Tilehouse Street Baptist Church, Hitchin
Tilehouse Street Baptist Church, Hitchin
Churches Together in Hitchin organise a Walk of Witness each Good Friday. As usual Tilehouse Street took part.
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As for the last few years, we have an empty cross outside the church during Holy Week. On Easter Day the congregation deck it with flowers to symbolise the new life in the Resurrection. |
Tilehouse Street brings one of the three crosses displayed in the Market Place. We set off in bright but very blustery weather. Mercifully it was not as cold as had been predicted. |
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We needed to cross the road several times to reach Bedford Road and move towards Christchurch... |
... where there seemed to be very few people waiting to join us. It turned out that most of them were waiting inside out of the wind. |
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Tilehouse Street and Christchurch, with a few from Hitchin Christian Centre went on along Elmside Walk and down to meet the other Churches in Bancroft Recreation Ground...... |
... where we were greeted by Lorna West, Chair, and John Richardson, Secretary, of Churches Together in Hitchin. |
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There was a good crowd waiting to move off towards the Market Square. |
The procession moved off in silence to walk up Bancroft. |
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The Music Group from St Marks were already waiting and playing hymns to the shoppers.... |
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... while the sound crew checked out the public address equipment. |
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The crosses arrived in the Market place, followed by the whole procession. |
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Lorna introduced the service.... |
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.. and we all joined in singing There is a green hill. |
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Our Minister, Rev John Matthews read the gospel passage of the crucifixion from a modern translation of the Bible. |
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Rev Philip Turner from Christchurch gave the address .... |
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... and Rev Janet Graham from Covenant Praise Church led us in prayer. |
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All the town's clergy joined together to give us the blessing. |
