Good Friday

 

Join us on Good Friday April 15th between the hours of 11 am and 7 pm for a spiritual self-guided journey through an ecumenical version of the stations of the cross. 

Upon arrival you will be greeted by someone who will provide you with a map and instructions. As you travel throughout the church, you may find that you feel drawn to stop at every station. However, you may also feel drawn to mix them up and visit them out of order, or even skip a station. There are no rules for how you travel and each person’s journey will be different. There is no time limit for individual stations so you can take as much or as little time as you need at each stop along the way. 

This journey is a time for each one of us to connect with God in a special way as we contemplate the last hours of Jesus earthly life. We can then examine how those contemplations speak to our own spiritual life in Christ Jesus. 

For some, the stations of the cross can be an intense spiritual journey where our souls are laid bare before God. For others, we just want it to end because it’s too overwhelming. Knowing that God loves you, enter into the experience open to the Lord’s presence. 

If you have any questions feel free to contact Pastor MP. 

A note from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Theology and Worship 

“Early on in the Christian movement, Jesus’ followers remembered Jesus’ execution and the places where various parts occurred, recounting the details. By the Middle Ages, pilgrimages to Jerusalem for Holy Week were like the Muslim Haj—a once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage. When people couldn’t go to Jerusalem to walk the via Dolorosa with Christ, the ritual of the stations of the cross was born so that people could journey with Christ spiritually in their own parish devotion. We’re going to participate in the ancient tradition of remembering Christ’s death by doing an ecumenical version.”