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Following in the steps
Bagpiper Kathleen Ryan and Brian Erickson, senior pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church in Homewood, lead the way in the annual Way of the Cross on Fri., April 19, 2019, in Central Park.
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Opening with prayer
Local clergy, including Charles Youngson (R), associate pastor of All Saints Episcopal Church, and Joe Genau (L), pastor of Edgewood Presbyterian Church, took part in the Way of the Cross, which began at Homewood's Central Park.
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Musical accompaniment
Bagpiper Kathleen Ryan in Central Park just before the beginning of the annual Way of the Cross procession.
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A solemn procession
Some of the worshippers who took part in the annual Way of the Cross in Homewood.
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Stops along the way
The Way of the Cross procession paused periodically for readings and prayer and to allow someone else to carry the cross. Seth Olson, associate pastor of All Saints Episcopal Church, is shown at left.
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Bowing in prayer
Worshippers pause for prayer led by Rev. Seth Olson during the Way of the Cross.
About 75 worshippers and several local ministers braved bad weather to take part in a religious ceremony that has become a Homewood tradition, the annual The Way of the Cross procession, on the afternoon of Good Friday, April 19.
The event was blessed with a perfect sunny afternoon in 2018, but not this year. The skies were cloudy on Friday, with intermittent hard rain.
But the event continued, with participants meeting at Homewood Central Park at 2 p.m. and walking to Edgewood Presbyterian Church, a distance of about one mile.
Along the route, worshippers periodically paused to read scripture and pray, and representatives from different churches took turns carrying the 8-foot wooden cross
Trinity United Methodist Church Senior Pastor Brian Erickson carried the cross on the first leg of the procession on Friday.
Dawson Memorial Baptist, All Saints Episcopal Church, Bethel A.M.E, Homewood Cumberland Presbyterian, Raleigh Avenue Baptist, Second Presbyterian and Trinity West Homewood were among the local churches set to participate, according to Erickson.
The roughly hour-long procession Friday was scheduled to close with a worship service at Edgewood Presbyterian.
