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Cherry Log Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ)
Maundy Thursday, March
20th at 7:00 p.m.
John Rutter’s REQUIEM
Performed by Cherry Log
Christian Church Chancel Choir
1149 Cherry Log Street, Cherry Log, GA
From Ellijay, 1st right after milepost 19
From Blue Ridge, 2nd left after milepost 20
706-632-1048
What is a “Requiem” and What is “Maundy Thursday”?
Centuries ago Christians throughout the
world established the Thursday before Easter as Maundy Thursday
to be a time to commemorate the beginning of Christ’s dark journey
toward the cross and His death. Within a three-day time frame, the Lord
Jesus Christ was betrayed, tried, and then unjustly crucified. He was
placed in a tomb from which He emerged victorious.
On the first day of the three-day journey
leading to His death, after sunset on Thursday (actually the early hours
of Friday on the Jewish calendar) Jesus gathered His disciples at a
table for supper – the last meal they would share together. It was then
that He initiated the event that Christians observe as the “Lord’s
Supper,” “Communion,” or “Eucharist.”
The observance of Maundy Thursday
allows us to experience His agony in order to fully experience the joy
of His resurrection on Easter. Many traditions have developed for this
observance such as giving to the poor and ceremonially washing feet as
Jesus washed His disciples’ feet. The word Maundy is derived from the
Latin mandatum (mandate), the first word of Christ’s command to
the disciples after He washed their feet, “A new commandment I give
you…love one another as I have loved you”.
A Requiem is a musical composition of a
mass for the dead. On Thursday, March 20 at 7:00 p.m. the 40-member
Cherry Log Christian Church Chancel Choir will sing a Requiem composed
by John Rutter (1985) as an act of remembrance of Christ’s agony and
death. The seven-movement Requiem is a combination of English and Latin.
The fourth movement of the Rutter composition, Sanctus, will be replaced
by the Sanctus from the Requiem composed by Faure. Meditations written
by Dr. Fred Craddock, Minister Emeritus of Cherry Log Christian Church,
will be read between each of the seven movements. The performance will
be directed by Richard Lumpkin, choirmaster, and accompanied by Birdie
Towle, pianist, and David Hauser on the oboe and English horn. The hand
bell choir will also play during the service.
Rev. Bill Crowl, Interim Minister of
Cherry Log Christian Church, will officiate. Communion will be observed
and all present are invited to participate. Cherry Log Christian Church
is located at 1149 Cherry Log Street in Cherry Log, GA off Hwy 515 (8
miles north of Ellijay; 7 miles south of Blue Ridge). There is no charge
for the performance, and all are invited. For more information, contact
the church office at 706-632-1048.
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