The following is from Peter DeVeau in West Seattle. This sounds like a great idea for an ecumenical gathering that could be done in any small community.
“This is an invitation for you to walk “A Way of the Cross,” at Noon, Good Friday, April 2.
While Good Friday is only a week away, please consider participating prayerfully in this corporate act. Do invite members of your congregation or community to join you.
This Good Friday walk, simply and profoundly, is a time to hear Scripture, to sing together, and to keep silence for inner prayer. The Lord’s prayer and a simple sending concludes the walk. No more than that.
This personal and corporate act involves walking to eight “stations” in the Alaska Junction, beginning at the southwest corner of SW Alaska St. and California Ave SW.
At each “Station” a different person reads a portion of the passion according to Luke. Readers are asked to read in their best outside voices.
Following a silence for prayer and reflection all are invited to sing, “Jesus remember me,” a chant from the ecumenical Taizé community.
As in Jerusalem and in other parts of the world today, a wooden cross is carried by persons in the gathering, taking turns along the way.
Come on Good Friday ready to walk, listen, pray and reflect.”
From Peter DeVeau
St. John’s, Seattle
