Lent 2015: Good Friday

[dreamflower]

We just came home from the Good Friday service. It was a little different this year; we began in the Fellowship Hall, where we all sat in small groups at tables. Our Pastor led the service, but we were a part of it all; those at each table anointed one another with oil, washed one another's hands and then served one another communion. Then we carried small candles and processed with the lit candles to the sanctuary. The choir sang an anthem while we all prayed silently. Then we went to the front, where we left the burning candles in sand beneath the cross at the front of the sanctuary, and each of us left in silence.

This is the hymn the choir sang. It was new to me:

Comments

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a lovely service.

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a really lovely, reverent service for Good Friday.

[dreamflower]

It really was. Our pastor has a wonderful way of coming up with services that are different, and yet remain essentially liturgical.

[dreamflower]

It truly was.