Stations of the Cross

After a spirited discussion on Lent, the Holy Grounds community has agreed to embark on its first installation of the Stations of the Cross this Lenten season! As we contemplate on what this would look like, there are lots of exciting questions: Which stations will be shown? How will visitors interact with each station? How can we interact with other church communities and the community-at-large through the Stations?… and so on.

We want YOU to take ownership in crafting the Stations — figuratively and/or literally! Please take a few minutes this week to think on what the Stations evoke for you. What are your thoughts on their overall look and feel? Is there a particular Station among the ones listed below that draws you in? How could that Station be represented in way that relates to the current culture and world we live in? Perhaps you would be interested in using paint, collage, woodcuts, papier mache, diorama, video, audio, dance, skit or (name your medium)??

Here are the “traditional” Stations according to wikipedia:
1. Jesus is condemned to death
2. Jesus receives the cross
3. Jesus falls the first time
4. Jesus meets His Mother
5. Simon of Cyrene carries the cross
6. Veronica wipes Jesus’ face with her veil
7. Jesus falls the second time
8. Jesus meets the daughters of Jerusalem
9. Jesus falls the third time
10. Jesus is stripped of His garments
11. Crucifixion: Jesus is nailed to the cross
12. Jesus dies on the cross
13. Jesus’ body is removed from the cross (Deposition or Lamentation)
14. Jesus is laid in the tomb and covered in incense.

As Jan mentioned, there are variations from this, to include (or not) the betrayal, the last supper, the resurrection, etc. It would probably help for planning purposes to have a consensus on what stations we are going to have.

This is where YOU come in. Thoughts? Questions? Exclamations? Digressions? Comment away!