My Good Friday

I attended the Good Friday Service at St. Alban's Cathedral.  A lot of scripture.  David read Psalm 22 responsively with the congregation from the Book of Common Prayer.  I read 1st Lesson from Genesis and Epistle from Hebrews. Rev. Ken Lyons read the 2nd Lesson from the Gospel of John.  David narrated a dramatic version of the Passion with Ken reading the words of Jesus and the congregation reading all other voices.  The music was solemn.  The service concluded with the youth and a couple of adults doing a dramatic presentation of the Way of the Cross.  Always moving is the pounding of the nails.  

Immediately after that service I met with Bishop Michael Hawkins outside the Cathedral.  Then I met up with the Bishop, Rev. Norbert Haukenfrers and Rev. David Smith at City Hall steps to start the Stations of the Cross.  The Anglicans were the 1st Station.  I read a short lesson, the Bishop shared a short homily, and David a short prayer, then I had to carry the cross to the next station.  Angela Hill from the Herald took my name and church and took my picture, so I anticipate being in an upcoming article.  The weather was cold and windy, but the crowd was good - I'm guessing about 200 from a wide spectrum of churches and a good representation of clergy including both the Roman Catholic and Anglican Bishops.   It lasted 2 hours with stops at the Salvation Army Outpost, the Legion, the Co-operative Health Clinic, the Liquor Store, St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, the Friendship Centre, the YMCA, The Gateway Mall, the Margo Fournier Centre, the Provincial Courthouse, the Saskatchewan riverbank, the Museum.   There was definitely a Spirit of Christian Unity.