Prelude: “To Sorrows Now I Tune My Song” from “Samson” by G. F. Handel, arranged by George Blake
Call to Worship & Invocation
Hymn: “Beneath the Cross of Jesus” Words: Elizabeth C Clephane, 1872, Music: ST. CHRISTOPHER by Frederick C Maker, 1881
Beneath the cross of Jesus
I fain would take my stand,
The shadow of a mighty rock
Within a weary land;
A home within the wilderness,
A rest upon the way,
From the burning of the noontide heat,
And the burden of the day.
Upon that cross of Jesus
Mine eye at times can see
The very dying form of One
Who suffered there for me;
And from my smitten heart with tears
These wonders I confess;
The wonder of His glorious love
And my unworthiness.
Scripture: John 19:16b-42
Sermon: SECRET FOLLOWERS OF JESUS by Rev. Martha Dominy
Prayer
Hymn: “Were You There” Words & Music: African-American Spiritual
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they nailed Him to a tree?
Were you there when they nailed Him to a tree?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they nailed Him to a tree?
Were you there when they laid Him in a tomb?
Were you there when they laid Him in a tomb?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they laid Him in a tomb?
Benediction
Postlude: “Looking toward the Cross”, a Medley of familiar hymns by Lani Smith
Organist/Pianist: Ms. Marilyn Glover