On April 17, 2003 The Asbury United Methodist Church
celebrated Passover / Maudy Thursday by serving a traditional Jewish Seder Meal
in the Fellowship Hall.
A Messianic Passover Haggadah
Welcome to Asbury UMC Seder Meal.
We hope that this will be a meaningful experience for you.
Please follow a long in your program and participate as you feel lead.
Light the Candles (Oldest woman at each table lights the candle)
The Four Cups of Wine
ALL:
I will bring you out of Egypt...
I will free you from slavery...
I will save you by my own hand...
I will take you to be my own people, and I will be your God...
The First Cup - Kiddush -The Cup of Sanctification
ALL:
Blessed are you, a Lord our God, King of the Universe, who creates the fruit of the vine. (All drink.)
Urkhatz-Washing of Hands (Each washes hands to the right)
Karpas--Parsley
ALL:
Blessed are you, a Lord our God, King of the Universe, who creates the fruit of the earth. (All eat.)
Ma Nishtanah- The Four Questions
The Answers
The Matzoh
ALL:
"Don't you know that just a little yeast works through the whole batch of dough? Get rid of the old yeast so that you may be like a new batch of dough without yeast--as you are created to be. For Messiah, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed." (I Cor.5:7)
ALL:
"He was wounded for our sins, bruised for our sinfulness: He suffered to bring us peace; and by his stripes our sin is healed." (ls.53:5)
ALL:
"I will pour out my spirit of grace and prayer: and they will see me whom they have pierced, and they will cry with sadness as for an only son." (Zech.12: 10)
ALL:
Blessed are you, a Lord our God, King of the Universe, who brings forth bread from the earth. (All eat.)
Maror-The Bitter Herbs
ALL:
Blessed are you, a Lord our God, King of the Universe, who has set us apart by
His Word and commanded us to eat bitter herbs. (All eat.)
The Haroset
ALL:
We dip the bitter into the sweet to remember that even the most bitter things in life can be sweetened by our hope in God.
(All eat.)
ALL:
Messiah said: "Come unto me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest" (Matt.11 :28)
Maggid- The Story of Passover
Second Cup: The Cup of Plagues
ALL:
The Lord said, "On that night I will pass through Egypt and every firstborn person and animal will die, and I will punish all the demon gods of Egypt for I AM the Lord" (Ex.12:12)
ALL:
Blood--Frogs--Lice-- Wild Animals--Cattle Disease--Boils--Hail--Locusts--Darkness--Death of the Firstborn!
The Passover Lamb
ALL:
We've eaten the matzoh to remind us how quickly our ancestors left Egypt.
We've tasted the bitter herbs to remind us of the bitter life they lived there.
ALL: I, and not an angel,
ALL: I, and not an archangel,
ALL: 1, and not a messenger,
ALL: I myself and none other.
Hagigah--The Egg
Dayenu--lt Would Have Been Enough
ALL: It would have been enough! (repeat)
ALL: Blessed are you, a God, for you have given us everything we need.
You have given us Jesus our Messiah, forgiveness for sin, life , with You now in our hearts,
in Your Word, and in your Eucharist, and the promise of life with You forever!
The Cup of Joy
The “Afikomen”
ALL: Blessed are you, a God, King of the Universe, who brings forth bread from the earth.
Eliyahu HaNavi--The Prophet Elijah
Hlalle!:--The Cup of Praise
ALL: His love lasts forever. (repeat)
ALL: Blessed are you, a Lord our God, King of Universe, who creates the fruit of the vine. '
ALL: "Next year, in Jerusalem!"
Communion will follow the Seder Mean