| The Prayer Partners at St. Joan of Arc are about to finish a very impressive run of Lenten services culminating with two Good Friday services. All of the Lenten Wednesday services are archived in our 2001 Event Reviews. These are arguably 'collaborative ministry' at it's most visible time of the year. The following text was submitted by Prayer Partner Pat Stevens as a preview to the Good Friday services. |
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
ST. JOAN OF ARC
GOOD FRIDAY 2001
During all of this Lent, we have tried to break away, break open, break through our own limited world view. This involves God, Jesus,ourselves, creation, earth. We have focused in many beautiful and helpful ways on our own brokenness and on our own imperfections and cracks. For after all, as we said last year “THAT’S HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN.”
In the spirit of breaking forth, of seeing things again for the first time we
rewrote the meditations. With the help of our prayer partners Sharon
McCormick and Karin Grosscup, and of the families and loved ones of
parishioners who have died during the past year, we revisited each
meditation.
The slides by Jeff Grosscup, some new, some old, provide us with images to go with our contemplation. Jeff is a visual spirit who touches our heart through his keen eye for image. Also some of the slides are from the actual places of the Way of the Cross. Some of the pictures will be of St. Joan of Arc members who have died during the past year. Their family and friends have answered our request to honor them in prayer in a special way as we contemplate the mystery of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. They have lived that very mystery in our midst. We have seen and heard and touched them, and their life has touched us. They have broken through.
For special thematic impact in each stational meditation, we will intersperse
the bright jewels of the Second Isaiah, Chapters 40-61. These verses are all
about breaking out of captivity, breaking free, returning to new Jerusalem,
awakening in a new exodus of the body and of the spirit.
We will welcome your comments after the service.
Pat Stevens
Prayer Partner