At the cross, as the savior hung dying
his mother, his disciple
joined into a family
his mother, his brother
familial bonds, a spirit of adoption
carried out at the foot of the cross
Forever more his mother,
forevermore her son
Here is your mother, here is your son
Together grafted, one to another
blood and spirit
one
April 11, 2009
Good Friday Service
John 19:26-27
The First Congregational Church of Pembroke, NH
and Suncook United Methodist Church
April 10, 2009
&
John 18:1-19:42
Job 14:1-14
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 10, 2009
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 11, 2009
Alive Now – April 11, 2009,
“The Great Vigil of Easter”
&
Holy Thursday service
and service of Tenebrae
Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Pastor Ruth L. Foss
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
April 9, 2009
Tenebrae – The Service of Shadows
1. THE SHADOW OF BETRAYAL
Matthew 26:20-25
2. THE SHADOW OF INNER AGONY
Luke 22:40-44
3. THE SHADOW OF LONELINESS
Matthew 26:40-45
4. THE SHADOW OF DESERTION
Matthew 26:47-50,55,56
5. THE SHADOW OF ACCUSATION
Matthew 26:59-67
6. THE SHADOW OF MOCKERY
Mark 15:12-20
7. THE SHADOW OF DEATH
Luke 23:33-46
Hymn: Were You There…
FINAL READING
John 1:1-4
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Saturday, April 11, 2009
What the World Needs to Hear
One of the questions to ponder this night
was the words of the good thief
hanging on the cross
What is the truth for this night,
that the world needs to hear?
The answer is found in the scripture,
in the words of the lord
and in the lessons he taught, and the life he lived
They are in the mirror when we look
and in our hearts when we listen
We are fighting for nothing
when we struggle on earth
and we are missing the point
that love is the word
For he came because he loved us
and wanted this toil to end
We brought him to the cross
and there he died.
But God wasn’t finished,
the story did not end there
For he loved us from the beginning
and he loves us still as then.
Like the thief on the cross
offering kindness and truth
He asked for a bit of God’s grace
and found life in paradise.
We can walk a different path
change our course and find new life
journey yoked with our savior
and join him in paradise.
April 11, 2009
Good Friday Service
Luke 23:39-41
The Repentant Thief
The First Congregational Church of Pembroke, NH
and Suncook United Methodist Church
Pembroke, NH
April 10, 2009
&
John 18:1-19:42
Job 14:1-14
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 10, 2009
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 11, 2009
Alive Now – April 11, 2009,
“The Great Vigil of Easter”
&
Holy Thursday service
and service of Tenebrae
Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Pastor Ruth L. Foss
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
April 9, 2009
Tenebrae – The Service of Shadows
1. THE SHADOW OF BETRAYAL
Matthew 26:20-25
2. THE SHADOW OF INNER AGONY
Luke 22:40-44
3. THE SHADOW OF LONELINESS
Matthew 26:40-45
4. THE SHADOW OF DESERTION
Matthew 26:47-50,55,56
5. THE SHADOW OF ACCUSATION
Matthew 26:59-67
6. THE SHADOW OF MOCKERY
Mark 15:12-20
7. THE SHADOW OF DEATH
Luke 23:33-46
Hymn: Were You There…
FINAL READING
John 1:1-4
was the words of the good thief
hanging on the cross
What is the truth for this night,
that the world needs to hear?
The answer is found in the scripture,
in the words of the lord
and in the lessons he taught, and the life he lived
They are in the mirror when we look
and in our hearts when we listen
We are fighting for nothing
when we struggle on earth
and we are missing the point
that love is the word
For he came because he loved us
and wanted this toil to end
We brought him to the cross
and there he died.
But God wasn’t finished,
the story did not end there
For he loved us from the beginning
and he loves us still as then.
Like the thief on the cross
offering kindness and truth
He asked for a bit of God’s grace
and found life in paradise.
We can walk a different path
change our course and find new life
journey yoked with our savior
and join him in paradise.
