Annual Way of the Cross Service- South Pittsburg

South Pittsburg Community – Way of The Cross Gathering:

Good Friday, March 29th at 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at Holly Avenue UMC. You will be inside for the entire service. The church is located at the corner of Holly Ave and 5th Street in South Pittsburg.

Welcome and Instruction: Rev. Joe Moore, on behalf of SPMA

Opening Prayer: We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you, because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world. AMEN. (Kneel if you desire).

1. The Anointing at Bethany: Mark 14:1-11 Read/ Reflect/Pray – Rev. Joe Moore – Lou’s Chapel
Sing: I have decided to follow Jesus
The world behind me, the cross before me
Though none go with me, still I will follow
My cross I’ll carry, till I see Jesus
[No turning back, no turning back]

2. Institution of the Lord’s Supper: Mark 14:22-31
Read/Reflect/Pray – Rev. Kim Hobby – Christ Church Episcopal
302 3rd St., South Pittsburg

3. The Agony in the Garden: Mark 14:32-42
Read/Reflect/Pray: Rev. Paul Robinson – E.P.I.C. Moore Park

4. The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus: Mark 14:43-52
Read/Reflect/Pray – Rev. Bill Stuart
First UMC Whitwell & Whiteside UMC

5. Trial Before the Sanhedrin: Mark 14:53-65
Read/Reflect/Pray: Pastor Ronnie Case – Grace Baptist Church 518 Elm Ave, South Pittsburg

6. Peter Denies Jesus: Mark 14:66-72
Read/Reflect/Pray – Pastor Lamar Jenkins
Mount Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church
Corner of Holly Ave and 2nd St. in South Pittsburg

7. Trial and Sentencing by Pilate: Mark 15:1-15
Read/Reflect/Pray – Rev. Rhonda McGowan
Cumberland Presbyterian Churches of Dunlap & Pikeville

8. The Way of the Cross: Mark 15:16-21 Read/Reflect/Pray – Rev. Kriss McGowan
S. Pittsburg Cumberland Presbyterian Church – 400 Elm Ave
Sing: Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?
Were you there when they pierced Him in the side?
Were you there when the sun refused to shine?
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
[Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble]

9. The Crucifixion of Jesus: Mark 15:22-32
Read/Reflect/Pray – Rev. Scott Davis
Randolph & Holly Ave. UMC

10. The Death of Jesus: Mark 15:33-41
Read/Reflect/Pray – Rev. Royce Vickery
Randolph & Holly Ave. UMC

11. The Burial of Jesus: Mark 15:42-47
Read/Reflect/Pray – Rev. John & Cindy Barker Family Worship Center Nazarene Church of S. Pittsburg 1111 S Cedar Ave, South Pittsburg

12. Benediction: The Rev. Kim Hobby on behalf of SPMA
Offering for the S. Pittsburg Ministerial Assoc. Transient Fund

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost but now am found was blind but now I see.
‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear and grace my fears relieved. How precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed.
Through many dangers, toils, and snares, I have already come; ‘tis grace that brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.