Scenes and news from Good Friday with All Saints Church

Canon David Hodgson carries the Cross the final yards through the market place

The church may have been stripped of all colour and ornament for the solemn day but it certainly was not empty of people this Good Friday. Services and events throughout the morning were well-attended. The day began with the traditional Solemn Liturgy including the proclamation of the Cross and evocative music led by All Saints Church Choir. 


A more lively atmosphere ensued in The Cornerstone with hot cross buns and coffee as the congregation of the Solemn Liturgy mingled with those arriving for Messy Church. After coffee, families with children and young people moved into church to place in the "Easter garden" representations of the Cross and other figures from the Easter story;  and then returned to the Cornerstone for a Messy Church session of Good Friday-themed crafts and activities. 

John Boylan, Authorised Preacher at All Saints, playing the
 role of  Pontius Pilate

Later in the morning the church filled again as members of all the churches, and the Town Mayor and Mayoress Cllr and Mrs Martin Bishop,  gathered to prepare to walk in witness; processing the  Churches Together in Wokingham Cross - held this year by All Saints - along Rose Street and into the Market Square to signal the start of the Wokingham Community Passion Play.




All Saints Rector Canon David Hodgson led the procession of the Cross into the Market Square; where other members of All Saints Church were also involved in the Passion Play.