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CLAREMONT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Maundy Thursday

March 29, 2018 7:00 p.m.

As we prepare for worship, let us be in prayer and meditation. Please silence all electronic devices.

Childcare is available in Room 3. Assistive listening devices and large print bulletins are available from any usher.

UMH is The United Methodist Hymnal. TFWS is The Faith We Sing.

*Indicates invitation to stand as able.

The Order of Worship WELCOME PRELUDE (music that helps us make the transition into worship) Lenten Song Dennis Eliot *SILENT PROCESSIONAL

Please rise as the cross processes. *CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: On this night, we remember and reflect. People: On this night, we wash and prepare. Leader: On this night, we eat and rejoice. People: On this night, we pray and grieve. Leader: On this night, we remember and reflect. All: We have been saved in order to serve. *OPENING HYMN “We Sang Our Glad Hosannas” verses 1-3 TFWS No. 2111

pg. 8 *OPENING PRAYER Leader: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. Leader: Let us pray.

A brief silence is kept.

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Leader: Loving God, we come into your presence with gratitude and joy, even as we face memories of sorrow and loss. All: We remember with gratitude the traditions of our faith, the ancient stories that bind us together, and the people of God who lovingly served others, that we might know your saving love. Inspire us anew with the memory of that Passover meal when Jesus shared his last night with his friends, offering himself in servanthood and love. In Christ’s holy name, we pray. Amen. SCRIPTURE READING Exodus 12:1-14 Old Testament pg. 58 (blue) 72 (red) MEDITATION Rev. Martha Morales PRAYER OF CONFESSION God of grace and mercy, save us that we may serve with confidence and love. Hear the prayers we bring before you now.

silence for personal prayers of confession Merciful God, release us from the ropes that bind us. Lift us from the fears that bury us. Save us from the troubles and trials that separate us from you and from one another. Save us, O God, that we may serve the world with confidence and love. Amen.

A brief silence is kept. ASSURANCE OF GOD’S FORGIVENESS Leader: God listens closely to our prayers, and hears our requests for mercy. The cup of salvation has been poured out for us. In the name of Christ, who loves us completely, we are forgiven. All: Thanks be to God! SCRIPTURE READING John 13:1-17 New Testament pg. 107 (blue) 131 (red)

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INVITATION TO THE SERVICE OF FOOT WASHING AND OFFERING OUR GIFTS Leader: The basin is prepared; the people are gathered. People: We are ready to receive and to remember. Leader: As you come to receive this symbol of Christ’s love, you are invited to offer yourselves in loving sacrifice as you share your gifts with a world in need of Christ’s mercy and love. SERVICE OF FOOT WASHING

Come to stations in the front or back of the sanctuary to have your feet or hands symbolically washed with a small pouring of water and gentle drying with a soft cloth. After you have received the gesture of washing, you may remain to serve the next person.

*HYMN “Jesu, Jesu” UMH No. 432

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OFFERTORY Gymnopedie No.1 Erik Satie OFFERTORY HYMN “Live in Charity (Ubi Caritas)” TFWS No. 2179

Sing three times.

Live in charity and steadfast love, live in charity; God will dwell with you. (Ubi caritas et amor, ubi caritas Deus ibi est.) OFFERTORY PRAYER Leader: Loving Servant, thank you for washing our feet and for bringing us into full fellowship with you and all God’s people. We offer our resources and our very selves, that we may fulfill your law of love. Amen. INVITATION TO HOLY COMMUNION Leader: The table is prepared; the people are gathered. People: We are ready to share the holy meal and to remember. THE GREAT THANKSGIVING Leader: Christ be with you. People: And also with you. Leader: Lift up your hearts. People: We lift them up to God. Leader: Let us give our thanks to the Holy One. People: It is right to give our thanks and praise. Leader: It is a right, and good, and joyful thing always and everywhere to give our thanks to you, who led the Israelites out of bondage into freedom, who commanded them to keep the Passover as a remembrance of how you saved their firstborn from death,

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Leader: and how you brought them out of the land of Egypt. And so, with your creatures on earth and all the heavenly chorus, we praise your name and join their unending hymn, saying: People: Holy, holy, holy One, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is the one who comes in your holy name. Hosanna in the highest. Leader: Holy are you, and holy is the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, who taught us how to love and serve one another, and who poured out his life for the healing of the world. On the night before his death, Jesus took bread, gave thanks to you, broke the bread, gave it to the disciples, saying: “Take, eat; this is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” When the supper was over, Jesus took the cup, offered thanks and gave it to the disciples, saying: “Drink from this, all of you; this is my life in the new covenant, poured out for you and for many, for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” And so, in remembrance of your mighty acts in Jesus Christ, we proclaim the mystery of faith. People: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again. Leader: Pour out your Holy Spirit on all of us gathered here, and on these gifts of bread and wine. Make them be for us the body and blood of Christ, that we may be the body of Christ, in service to all who are oppressed. God of Moses and Miriam and Aaron, God of Exodus and Calvary, God of memory and hope, we praise your holy, eternal name. Amen.

