Community to gather for Good Friday service

The annual Community Good Friday service will be held at noon, Friday, at Jefferson Avenue Methodist Church. Ryan Davis is host pastor.

The theme of the program is the last words of Christ on the cross.

Call to worship – Jeff Howard

“Three Rusty Nails” – performed by His Friends

First Word – “Eli Eli lama sabachthani” (“My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?”) – presentation by Rev. Jodie Jackson, First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Salisbury.

Second Word – “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do” – Dr. Dorothy Smith, Trinity United Methodist Church.

Third Word – “Woman, behold your son; behold your mother” – Rev. Dave Cahen, First Church of God.

Fourth Word – “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise” – Will Beaman, retired, Seventh Day Adventist Church.

Congregational Hymn – “Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?”

Fifth Word – “I thirst” – Rev. May Etta Hall, Grant Chapel AME

The song “I Thirst” – performed by His Friends

Sixth Word – “It is finished” – Rev. Wallis Landrum, Coates Street Presbyterian Church

Seventh Word – “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit” – Jeff Howard, Family Life Fellowship

Offering, solo song – May Etta Hall, treasurer, Randolph County Ministerial Alliance

The Community Good Friday and Thanksgiving services are the only fundraisers for the Alliance which uses the funds to provide aid for people in need.