Ilkeston - My Song Is Love Unknown
w/e 20 April 2014
All of this week's pictures were
taken with a Kodak DX6490
The Good Friday Walk of Witness this year was different
in that it started at the Market Place and continued down Bath
Street instead of the other way round.
The event actually began at 10am with a half-hour service in
the United Reformed Church on Wharncliffe Road where the first
hymn was "My Song Is Love Unknown".
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After the service the congregation left the church and made its
way to the fountain on the Market Place.
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Reassembling at the fountain more people joined the group representing
churches from all over the Ilkeston area to sing "There
Is A Green Hill" before beginning the Walk of Christian
Witness.
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To the beat of a solitary drum and following a simple wooden
cross, the procession started off through the Lower Market Place.
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Pausing on the Lower Market Place to sing another hymn "The
Old Rugged Cross" the procession then reformed to continue
two by two into Bath Street.
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As the cross and the drum passed the Albion Centre, the procession
snaked back up to the Market Place.
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Another stop was made outside the Derbyshire Building Society
premises just below the Albion Centre where a dramatised reading
of the Easter story was performed.
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The reading was followed by the singing of "When I Survey
The Wondrous Cross". Some shoppers continued about their
business but others stopped to join in this act of witness.
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The procession which seemed to be getting bigger as more people
joined then continued behind the cross as far as Chapel Street
where it turned to reach the Salvation Army Citadel.
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As the people crowded into the building, there was time for prayers
and a period of reflection before simple refreshments were served
from a table at the back of the hall. It was perhaps fitting
as the participants looked forward to the celebration of Easter
Day that some of the hot cross buns were residing in a container
that had previously held Celebrations chocolates.
Click here
to view a YouTube video containing the above images plus more
from the Walk of Witness.
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