Good Friday

Watch or re-watch the 6pm Good Friday Service

Friday, April 2 • 6PM

Scriptures takes us to the scene of our Lord’s betrayal, arrest, trial, crucifixion, and burial, setting us up for a deep celebration of Jesus’ resurrection on Easter Sunday.

Mission

This was our fourth and final preview service before our official public launch on Easter Sunday, April 4—next week! Today we finished a mini-series called Who Are We? by discussing mission.

 

Community

This was our third preview service for Park Church Downtown. The four Sundays in March are an opportunity to explore and get involved in our new congregation Downtown prior to our official public launch on Easter Sunday, April 4. Today we’re in a mini-series called Who Are We? We’ll discuss community.

 

Matthew 8:23–34: Jesus and the Chaotic Waters

Jesus has come to bring about a new creation and a new exodus, and all who believe in Him and follow Him get to experience the salvation and freedom that He alone can bring.

 

Worship

This was our second preview service for Park Church Downtown. The four Sundays in March are an opportunity to explore and get involved in our new congregation Downtown prior to our official public launch on Easter Sunday, April 4. Today we’re in a mini-series called Who Are We? We’ll discuss worship.

 

Matthew 8:23–24: The Cost of Following Jesus

Jesus expects that true disciples would be so compelled by His Kingdom mission and so convinced of its urgency and necessity that they will follow Him no matter the cost.

 

The Gospel of Grace

This was our first preview service for Park Church Downtown. The four Sundays in March are an opportunity to explore and get involved in our new congregation Downtown prior to our official public launch on Easter Sunday, April 4. Today we’re starting a mini-series called Who Are We? We’ll discuss the gospel of grace.

 

Matthew 8:5–17: Jesus, Faith, & Healing

Jesus is breaking down some of the most substantial political, religious, and social barriers of the day by healing people outside of Israel’s religious boundary markers. Jesus has not come merely as the Messiah of Israel, but He has come to be the Savior of the World, bringing reconciliation and restoration to all who turn to Him in faith.

 

Matthew 8:1–4: Jesus Can Make You Clean

This passage marks the beginning of the second major section of Matthew’s Gospel account (Chapters 8-10). In this section, Matthew has arranged three sets of three healing stories, and has separated those three sets with a teaching about what it means to follow Jesus. Each of the healing stories contains rich layers of meaning that show us more facets of Jesus’s identity, character, and mission. As we consider these stories, we’re supposed to be learning more about who Jesus is, what He came to do, and what it means to follow Him.

In this first healing story, Jesus is approached by a man with Leprosy. In view of ritual purity laws, lepers were regarded as unclean people who were not permitted to enter Jewish holy places. Their uncleanness was also thought to be “ritually contagious” in that it would also make anyone who touched them unclean. Consequently, lepers were severely stigmatized and marginalized—they had no hope of restoring themselves to health or community. But instead of moving away from the unclean man as would have been expected, Jesus moves toward him and touches him. Instead of becoming impure, Jesus’s purity is transferred to the man, and He is cleansed. In this response, we see Jesus’ compassion toward the hurting, His power to heal, and His desire to restore people to the merciful presence of God and His people.