April 11, 2009
Good Friday Service
Luke 23:39-41
The Repentant Thief
The First Congregational Church of Pembroke, NH
and Suncook United Methodist Church
Pembroke, NH
April 10, 2009
&
John 18:1-19:42
Job 14:1-14
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 10, 2009
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 11, 2009
Alive Now – April 11, 2009,
“The Great Vigil of Easter”
&
Holy Thursday service
and service of Tenebrae
Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Pastor Ruth L. Foss
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
April 9, 2009
Tenebrae – The Service of Shadows
1. THE SHADOW OF BETRAYAL
Matthew 26:20-25
2. THE SHADOW OF INNER AGONY
Luke 22:40-44
3. THE SHADOW OF LONELINESS
Matthew 26:40-45
4. THE SHADOW OF DESERTION
Matthew 26:47-50,55,56
5. THE SHADOW OF ACCUSATION
Matthew 26:59-67
6. THE SHADOW OF MOCKERY
Mark 15:12-20
7. THE SHADOW OF DEATH
Luke 23:33-46
Hymn: Were You There…
FINAL READING
John 1:1-4
A Future of Life
In repentance, in asking for God’s mercy, for a bit of grace
the good thief, hanging on the cross, next to the Lord
granted forgiveness, new life
a future of life in heaven, in paradise
this day, this day of your death
with him in heaven
with the savior in paradise
So we too, sinner, broken,
cracked, flawed vessels
able to seek the grace of God,
the wonderful gift
with repentant hearts, the father,
welcoming us all
into his presence, into paradise
April 11, 2009
Good Friday Service
Luke 23:42:43
The Repentant Thief – part 2
The First Congregational Church of Pembroke, NH
and Suncook United Methodist Church
April 10, 2009
&
John 18:1-19:42
Job 14:1-14
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 10, 2009
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 11, 2009
Alive Now – April 11, 2009,
“The Great Vigil of Easter”
&
Holy Thursday service
and service of Tenebrae
Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Pastor Ruth L. Foss
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
April 9, 2009
Tenebrae – The Service of Shadows
1. THE SHADOW OF BETRAYAL
Matthew 26:20-25
2. THE SHADOW OF INNER AGONY
Luke 22:40-44
3. THE SHADOW OF LONELINESS
Matthew 26:40-45
4. THE SHADOW OF DESERTION
Matthew 26:47-50,55,56
5. THE SHADOW OF ACCUSATION
Matthew 26:59-67
6. THE SHADOW OF MOCKERY
Mark 15:12-20
7. THE SHADOW OF DEATH
Luke 23:33-46
Hymn: Were You There…
FINAL READING
John 1:1-4
the good thief, hanging on the cross, next to the Lord
granted forgiveness, new life
a future of life in heaven, in paradise
this day, this day of your death
with him in heaven
with the savior in paradise
So we too, sinner, broken,
cracked, flawed vessels
able to seek the grace of God,
the wonderful gift
with repentant hearts, the father,
welcoming us all
into his presence, into paradise
April 11, 2009
Good Friday Service
Luke 23:42:43
The Repentant Thief – part 2
The First Congregational Church of Pembroke, NH
and Suncook United Methodist Church
April 10, 2009
&
John 18:1-19:42
Job 14:1-14
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 10, 2009
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 11, 2009
Alive Now – April 11, 2009,
“The Great Vigil of Easter”
&
Holy Thursday service
and service of Tenebrae
Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Pastor Ruth L. Foss
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
April 9, 2009
Tenebrae – The Service of Shadows
1. THE SHADOW OF BETRAYAL
Matthew 26:20-25
2. THE SHADOW OF INNER AGONY
Luke 22:40-44
3. THE SHADOW OF LONELINESS
Matthew 26:40-45
4. THE SHADOW OF DESERTION
Matthew 26:47-50,55,56
5. THE SHADOW OF ACCUSATION
Matthew 26:59-67
6. THE SHADOW OF MOCKERY
Mark 15:12-20
7. THE SHADOW OF DEATH
Luke 23:33-46
Hymn: Were You There…
FINAL READING
John 1:1-4
A Truth for This Night
The sinner, knowing himself,
chiding his fellow, speaking truth that day
the righteousness of their sentence
the judgment upon them
paying for their sin
according to the law
The Messiah, hanging beside them
holy and innocent,
carrying the sins of others
servant, slave, to the cross
His life for our own
our burden on his shoulders
giving his all, in submission to God
A truth for this night
sitting quiet in the sanctuary
that the pain he carried, the death
the life he gave was for me
That the thorns were my sin, my life
he bore to the cross
The nails were my stain, mine alone
We measure others, finding their fault
but the truth is that we each had our part
for without the savings, the price paid in blood
none of us would share in the fate of the thief
who would see Christ in paradise.
