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Small Children are welcome to play in St Thomas's Chapel,
near the porch
Baptised Communicants of other Churches are encouraged to
receive communion
Children and other non-communicants are invited to come to
the altar for a blessing
The Ministry of Healing is offered in the Chapel, after Communion
is given
THANKSGIVING for the INSTITUTION of the EUCHARIST
STRIPPING OF THE ALTAR, WATCH OF PRAYER UNTIL 10 PM
Processional Hymn 368 All my hope on God is founded
Collect of the Day
God our Father, you have invited us to share in the supper which your Son gave to his Church to proclaim his death until he comes: may he nourish us by his presence, and unite us in his love; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
First Reading Exodus 12.1-4(5-10)11-14 (p.162)
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 neighbour 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 judgements: 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.
Second Reading 1 Corinthians 11.23-26 (p.165)
Beloved: 23I 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.
Gradual Hymn 130 An upper room
Priest Praise to you, O Christ, King of eternal glory. I give you a new commandment, says the Lord:Love one another as I have loved you.
All Praise to you, O Christ, King of eternal glory.
GOSPEL John 13.1-17, 31b-35 (p.165)
It was just before the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love. The evening meal was being served, and the devil had already prompted Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, to betray Jesus. Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel round his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped round him. He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” Jesus replied, “You do not realise now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” “No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.” “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!” Jesus answered, “A person who has had a bath needs only to wash his feet; his whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.” For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean. When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord’, and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. “Now is the Son of Man glorified and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once. “My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come. “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
Offertory Hymn 318 O Thou who at Thy Eucharist did pray
Communion Hymn 309 Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Post Communion Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, we thank you that in this wonderful sacrament you have given us the memorial of your passion: grant us so to reverence the sacred mysteries of your body and blood that we may know within ourselves and show forth in our lives the fruit of your redemption, for you are alive and reign, now and for ever.
Reservation of the Sacrament in the Chapel
(for communion on Good Friday)
Prayer watch in church until 10 pm
Some material included in this service is copyright: © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ, USA. Some material included in this service is copyright: © The Archbishops' Council 2000John 13.1-17,31b-35 © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Pub. Hodder & Stoughton
GOOD FRIDAY
14 April 2006
Walk of witness
10.45 – 11 am Meet at St Stephens
11 – 11.15 am Gather on Shepherds Bush Green
11.30 am Return to St Stephens
St Stephen will join with St Lukes, St Michaels and St Simon for a short 15 minute gathering on Shepherds Bush Green. Each congregation will then return to their different churches for the Good Friday services of remembrance
Devotion for the Three Hours
led by Rev Dr Bob Mayo
12 noon – 1 pm Stations of the Cross
1.30 pm – 3 pm Good Friday Worship:
Passion Readings and Meditations
EASTER DAY
16 April 2006
5.30 am Easter Vigil
10 am Sung Eucharist
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