My newly "born again" colleague at work is somewhat skeptical that I am taking the afternoon off to go to church and not play golf. Church is only on Sunday...if nothing more important comes up.
Forget the afternoon - take the whole day off, even if without pay.
Where do you live? Around these parts (DC metro), Good Friday is practically an "unofficial holiday." (Since Easter falls on a Sunday, there's no "three-day weekend," so most people take Friday or Monday off, if they're not given it... Catholics, of course, take Friday off, but it shouldn't seem strange to non-Catholics, who probably take Monday off, if not Friday!
>> Church is only on Sunday...if nothing more important comes up. <<
Sad... newly "born again," yet already so distant...