Maundy Thursday is a time when Christians remember the night that Jesus was betrayed by his disciple Judas and handed over to the Roman authorities.
\nIn remembrance of this event, the First Presbyterian Church of Tyrone has scheduled a Maundy Thursday worship service titled \u201cThe Man Who Couldn\u2019t Stop Washing His Hands\u201d at 7:30 p.m. on April 17. The public is invited to attend this evening of worship.
\nPlanning for the service was decided at church committee meetings at the First Presbyterian Church. Pastor Bob Dunkelberger worked on organizing the service, while organist Richard Merryman arranged the musical accompaniment.
\nThis service is a tradition at the First Presbyterian Church, and over the years, different themes have been the focus of the sermon.
\n\u201cThis year the theme is the prophecies of Christ on the Cross,\u201d said Dunkelberger. \u201cMaundy Thursday deals with arrest and betrayal, which then leads to crucifixion and death.\u201d
\nAlso on Maundy Thursday, there will be the service of Tenebrae to conclude the remembrance of The Last Supper. The theme for Tenebrae 2003 will focus on Six Prophecies About Jesus Foretold and Fulfilled.
\nAccording to Pastor Dunkelberger, the service of Tenebrae or Shadows originated in the Christian Church during the Middle Ages. It included the practices of shrouding the cross in black, performing Bible readings, singing congregational chants or hymn responses and finally extinguishing candles and lights.
\nThe extinguished lights symbolize the growing darkness of Christ\u2019s death, as well as the despair of a world without God. The one candle that remains lighted symbolizes Christ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Maundy Thursday is a time when Christians remember the night that Jesus was betrayed by his disciple Judas and handed over to the Roman authorities. In remembrance of this event, the First Presbyterian Church of Tyrone has scheduled a Maundy Thursday worship service titled \u201cThe Man Who Couldn\u2019t Stop Washing His Hands\u201d at 7:30 p.m. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}