THE LORD’S PRAYER (Former Methodist Church from UMH No. 895) Our Father (or Mother, Abba, God, Creator), who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. BREAKING THE BREAD GIVING AND RECEIVING THE BREAD AND CUP

Since all stand in need of the divine grace made available in the sacrament, Holy Communion is available to all who recognize their need for this grace. Persons needing to be served in their seat should notify an usher. Please dip the bread carefully into the chalice of non-alcoholic wine and consume. Gluten-free crackers are available from each server at your request. It is customary to respond to the reception of bread and wine by saying, “Amen.”

ANTHEM “Bread of the World in Mercy Broken” Carlton Young

The Sanctuary Choir PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION *HYMN “Go to Dark Gethsemane” UMH No. 290

pg. 10 STRIPPING OF THE SANCTUARY SILENT RECESSIONAL

There is no Benediction or Postlude at this service as the events of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday do not conclude

until the celebration of the Easter resurrection. Please depart in silence.

*The Assurance of God’s Forgiveness is adapted from the ABINGDON WORSHIP ANNUAL 2018 EDITION, for Maundy Thursday, p.74, ed. Mary J. Scifres and B.J. Beau. Copyright © 2017 by Abingdon Press. Used by permission. All other liturgy is adapted from the ABINGDON WORSHIP ANNUAL 2015 EDITION, for Maundy Thursday, April 2, 2015, ed. Mary J. Scifres and B.J. Beau. Copyright © 2014 by Abingdon Press. Used by permission.

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PARTICIPANTS IN THE SERVICE Rev. Martha Morales Rev. Mark Wiley Katie Ledsinger, Organist Ushers: Dave Little, Carl Williams Acolytes: Joseph Makunga, Katie Logsdon, Nora Logsdon, Gerry Loritsch Communion: Mark Wiley, Martha Morales Stripping the Sanctuary: Pam Bunce, Gerry Loritsch, Melanie Little, Nora Logsdon, Katie

Logsdon, Lisa Poe, Barbara Hanser, Henry Jefferson, Alex Morales, Gabri-ella Campo-Poe, Brianna Incontro, Martha Morales, Kro Won, Mark Wiley, Katie Hawks, Wes Hawks, Joseph Makunga, Dave Little, Dick Bunce, Jim Dwyer

Good Friday Worship, March 30, 7:00 p.m. Tenebrae: A service of darkness. Worship will feature a reading of the Passion Story interspersed with a variety of Passion hymns. Candles are extinguished as the reading leads to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

Easter Sunday, April 1

8:00 a.m. Easter Morning Holy Communion on the

patio/courtyard.

9:00 and 11:00 a.m. Festival services, with Easter music by CUMC’s various choirs,

brass, bells, and organ in the Sanctuary. Rev. Mark Wiley will preach.

Childcare for infants and toddlers will be provided at all worship services.

Easter Egg Hunt Sunday, April 1 All kids are invited to join in the fun of CUMC’s Easter Egg Hunt. Gather on the lawn above the patio after the 9:00 a.m. worship service. For our youngest egg hunters, we’ll have a smaller, calmer egg hunt in the nursery play yard. Be sure to bring your basket and be ready to search, gather, share, and have lots of fun as we celebrate the blessing of new life.

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Ministers: The Whole Congregation

Clergy and Staff The Rev. Mark Wiley ~ Lead Pastor x224

The Rev. Martha Morales ~ Minister of Education and Caring Ministries x231 Jessica Johnston, M.Div. ~ Church Administrator x222

Genaro Cordova ~ Facilities Engineer Jeri Bollman, M.S. ~ Director: CUMC Preschool, 909-624-8223

Sara Swift Tharpe, M.Div. ~ Director: Children’s and Youth Ministries Kim Herney ~ Bookkeeper x225

Dr. Laura Harrison ~ Director: Sanctuary Choir Katie Ledsinger ~ Organist; Director: The Circuit Ringers, CUMC Kids Choir, Youth Chimes

Dr. Barbara Durost ~ Drama Coordinator Haylee Coburn ~ Director: Preschool Music

Marie Soltero and Elizabeth Slater ~ Nursery Attendants Mateo Mamea ~ Sunday Custodian

Linda Sheldon ~ Wedding Coordinator Leeann Nabors ~ The Clinebell Institute, 909-451-3690

Located in the California Pacific Annual Conference

The Rev. Dr. Grant J. Hagiya ~ Resident Bishop The Rev. Jan Wiley ~ East District Superintendent

In covenant with United Methodist Missionaries

Mozart Adevu ~ West Africa Stephen Copley ~ Arkansas