A Truth for This Night - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

The sinner, knowing himself,
chiding his fellow, speaking truth that day
the righteousness of their sentence
the judgment upon them
paying for their sin
according to the law

The Messiah, hanging beside them
holy and innocent,
carrying the sins of others
servant, slave, to the cross
His life for our own
our burden on his shoulders
giving his all, in submission to God

A truth for this night
sitting quiet in the sanctuary
that the pain he carried, the death
the life he gave was for me
That the thorns were my sin, my life
he bore to the cross
The nails were my stain, mine alone

We measure others, finding their fault
but the truth is that we each had our part
for without the savings, the price paid in blood
none of us would share in the fate of the thief
who would see Christ in paradise.

April 11, 2009
Good Friday Service
Luke 23:39-41
The Repentant Thief
The First Congregational Church of Pembroke, NH
and Suncook United Methodist Church
April 10, 2009
&
John 18:1-19:42
Job 14:1-14
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 10, 2009
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 11, 2009
Alive Now – April 11, 2009,
“The Great Vigil of Easter”
&
Holy Thursday service
and service of Tenebrae
Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Pastor Ruth L. Foss
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
April 9, 2009
Tenebrae – The Service of Shadows
1. THE SHADOW OF BETRAYAL
Matthew 26:20-25
2. THE SHADOW OF INNER AGONY
Luke 22:40-44
3. THE SHADOW OF LONELINESS
Matthew 26:40-45
4. THE SHADOW OF DESERTION
Matthew 26:47-50,55,56
5. THE SHADOW OF ACCUSATION
Matthew 26:59-67
6. THE SHADOW OF MOCKERY
Mark 15:12-20
7. THE SHADOW OF DEATH
Luke 23:33-46
Hymn: Were You There…
FINAL READING
John 1:1-4