Christ on Campus - Good Friday Service

Good Friday Service - ISCA

This is a recording of a special Good Friday service organized by ISCA (International Student Christian Association) that was held at the Rockhouse.

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During the service scripture was read in various languages, and there was prayer and singing. You can read or download the program to follow along. The prelude music is actually at the end of the podcast, rather than the beginning, so when you listen it will start with the actual program.

7 Candles are lit at the beginning of the service, and extinguished throughout as listed.

Welcome/Opening Prayer

Worship:

Luke 22:39-46 (Read in Chinese)

39Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. 40On reaching the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation." 41He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, 42"Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done." 43An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. 44And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. 45When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow. 46"Why are you sleeping?" he asked them. "Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation."

Candle 1: Shadow of agony and Spirit at Gethsemane

The darkness when we extinguish this candle symbolizes the shadow of the grueling agony Jesus met at Gethsemane

John 18:1-8 (read in Japanese)

1When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. On the other side there was an olive grove, and he and his disciples went into it. 2Now Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples. 3So Judas came to the grove, guiding a detachment of soldiers and some officials from the chief priests and Pharisees. They were carrying torches, lanterns and weapons. 4Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and asked them, "Who is it you want?" 5"Jesus of Nazareth," they replied. "I am he," Jesus said. (And Judas the traitor was standing there with them.) 6When Jesus said, "I am he," they drew back and fell to the ground. 7Again he asked them, "Who is it you want?"
And they said, "Jesus of Nazareth." 8"I told you that I am he," Jesus answered. "If you are looking for me, then let these men go."

Candle 2: Shadow of Arrest

The darkness when we extinguish this candle symbolizes the shadow of the betrayal and the arrest that met Jesus

Worship

Go to Dark Gethsemane – (James Montgomery, Richard Redhead; ©Public Domain)

Matthew 26:69-70; 27:1-5 (Read in French)

69Now Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him. "You also were with Jesus of Galilee," she said. 70But he denied it before them all. "I don't know what you're talking about," he said. 1Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people came to the decision to put Jesus to death. 2They bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate, the governor. 3When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders. 4"I have sinned," he said, "for I have betrayed innocent blood."
"What is that to us?" they replied. "That's your responsibility." 5So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

Candle 3: Shadow of Denial

The darkness when we extinguish this candle symbolizes the shadow of Peter’s denial that met Jesus

Mark 15:1-15 (read in Malayalam)

1Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, reached a decision. They bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate. 2"Are you the king of the Jews?" asked Pilate.
"Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied. 3The chief priests accused him of many things. 4So again Pilate asked him, "Aren't you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of." 5But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed. 6Now it was the custom at the Feast to release a prisoner whom the people requested. 7A man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the uprising. 8The crowd came up and asked Pilate to do for them what he usually did. 9"Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?" asked Pilate, 10knowing it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him. 11But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas instead. 12"What shall I do, then, with the one you call the king of the Jews?" Pilate asked them. 13"Crucify him!" they shouted. 14"Why? What crime has he committed?" asked Pilate.
But they shouted all the louder, "Crucify him!" 15Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.

Candle 4: Shadow of Accusation

The darkness when we extinguish this candle symbolizes the shadow of the unfair accusation that met Jesus

Matthew 27:27-31 (Read in Malay)

27Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. 28They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand and knelt in front of him and mocked him. "Hail, king of the Jews!" they said. 30They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. 31After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

Candle 5: Shadow of the Mockery

The darkness when we extinguish this candle symbolizes the shadow of the mockery that met Jesus in the hands of the soldiers

Worship

Alas and Mid My Savior Bleed? - (Isaac Watts, Hugh Wilson; ©Public Domain) When I Survey the Wondrous Cross - (Isaac Watts, Lowell Mason; ©Public Domain)

Matthew 27:32-44 (Read in Tigrigna)

32As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross. 33They came to a place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the Skull). 34There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it. 35When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots. 36And sitting down, they kept watch over him there. 37Above his head they placed the written charge against him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 38Two robbers were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. 39Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads 40and saying, "You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!" 41In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him. 42"He saved others," they said, "but he can't save himself! He's the King of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, 'I am the Son of God.' " 44In the same way the robbers who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.

Candle 6: Shadow of the Crucifixion

The darkness when we extinguish this candle symbolizes the shadow of the sufferings at the cross that met Jesus

Luke 23:44-49 (Read in English)

44It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, 45for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 46Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last. 47The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, "Surely this was a righteous man." 48When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts and went away. 49But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

Candle 7: Shadow of death

The darkness when we remove this candle symbolizes the shadow of death that met Jesus

Worship

The Old Rugged Cross – (George Bennard; ©Public Domain)How Deep the Father’s Love For Us – (Stuart Townend; © 1995 Kingsway's Thankyou Music) You Are My King (Amazing Love) - (Billy Foote; ©1997 Worshiptogether.com Songs) Were You There – (Traditional African-American Spiritual - ©Public Domain) Video* “It’s Friday now, Sunday’s coming” *removed from podcast for copyright reasons

Mark 15:42-46 (Read in Farsi)

42It was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath). So as evening approached, 43Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body. 44Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died. 45When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he gave the body to Joseph. 46So Joseph bought some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.

Candle Restored

The candle that is restored is to symbolize the glorious Sunday that is coming