Good Friday

Apr 3, 2026

The Rev. Dr. David M. Wendel      

               

Music

Prelude - Linda Hoch, Organ

"Meditation" - Maurice Durufle   


I  The First Station:

The Agony of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane

A Reading from the Passion of Our Lord: St. Mark 14:32-36

Hymn: “Stay Here and Keep Watch with Me” (sing 3 times)


II  The Second Station:

The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus

A Reading from the Passion of Our Lord: St. Matthew 26:45-49

Hymn: “In the Hour of Trial”


III  The Third Station:

The Sanhedrin Condemns Jesus

A Reading from the Passion of Our Lord: St. Mark 14:55-56; 61-64

SPECIAL MUSIC (INTRODUCTION) AND HYMN: Larry Seifert “Jesus, In Thy Dying Woes”


IV  The Fourth Station:

Jesus Is Denied by Peter

A Reading from the Passion of Our Lord: St. Luke 22:54-62

Hymn: “Savior, When in Dust to You”


V  The Fifth Station:

Pilate Condemns Jesus to the Cross

A Reading from the Passion of Our Lord: St. Mark 15:1, 6-15

Hymn: “My Song Is Love Unknown”


VI  The Sixth Station:

Jesus Is Scourged and Crowned With Thorns

A Reading from the Passion of our Lord: St. John 19:1-3

HYMN: “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded” (v. 1-2)


VII  The Seventh Station:

Jesus Is Mocked by the Soldiers and Given His Cross

A Reading from the Passion of Our Lord: St. Mark 15:16, 18a, 19-20

Hymn: “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded” (v. 3-4)


VIII  The Eighth Station:

Jesus Is Helped By Simon of Cyrene

A Reading from the Passion of Our Lord: St. Mark 15:20-21 

Hymn: “Tree of Life”


IX  The Ninth Station:

Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem

A Reading from the Passion of Our Lord: St. Luke 23:27-31

Hymn: “Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed”


X  The Tenth Station:

Jesus Is Crucified

A Reading from the Passion of Our Lord: St. Mark 15:22-26

Hymn: “Ah, Holy Jesus”


XI  The Eleventh Station:

Jesus Promises Paradise to the Thief on the Cross

A Reading from the Passion of Our Lord: St. Luke 23:33, 39-43

Hymn: “Jesus, Remember Me” (sing 3 times)


XII  The Twelfth Station:

Jesus Speaks to His Mother and His Disciple

A Reading from the Passion of Our Lord: St. John 19:25-27

Hymn: “Beneath the Cross”


XIII  The Thirteenth Station:

Jesus Dies on the Cross 

A Reading from the Passion of Our Lord: St. Matthew 27:45-50

Anthem: "Golgotha" - Joel Nagy/Russell Nagy

   Grace Singers Chancel Choir 


XIV  The Fourteenth Station:

Jesus Is Buried in the Tomb

 A Reading from the Passion of Our Lord: St. Mark 15:42-46

Hymn: “Were You There”



We Leave in Silence​

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