Good Friday: April 18, 2025
During Holy Week, the last days of Christ are often characterized with words like suffering and darkness. Taking a closer look, however, we can see suffering and darkness were, in fact, instruments of great joy and light.
From Thursday evening's Passover meal through Friday's dark hours on the cross, the light of Christ continued to illuminate the Truth. With intense clarity, the Teacher was showing us by example the greatest lessons of his ministry: service, obedience, humility, and forgiveness. Through Christ, the full spectrum of God's grace is reflected in beautiful hues upon our lives.
In the suffering of this Holy Week, find Joy. In its darkness, see Light. "For Light still shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." This is the power of Christ's grace and the source of great joy.
Colours of Grace | Take My Yoke Upon You
Each anthem in this work portrays a lesson to be learned from the example of Christ and is visually represented by a coloured cloth and appropriate symbol.
Prologue: Instrumental
"Take my yoke upon you" (choir)
Silent Meditation
Lesson I: Service
Anthem: A Servant's Song
Symbol: The Basin and Towel
Colour: White
Silent Meditation
Lesson II: Obedience
Anthem: A Shadow fell on Sharon's Rose
Symbol: The Cup
Colour: Red
Silent Meditation
Lesson Ill: Humility
Anthem: O Gentle Jesus
Symbol: The Crown of Thorns
Colour: Purple
Lesson IV: Forgiveness
Anthem: Come to the Cross
Symbol: The Cross
Colour: Black
As the black cloth is removed from the Cross, the congregation will please stand and remain standing for the recessional. On this solemn day, please leave the sanctuary in silence.
Narrator
Paul Harrison
Cloth Bearers
Catharine Johnston
Pauline Sanderson
Greg Nicol
William Devries
Anja Devries
Knolly Toolsie-Swanton
Christie Wynn
John Wynn
Robert Stacy
We gather on the traditional territory of the Wendat, the Anishnaabeg and the Haudenosaunee Peoples. We are also on lands that are part of the Dish with One Spoon Wampum. We live and work, worship, learn and meet on lands that are the traditional territory of many different Indigenous Peoples who were here before the establishment of European colonies.
