APRIL 02, 2026
MAUNDY
THURSDAY
This service begins and ends in silence for prayer and private
reflection. Please refrain from unnecessary conversation.
PRELUDE A Lamb Goes Dorward
Uncomplaining arr. James Biery
CONFESSION
AND FORGIVENESS
Friends in
Christ, in this Lenten season we have heard our Lord's call to struggle against
sin, death, and the devil—all that keeps us from loving God and each other.
This is the struggle to which we were called at baptism.
Within the
community of the church, God never wearies of forgiving sin and giving the
peace of reconciliation. On this night let us confess our sin against God and
our neighbor, and enter the celebration of the great Three Days reconciled with
God and with one another.
Keep silence
for reflection and self-examination.
Most
merciful God,
we confess
that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves.
We have
sinned against you in thought, word, and deed,
by what we
have done and by what we have left undone.
We have not
loved you with our whole heart;
we have not
loved our neighbors as ourselves.
For the sake
of your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us.
Forgive us,
renew us, and lead us,
so that we
may delight in your will and walk in your ways,
to the glory
of your holy name. Amen.
The
presiding minister addresses the assembly.
In the mercy
of almighty God,
Jesus Christ
was given to die for us,
and for his
sake God forgives us all our sins.
As a called
and ordained minister of the church of Christ
and by his
authority, I therefore declare to you
the entire
forgiveness of all your sins,
in the name
of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
HYMN Now We
Join in Celebration
GREETING
The grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be
with you all. And also with you.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
FIRST READING: Exodus
12:1-4 [5-10] 11-14
1The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt:
2This month shall mark for you the beginning of months; it shall be
the first month of the year for you. 3Tell the whole congregation of
Israel that on the tenth of this month they are to take a lamb for each family,
a lamb for each household. 4If a household is too small for a whole
lamb, it shall join its closest neighbor in obtaining one; the lamb shall be
divided in proportion to the number of people who eat of it.
[5Your lamb shall be without blemish, a
year-old male; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. 6You
shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembled
congregation of Israel shall slaughter it at twilight. 7They shall
take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the
houses in which they eat it. 8They shall eat the lamb that same
night; they shall eat it roasted over the fire with unleavened bread and bitter
herbs. 9Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted
over the fire, with its head, legs, and inner organs. 10You shall
let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the
morning you shall burn.]
11This is
how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your
staff in your hand; and you shall eat it hurriedly. It is the passover of the
LORD. 12For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I
will strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both human beings and
animals; on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD. 13The
blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live: when I see the
blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall destroy you when I strike the
land of Egypt.
14This day shall be a day of remembrance for
you. You shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD; throughout your
generations you shall observe it as a perpetual ordinance.
The Word of
the Lord. Thanks Be to God.
Psalm: 116:1-2, 12-19
1 I love the Lord, who has | heard
my voice, and listened to my | supplication,
2 for the Lord has
given | ear to me whenever I called.
12 How shall I repay the Lord
for all the good things God has | done for
me?
13 I will lift the cup | of salvation and
call on the name | of the Lord.
14 I will fulfill my vows | to the Lord in the presence of | all
God’s people.
15 Precious in your | sight, O Lord, is the death | of
your servants.
16 O Lord, truly
I | am your servant; I am your servant, the child
of your
handmaid; you
have freed me | from my bonds.
17 I will offer you the sacrifice | of
thanksgiving and call upon the name | of
the Lord.
18 I will fulfill my vows | to the Lord in the presence of | all
God’s people,
19 in the courts of | the Lord’s house, in the midst of you, | O
Jerusalem.
SECOND READING: 1
Corinthians 11:23-26
23For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to
you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of
bread, 24and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said,
"This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." 25In
the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying, "This cup is the
new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of
me." 26For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup,
you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.
The Word of
the Lord. Thanks Be to God.
GOSPEL: John 13:1-17,
31b-35
The Holy
Gospel according to Saint John the 13th chapter. Glory to you O Lord.
1Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew
that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having
loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2The
devil had already put it into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot to
betray him. And during supper 3Jesus, knowing that the Father had
given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to
God, 4got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a
towel around himself. 5Then he poured water into a basin and began
to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied
around him. 6He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord,
are you going to wash my feet?" 7Jesus answered, "You do
not know now what I am doing, but later you will understand." 8Peter
said to him, "You will never wash my feet." Jesus answered,
"Unless I wash you, you have no share with me." 9Simon
Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my
head!" 10Jesus said to him, "One who has bathed does not
need to wash, except for the feet, but is entirely clean. And you are clean,
though not all of you." 11For he knew who was to betray him;
for this reason he said, "Not all of you are clean." 12After
he had washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to the table,
he said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you? 13You
call me Teacher and Lord and you are right, for that is what I am. 14So
if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one
another's feet. 15For I have set you an example, that you also
should do as I have done to you. 16Very truly, I tell you, servants
are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who
sent them. 17If you know these things, you are blessed if you do
them. 31b"Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has
been glorified in him. 32If God has been glorified in him, God will
also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once. 33Little
children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me; and as I
said to the Jews so now I say to you, 'Where I am going, you cannot come.' 34I
give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved
you, you also should love one another. 35By this everyone will know
that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."
SERMON
HYMN Just
As I Am #592
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION
PEACE
OFFERING
SPECIAL
MUSIC “According to Thy
Gracious Word” Chancel Choir
Great thanksgiving
PROPER
PREFACE
SANCTUS
COMMUNION
PRAYER
LORD'S
PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy
will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and
lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the
glory, forever and ever. Amen
DISTRIBUTION
OF COMMUNION
Stripping of
the Altar
(Psalm 22 is read during the
Stripping of the Altar)
Worship ends
in Silence
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