UPC Maundy Thursday Service
March 22, 2016, 4:37pm
Thursday, 3/24, 6:00 PM we will gather in the Fellowship Hall for a light meal of soup, bread, and fruit before joining together in remembering the events of Maundy Thursday through foot-washing and communion.
The name Maundy (mandatum or commandment) Thursday is taken from John 13: 34, “I give you a new commandment; and also from John 13: 14-17 and the commandment of Christ that we should imitate his loving humility in the washing of feet.
The practice of foot-washing in first-century Palestine may have been as common as when today a host helps guests take off their coats, a waiter seats diners, or a driver holds the taxi door open for passengers. Hospitality underlies all such welcoming gestures. …What is startling if not jolting about the foot-washing story in John is not the act of foot-washing, but the identity of the servant who washed others’ feet — Jesus, God-with-us, the least likely person.
On this night we will also remember and celebrate the final supper Jesus shared with his disciples prior to his arrest.
The name Maundy (mandatum or commandment) Thursday is taken from John 13: 34, “I give you a new commandment; and also from John 13: 14-17 and the commandment of Christ that we should imitate his loving humility in the washing of feet.
The practice of foot-washing in first-century Palestine may have been as common as when today a host helps guests take off their coats, a waiter seats diners, or a driver holds the taxi door open for passengers. Hospitality underlies all such welcoming gestures. …What is startling if not jolting about the foot-washing story in John is not the act of foot-washing, but the identity of the servant who washed others’ feet — Jesus, God-with-us, the least likely person.
On this night we will also remember and celebrate the final supper Jesus shared with his disciples prior to his arrest.
