“He (Matthew 28:6)...“He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.” (Matthew 28:6) Dear Central Family, This is what it is all about! The week leading up to Easter has traditionally

“He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.”

(Matthew 28:6)

Dear Central Family,

This is what it is all about!

The week leading up to Easter has traditionally been

called “Holy Week.” It is the most sacred week of the

year! As a church family, Central Baptist has, for

some years now, set apart this week as a time of

special reflection and worship in preparation for the

most important day of the year: Easter!

In this guide you will find orders of service, dates and

times, song titles, scripture references, and

inspirational readings. Take and read, then come and

worship. Embrace this week with commitment and

with joy. This, after all, is what it is all about!

May this Holy Week guide be a help and

encouragement to you all!

Wyman Richardson Kasey Earl

Pastor Minister of Music

& Worship

Palm Sunday, April 14 9 a.m. (Sunday School) / 10:15 a.m. & 6 p.m.

(Worship)

Monday, April 15 Holy Monday - 12:10–12:50 p.m.

Tuesday, April 16 Holy Tuesday - 12:10–12:50 p.m.

Wednesday, April 17 Holy Wednesday - 6:00 p.m.

Thursday, April 18 Maundy Thursday - 6:30 p.m.

Friday, April 19 Good Friday - 6:30 p.m.

Easter Sunday, April 21 7:30 (Sunrise) / 8:00 (Breakfast) / 9 a.m. (Sunday

School) / 10:15 (Worship) / No p.m. service

Palm Sunday

Sunday, April 14

9 a.m. Sunday School / 10:15 a.m. Morning Worship

6 p.m. Evening Worship

Video Introduction

“Our King”

Worship Song

“Lion and the Lamb”

Welcome and Fellowship Time

Pastor Wyman

Worship Songs

“Hosanna (Praise is Rising)”

“Behold Our God”

“Hosanna”

Holy Week Congregational Reading of 1 Corinthians 15

The leader will read the light print and the congregation will

respond in unison with the bold print.

1 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I

preached to you, which you received, in which you

stand,

2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold

fast to the word I preached to you—unless you

believed in vain.

3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I

also received: that Christ died for our sins in

accordance with the Scriptures,

4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the

third day in accordance with the Scriptures,

5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.

6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred

brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive,

though some have fallen asleep.

7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

8 Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared

also to me.

Message

“The Coming King Weeps”

Luke 19:41-44

Invitation

Offering

The battered outlaw of the earth

Of ancient crooked will;

Scourge, beat, deride me—I am dumb—

I keep my secret still.

Fools! For I also had my hour—

One far fierce hour and sweet:

There was a shout around my head

And palms about my feet.

G.K. Chesterton, “The Donkey”

Holy Monday

Prayer Service

Monday, April 15

12:10 p.m.

A theologian is one whose prayer is true.

Evagrius Ponticus, 4th century

Theology is the never-finished discipline of learning

to speak with, to and about God. Prayer, accordingly,

is our most determinative speech. Any theology,

therefore, that is finally not about helping us to pray

cannot be Christian.

Stanley Hauerwas, Prayers Plainly Spoken

Video Introduction

“Prayer”

Welcome / Fellowship

Pastor Wyman

Worship Song

“This is Amazing Grace”




9 For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be

called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of

God.

10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his

grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary,

I worked harder than any of them, though it was

not I, but the grace of God that is with me.

11 Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so

you believed.

12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the

dead, how can some of you say that there is no

resurrection of the dead?

13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not

even Christ has been raised.

14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our

preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.

15 We are even found to be misrepresenting God,

because we testified about God that he raised Christ,

whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not

raised.

16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ

has been raised.

Silent Prayer Before the Worthiness of God

Listen to Andrew Peterson sing, “Is He Worthy?” and read

along, reflecting on the love of Christ.

