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The annual Easter march through Croydon town centre is set to be held on Good Friday.
Churches Together, an amalgamation of churches from Croydon, is set to take the town centre back 2,000 years to Jerusalem in a ceremony to mark the death of Jesus Christ.
The procession is due to start at 11am outside the almshouses in North End.
Actors will recreate the moments before and after the crucifixion and worshippers will then be invited to sing, dance and pray.
Three separate processions are set to leave from Nottingham Road, Poplar Walk and the URC Church in Addiscombe Grove at about 10.30am.
10:58am Wednesday 19th March 2008
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CommentPosted by: Rose Jay, stoke on trent on 1:08pm Wed 19 Mar 08
As one of many christians celebrating this Easter I must confess it worries me that all Croydon can see Jesus being crucified on Good Friday and not resurrected on Easter Sunday. Could we please have the rest of the story told on Easter Sunday because truly Jesus lives and we worship a living Risen God
As one of many christians celebrating this Easter I must confess it worries me that all Croydon can see Jesus being crucified on Good Friday and not resurrected on Easter Sunday. Could we please have the rest of the story told on Easter Sunday because truly Jesus lives and we worship a living Risen God
Posted by: Norman Castle, Croydon on 11:28am Thu 20 Mar 08
" .... is set to take the town centre back 2,000 years .... "
Yep - that seems like an unusually accurate description.
" .... is set to take the town centre back 2,000 years .... "
Yep - that seems like an unusually accurate description.
Posted by: Norman Castle, A World Without Myth on 12:26pm Thu 20 Mar 08
And with reference to Rose Jay's post, do not forget that Jesus was one of many to be resurrected from the cemetery
Matthew:27:52-53 When Jesus died, there was an earthquake, "the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints" arose. But they stayed in their graves until Jesus rose from the dead, when they began to walk around, appearing to many in Jerusalem.
27:53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Wow !!!
And with reference to Rose Jay's post, do not forget that Jesus was one of many to be resurrected from the cemetery
Matthew:27:52-53 When Jesus died, there was an earthquake, "the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints" arose. But they stayed in their graves until Jesus rose from the dead, when they began to walk around, appearing to many in Jerusalem.
27:53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Wow !!!
Posted by: ANNE GILES, SELSDON on 10:19pm Thu 20 Mar 08
What a lovely idea. I never knew about the other resurrected people.
What a lovely idea. I never knew about the other resurrected people.
Posted by: Malc, Stoke-on-Trent on 5:32pm Sat 22 Mar 08
All these people were raised to new life because of Jesus
overcoming sin & death.
Thats why we have eggs at Easter as a reminder of the new life.
[bold]Know Jesus, Know life, no Jesus no life.[/bold]
All these people were raised to new life because of Jesus
overcoming sin & death.
Thats why we have eggs at Easter as a reminder of the new life.
Know Jesus, Know life, no Jesus no life. Posted by: Paul, Upper Norwood on 3:44pm Sun 23 Mar 08
If you wish to follow a religion good luck to you lot.
But, please, don't force it down the throats of those of us who abstain from religion, it's meaning and lifestyles.
If you wish to follow a religion good luck to you lot.
But, please, don't force it down the throats of those of us who abstain from religion, it's meaning and lifestyles.
Posted by: ANNE GILES, SELSDON on 4:29pm Sun 23 Mar 08
So why are you reading these posts, Paul? No-one is forcing religion down your throat. The next thing is - you'll be reading the bible and then blaming someone for publishing and selling it.
So why are you reading these posts, Paul? No-one is forcing religion down your throat. The next thing is - you'll be reading the bible and then blaming someone for publishing and selling it.
Posted by: Fat Mick, Croydon on 5:10pm Mon 24 Mar 08
I'm an atheist and a secularist but I have absolutely no objection to a Christian parade in Croydon. I trust the Christians will not object to other parades?
I'm an atheist and a secularist but I have absolutely no objection to a Christian parade in Croydon. I trust the Christians will not object to other parades?
Posted by: Rose Jay, Stoke on Trent on 4:58pm Tue 25 Mar 08
I have no objection at all to other religions celebrating their faiths, I worship a great big non-demoninational God. I pray however that all men may know the sacrifice that Christ made that we may be forgiven, set free and on our way to Heaven
I have no objection at all to other religions celebrating their faiths, I worship a great big non-demoninational God. I pray however that all men may know the sacrifice that Christ made that we may be forgiven, set free and on our way to Heaven
Posted by: Paul, Upper Norwood on 9:39pm Tue 25 Mar 08
[quote][bold]ANNE GILES[/bold] wrote:
So why are you reading these posts, Paul? No-one is forcing religion down your throat. The next thing is - you'll be reading the bible and then blaming someone for publishing and selling it.[/quote] Sorry Anne? I doubt that Croydon is a better place because a group pf persons re-enacted the Passion of Christ, that may, or may not, have happened.
Three different groups knocking on my door with a bit of evagelism is forcing something I don't want on me as is the handing out of tracts in the high street.
Like a colostomy, it's just not my bag. Sorry
ANNE GILES wrote:
So why are you reading these posts, Paul? No-one is forcing religion down your throat. The next thing is - you'll be reading the bible and then blaming someone for publishing and selling it.
Sorry Anne? I doubt that Croydon is a better place because a group pf persons re-enacted the Passion of Christ, that may, or may not, have happened.
Three different groups knocking on my door with a bit of evagelism is forcing something I don't want on me as is the handing out of tracts in the high street.
Like a colostomy, it's just not my bag. Sorry
Posted by: gabby, croydon on 9:43pm Thu 27 Mar 08
[quote]Like a colostomy, it's just not my bag. Sorry[/quote] why bring anne and her colostomy into the discussion? i wouldnt want THAT down my throat or lugged through the centre of croydon
Like a colostomy, it's just not my bag. Sorry
why bring anne and her colostomy into the discussion? i wouldnt want THAT down my throat or lugged through the centre of croydon
Posted by: ANNE GILES, BUENOS AIRES on 12:15am Sat 29 Mar 08
It's Paul's colostomy, not mine.
It's Paul's colostomy, not mine.
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