Maundy Thursday Taizé Tenebrae Service – 17 April 2025. By Rev Craig Morrison – St. Columba's Presbyterian Church, Hatfield

Time: 18:30

Service audio:

A Service of Contemplation in the Style of Taizé

1. Gathering: Intro The Gael, (mp3) (worshippers arrive in silence)

2. Welcome: An introduction to the service

3. Taizé Chant – ADORAMUS TE DOMINE – (quietly singing)

4. Psalm 118: 1-2; 14-17; 23-24 (NIV) Response: God’s love endures forever

5. A Blessing

6. Taizé Chant – singing… Jesus remember me

7. Collect:

8. First Reading: Jeremiah 31: 31-34

9. Gospel Reading: John 13: 1-9

10. Taizé Song – Bless the Lord

11. Prayers of the People People invited to kneel around the cross in prayer

12. Song – You Raise Me Up,

13. The Lord’s Prayer: the Lord’s Prayer ends the prayer time

14. Holy Communion Service – Breaking Bread in silence

15. Taizé Song: Highland Cathedral(Ockie Vermeulen)

16. Commissioning: (from the Iona Community of St Columba)

17. Blessing: The service concludes with a shared blessing

Candles are extinguished; Participants leave the sanctuary in silence and in semi-darkness