Do you feel the world is broken? (We do)

Do you feel the shadows deepen? (We do)

But do you know that all the dark won't stop the light from

getting through? (We do)

Do you wish that you could see it all made new? (We do)

Is all creation groaning? (It is)

Is a new creation coming? (It is)

Is the glory of the Lord to be the light within our midst? (It is)

Is it good that we remind ourselves of this? (It is)

Is anyone worthy? Is anyone whole?

Is anyone able to break the seal and open the scroll? The Lion of Judah who conquered the grave

He is David's root and the Lamb who died to ransom the slave

Is He worthy? Is He worthy? Of all blessing and honor and glory

Is He worthy of this? He is

Does the Father truly love us? (He does)

Does the Spirit move among us? (He does)

And does Jesus, our Messiah hold forever those He loves? (He does)

Does our God intend to dwell again with us? (He does)

Is anyone worthy? Is anyone whole?

Is anyone able to break the seal and open the scroll? The Lion of Judah who conquered the grave

He is David's root and the Lamb who died to ransom the slave From every people and tribe

Every nation and tongue He has made us a kingdom and priests to God

To reign with the Son

Is He worthy? Is He worthy? Of all blessing and honor and glory

Is He worthy? Is He worthy? Is He worthy of this?

He is! Is He worthy? Is He worthy?

He is! He is!

Here is an early symbol of the Trinity called the Scutum Fidei.

The P stands for “Pater,” Father. The F stands for “Filius,”

Son. The SS stands for “Spiritus Sancti,” the Holy Spirit.

“Non est” means “is not.”

“Est” means “is.”

Therefore: The Father is not the Son. The Son is not the Spirit.

The Spirit is not the Father.

But:

The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all “Deus,” “God.”

Silent Prayers of Adoration Before the Names of God

Listen as the names of God are read aloud then enter into a time

of silent prayer reflecting on these names and what they tell us

about the greatness of God.

Elohim: Powerful God

Adonai: Lord

El Elyon: God Most High

El Shaddai: Almighty God

Yahweh: I Am Who I Am

Jehovah Jireh: The Lord Provides

Jehovah Rophe: The Lord Heals

Jehovah Nissi: The Lord is Our Banner

Jehovah Mekadesh: The God Who Sanctifies

Jehovah Shalom: The Lord is Peace

Jehovah Tsidkenu: The Lord Our Righteousness

Jehovah Rohi: The Lord is My Shepherd

Jehovah Shammah: The Lord is There

Worship Song

“We Fall Down”

Directed Prayer

Pastor Wyman will lead in a time of directed prayer.

Silent Prayer Concerning the Worthiness of the Lamb

Read Revelation 5 and give thanks to God

for the Lamb who was slain!

1 Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated

on the throne a scroll written within and on the

back, sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a mighty

angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy

to open the scroll and break its seals?” 3 And no one in

heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open

the scroll or to look into it, 4 and I began to weep

loudly because no one was found worthy to open the

scroll or to look into it. 5 And one of the elders said to

me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of

Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he

can open the scroll and its seven seals.” 6 And between

the throne and the four living creatures and among the

elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been

slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which

are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the

earth. 7 And he went and took the scroll from the right

hand of him who was seated on the throne. 8 And

when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures

and the twenty-four elders fell down before the

Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of

incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they

sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the

scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by

your blood you ransomed people for God from every

tribe and language and people and nation, 10 and you

have made them a kingdom and priests to our God,

and they shall reign on the earth.” 11 Then I looked,

and I heard around the throne and the living creatures

and the elders the voice of many angels,

numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of

thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the

Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and

wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!” 13 And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth

and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in

them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to

the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might

forever and ever!” 14 And the four living

creatures said, “Amen!” and the elders fell down and

worshiped.

Conclusion

Holy Tuesday

Prayer Service

Tuesday, April 16

12:10 p.m.

The church in [the 4th/5th century] had a severe penitential

discipline for dealing with sins committed after baptism,

but it was a once-for-all exercise and subject to such

demanding conditions that it was normally postponed until

death's approach. In his eagerness to give fresh hope to

troubled consciences, [John Chrysostom] often went over

the top in extolling the efficacy of repentance (i.e., the

humble outpouring of the contrite heart to God) in

liberating them from their sins; for example, he could say,

"You are a sinner? Don't give up. I keep on applying

these ointments to you…Even if you sin every day, every

day repent." It is little wonder that such unqualified

language upset puritan-minded people.

