GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL
10, 2009 HOLY WEEK OF 2009
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GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL
10, 2009
-- Bearing the cross, walkers head to the next Station en route to the Village of Wickford on their 2.9 mile journey.
Good Friday worship services, which started at North Kingstown UMC, were provided by the ecumenical
North Kingstown Clergy Association.
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Replicating Images of Christ's Walk on Good Friday Photos, clockwise: 1 -- volunteers carry the cross as they leave the sanctuary on the 2.9 mile walk through the community of Wickford. 2 & 3 -- Prayers at the station outside the church. 4 -- Another group takes on the burden of carrying as the cross leaves the church grounds. Another group walked along a path inside the church. |
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Tenebrae Service, Maundy (Holy) Thursday, April 9, 2009
Tenebrae, Latin for shadows, is a service to recreate the emotional aspects of the story of Christ's passion. It is a somber service conducted largely in a dimly lighted sanctuary, ending in darkness.
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In a darkened sanctuary, illuminated only by the light of the altar, Pastor Lori extinguishes, one by one, a candle, each symbolizing the falling away of an apostle from Jesus as He is arrested. |
Communion, or The Lord's Supper, is a holy Christian sacrament that commemorates Christ's Last Supper or final meal that He shared with his disciples before his arrest, and eventual crucifixion. The bread is Jesus' body, broken for us, and the wine, or grape juice used here, is Jesus' blood poured out for the many to form a new covenant. |
