Thursday, April 13, 2025 - Maundy Thursday Worship

Maundy Thursday April 17, 2025 - 7:00 pm Welcome to worship at Resurrection Lutheran Church! Today, we celebrate God’s work in our lives, receiving His Word and Sacraments that strengthens our relationship with Him and one another. By the blood of Christ, we are the household of God that He builds up by grace, through faith, and for service! Maundy Thursday (most likely from the Latin, mandatum, meaning a new commandment) or Holy Thursday begins a single service that spans three days, called the Triduum. What is begun tonight is not concluded until the Easter Vigil or the first Eucharist of Easter Sunday. This is one story told in three parts over three days. This is the story that Jesus began on Palm Sunday when He entered Jerusalem to complete all He had come to accomplish. The Triduum starts with Passover, the last of the Passovers Jesus would celebrate and the last of the Passovers appointed by God. Things are changing. This final Passover becomes the introduction to the new covenant meal of Jesus' body and blood. Sermon by Pastor Zach Sarrault For You, Luke 22:7-20 Old Testament, Jeremiah 31:31-34 Epistle, Hebrews 10:15-25 Holy Gospel, Luke 22:7-20 Music: Prelude - Jesus Christus Unser Heiland – H. Walcha, F. Peeters, D. Buxtehude Offering of Music by Jubilee Bells Go to Dark Gethsemane Hymn of Praise - O Lord, We Praise Thee, LSB 617 Text (sts. 1-3): © 1941 Concordia Publishing House Used by permission: onelicense.net, number A-701709. Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2006 Concordia Publishing House. Hymn of the Day - I Come, O Savior, to Thy Table, LSB 618 Text (sts. 1, ref, 2-5): © 1941 Concordia Publishing House Used by permission: onelicense.net, number A-701709. Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2006 Concordia Publishing House. Offertory - Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart, LSB 806 Distribution Hymn - Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord, LSB 637 Text (sts. 1-3) and Tune: Public domain. Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2006 Concordia Publishing House. Distribution Hymn - Here, O My Lord, I See Thee Face to Face, LSB 631 Text (sts. 1-7) and Tune: Public domain. Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2006 Concordia Publishing House. Distribution Hymn - When You Woke that Thursday Morning, LSB 445 Text (sts. 1-5): © 1991 Concordia Publishing House Used by permission: onelicense.net, number A-701709. Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2006 Concordia Publishing House. Closing Hymn - Go, My Children, with My Blessing, LSB 922 Text (sts. 1-4): © 1983 Concordia Publishing House Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET, number 100012469. Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2006 Concordia Publishing House. ----------- Stripping of Altar Removal of the Altar Candles, Psalm 27:1-4 Removal of Offering Plates, 2 Corinthians 8:8-9 Removal of the Altar Books, Psalm 20:1-4 Removal of Communion Vessels, Psalm 22:1-5 Removal of the Paraments, Psalm 88:4-18 Holy Gospel, Matthew 26:30, 36-38 Hymn - Jesus I Will Ponder Now, LSB 440 Text (sts. 1-5) and Music: Public domain. Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2006 Concordia Publishing House. Servants in Worship: Preacher - Rev. Zach Sarrault Presiding Minister - Rev. Dr. Jonathan Blanke Assisting Minister - Tyler Timm Organist/Pianist/Director - Robert Unger