Order of Worship for Friday Night

Remembering the Death of Jesus

April 2, 2010, 7pm

Exeter Presbyterian Church

Part of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)

73 Winter Street, Exeter, New Hampshire, (603) 772-7479, Pastor Stephen C. Magee

Dr. Hughes Oliphant Old, Worship, p.108:

“And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives”… This undoubtedly refers to the singing of the Hallel, Psalms 113-118, which was already, in the days of Jesus, part of the Jewish Passover Seder.

Call to Worship
Psalm 113 – An Invocation
Scripture Reading: Matthew 26:31-56 (p. 832)
Psalm 114 – Remembering the Exodus, Part I
Scripture Reading: Matthew 26:57-75 (p. 833)
Psalm 115 – Remembering the Exodus, Part II
Scripture Reading: Matthew 27:1-14 (p. 833)
Psalm 116 – Thanksgiving for Israel’s Redemption from Slavery
Scripture Reading: Matthew 27:15-23 (p. 834)
Psalm 117 – A Call to All Nations to Be Partakers of Israel’s Redemption
Scripture Reading: Matthew 27:24-31 (p. 834)
Psalm 118:1-16 – The Messianic Hope, Part I
Scripture Reading: Matthew 27:32-44 (p. 834)
Psalm 118:17-29 – The Messianic Hope, Part II
Scripture Reading: Matthew 27:45-54 (p. 834)
“O Sacred Head, Now Wounded” (#247)

The Lord's Prayer
Offering – World Missions
Pastoral Prayer of Thanksgiving, Intercession, and Illumination
Sermon: “They hated me without a cause”
(John 15:25 and Psalm 69:4, Preaching: Pastor Stephen Magee)
But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ‘They hated me without a cause.’
The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, (Matthew 26:26-29)

“Alive in Christ” (Modern #9)
Benediction