J.N.D. Kelly, Golden Mouth: The Story of John Chrysostom


Pastor Wyman

Worship Song

“Forever (We Sing Hallelujah)”

Come to the Quiet

Our lives are filled with noise.

We must therefore be intentional about silence.

Listen to John Michael Talbot’s song, “Psalm 131 (Come to the

Quiet)” and then enter into a time of silent prayer, asking God

to meet you in the quiet.

Lord, my heart is not proud Nor are my eyes fixed on things beyond me

In the quiet, I have stilled my soul Like a child at rest on its mother’s knee

I have stilled my soul within me

Israel, come and hope in your Lord Do not set your eyes on things far beyond you

Just come to the quiet Come and still your soul

Like a child at rest on its Daddy’s knee




17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is

futile and you are still in your sins.

18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ

have perished.

19 If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of

all people most to be pitied.

20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the

dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

21 For as by a man came death, by a man has come

also the resurrection of the dead.

22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all

be made alive.

23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits,

then at his coming those who belong to Christ.

24 Then comes the end, when he delivers the

kingdom to God the Father after destroying every

rule and every authority and power.

Prayer of Repentance

What does repentance look like?

What does it sound like?

What does it feel like?

Consider the following example of individual and corporate

repentance in the Burderhof community from Peter Mommsen’s

biography of his grandfather: Homage to a Broken Man: The

Life of J. Heinrich Arnold—A True Story of Faith, Forgiveness,

Sacrifice, and Community.

On September 29, Heiner took another turn for the

worse. Not only was organ after organ failing, but he

was also short of oxygen and had difficulty breathing.

In the afternoon Cyril came into his hut, visibly

shaken. “There cannot be much more time left,” he

said. The nearness of death transformed Heiner. His

spirits rallied as if preparing for a momentous event.

And he was. Life was running out, and before it was

gone he must accomplish his mission. This was no

time for caution: from now on, every moment had to

count; every thread of his life must be reexamined and

brought together. Above all, every task that had ever

been placed on his shoulders must be taken up one

final time – and fulfilled. One of these stood out above

all the rest: the community’s restoration to its early

vigor and health. God would certainly require him to

account for this. So would his father. But how could

the people in Primavera find their way back to it? In a

sense, he knew the answer. He knew that all of them

desperately needed personal renewal – himself as well.

They needed to rediscover the joy of their first love.

Nothing less would be enough to save them. But how

could such a renewal come about? Heiner asked for

the community to gather and had himself carried out

of his hut on a stretcher. “Brothers and sisters,” he

began, “I am not worthy of speaking to you. But

because this hour is critical, I want to beg you: Repent.

Each of us bears a guilt for what has gone wrong; I

know I do. But let us turn away from all this evil!

Only remorse for the past can give us courage to face

the future.” Heiner grew short of breath as he spoke

but pulled himself together: “We have a promise –

‘Behold, I make all things new!’ Everything can

become new! Let us return to the calling that brought

us here in the first place. Let us change our lives and

love one another so that everything can become new!”

As the meeting broke up, joy swept the gathering;

many embraced and asked each other’s pardon. “This

is the gospel – this is what we need now!” “I have

grown callous and cold. Forgive me.” “I have been far

too wrapped up in my work.” Faces streamed with

tears. Karl, who had been weeping openly throughout

the meeting, was now so deeply moved that he fainted.

The hope they had lost in the bleakness of the last

months was returning with double strength. At last

their course had been reset. For the rest of that week,

the community was in upheaval. People met to set

relationships straight and to rid themselves of

longstanding grudges. Heiner heard a dozen, and then

at least a dozen more confessions. Faces were cheerful

and frank, and eyes shone. Exhaustion vanished.

