On Good Friday, April 18, Gregg Davenport from the Wagner Hills Farm Society ministries will get up early with other volunteers to help set up the annual Stations of the Cross procession to retrace Christ鈥檚 journey of death and resurrection.
"Getting out the sound equipment and preparing the physical side," Davenport summarized, "but also, I kind of prepare myself emotionally."
"The main thing that strikes me is just thankfulness that it's people coming together who believe that, that Jesus died for them out of love," Davenport said. "The overwhelming feeling of thankfulness is the main thing."
The annual event is organized by Wagner Hills and several churches, including Fort 91原创 Community Church, Living Waters Church, and United Churches of 91原创.
"The significance of it is that it's been collaborative among the churches, and that these are churches that are from different backgrounds, different denominations and groups," Davenport told the 91原创 Advance Times, described it as a "unifying" event..
"We're all different organizations going into different directions [but] on an annual basis, we've been coming together to do this."
Accompanied by music and prayers, participants will take turns carrying a cross to locations around downtown Fort 91原创, beginning with station 1, Jesus prays in the garden, at Fort 91原创 Community Hall.
This year, one church, the Parish of St. George - Anglican Church of Canada will welcome the procession, but won't be leading one of the stations, because they are in the "midst of leadership change," Davenport explained.
"We will continue as we normally do, with pulling the tractor and wagon up in front of St. George's and, and connecting to their power to run the sound system and so on [and] they're going to show up and participate in the crowd so that they can stay connected to it."
Anyone is welcome to attend the Fort 91原创 event, which begins at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 18 at the community hall at 9167 Glover Rd.
Stations of the Cross, also known as the Way of Sorrows, are held around the world. They evolved from the (Latin for 鈥楽orrowful Way鈥�) in Jerusalem, a traditional processional route symbolizing the path Jesus walked to Mount Calvary.
