests of His God and Father—to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever!
C Amen.
(Congregation is seated for meditation and adoration.)

1:45 p.m. “I Thirst”

Hymn “Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed” #437
Selected verses from Psalm 102
P Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come to You.
C Do not hide Your face from me when I am in distress. Turn Your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly.
P For my days vanish like smoke; my bones like glowing embers.
C My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.
P Because of my loud groaning I am reduced to skin and bones.
C I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
P For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears
C Because of Your great wrath, for You have taken me up and thrown me aside.
P My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
C But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures through all generations.
C Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
Musical Meditation
Scripture Reading John 19:28-29
Meditation on the Fifth Word Rev. Matthew Roeglin
“I Thirst”
Hymn of Response “Jesus, In Your Dying Woes” #447(13-15)
P Jesus said, “And I shall draw all men to Myself, when I am lifted up from the earth.”
C God forbid that I should boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world is crucified to me and I to the world!
Pastoral Prayer (please rise)
The Blessing
P To Him Who loves us and freed us from our sins with His life’s blood, Who made of us a royal house, to serve as the priests of His God and Father—to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever!
C Amen.
(Congregation is seated for meditation and adoration.)

2:10 p.m. “It is Finished”

Hymn “Go to Dark Gethsemane” #436 (1-3)
Selected verses from Psalm 130
P Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD;
C O Lord, hear my voice. Let Your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.
P If You, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?
C But with You there is forgiveness; therefore You are feared.
P I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in His word I put my hope.
C My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.
P O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with Him is full redemption.
C He Himself will redeem Israel from all their sins.
C Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
Musical Meditation
Scripture Reading John 19:30a
Meditation on the Sixth Word Rev. Ted Laesch
“It is Finished”
Hymn of Response “Jesus, In Your Dying Woes” #447 (16-18)
P Jesus said, “And I shall draw all men to Myself, when I am lifted up from the earth.”
C God forbid that I should boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world is crucified to me and I to the world!
Pastoral Prayer (please rise)
The Blessing
P To Him Who loves us and freed us from our sins with His life’s blood, Who made of us a royal house, to serve as the priests of His God and Father—to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever!
C Amen.
(Congregation is seated for meditation and adoration.)

2:35 p.m. “Father, Into Thy Hands...”

Hymn “Jesus, Refuge of the Weary” #423
Selected verses from Psalm 143
P O LORD, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in Your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief.
C Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one living is righteous before You.
P The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in darkness like those long dead.
C So my spirit grows faint within me; my heart within me is dismayed.
P I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all Your works and consider what Your hands have done.
C I spread out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land.
C Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
Musical Meditation
Scripture Reading Luke 23:46, Matthew 27:51-54
(A period of silence for meditation)
Meditation on the Seventh Word Rev. Robert Briggs “Father, into Thy Hands I commend My Spirit”
Hymn of Response “Jesus, In Your Dying Woes” #447 (19-21)
P Jesus said, “And I shall draw all men to Myself, when I am lifted up from the earth.”
C God forbid that I should boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world is crucified to me and I to the world!
Pastoral Prayer (please rise)
The Lord’s Prayer and Closing Prayer
C Worthy is the Lamb, Who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise! To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever! Great and marvelous are Your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are Your ways, King of the ages. Who will not fear You, O Lord, and bring glory to Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed. We give thanks to You, Lord God Almighty, the One Who is and Who was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.”
Closing Hymn “Stricken, Smitten and Afflicted” #451
The Benediction
P May the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant make you perfect in all goodness so that you may do His will; and may He make of us what He would have us be, through Jesus Christ, to Whom be glory forever and ever!
C Amen.
Soli Deo Gloria
(When the Pastor has left the chancel, the people may silently pray the following prayer, and then leave the nave of the church reverently without speaking.)
The Good Friday Prayer
C Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we thank You for Your love and mercy. We recommit ourselves to You. Help us turn our lives over to Your keeping, our talents and abilities to Your service. May all of our days be lived in loving obedience to Your Word knowing our sins are erased by the perfect life, death and resurrection of Your dear Son. Let the redeeming power which flows from His suffering and death fill us, so that we may leave His house today placing our full trust in the assurance that our lives are redeemed by the blood of the Lamb of God. May our gratitude to You always be reflected in our loving, sacrificial care and concern for others, for Jesus’ sake. Amen.

Participating Pastors
Rev. Matthew D. Roeglin
Pastor
Blessed Savior Lutheran Church, Florissant
Rev. Jim Kirshenmann
Pastor
St. Paul’s—College Hill & Immanuel Lutheran Chapel
Rev. Ted Laesch
Pastor
Chapel of the Cross, St. Louis
Rev. William Wrede
Director of Ministerial Recruitment & Admissions
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Rev. Dr. Leopoldo Sanchez
Professor of Systematic Theology
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Robert Brown
Vicar
Blessed Savior Lutheran Church, Florissant
Rev. Robert Briggs
Chaplain
Lutheran Senior Services
Organist
Kenneth Butherus
Blessed Savior Lutheran Church

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