Worship Song

“Christ is Risen”

Video

“Consuming Fire”

Directed Prayer

Wyman Richardson will lead in a time of directed prayer.

Silent Prayer Before the Forgiving Christ

Read Psalm 32 below and enter into a time of silent prayer.

1 Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,

whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity,

and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3 For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away

through my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;

my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah 5 I acknowledged my sin to you,

and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”

and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah 6 Therefore let everyone who is godly

offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found; surely in the rush of great waters,

they shall not reach him. 7 You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble;

you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah 8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;

I will counsel you with my eye upon you. 9 Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding,

which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you.

10 Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord.

11 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

Holy Wednesday Service

Wednesday, April 17

6:00 p.m.

Ah! happy they whose hearts can break

And peace of pardon win!

How else may man make straight his plan

And cleanse his soul from Sin?

How else but through a broken heart

May Lord Christ enter in?

Oscar Wilde, “The Ballad of Reading Gaol,” 1897

Worship Song

“How Great Thou Art”


Thomas Sewell




25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies

under his feet.

26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

27 For “God has put all things in subjection under his

feet.” But when it says, “all things are put in

subjection,” it is plain that he is excepted who put all

things in subjection under him.

28 When all things are subjected to him, then the

Son himself will also be subjected to him who put

all things in subjection under him, that God may

be all in all.

29 Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized

on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all,

why are people baptized on their behalf?

30 Why are we in danger every hour?

31 I protest, brothers, by my pride in you, which I

have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day!

Worship Song

“All I Have is Christ”

Video Introduction to Message

“Let Him In”

Message

“I Stand at the Door and Knock”

Revelation 3:20

Invitation

“I Surrender All”

Maundy Thursday Service

Thursday, April 18

6:30 p.m.

Video Introduction

“Wounds”

Worship Song

“At the Cross”

Opening Prayer

Thomas Sewell


Pastor Wyman




32 What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with

beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, “Let us

eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good

morals.”

34 Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and

do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of

God. I say this to your shame.

35 But someone will ask, “How are the dead

raised? With what kind of body do they come?”

36 You foolish person! What you sow does not come

to life unless it dies.

37 And what you sow is not the body that is to be,

but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some

other grain.

38 But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to

each kind of seed its own body.

39 For not all flesh is the same, but there is one

kind for humans, another for animals, another for

birds, and another for fish.

40 There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but

the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and the glory

of the earthly is of another.

41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory

of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star

differs from star in glory.

42 So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is

sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable.

Communion Message

Preparation for the Observance of Holy Communion

Song of Reflection

“Grace Flows Down”

Corporate Confession of Sin

O God, you have shown us the way of life through your Son,

Jesus Christ.

We confess with shame our slowness to learn of him,

Our failure to follow him, and our reluctance to bear the cross.

We confess the poverty of our worship,

Our neglect of fellowship and the means of grace,

Our hesitating witness for Christ,

Our evasion of responsibilities in our service,

Our imperfect stewardship of your gifts.

Have mercy on us, Lord, and forgive us.

Create within us a clean heart, O God,

And put a new and right spirit within us.

Recitation of the Church Covenant

As a body of born again believers,

We covenant to become an authentic family by

loving one another as Christ loves us,

praying for one another,

speaking truth to one another in love,

being patient with one another,

protecting one another,

considering one another as more important than

ourselves.

We covenant to embrace the whole gospel by

studying God’s Word faithfully,

learning the gospel together in family worship,

giving ear only to sound doctrine,

living out the gospel in our lives,

embracing the whole counsel of God.

We covenant to bring glory to God by

gathering for worship faithfully,

singing to the glory of God,

joining together in fervent prayer,

doing good works to the Father’s glory,

living lives that reflect the beauty of Christ,

giving offerings to God joyfully and faithfully,

We covenant to reach the nations by

sharing the gospel with those around us,

reaching out to the poor and the needy,

praying for the cause of missions in the world,

giving to the financial support of missions,

being personally involved in missions as God leads

and as we are able.

