April 10: Good Friday - Hope in Isolation
Welcome to St Mark’s Home Church, wherever you are in the world, on this very strange Good Friday. As you scroll down you can follow the form of the service at your own pace with space for interaction, Bible readings, song and prayer as you feel led.
If you’re doing this with your family, head over here to access our Good Friday kid’s content, or you can do this at a later time.
Take a moment to pray…
Pause for a moment to pray by yourself, with your family, or whoever you’re with as you prepare your heart to meet with Jesus.
Psalm 22
Worship
Gospel Reading: Mark 15:21-40
New Testament Reading:
2 Corinthians 5:14-21
14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.
16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Message
Worship
Prayers
We invite you to take some time to pray with your household, in silence, or journal your own prayers.
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial,
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours
now and for ever.
Amen.
Community: Letter’s to God
We asked the kid’s in our Church family to write letters to God, sharing what is on their hearts at this time. We’ll be sharing these during the pandemic period. This beautiful letter was written by Samantha, aged 10. We hope you’re inspired by what’s on her heart, and Kim’s letter of encouragement to her. (You can click the images to enlarge them or click here to view a large print version.).
Giving
This Good Friday we urge you to remember the poor all around the world who are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 virus. If you are able, we encourage you to consider giving to Tear Australia in this time, to support the work they are doing in the most difficult places to support vulnerable communities in need
“All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor...” – Galatians 2:10
Thank you so much to those who have switched to online giving to support the ministries of our Church, it’s especially needed during this difficult time. If you’d like to set up online giving, click the link below.
Thank you
If you’re interested in joining Alpha online, please let Gayle know by emailing gayle.goninon@hotmail.com.
If you’ve responded to this message you can comment below or get in touch directly via email at homechurch@laurenipsum.co.
See you online on Sunday to celebrate the resurrection!