Holy Week
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Good Friday: Give Me Jesus
This Good Friday Service was designed by Rev. Samual Lundquist. Prelude (No music, nature sounds) Opening Song (Give e Jesus) In the morning when I riseIn the morning when I riseIn the morning when I riseGive me Jesus. Give me JesusGive me JesusYou can have all this world.But give me Jesus Welcome + Instructions Tonight,…
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Good Friday: Last Words
This Good Friday Service was designed by Rev. Samual Lundquist. Prelude (No music, rain/storm sounds) Welcome + Instructions It is good that we are gathered here together on this Good Friday.Traditionally, this service is a time to vividly remember Jesus’s last days.We usually read a gospel account of Jesus’ betrayal, trials, humiliations,death on the cross,…
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Good Friday Interactive Ideas
With so much going on in the news and in our world, I tried to find various ways worshippers could approach the cross. Good Friday gives us an opportunity to not rush into hope, but sit with what weighs heavy on our heart. In addition to giving time to kneel and pray at the cross,…
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Intergenerational Palm Sunday Worship II
36And as he rode along, the people spread clothes on the road in front of him. 37When Jesus was starting down the Mount of Olives, his large crowd of disciples were happy and praised God because of all the miracles they had seen. (Luke 19.36-37) Here is a simple idea for an intergenerational Palm Sunday worship:…
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Intergenerational Palm Sunday Worship
36And as he rode along, the people spread clothes on the road in front of him. 37When Jesus was starting down the Mount of Olives, his large crowd of disciples were happy and praised God because of all the miracles they had seen. (Luke 19.36-37) In a previous blog, I wrote about my thoughts on planning…
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No Stress, No Fuss Holy Week Pageant & Worship
A few years ago, this worship was one of my beginning attempts to integrate children in worship. At the time, we were just starting to get a good number of children and the parishioners were slowly getting used to having kids in worship. I usually do not like to put children on “display” in worship.…




