Yesterday, on Good Friday our congregation joined with others from around the town of Wisbech to take part in a united Walk of Witness. Over 100 people attended the event, led by Russell Day from the Salvation Army and the opening service of collective worship held at St Peter’s Church, saw four processions, each reading part of the Easter story, walk around the town. We concluded by gathering together in the Market Place to form the shape of the cross by holding four strands of rope where we read the Bible, sang hymns and prayed together. It was a powerful witness and sign of unity.
Watch the video taken earlier today during the Wisbech Churches Together Good Friday Walk of Witness that went through the town this morning. It began with a short service with a hymn and a prayer at the URC and then the procession began at the War Memorial in the Crescent. The walk then went past Wisbech Library and on to St Peter's gardens. From there it proceeded up past Beals department store, past the Empire and stopped again in front of Argos in the Horse Fair. It continued up the Horse Fair high street and paused outside Wisbech Baptist Church. From there the procession curved round Hill Street and ended in the Market Place where more hymns and readings were sung and read together.
It was a powerful display of unity amongst the churches in Wisbech as well as a positive witness to the people in the town who stopped to watch, or even join in.
Good Friday walk of witness through the streets of Wisbech - Photo by Matt McChlery
Yesterday was Good Friday and Churches Together in Wisbech got together for their annual Walk of Witness through the streets of Wisbech. Starting outside The Baptist Church in the driving snow the procession of around 200 people silently made it's way through the town, stopping outside the United Reformed Church in the Crescent and St. Pater's & St. Paul's church next to NatWest. The procession then made its way up to the bus station in the Horse Fair Shopping Centre, ending in the Market Place. At each stop, the walkers sung hymns and read together the various stages of Jesus' crucifixion from The Bible.
