Welcome to worship this Good Friday. We’re glad you’ve gathered with the International Protestant Church of Zurich to seek God’s face.
If you’re participating in a live service, here are some things to help enrich your experience. If you’re worshiping on your own, most of this can be ignored.
Screen Splitting. If you’re participating in the service via Zoom, it will be helpful to split your screen, with Zoom on one side, and this Order of Worship on the other. (Learn to do this on Windows and Mac.) Or, you can use one device for Zoom and another for the Order of Worship.
Muting. Awkward as it is, please keep yourself muted during the service unless you are leading a certain part of the service. Otherwise it gets very noisy. During responsive parts of the service, keep yourself muted but please do participate!
Video Syncing. Please be ready to play videos that are embedded in the Order of Worship at the same time as the rest of the congregation. This will help us move to the next part of the service at the same time.
Extinguishing of Candles. In Latin, tenebrae means “darkness” or “shadows.” We will extinguish 6 candles and remove a 7th candle in this service. You can participate in this at home. Be careful, of course, with fire!
Conclusion of Service in Silence. Traditionally on Good Friday, we refrain from socializing after the service. Even though it is difficult, we will simply end the service in silence and the Zoom call will be ended without a time of fellowship. On Easter Sunday we will have a joyous time of fellowship following the service.