Good Friday Service
The second installment in the Service of the Great Three Days (Triduum) commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. A Service of Tenebrae or “Darkness” is based on a twelfth-century late-night service and is an extended meditation on the passion of Christ.
March 29, 2024
Good Friday Tenebrae Service
John 18:1-19:42
7 pm, Sanctuary
In this Service of Tenebrae (“Darkness”), the extinguishing of candles is interspersed with prayer, scripture readings, and hymns (no sermon) as we remember the crucifixion of Christ. The service concludes with a dramatic stripping and shrouding of the
Lord’s table and Sanctuary to show the desolation and abandonment of Jesus during his long night in the Garden of Gethsemane and all that followed.