This most somber and significant day of the Christian year marks the death of Christ on the cross for the sins of the entire world. Good Friday is appropriately characterized by fasting, abstinence, and penitence, leading us to focus on Jesus and the meaning of his Cross. The church is darkened; the bare, stark appearance of the church serves as a reminder of the solemnity and the sorrow of the day. The Lord of Life was rejected, mocked, scourged, and then put to death on the Cross. The faithful are reminded of the role which their own sin played in this suffering and agony, as Christ took all sin upon himself, in obedience to his Father’s will. By the Cross we are redeemed, set free from bondage to sin and death. The Cross is a sign of God’s never-ending love for us. It is a sign of life, in the midst of death. (Adapted from BCP, 564)
Good Friday Services, April 18th
2:00pm | Seven Last Words Service | Sanctuary
6:00pm | Stations of the Cross | Front Lawn
7:00pm | Good Friday Service | Sanctuary