GOOD FRIDAY
April 3, 2026

First Lutheran Church, Port Colborne Ontario
(905)835-8111
email: pcfirstlutheran@gmail.com
www.firstevalutheranpc.ca

Worshippers Gather in Silence

Prayer of the Day

Psalm 22 1-4
1My God, my God, why have you for- | saken me?
Why so far from saving me, so far from the words | of my groaning?
2My God, I cry out by day, but you | do not answer;
by night, but I | find no rest.
3Yet you are the | Holy One,
enthroned on the prais- | es of Israel.
4Our ancestors put their | trust in you,
they trusted, and you | rescued them. R
5They cried out to you and | were delivered;
they trusted in you and were not | put to shame.

Gospel Acclamation (intoned by the presider)

THE PASSION of JESUS CHRIST
ACCORDING TO St. JOHN

PART ONE: The Arrest John 18:1-11
Solo: “Jesus Remember me, when you come into your kingdom”

PART TWO: The Interrogation John 18:12-27
All Sing: “Jesus Remember me, when you come into your kingdom (sung three times)

PART THREE: The Trial John 18:28-40
All Sing:
“Jesus Remember me, when you come into your kingdom” (sung three times)

PART FOUR: The Verdict John 191-7
All Sing: “Jesus Remember me, when you come into your kingdom” (sung three times)

PART FIVE: The Sentence John 19:8-16a
Solo “Were You There when they crucified my Lord?” (verse one)

PART SIX: The Accusation John 19:16b-22
Hymn: ELW 353“Were You There when they nailed him to the tree?” (verse two)

PART SEVEN: The Execution John 19:23-30
Hymn: ELW 353 “Were You There when they pierced him in the side?” (verse three)

PART EIGHT: The Burial John 19:31-42
Hymn ELW 353: “Were You There when they laid him in the tomb?” (verse five)

Sermon

Moment of Silent Reflection

Hymn ELW# 335“Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross”

Bidding Prayers

Lord’s Prayer

PROCLAMATION OF THE CROSS

Presider: “Behold the life-giving cross, on which was hung the Saviour
of the whole world.

ALL: Oh, come let us worship him”

Moment of Silent Reflection

Worshipers are invited to remain for a time of individual prayer and reflection. We ask that all leave the sanctuary in silence as you depart.