While our church’s doors remain closed, our arms are open spiritually as we continue in the service of spreading God’s word. In that spirit, for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday 2020, we will be replaying our episodes from those days in 2019. On this special Good Friday episode of the Shepherdcast, we will be taking a look at the Gospel readings of (in the order they are read on the podcast) John Good Friday marks the second of the Three Days. The service format which we elect to use on Good Friday is called Tenebrae, or darkness. We have elected to use this format in tonight’s and last night’s podcasts.In case you are reading along with a Bible and our readings don’t necessarily match up with yours, we use the NRSV translation of the Holy Bible.In a situation like this COVID-19 pandemic we are currently experiencing, there is a lot of misinformation. As it is our duty as Christians to serve our community and our world, we want to make sure all of our listeners have access to information about this virus from reputable sources. Thus, as promised at the end of our March 22 episode, the CDC has COVID-19 information at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html?s_cid=%20fb_covid_19. Additionally to what was originally promised in the aforementioned previous episode, please also consult the State of Ohio’s coronavirus information at https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/covid-19/ as well as information from the World Health Organization at https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019.Our readings are delivered by the Reverend Scott J. Anderson. Our sound room technician for Good Friday was Jacob Schandel. This podcast was hosted and produced by Jacob H. Schandel for Shepherd of the Valley Evangelical Lutheran Church. To learn more about our church, please visit www.sotvchurch.com, or follow us on social media @sotvsandyville. Our church is a member congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. You can learn more about the ELCA at www.elca.org, and you can learn about our local Northeastern Ohio Synod at www.neos-elca.org.