Worship For Friday 10th April 2020

WELCOME
Welcome to Worship At Burnside.
Below are a number of video clips which when watched in order will lead you through a service of worship, of course if you do not have time for the full service you can skip to the parts that interest you most. This is a very special service for Good Friday.
If you would rather watch the whole service as one video playing continually, without the extra text parts, then there is an option to do that.
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We have a very special guest bringing our Good Friday Meditation, Lee McAllister is no stranger to Burnside, Lee was due to conduct Worship on Sunday 19th April while I was to be on Holiday the Sunday after Easter. When I was in contact with Lee about the situation he offered to do anything he could to help. I took him up on that offer and asked him to bring an Easter Message to us. Lee willingly agreed and not only brings us a personal testimony about Easter but he has also managed to volunteer his friend 
James Irwin who will play "Were You There" before Lee speaks. 

CALL TO WORSHIP

LET US WORSHIP GOD
Lord forbid it that I should boast of anything
but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.
In him is salvation, life, and resurrection from the dead;
by him we are redeemed and set free.
Lord may you be gracious to us and bless us,
and make your face to shine upon us.
AMEN

HYMN - There Is A Green Hill Far Away 

​There is a green hill far away,
  Without a city wall,
Where the dear Lord was crucified,
  Who died to save us all.

  Oh, dearly, dearly has He loved,
  And died our sins to bear;
We trust in His redeeming blood,
    And life eternal share.

We may not know, we cannot tell,
  What pains He had to bear;
But we believe it was for us
  He hung and suffered there.

He died that we might be forgiven,
  He died to make us good,
That we might from our sins be freed,
  Saved by His precious blood.

There was no other good enough
  To pay the price of sin,
He only could divine life give
  And dwell Himself within.

PRAYER
“But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5

Dear Lord,
As so many suffer this day, We remember, the pain and suffering of the cross, and all that you were willing to endure, so that we can be set free. 
You paid the price, such a great sacrifice, to offer us the gift of eternal life.
Help us never to take for granted this huge gift of love. 
Help us to be reminded of the cost of it all. 
Forgive us for being too busy, or distracted by other things, 
for not fully recognizing what you have freely given, what you have done for us.
Thank you Lord that by your wounds we are healed. 
Thank you that because of your huge sacrifice we can live free. 
Thank you that sin and death have been conquered, 
and that your Power is everlasting.
Thank you that we can say with great hope, 
“It is finished…” For we know what’s still to come. 
And death has lost its sting. 
We praise you for you are making all things new.
Amen.

READING
Good Friday - Jesus On The Cross
John 19:16-30 

PRAISE - Eileen O'Neill
Thank-you to Eileen for recording these two pieces (and also some for Sunday).
I already had recorded the links for our service before I was able to confirm that we would have this video from Eileen, which is why I don't mention Eileen in the video. We are all learning new skills at the moment and Eileen and I spent an afternoon trying to send video from Coleraine to Portstewart, but all the effort was certainly worth while. In this section Eileen plays two hymns together, Low In The Grave He Lay and Crown Him With Many Crowns.

Low In The Grave He Lay

Low in the grave He lay--
  Jesus my Savior!
Waiting the coming day--
  Jesus my Lord!
 Up from the grave He arose,
With a mighty triumph o’er His foes
He arose a Victor from the dark domain,
And He lives forever with His saints to reign.
He arose! He arose!
  Hallelujah! Christ arose!

Crown Him With Many Crowns

Crown him with many crowns,
the Lamb upon his throne.
Hark! how the heavenly anthem drowns
all music but its own.
Awake, my soul, and sing
of him who died for thee,
and hail him as thy matchless king
through all eternity.

HYMN - Were You There
1 Were you there when they crucified my Lord? 
Were you there when they crucified my Lord? 
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. 
Were you there when they crucified my Lord? 

2 Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? 
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? 
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. 
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? 

3 Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? 
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? 
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. 
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? 

4 Were you there when God raised him from the tomb? 
Were you there when God raised him from the tomb? 
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. 
Were you there when God raised him from the tomb? 

LEE McALLISTER - What Easter Means To Me

HYMN - When I Survey The Wondrous Cross

WHEN I SURVEY THE WONDROUS CROSS1. When I survey the wond'rous Cross
On which the Prince of Glory dy'd,
My richest Gain I count but Loss,
And pour Contempt on all my Pride.

2. Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the Death of Christ my God:
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to his Blood.

3. See from his Head, his Hands, his Feet,
Sorrow and Love flow mingled down!
Did ever such Love and Sorrow meet?
Or Thorns compose so rich a Crown?

4. His dying Crimson, like a Robe,
Spreads o'er his Body on the Tree;
Then am I dead to all the Globe,
And all the Globe is dead to me.

5. Were the whole Realm of Nature mine,
That were a Present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my Soul, my Life, my All.
Isaac Watts

BENEDICTION