Medina churches continue ‘Cross Walk’ tradition on Good Friday
Photos by Tom Rivers
MEDINA – Mike Zaidel, a leader at Alabama Full Gospel Fellowship, carries the cross from City Hall to the next stop of the “Cross Walk” on Good Friday in Medina. Zaidel and Kevin Lawson, pastor of The Vine Church, carried the cross to Rotary Park.
Neil Samborski, a member at Glad Tidings Missionary Baptist Church, is dressed as a centurion, a Roman soldier.
About 35 people were part of the Cross Walk, an annual tradition in Medina organized by the Medina Area Association of Churches and the Medina Clergy Fellowship.
The churches will have a sunrise service at 7 a.m. Sunday at Boxwood Cemetery.
The Rev. Dan Thurber, retired pastor at Oak Orchard Assembly of God, gives an opening prayer outside City Hall. At each stop the group read passages from the Bible and sang a hymn.
John Weaver, front, and Jarred Saj carry the cross down East Center Street.
Mike Zaidel holds the cross steady during a stop at the Canal Basin.
The Rev. Randy LeBaron, pastor of the New Hope Community Church (First Baptist Church in Medina), and the Rev. Dan Thurber carry the cross from the Canal Basin to the next stop outside the Medina Historical Society on West Avenue.
