Members and Friends of Austin Mennonite Church Tomorrow morning persons from various Christian faith communities will gather to meditate upon the 12 Stations of the Cross. This traditional Passion Friday journey invites believers to reflect on the diverse experiences which Jesus encountered in the last hours of his life. We will meet at 9:15am at Wooldrige park at 10th and Guadalupe. Our first station is in front of the courthouse, and we will move form there to the jail next door and onto the Governors Mansion. If you arrive late then please meet us en route. You can also call cell(363-2558) to find our precise location. Wear your sunscreen, drink water, bring your art, wear good shoes. ALSO PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING A PHOTO OR TOKEN OF SOMEONE WHO HAS SUFFERED INJUSTICE. WE WILL PLACE THESE AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS AT STATION TWELVE. The program schedule provided for this journey is given below. May it go well with you. Sincerely, Garland Robertson At Each Station the leader will say V. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. and we will respond R. Because by your holy Cross, you have redeemed the world. Between stations, join us in singing one of the following: Were you there when the crucified my Lord? Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Oh, Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Where you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?... Were you there when they laid him in the grave?... Jesus, remember me, When you come into your kingdom Jesus, remember me, When you come into your kingdom Into your hands I commit my Spirit Into your hands I commit my life *At the Twelfth Station (Jesus Dies) we invite you to place a picture or symbol of someone at the foot of the cross and/or to quietly speak their name. 12 Chimes will ring out in their memory and in their honor. 1. Jesus is Condemned Cheryl Grossman, Pax Christi 2. Jesus Takes His Cross Garland Robertson, Austin Mennonite Church 3. Jesus' First Fall Katy Johnson, St. Edward's University 4. Jesus Meets His Mother Doug Harrison, St. John Newman's Parish 5. Simon Helps Jesus Carry the Cross Bob Kinney, Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest 6. Veronica Wipes Jesus' Face Roger Temme, Interfaith Care Alliance 7. Jesus' Second Fall Hunter Bates, St. Edward's University 8. Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem Jennifer Ramos, St. Mary's Parish, Wimberly 9. Jesus' Third Fall Micheal McEvoy, Austin Mennonite Church 10. Jesus is Stripped Joe Ruiz, Congregation of the Holy Cross 11. Jesus is Nailed Jim Harrington, Texas Civil Rights Project 12. Jesus Dies The Victims of Injustice*, The Body of Christ. Jesus Body is Taken Down Kay Arnold, Pax Christi Jesus is Laid in A Borrowed Tomb Jennifer Long, Casa Marianella Concluding prayer Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, for Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory now and forever. Amen. ...always hold firmly to the thought that each one of us can do something to bring some portion of misery to an end