Observance of the Lord’s Supper

Dismissal

C.H. Spurgeon’s Communion Hymn

AMIDST us our Belov'd; stands,

And bids us view His pierc'd; hands;

Points to His wounded feet and side,

Blest emblems of the Crucified.

What food luxurious loads the board,

When at His table sits the Lord!

The wine how rich, the bread how sweet,

When Jesus deigns the guests to meet!

If now with eyes defiled and dim,

We see the signs but see not Him,

Oh, may His love the scales displace,

And bid us see Him face to face!

Our former transports we recount,

When with Him in the holy mount,

These cause our souls to thirst anew,

His marr'd but lovely face to view.

Thou glorious Bridegroom of our hearts,

Thy present smile a heaven imparts:

Oh, lift the veil, if veil there be,

Let every saint Thy beauties see!

Good Friday Worship

April 19

6:30 p.m.

A drawing of the crucifixion by St. John of the Cross

(mid-1570s)

Video Introduction

“The Cross”

Opening Prayer

Thomas Sewell




43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is

sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual

body. If there is a natural body, there is also a

spiritual body.

45 Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a

living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving

spirit.

46 But it is not the spiritual that is first but the

natural, and then the spiritual.

47 The first man was from the earth, a man of dust;

the second man is from heaven.

48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who

are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also

are those who are of heaven.

49 Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust,

we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.

50 I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot

inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the

perishable inherit the imperishable.

Worship Songs

“O Praise the Name”

“How Deep the Father’s Love”

Special Music

“Buried in the Grave”

Reflections on the Seven Last Words

Pastor Wyman

The Seven Last Words of Christ

The Service Ends in Darkness

Easter Sunday

Sunday, April 21

Sunrise Service

7:30 am on the yard in front of the sanctuary

Worship Song

“Because He Lives”

Opening Prayer

Thomas Sewell

Welcome

Pastor Wyman

Worship Song

“O Praise the Name”

Message

Pastor Wyman

Breakfast

8 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall

Sunday School

9 am

Easter Sunday Worship

10:15 in the Sanctuary

Celebration of Baptism

Pastor Wyman

Video Introduction

“Empty”

Intro

“Ain’t No Grave”

Worship Song

“Victory in Jesus”


Thomas Sewell

Worship Songs

“The Blood of Jesus Speaks for Me”

“I Got Saved”

“What a Beautiful Name”




51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep,

but we shall all be changed,

52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the

last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the

dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be

changed.

53 For this perishable body must put on the

imperishable, and this mortal body must put on

immortality.

54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable,

and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall

come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is

swallowed up in victory.”

55 “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is

your sting?”

56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is

the law.

57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory

through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast,

immovable, always abounding in the work of the

Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in

vain.

Message

“Resurrection”

Invitation

“Christ is Risen”

Offering

Video Conclusion “He’s Still Risen”

“Seven Stanzas at Easter”

John Updike (1960)

Make no mistake: if he rose at all It was as His body; If the cell’s dissolution did not reverse, the molecules reknit, The amino acids rekindle, The Church will fall. It was not as the flowers, Each soft spring recurrent; It was not as His Spirit in the mouths and fuddled eyes of the Eleven apostles; It was as His flesh; ours.

The same hinged thumbs and toes The same valved heart That—pierced—died, withered, paused, and then regathered Out of enduring Might New strength to enclose. Let us not mock God with metaphor, Analogy, sidestepping, transcendence, Making of the event a parable, a sign painted in the faded Credulity of earlier ages: Let us walk through the door. The stone is rolled back, not papier-mache, Not a stone in a story, But the vast rock of materiality that in the slow grinding of Time will eclipse for each of us The wide light of day. Let us not seek to make it less monstrous, For our own convenience, our own sense of beauty, Lest, awakened in one unthinkable hour, we are embarrassed By the miracle, And crushed by remonstrance.

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“He (Matthew 28:6)...“He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.” (Matthew 28:6) Dear Central Family, This is what it is all about! The week leading up to Easter has traditionally