Good Friday Service

Welcome to our Good Friday Service which we did in collaboration with Eglinton St. George's Untied Church.

Order of Service

Kyrie, from Mass in G (Schubert)
Combined Choirs of LPCC and ESG , Conductor - Daniel Rubinoff , Organ - Cari Astleford

After the Last Supper: "When they had sung the hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives." (Mark 14:26)

“Psalter” By William Baer, read by Rev. Stephen Milton, LPCC

Agnus Dei, from Mass in G (Schubert)
Combined Choirs of LPCC and ESG , Conductor - Daniel Rubinoff , Organ - Cari Astleford

Praying in Gethsemani: "In his anguish Jesus prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground." (Luke 22:44)

“Gethsemani” By William Baer, read by Paul Winkelmans, LPCC

Kyrie (Rubinoff) Soloists from LPCC, Conductor - Daniel Rubinoff/Saxophone, Organ - Cari Astleford

The Trial: "While Pilate was sitting on the judgement seat, his wife sent word to him, ‘Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for today I have suffered a great deal because of a dream about him.’"( Matthew 27:19)

“Procla” By William Baer, read by Rev. Roberta Howey, LPCC

Requiem Canticorum (Whitbourn) Combined choirs of LPCC and ESG, Conducted by Shawn Grenke ,
Daniel Rubinoff, soprano saxophone, Cari Astleford, organ

On the way to Golgotha: "As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene [Libya], who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus." (Luke 23:26)

“Simon the Cyrenian Speaks” By Countee Cullenc, read by Kweku Akyempon, LPCC

As Jesus Hung Upon the Cross (Bach) Cari Astleford, organ

The Thief: "Then two bandits were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left… from noon on, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon." ( Matthew 27:38,45)

“Eclipse” by William Baer, read by Rev. Dr. Paul Hutchinson, ESG

Drop Drop Slow Tears (Rubinoff) Daniel Rubinoff, soprano saxophone

On the Cross: "At three o’clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice,‘Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?’
which means, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’" (Mark 15:34)

“Like Jesus to the Crows” , by Vievee Francis, read by Rhiannon Hill, LPCC

Ave Verum (Camille Saint-Saëns) LPCC Choir, Conducted by Daniel Rubinoff

Jesus Dies: "Then Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last." (Mark 15:37)

“A Poem for Good Friday” By Emily Dickinson read by Rev. Don Parsons, ESG

Cry No More (Dan Forrest) ESG Choir, Shawn Grenke, piano

After Christ’s Death

“Fourth Hour. The Sorrows of Mary "By Harriet Beecher Stowe, Read by Rev. Sarah Chapman, ESG

God So Loved the World (Chilcott) Combined choirs of LPCC and ESG, Conducted by Daniel Rubinoff