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on 11/22/2005 Listen to the "St. Matthew Passion" or the "St. John Passion" by J.S. Bach. Both are beautiful, moving musical settings of the passion story by a truly great Christian composer.
on 11/22/2005 At the end of the Good Friday service, we strip the altar area of all decoration, altar cloths, flowers, etc. Total silence is maintained until we file out of the sanctuary. It is symbolic of the stripping of Jesus Christ of all earthly things on the cros
on 11/22/2005 I read about a woman who walks with a stone in her shoe on Good Friday to symbolize Christ's suffering. I plan to try that this year.
on 11/22/2005 This day more than any other, focus on the fact that Christ died so we could live. Sometimes things here are not as great as we wish them to be, but God's retirement plan for us is "out of this world!"
on 11/22/2005 At 3 PM, we stop whatever it is we may be doing to silently pray and thank Jesus for sacrificing Himself for us.
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