Our First Good Friday Meal

Last night we had our first Good Friday meal; the first of hopefully many to come and another step towards dipping ourselves further into our rich Christian heritage. We had fourteen people over for an evening filled with song, fellowship, wine, and good food. Just to give you a "taste", I'll show you some of the pictures we took, our menu, and our liturgy for the evening.

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Our menu for the evening (prepared by Sam) consisted of:

Spring Mix Salad w/ Homemade Champagne vinaigrette;

Crab & Albacore Bisque;

Rosemary Bread;

A red wine from the Ten Spoon Vineyard (in Missoula); and

A Pinot Noir from Parker Station.

For dessert we had:

Pound Cake with whip cream and fresh raspberries and blackberries.

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Can you spot the wannabe wine connoisseur?

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Good Friday Dinner Liturgy 2006 A.D.

"But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." - Romans 5:8
Beginning Prayer
Scripture Reading: Genesis 22:1-18
Song: "Psalm 22" (pg.31)
Scripture Reading: John 3:14-17
Song: "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded" (pg. 263)
Scripture Reading: Hebrews 10:5-10
Song: "How Sweet and Awful Is the Place" (pg. 258)
Prayer
Our Good Friday Meal
Prayer
Scripture Reading: John 13:1-7
Song: "O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus" (pg. 264)
Scripture Reading: Isaiah 53
Song: "Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands" (pg. 269)
Scripture Reading: Luke 23
Song: "Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted" (Handout)

Ending Prayer
"What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but gave him up for us all; how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?" - Romans 8:31-32

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Winston decided to get a little too close while he was watching Sam prepare dessert!