ANNOUNCEMENTS This month we are collecting canned mixed vegetables for FISH Palm Sunday: Mar. 20 th, SS – 9:00 a.m., Worship – 10:00 a.m. Maundy Thursday: Mar. 24 th, Worship – 6:00 p.m. Good Friday: Mar. 25 th, Worship – 6:00 p.m. Resurrection Sunday: Mar. 27 th, Worship – 10:00 a.m.
Tonight’s Order of Service Prelude: “Good Friday Medley” Hymn # 176: “Lead Me to Calvary” (3 vs.) Announcements & Prayer Hymn # 196: “There Is a Fountain” (4 vs.) Hymn # 210: “Jesus Paid It All” (4 vs.) Special Music: “Who Am I?” Sermon: “Signs of the Messiah” Invitation # 186: “The Old Rugged Cross” (4 vs.) Recessional: “Near the Cross”
The Signs of the Cross Matthew 27:51-53
The Signs of the Cross Matthew 27:51a The Torn Curtain “Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom ….”
The Signs of the Cross Matthew 27:51b-52a An Earthquake, Rock Slide & Grave Opening “Then, behold, … the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, and the graves were opened ….”
The Signs of the Cross Matthew 27:52b-53 The Raising of the Dead “… And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the graves after his resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.”
The Witnesses at the Cross Matthew 27:54-56
The Witnesses at the Cross Matthew 27:54 The Centurion & His Soldiers “So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earth- quake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, ‘Truly this was the Son of God!’”
The Witnesses at the Cross Matthew 27:55-56 The Female Disciples “And many women who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him, were there looking on from afar ….”