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Sunrise Service: What do You Exclaim When You're Surprised?

4/17/2022

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He is Risen!
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Good Friday Service: Reversible Errors

4/15/2022

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Our shared Good Friday Service was held at Upper Buffalo. 

Special music was provided by Sue Ann Armstrong, flute, and Toni Sears, piano.
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Maundy Thursday Tenebrae Service

4/14/2022

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Tenebrae, from the Latin word for "shadows," has been observed in the church of Jesus Christ since the fourth century on Maundy Thursday or Good Friday. During the service, different readers will recall the events that led Jesus to the cross, and we will extinguish fourteen candles, one by one, dramatizing the suffering and death of Jesus. The diminishing light symbolizes the fading devotion of the disciples and the sin of the world. At the end of the service the sanctuary will be dark. During the service, the chimes will toll thirty-three times to signal Jesus' thirty-three years. The Christ candle will then return, symbolizing the hope of his promised resurrection. At the conclusion of the service, please leave silently, contemplating Christ's crucifixion. Jesus, the Son of God, was dead.
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Good Friday: Tenebrae and Holy Communion

4/2/2021

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 Tenebrae, from the Latin word for “shadows,” has been observed in the church of Jesus Christ since the fourth century on Maundy Thursday or Good Friday. During the service, different readers will recall the events that led Jesus to the cross, and we will extinguish fourteen candles, one by one, dramatizing the suffering and death of Jesus. The diminishing light symbolizes the fading devotion of the disciples and the sin of the world. At the end of the service the worship center will be dark. During the service, the chimes will toll thirty-three times to signal Jesus’ thirty three years. The Christ candle will then return, symbolizing the hope of his promised resurrection. At the conclusion of the service, please leave silently, contemplating Christ’s crucifixion. Jesus, the Son of God, was dead.
GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE
 
TENNEBRAE AND HOLY COMMUNION
GATHERING IN THE LORD’S NAME
In silence and meditation prepare yourself for worship
Once the candles have been lit, please be respectful of that sign as the beginning of worship by refraining from conversation with those around you so that all may enter into a time of silent preparation for worship.

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Easter Sunday Worship

4/12/2020

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He is Risen!
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Sunday School: A Resurrected Savior

4/12/2020

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Happy Easter!
He is Risen!

The scripture referenced throughout this lesson has been linked to an online text. If you click on a scripture, it will open up in a new window.
Our scripture this week is 1 Corinthians 15:1-8, 12-14, 20-23, 42-45.

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Sunrise Service

4/12/2020

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He is Risen!
He is Risen Indeed!

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Prayer:
Lord we lift our hearts to you.
As the dawn breaks, may we carry the unity we share into every moment knowing that we are one with the risen Christ.
Lord, we lift our eyes to you. As the sunrises, may this moment stay with us, reminding us to look for the beautiful colors of promise in your word.
Lord, we lift our prayers to you. As the dew air falls, may we breathe this morning in and know that like the earth, you sustain us, keep us and work within us always.
​And so, we lift our voices to you. We celebrate the greatest day in history, when Jesus rose from death, defeated darkness and bathed the world in stunning resurrection light. May we ever live to praise you!
Amen.

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Holy Saturday

4/11/2020

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Luke 23:50-56 
The Burial of Jesus
50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, 51 who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God. 52 Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body. 53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. 54 It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.
55 The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. 56 Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.

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Maundy Thursday

4/9/2020

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The word Maundy comes from the Latin word mandatum, a command or mandate. The night before he was crucified, on a Thursday, Jesus ate the Passover Meal with his disciples. This was where the first Communion was shared. After eating, Jesus gave his followers a new mandate: 
A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. John 13:34

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The Welcoming of a King

4/5/2020

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Happy Palm Sunday!

Matthew 21
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Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King
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As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,
 2 saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”
4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
5 “Say to Daughter Zion,
    ‘See, your king comes to you,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
    and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’"
6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on. 8 A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,
“Hosanna to the Son of David!”
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
“Hosanna in the highest heaven!”
10 When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”
11 The crowds answered, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”

North Buffalo Church Sunday Service April 5, 2020 from FuneralBroadcasting on Vimeo.


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