April 11, 2009
Good Friday Service
Luke 23:39-41
The Repentant Thief
The First Congregational Church of Pembroke, NH
and Suncook United Methodist Church
April 10, 2009
&
John 18:1-19:42
Job 14:1-14
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 10, 2009
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 11, 2009
Alive Now – April 11, 2009,
“The Great Vigil of Easter”
&
Holy Thursday service
and service of Tenebrae
Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Pastor Ruth L. Foss
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
April 9, 2009
Tenebrae – The Service of Shadows
1. THE SHADOW OF BETRAYAL
Matthew 26:20-25
2. THE SHADOW OF INNER AGONY
Luke 22:40-44
3. THE SHADOW OF LONELINESS
Matthew 26:40-45
4. THE SHADOW OF DESERTION
Matthew 26:47-50,55,56
5. THE SHADOW OF ACCUSATION
Matthew 26:59-67
6. THE SHADOW OF MOCKERY
Mark 15:12-20
7. THE SHADOW OF DEATH
Luke 23:33-46
Hymn: Were You There…
FINAL READING
John 1:1-4
chiding his fellow, speaking truth that day
the righteousness of their sentence
the judgment upon them
paying for their sin
according to the law
The Messiah, hanging beside them
holy and innocent,
carrying the sins of others
servant, slave, to the cross
His life for our own
our burden on his shoulders
giving his all, in submission to God
A truth for this night
sitting quiet in the sanctuary
that the pain he carried, the death
the life he gave was for me
That the thorns were my sin, my life
he bore to the cross
The nails were my stain, mine alone
We measure others, finding their fault
but the truth is that we each had our part
for without the savings, the price paid in blood
none of us would share in the fate of the thief
who would see Christ in paradise.
April 11, 2009
Good Friday Service
Luke 23:39-41
The Repentant Thief
The First Congregational Church of Pembroke, NH
and Suncook United Methodist Church
April 10, 2009
&
John 18:1-19:42
Job 14:1-14
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 10, 2009
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 11, 2009
Alive Now – April 11, 2009,
“The Great Vigil of Easter”
&
Holy Thursday service
and service of Tenebrae
Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Pastor Ruth L. Foss
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
April 9, 2009
Tenebrae – The Service of Shadows
1. THE SHADOW OF BETRAYAL
Matthew 26:20-25
2. THE SHADOW OF INNER AGONY
Luke 22:40-44
3. THE SHADOW OF LONELINESS
Matthew 26:40-45
4. THE SHADOW OF DESERTION
Matthew 26:47-50,55,56
5. THE SHADOW OF ACCUSATION
Matthew 26:59-67
6. THE SHADOW OF MOCKERY
Mark 15:12-20
7. THE SHADOW OF DEATH
Luke 23:33-46
Hymn: Were You There…
FINAL READING
John 1:1-4
Slowing Our Steps
Slowing our steps
measured steps, of remembrance
pilgrims, yoking our lives with Christ
and with the first disciples
journeying with them, his face to Jerusalem
Slowing our steps
to Bethany, to Bethpage
to a donkey’s stable
to the Mount of Olives
Slowing our steps
Walking with them, in preparation
sitting with them in the upper room
sharing the Passover, in reflection
the new words, the bread and the wine
Slowing our steps
the coolness of the garden
the deepening night
the master in prayer
Quickening our steps
running naked from the garden
fear and despair
the shepherd at their mercy
Slowing our steps, stealth
hiding, in the courts watching
the trial, the judgment
the suffering of our Lord
Slowing our steps, ponderous
following, tears in our eyes
walking the dusty road
leading to the skull
to the cross
Our steps at an end,
standing at the cross
watching in disbelief
watching in despair
Christ dying on the cross
the world in darkness
Our steps leading, slowing our steps
leading to the grace
the body laid
the stone closing the tomb
Our steps, now in prayer, kneeling
being as they were,
wondering what will be
our Master in the tomb.
