King of Grace Lutheran Church and School

Join us for a Good Friday Tenebrae service on 3/29 at 6:30 pm.

Good Friday is the most solemn of all days in the Christian church year. Yet it is not a day of gloom and condemnation, but a “good” day solemnly rejoicing in Christ’s completed act of redemption, that “with his stripes we are healed.”

Tenebrae is the Latin word for ‘darkness.’ This type of service goes back 1,000 years in the Christian tradition. A series of candles are extinguished during the service to represent the gathering darkness of sin which hangs over the world as the life of the Son of God grows closer and closer to its end. The last candle represents Jesus, reminding us that even in death Jesus is the Light of the world—a light no darkness can overcome (John 1:5).