Annual
Good Friday Cross Walk in Westminster Friday, April 18, 2025
ICYMI - Annual Good Friday Cross Walk in Westminster Friday, April
18, 2025: The Crosswalk begins at 11 a.m. at Ascension Church on Court
Street. There are ten stations as the walk circles over to the Carroll County
Vietnam Memorial, the court buildings, and concludes at the Westminster Cemetery
Excerpts
from the media release: “Each year, the Westminster Ministerium hosts an
ecumenical Good Friday Cross Walk as an opportunity for Christians to gather
during Holy Week to bear witness to Christ’s crucifixion. The Ministerium is
inviting the community to participate in the 2025 Cross Walk on Good Friday,
April 18th at 11am. The walk will begin at Church of the Ascension, 23 N Court
Street, Westminster, MD 21157…
“Participants
of the Crosswalk include Grace Lutheran Church, The Church of the Ascension,
Westminster Church of the Brethren, St. Paul’s United Church of Christ,
Westminster United Methodist Church, Trinity UCC-Manchester, St. Matthew’s of
Pleasant Valley, and The Shepherd’s Staff as well as many other churches.
For more
information go to the Westminster Ministerium’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WestminsterMinisterium/
https://kevindayhoff.wordpress.com/2025/04/18/annual-good-friday-cross-walk-in-westminster-friday-april-18-2025/
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Good
Friday Cross Wal in Westminster on April 18, 2025:
Station
1: Jesus Washes the feet of his disciples – John 13:1-5, 12=17
Location A: In front of the Ascension Church
Station
2: Jesus commands his followers to love each other – John 12-17
Location B: Vietnam Memorial next to Old
Court House
Station
3: Jesus is arrested in the Garden – John 18:1-11
Location C: Horseshoe Garden Benches next to
the Vietnam Memorial
Station
4: Jesus is taken to Annas – Peter Denies Jesus the first time John 18:12-24
Location D: Old Court House
Station
5: Jesus is taken to Caiaphas and then to Pilate – Peter denies Jesus two more
times John 18: 24-28a
Location E: Corner of the Circuit Couty
Station
6: Jesus comes before Pilate. Pilate has Jesus flogged and then condemned John
28b – 19:16
Location F: Infront of the Circuit Court
(Preferable) – (F1Alternative: corner of District Court
Station
7: Jesus is crucified. Guards cast lots for Jesus’ clothes - John 19:16-25a
Location G: Northwest Corner of Cemetery
Station
8: The women and John at the cross. – John 19:25b – 29
Location H: Southwest corner of Cemetery
(H1Alternative – North back entrance to cemetery- will have to be unlocked)
Station
9: Jesus dies, John 19 :30-37
Location I: Entrance to Cemetery
(I1Alternative – Halfway up the hill to the top of cemetery)
Station
10: Jesus’ body is placed in a tomb – John 19:38-42
Location J: The Top of the Hill in the
Cemetery – location of the urn.
Depart
from Cemetery
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Kevin Dayhoff for Westminster Authority Caroline Babylon, Treasurer.