April 11, 2009
John 18:1-19:42
Job 14:1-14
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 10, 2009
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 11, 2009
Alive Now – April 11, 2009,
“The Great Vigil of Easter”
measured steps, of remembrance
pilgrims, yoking our lives with Christ
and with the first disciples
journeying with them, his face to Jerusalem
Slowing our steps
to Bethany, to Bethpage
to a donkey’s stable
to the Mount of Olives
Slowing our steps
Walking with them, in preparation
sitting with them in the upper room
sharing the Passover, in reflection
the new words, the bread and the wine
Slowing our steps
the coolness of the garden
the deepening night
the master in prayer
Quickening our steps
running naked from the garden
fear and despair
the shepherd at their mercy
Slowing our steps, stealth
hiding, in the courts watching
the trial, the judgment
the suffering of our Lord
Slowing our steps, ponderous
following, tears in our eyes
walking the dusty road
leading to the skull
to the cross
Our steps at an end,
standing at the cross
watching in disbelief
watching in despair
Christ dying on the cross
the world in darkness
Our steps leading, slowing our steps
leading to the grace
the body laid
the stone closing the tomb
Our steps, now in prayer, kneeling
being as they were,
wondering what will be
our Master in the tomb.
April 11, 2009
John 18:1-19:42
Job 14:1-14
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 10, 2009
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 11, 2009
Alive Now – April 11, 2009,
“The Great Vigil of Easter”
What they didn’t know
Are we advantaged
by knowing what they did not know?
Those eleven disciples
in despair that Saturday morn’
Their master, their teacher
dead, laying in the tomb
They did not know the joy,
the power, the triumph
They did not already know
The miracle of Easter,
as we do (if we truly do).
Yes, we do not know
cannot truly feel
their despair in the darkness, Saturday
But, in the same way
we experience a faint echo
of their utter transformation, their abject joy
the blinding brilliance
come Easter morn’.
So embrace their suffering,
their mourning this day
as we wait, wondering, as they did
what will happen,
waiting, in pain and loss,
not knowing what came on Easter
April 11, 2009
John 18:1-19:42
Job 14:1-14
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 10, 2009
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 11, 2009
Alive Now – April 11, 2009,
“The Great Vigil of Easter”
by knowing what they did not know?
Those eleven disciples
in despair that Saturday morn’
Their master, their teacher
dead, laying in the tomb
They did not know the joy,
the power, the triumph
They did not already know
The miracle of Easter,
as we do (if we truly do).
Yes, we do not know
cannot truly feel
their despair in the darkness, Saturday
But, in the same way
we experience a faint echo
of their utter transformation, their abject joy
the blinding brilliance
come Easter morn’.
So embrace their suffering,
their mourning this day
as we wait, wondering, as they did
what will happen,
waiting, in pain and loss,
not knowing what came on Easter
April 11, 2009
John 18:1-19:42
Job 14:1-14
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 10, 2009
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 11, 2009
Alive Now – April 11, 2009,
“The Great Vigil of Easter”
In Their Shoes
This Holy Saturday
trying, with mixed success
the emptiness, the devastation
To stand in their shoes
to be of one mind, with the first disciples
in their despair, after his ministry
after their walking with him,
living, defined, as his followers
His betrayal, capture, his trial and judgment
his suffering and his cruel death
His life and their purpose
sealed in a rocky tomb
Holy Saturday, before becoming Holy
a loss beyond comprehension, beyond measure
Needing their mindset
to understand Easter.
April 11, 2009
John 18:1-19:42
Job 14:1-14
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 10, 2009
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 11, 2009
Alive Now – April 11, 2009,
“The Great Vigil of Easter”
trying, with mixed success
the emptiness, the devastation
To stand in their shoes
to be of one mind, with the first disciples
in their despair, after his ministry
after their walking with him,
living, defined, as his followers
His betrayal, capture, his trial and judgment
his suffering and his cruel death
His life and their purpose
sealed in a rocky tomb
Holy Saturday, before becoming Holy
a loss beyond comprehension, beyond measure
Needing their mindset
to understand Easter.
April 11, 2009
John 18:1-19:42
Job 14:1-14
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 10, 2009
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 11, 2009
Alive Now – April 11, 2009,
“The Great Vigil of Easter”
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