Westbourne
A rural village in West Sussex
St John’s Church, Westbourne: www.westbourneparish.org.uk
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Christians in Westbourne marked Good Friday by walking through the village carrying a cross.
The annual event, organised by St John's Church, Westbourne and Westbourne Baptist Church, saw 45 villagers walk from Monk's Hill to the centre of the village. They stopped at the Baptist church and the village square for readings and prayers before finishing at St John's.
After a short service they enjoyed hot cross buns in the parish hall.
The Rev Frank Wright, rector of St John's, said: "The walk on Good Friday through the village is a remembering and re-enactment of the walk Jesus made from the prison to the place of crucifixion. We
The annual event, organised by St John's Church, Westbourne and Westbourne Baptist Church, saw 45 villagers walk from Monk's Hill to the centre of the village. They stopped at the Baptist church and the village square for readings and prayers before finishing at St John's.
After a short service they enjoyed hot cross buns in the parish hall.
The Rev Frank Wright, rector of St John's, said: "The walk on Good Friday through the village is a remembering and re-
carry a cross, nothing like the weight and size of that of Jesus, but to remind us that human life is carried by him for us and that it will lead him to pain and death. Calling at the churches reminds us that life goes on. God gives us that message in the resurrection."
Picture: Walkers at Monk's Hill, Westbourne, with the cross carried by Peter Couzens of St John's Church.
Picture: Walkers at Monk's Hill, Westbourne, with the cross carried by Peter Couzens of St John's Church.
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