2011 Lent Study Guide - University Presbyterian Church

Sing: “Let My People Go!”
When Israel was in Egypt’s land, let my people go.
Oppressed so hard they could not stand, let my people go.
No more shall they in bondage toil, let my people go.
Let them come out with Egypt’s soil, let my people go.
Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt’s land. Tell old Pharoah to let my people go.
The Lord told Moses what to do, let my people go.
To lead the Hebrew children through, let my people go.
O let us all from bondage flee, let my people go.
And let us all in Christ be free, let my people go.
Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt’s land. Tell old Pharoah to let my people go!
Consecutively:
“And the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with
great terror and miraculous signs and wonders.” (Deuteronomy 26:8) As it is written, “I
will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, BLOOD and FIRE and BILLOWS OF
SMOKE.” (Joel 2:30)
(As the leader names each of the plagues, each person jerks a drop of wine with his little finger from his goblet
onto his plate.)
Leader: BLOOD; FROGS; LICE; FLIES; BLIGHT; BOILS; HAIL; LOCUSTS; DARKNESS;
SLAYINGS OF THE FIRSTBORN.
All: Each drop of wine which we spill is a hope that God will cast out every plague that threatens
others and every plague of our own hearts.
Leader: For the plagues “ . . . of our own sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and
debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition,
dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.” (Galatians 5:19-21)
For the Lord our God has redeemed us from the plagues!
All: Who is like you, O God, among the mighty?
Who is like you, glorious in holiness,
Awesome in praise, working wonders?
The Lord shall reign forever and ever.
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Special Activity: Seder Meal